I'm ok with a change, but are you thinking about setting the tempdir to a
constant, or do you want to remove the unix { runtime-dir } option from the
startup?On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 1:04 PM Klement Sekera via Lists.Fd.Io <ksekera= cisco....@lists.fd.io> wrote: > Hi Neale, > > When originally designing this, I opted in for `mktemp` as that’s the > usual way to avoid clashes as at that time I assumed that this might be > used on boxes where there are multiple users and they might like to run > tests in parallel. At that time I didn’t expect issues like multiple vpps > causing problems and it all kinda stuck. > > The way I deal with this is using `less /tmp/vpp-unittest-*/log.txt’ > (which lately requires SANITY=no as it tends to pick log.txt from sanity > run). For core I use DEBUG=core which gives me gdb without having to think > about any of the paths. > > Having said all that, I don’t see any reason to keep random names. I’m not > aware of any issues this change my cause… > > Regards, > Klement > > > On 17 Mar 2020, at 17:56, Neale Ranns via Lists.Fd.Io <nranns= > cisco....@lists.fd.io> wrote: > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > Am I the only one who finds the use of random directories for the > unit-tests an unnecessary annoyance? > > > > I would suggest that random names are not needed for security purposes, > since these files do not exist on a field system. Also, all directories are > wiped before the next test run so it can't be to support saving runs nor > multiple users. > > > > I find it annoying because I can't just reload log.txt or core in my > editor or debugger. > > > > It's a simple change if there's consensus, or you can just call me and > old grump and we can all move on __ > > > > /neale > > > > > > >
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