From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2023 01:06:04 +0000 (+0900)
Subject: Make PG_TEST_NOCLEAN work for temporary directories in TAP tests
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Make PG_TEST_NOCLEAN work for temporary directories in TAP tests

When set, this environment variable was only effective for data
directories but not for all the other temporary files created by
PostgreSQL::Test::Utils.  Keeping the temporary files after a successful
run can be useful for debugging purposes.

The documentation is updated to reflect the new behavior, with contents
available in doc/ since v16 and in src/test/perl/README since v15.

Author: Jacob Champion
Reviewed-by: Daniel Gustafsson
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Backpatch-through: 11
---

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml
index 88a43b8961b..675db86e4d7 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml
@@ -818,6 +818,8 @@ make check PROVE_TESTS='t/001_test1.pl t/003_test3.pl'
 <programlisting>
 PG_TEST_NOCLEAN=1 make -C src/bin/pg_dump check
 </programlisting>
+    This environment variable also prevents the test's temporary directories
+    from being removed.
    </para>
 
    <para>
diff --git a/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Utils.pm b/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Utils.pm
index a27fac83d26..220cab303c7 100644
--- a/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Utils.pm
+++ b/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Utils.pm
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ sub all_tests_passing
 
 Securely create a temporary directory inside C<$tmp_check>, like C<mkdtemp>,
 and return its name.  The directory will be removed automatically at the
-end of the tests.
+end of the tests, unless the environment variable PG_TEST_NOCLEAN is provided.
 
 If C<prefix> is given, the new directory is templated as C<${prefix}_XXXX>.
 Otherwise the template is C<tmp_test_XXXX>.
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ sub tempdir
 	return File::Temp::tempdir(
 		$prefix . '_XXXX',
 		DIR => $tmp_check,
-		CLEANUP => 1);
+		CLEANUP => not defined $ENV{'PG_TEST_NOCLEAN'});
 }
 
 =pod
@@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ name, to avoid path length issues.
 sub tempdir_short
 {
 
-	return File::Temp::tempdir(CLEANUP => 1);
+	return File::Temp::tempdir(
+		CLEANUP => not defined $ENV{'PG_TEST_NOCLEAN'});
 }
 
 =pod
diff --git a/src/test/perl/README b/src/test/perl/README
index 6ddee42a105..8fb44184b91 100644
--- a/src/test/perl/README
+++ b/src/test/perl/README
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ some lesser number of seconds.
 
 Data directories will also be left behind for analysis when a test fails;
 they are named according to the test filename.  But if the environment
-variable PG_TEST_NOCLEAN is set, data directories will be retained
-regardless of test status.
+variable PG_TEST_NOCLEAN is set, the data directories will be retained
+regardless of test status.  This environment variable also prevents the
+test's temporary directories from being removed.
 
 
 Writing tests