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Re: Do not leave files behind in /tmp from testing
- From: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- To: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:37:04 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: Do not leave files behind in /tmp from testing
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What I meant was that it's a regression in the parity of behavior between
normal and TEST_DIRECT cases. In the TEST_DIRECT case, there is no fork.
The only way that files get cleaned up is if they are in entered into the
temp_name_list in the PREPARE phase.