Re: Problem in libwww 5.02 test program

Fred Wilson Horch (fhorch@trinet.com)
Thu, 26 Sep 1996 17:27:02 -0400 (EDT)


On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, Gary Howland wrote:

> There's a very trivial problem with t/html/parsefile.t, with the line
> 
> 	$file = "/usr/tmp/lwp-test-$$";
> 
> Not everyone has a /usr/tmp, so the test fails ...

This same problem bit me on BSDI 2.1.  I would change the line to

$file = "/tmp/lwp-test-$$";

or

$file = "/var/tmp/lwp-test-$$";

or even test which of the above exists and use that, e.g.

if (-d "/tmp") {
	$tmpdir = "/tmp";
}
elsif (-d "/var/tmp") {
	$tmpdir = "/var/tmp";
}
else {
	# Complain
}
$file = "$tmpdir/lwp-test-$$";

(Sorry I have no context diff.)

I also wanted to publicly thank everyone who has worked on libwww 5.02.  
The library is fantastic!  Keep up the good work!

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