Hi Mark, > On 30. Jun 2019, at 19:43, Mark H Weaver <[email protected]> wrote: > > retitle 36443 Canonicalized build directory name in container leads to > confusion > thanks > > Hi Robert, > > Robert Vollmert <[email protected]> writes: >> Thanks for clarifying. Do you have an idea how to make this less confusing? >> >> In my follow-up to the bug report I suggested >> >>> E.g. instead of saying “keeping build directory <dir>” say >>> “Keeping a copy of the build directory at <dir>”. >> >> But I feel that might be improved upon. “Copied build directory to …”? >> What do you think? > > The directory is not copied. It is the same directory, but with a > different name in the build container's namespace. You can see this by > examining the contents of the directory while the build is in progress. > > I agree that it would be good to eliminate this potential source of > confusion, but it's not yet clear to me how to do it. > > Any other ideas?
I see, thanks for clarifying. How about dropping the “-0” suffix inside the container? The major part of my confusion was that the directory “-0” actually existed in /tmp from a previous failed build; this change might avoid that. Cheers Robert
