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Re: [GNUnet-developers] using $TMPDIR instead of /tmp


From: Nils Gillmann
Subject: Re: [GNUnet-developers] using $TMPDIR instead of /tmp
Date: Mon, 7 May 2018 06:54:51 +0000

Schanzenbach, Martin transcribed 4.1K bytes:
> Hey.
> 
> I don't thing the "//" should be an issue (albeit unnecessary).

Yes, you are right, I just tested it.

> Maybe the directory is not created?
>
> BR
> 
> > On 7. May 2018, at 07:59, Nils Gillmann <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 
> > Nils Gillmann transcribed 1.8K bytes:
> >> Christian Grothoff transcribed 3.9K bytes:
> >>> On 05/06/2018 08:34 PM, Nils Gillmann wrote:
> >>>> Christian Grothoff transcribed 2.9K bytes:
> >>>>> On 05/05/2018 09:58 PM, Nils Gillmann wrote:
> >>>>>> Anyways I just had some time to work on this, could you read
> >>>>>> 5f627ce1a78f662d928fa6c73a90342d8bff5cf3 and tell me if I understood
> >>>>>> the conversation we had here and your small commit right?
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Yes, you got it perfectly right.
> >>>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> I've changed the config files, now the problem for us in Nix and Guix
> >>>> will be that the silly maximum unix path length will be hit quiet 
> >>>> often...
> >>>> at least for the Guix build chroot when the chroot is in 
> >>>> /tmp/guix-build-gnunet-git1.drv-0/
> >>>> 
> >>>> The $GNUNET_TMP then gives you diretories like 
> >>>> /tmp/guix-build-gnunet-git1.drv-0/gnunet/WAHTEVER-HERE/GOES/NOTHING
> >>>> where previously they just landed in /tmp iirc.
> >>>> 
> >>>> We should make it possible to set the value of GNUNET_TMP before make 
> >>>> check,
> >>>> for example via the equivalent of export GNUNET_TMP="/tmp"; make check.
> >>>> 
> >>>> It's quiet unfortunate with the length..
> >>> 
> >>> Have you considered re-defining the maximum path length? Given that you
> >>> are a distro, you should be able to recompile everything necessary
> >>> (kernel, libc) with simply a larger value, right?
> >> 
> >> This time it wasn't the path length. We need to fix some parts of the
> >> test suite to adopt to the new (dynamic) locations of the test folders.
> >> 
> >> I knew this, but I was preoccupied.
> >> 
> >> I can't do anything today, feel free to revert 
> >> 9fbda6db66bf8dc074de6c8792f369801e4e5999
> >> or fix the test suites that are affected. I myself can think of fixes 
> >> tomorrow afternoon/evening.
> >> For now the testsuite is broken with this.
> > 
> > One fixed, a couple more to go.
> > 
> > 
> > FAIL: test_plugin_unix
> > ======================
> > 
> > May 07 05:37:28-321787 test-plugin-transport-25451 ERROR Could not copy 
> > hostkey `test_plugin_hostkey.ecc' to destination 
> > `/tmp/guix-build-gnunet-git1.drv-0/gnunet//test-gnunetd-plugin-transport//.local/share/gnunet//private_key.ecc'.
> >   Exiting.
> > FAIL test_plugin_unix (exit status: 1)
> > 
> > 
> > ^ should it be $GNUNET_TMP/foo or ${GNUNET_TMP}foo ? The two forward 
> > slashes are irritating.
> > 
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