make test fails in trestle development environment when there is a pre-exisiting trestle workspace in /tmp

[degenaro]

Describe the bug

During trestle development, if there is a pre-existing workspace in /tmp when make test is run several tests will fail. The quick fix is to remove the trestle workspace from /tmp.

In the longer term, the tests should not rely upon a pristine /tmp folder, e.g. one without an existing trestle workspace.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. create trestle development environment, comprising python venv and download of trestle develop branch.
2. use trestle init to create trestle workspace in the /tmp folder
3. run make test in the downloaded trestle devlop branch
4. See errors

Expected behavior

The errors should not occur, regardless of the presence of a trestle workspace in /tmp

Screenshots / Logs.

N/A

Environment

• OS: RHEL 8
• Python version: 3.10
• Installed packages: trestle develop branch

[a-memesh]

Hey @degenaro, I wasn't able to reproduce the error. Here's what I did:

• Activated the virtual environment (called venv.trestle as shown in the screenshot), which is located outside the root compliance-trestle directory
• Made a folder and called it tmp while on the root directory
• Ran cd tmp to cd into the folder
• Ran trestle init to initiate a trestle workspace
• Ran cd .. to go back to the root directory
• Ran make test

According to the issue description, I'm supposed to get errors, but I only got a warning. Here's a screenshot:

[degenaro]

You did this?

use trestle init to create trestle workspace in the /tmp folder

That is, the absolute path to /tmp.

cd /tmp trestle init

Your don't need to create a tmp folder. You need to do a trestle init in your user's existing root /tmp folder to cause this problem.