[Buildroot] [PATCH buildroot-test] autobuild-run: add --flush-downloads argument to prevent false NOK due to not enough space on hard drive

[Giulio Benetti]

Hi Arnout,

Il 03/08/2019 14:46, Arnout Vandecappelle ha scritto:
>   Hi Giulio,
> 
>   Sorry to be so late in responding to this...

No problem!

> On 19/09/2018 13:45, Giulio Benetti wrote:
>> Some server/pc can have little hard drive, but high speed internet
>> connection. If disk is little, autobuild-run could generate some false
>> NOK reporting:
>> Fatal error: ...: No space left on device
>>
>> Add --flush-downloads argument to autobuild-run to delete entire
>> instance-*/dl/ folder everytime it creates a new instance.
> 
>   This probably doesn't *completely* solve the issue, because a single download
> can be very large as well.

Right.

>   We discussed this at the hackaton and decided that it would be more appropriate
> to instead tweak the number of files to delete from the download directory. By
> setting that number very high, you can approximate the same result (except that
> the git repos will never be touched). The code changes for that would be a lot
> simpler we think, and we think it's more suitable as an option.

Ok, I will do that.

Kind regards
-- 
Giulio Benetti
CTO

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