cmd/pprof: unexpectedly creates c:\pprof directory

[alexbrainman]

C:\go\root\src\archive\zip>hg id
ffe33f1f1f17

C:\go\root\src\archive\zip>dir c:\pprof
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is F483-CD2E

 Directory of c:\

File Not Found

C:\go\root\src\archive\zip>go test -c && zip.test.exe -test.v -test.run=none
-test.bench=.*  -test.cpuprofile test.prof && go tool pprof zip.test.exe
test.prof
PASS
BenchmarkCompressedZipGarbage         20          53905905 ns/op          107272 B/op   
    153 allocs/op
BenchmarkZip64Test             3         401039100 ns/op
Entering interactive mode (type "help" for commands)
(pprof) quit

C:\go\root\src\archive\zip>dir c:\pprof
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is F483-CD2E

 Directory of c:\pprof

28/11/2014  09:41 AM    <DIR>          .
28/11/2014  09:41 AM    <DIR>          ..
               0 File(s)              0 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  113,372,999,680 bytes free

C:\go\root\src\archive\zip>

[minux]

Comment 1:

yeah, it also creates $HOME/pprof on Unix.

[ianlancetaylor]

Comment 2:

Labels changed: added repo-main, release-go1.4maybe.

[osocurioso]

Not entirely clear to me whether the orphan pprof directory is a feature or a bug, but here's a suggested fix in case it's supposed to be removed: https://go-review.googlesource.com/2972

[gopherbot]

CL https://golang.org/cl/12202 mentions this issue.