UnitTest using the /tmp file system

[Sunitha Harish]

Any views please ?

On 21-03-2021 09:30, Sunitha Harish wrote:
> Hi,
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> This is regarding the unit tests in various repos under openbmc like: 
> phosphor-bmc-code-management, phosphor-logging, phosphor-networkd, 
> pldm etc . I have seen the testcases using the /tmp filesystem to 
> create the directories/files when the UT is run.
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> I followed the similar way of writing the UT in one of my commits 
> https://gerrit.openbmc-project.xyz/c/openbmc/bmcweb/+/37352 .  As per 
> the review comments in this commit, using the /tmp file system for UT 
> is anti-pattern, and this needs to be changed by mocking the same. I 
> agree that this is a valid thing to do.
>
> Now this email is to discuss why this was originally done? Can the 
> community come-up with a generalized solution for this ?
>
> Thanks & regards,
> Sunitha
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