Linux-only tweaks until the test passes.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/cffi/ffiplatform.py b/cffi/ffiplatform.py
index dbaa0ff..0f7f4a8 100644
--- a/cffi/ffiplatform.py
+++ b/cffi/ffiplatform.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 
 
 class VerificationError(Exception):
@@ -9,11 +10,15 @@ class VerificationMissing(Exception):
     cdef, but no verification has been done
     """
 
-def _get_test_file():
-    tst_file = udir.join('test.c')
-    i = 0
-    # XXX we want to put typedefs here
-    while tst_file.check():
-        tst_file = udir.join('test%d.c' % i)
-        i += 1
-    return tst_file
+test_file_counter = 0
+
+def _get_test_file_base():
+    # for now, living in the __pycache__ subdirectory
+    global test_file_counter
+    try:
+        os.mkdir('__pycache__')
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+    tst_file_base = '__pycache__/test%d' % test_file_counter
+    test_file_counter += 1
+    return tst_file_base