[Bug 1393426] Re: shutil.Error: ./results/fifo_log is a named pipe

[Martin Pitt]

This happens because you put your --output-dir *within* the tested tree.
This generally easily leads to recursive effects, as that tests tree
needs to be copied to testbeds while having active files in the output
dir. It's better to use /tmp/results/ or anything not inside the tests
tree.

I'll commit a patch which at least avoids that particular issue.

** Changed in: autopkgtest (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: autopkgtest (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: autopkgtest (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt (pitti)

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Title:
  shutil.Error: ./results/fifo_log is a named pipe

Status in “autopkgtest” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  $ adt-run --output-dir results .// --setup-commands='apt-get update'
  --- lxc -es adt-utopic

  
  ...

  
  adt-run [15:13:25]: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ unbuilt-tree .//
  Unexpected error:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/share/autopkgtest/python/VirtSubproc.py", line 671, in mainloop
      command()
    File "/usr/share/autopkgtest/python/VirtSubproc.py", line 609, in command
      r = f(c, ce)
    File "/usr/share/autopkgtest/python/VirtSubproc.py", line 551, in cmd_copydown
      copyupdown(c, ce, False)
    File "/usr/share/autopkgtest/python/VirtSubproc.py", line 442, in copyupdown
      copyupdown_internal(ce[0], c[1:], upp)
    File "/usr/share/autopkgtest/python/VirtSubproc.py", line 469, in copyupdown_internal
      copydown_shareddir(sd[0], sd[1], dirsp, downtmp_host)
    File "/usr/share/autopkgtest/python/VirtSubproc.py", line 422, in copydown_shareddir
      shutil.copytree(host, host_tmp, symlinks=True)
    File "/usr/lib/python3.4/shutil.py", line 342, in copytree
      raise Error(errors)
  shutil.Error: [('./results/fifo_log', '/tmp/adt-virt-lxc.shared.d5duryup/downtmp/ubtree-/results/fifo_log', '`./results/fifo_log` is a named pipe')]
  adt-run [15:13:30]: ERROR: testbed failed: cannot send to testbed: ['BrokenPipeError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe\n']

  $ adt-run .// --setup-commands='apt-get update' --- lxc -es adt-utopic

  runs fine but here I wanted to look at which files were created by
  adt-run.

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