Hi! On 5 Mrz., 20:33, Minh Nguyen <nguyenmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I should get an "All tests passed!" result for a successful install -- > > whether or not I have write access in the install tree. For example, > > the builder.py doctests might write to temporary files in my ~/.sage > > directory (where I have write access) and then compare their contents > > to the desired result.
IIRC there was some issue of this type previously. In some cases one can't avoid to write data in a doc test. But then, there are two things to worry about: (1) The person who is requesting the test must have write permission -- otherwise the test fails (2) The test must not detroy the person's own data. I think the conclusion in this other thread (that I can't find, I am afraid) was: If a doc test writes data, then it MUST use a temporary file, that is automatically deleted as soon as the sage (test) session is left. temporary file names can be create with tmp_filename(). So, if Ryan found a doc test where a permanent file is written then it's a bug IMO. Best regards, Simon -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
