Sounds like the test needs a process.chdir() somewhere. Post an issue, please.
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 1:17 PM, TJ <nod...@iam.tj> wrote: > I've triggered a bug in the test suite when working from the out-of-tree > build directory. > > The bug is in test/simple/test-fs-realpath.js:268:test_relative_input_cwd() > > In particular the assumption that process.cwd() and common.tmpDir are > directly related causes > > var entry = common.tmpDir.substr(entrydir.length + 1) + > '/cycles/realpath-3a'; > > to break and cause an abort. > > Since "entrydir.length + 1", when running out-of-tree, is unrelated, what > ends up happening > is a random substr is chosen which will likely not be on a > directory-separation border. This results > in an incomplete directory name. > > This also exposes a greater issue that needs some thought from those that > know the test suite. > > When working from the out-of-tree build directory the common.tmpDir path > points into the source > directory location whereas process.cwd() will be a descendant of the build > directory. > > There needs to be a consistent way to separate and reference paths for: > > 1. The current working directory (CWD) > 2. The output directory common.tmpDir which is a descendant of CWD > 3. The source directory containing the Javascript test files > > -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
