tmpdir: spec mentions ADTTMP, not TMPDIR

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4d33e9475c4ac62b816640e081aae695b631d4fd..d80df1be89c84b1b190e6c5af8e07cc41359dfa7 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 autopkgtest (2.1.1~~iwj) unstable; urgency=low
 
-  * 
+  * Provide tests with ADTTMP rather than TMPDIR.
+
+    Well, actually, that's just according to the spec.  In reality, for
+    backward compatibity, we provide each test script with both (pointing
+    to different directories so that tests don't need to worry about
+    possible filename clashes between ADTTMP and TMPDIR).
 
  --
 

diff --git a/doc/README.package-tests b/doc/README.package-tests
index 3d47035b95e83d5ccf0102fe7f30185ca804a79d..b83f7d0ef145a0a484371b21ddc710d31f6a8a21 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/README.package-tests
+++ b/doc/README.package-tests
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ If the file to be executed has no execute bits set, chmod a+x is
 applied to it (this means that tests can be added in patches without
 the need for additional chmod; contrast this with debian/rules).
 
-During execution of the test, the environment variable TMPDIR will
+During execution of the test, the environment variable ADTTMP will
 point to a directory for the execution of this particular test, which
 starts empty and will be deleted afterwards (so there is no need for
 the test to clean up files left there).