[Buildroot] [RFC v1 1/1] support/testing/run-tests: add ability to run tests from external

[Colin Foster]

Hi Thomas,

On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 02:40:18PM +0100, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Hello Colin,
> 
> On Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:22:51 -0600
> Colin Foster <colin.foster at in-advantage.com> wrote:
> 
> > +    overlay_path = os.getenv("BR2_EXTERNAL")
> > +    if overlay_path:
> > +        temp_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
> > +        shutil.copytree(script_dir, temp_dir.name, dirs_exist_ok=True)
> > +        shutil.copytree(overlay_path + "/support/testing",
> > +                        temp_dir.name,
> > +                        dirs_exist_ok=True)
> 
> Is there a better solution than copying all tests into a temporary
> directory?

I hope so. Yann has suggestions for using symlinks that would probably
be better if it works.

> 
> Thomas
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