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-rwxr-xr-xbuildutil/tap-test6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/buildutil/tap-test b/buildutil/tap-test
index d2dba0f4..af42b623 100755
--- a/buildutil/tap-test
+++ b/buildutil/tap-test
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
#! /bin/bash
#
-# Run a test in tap mode, ensuring we have a temporary directory.
+# Run a test in tap mode, ensuring we have a temporary directory. We
+# always use /var/tmp because we might want to use user xattrs, which
+# aren't available on tmpfs.
#
# The test binary is passed as $1
srcd=$(cd $(dirname $1) && pwd)
bn=$(basename $1)
-tempdir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/tap-test.XXXXXX)
+tempdir=$(mktemp -d /var/tmp/tap-test.XXXXXX)
touch ${tempdir}/.testtmp
function cleanup () {
if test -n "${TEST_SKIP_CLEANUP:-}"; then