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shutil cleanup sometimes fails on python 3.8

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is this an upstream problem or would you be able to catch this? Our tests are marked as failures when this happens …

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.8.13/x64/bin/green", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.8.13/x64/lib/python3.8/site-packages/green/cmdline.py", line 88, in main
    return _main(argv, testing)
  File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.8.13/x64/lib/python3.8/tempfile.py", line 827, in __exit__
    self.cleanup()
  File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.8.13/x64/lib/python3.8/tempfile.py", line 831, in cleanup
    self._rmtree(self.name)
  File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.8.13/x64/lib/python3.8/tempfile.py", line 813, in _rmtree
    _shutil.rmtree(name, onerror=onerror)
  File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.8.13/x64/lib/python3.8/shutil.py", line 722, in rmtree
    onerror(os.rmdir, path, sys.exc_info())
  File "/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.8.13/x64/lib/python3.8/shutil.py", line 720, in rmtree
    os.rmdir(path)
OSError: [Errno 39] Directory not empty: '/tmp/tmpelefosle'

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Created a year ago
Comments:5 (3 by maintainers)

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WolfgangFahlcommented, Sep 21, 2022

@CleanCut excellent - since the CI picks up the latest green anyway we might see the warning sooner or later. If i spot in the logs I’ll let you know.

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CleanCutcommented, Sep 20, 2022

Green 3.4.3 (just released) treats the inability to clean up a temp directory that it created as a warning instead of a crash…I hope. I couldn’t find a sane way to test this.

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