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Re: QA resource leaks

To: Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: QA resource leaks
From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:05:13 -0400
Cc: "'Nathan Scott'" <nathans@xxxxxxxxxx>, "'pcp'" <pcp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Hi -

>     3. run pmmgr as user "pcp" and play assorted games with file/dir modes
>        and $sudo use to make this all work (this is needed to allow the
>        pmie/pmlogger to write their status in /var/lib/pcp/tmp/* so
>        the pmcd pmda knows about them)
> Taking $sudo out WILL break the test.

OK, so nevertheless passing signals or pmsignal through sudo+valgrind
is weak, so we need to pick a fix.  Drop valgrind testing?  Drop this
aspect?  Duplicate?  Or (for pcpqa purposes) chmod 777 /var/lib/pcp/tmp?


- FChE

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