Libelektra: Mounting existing files when using the shell recorder without installation

[e1528532]

When working with the c-based test interface it is easy to mount an existing configuration file because you would just create a folder inside your plugin folder that has the same name and then the testframework takes care about it.

However, now i want to use such a file in a shell recorder test. Normally you'd find it in KDB_DB_SPEC so it can be mounted relatively using kdb mount prelude.ini spec/..... as the resolver searches for that file in the previously mentioned KDB_DB_SPEC folder.

However when you only build elektra without installing it, i have no idea how to refer to the file in the source folder instead as a fallback. Judging from the test recorder shell script i fear this is not supported is that right?

[markus2330]

Mounting into the spec namespace takes an absolute file name, so a `pwd`/src/plugin.../prelude.ini should work fine.

Btw. I am not perfectly happy about the assumption that the current working directory is elektra's source dir, see #1982.

I would prefer if we have some variables set which allows the user to refer to the source dir.

@sanssecours what do you think?

[sanssecours]

Mounting into the spec namespace takes an absolute file name, so a `pwd`/src/plugin.../prelude.ini should work fine.

Please also add double quotes around the folder:

mount "`pwd`/src/plugins/haskell/…" …

, otherwise the command will not work if the source directory contains space characters. You can also use the variable PWD as replacement for the command pwd:

echo "$PWD/src/plugins/haskell/…" …

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Btw. I am not perfectly happy about the assumption that the current working directory is elektra's source dir, see #1982.

The proposed changes sound good to me.

I would prefer if we have some variables set which allows the user to refer to the source dir.

That is certainly a must have, if we execute tests in a random location. This behavior sounds also very similar to the way Cram handles this: Cram sets the variable TESTDIR to the location of the file under test.

[e1528532]

This works. Thanks a lot! Do you want to leave this issue open for your current working dir assumption discussion or can we close it?

[markus2330]

If everything is clear you can close it. The discussion about the working dir assumption already moved on to #1982.

[e1528532]

Yes, everything is clear.