Error: ENOTEMPTY, directory not empty when running npm test

[alanning]

I get the following error when running tests on a new VM with clean clone of Meteorite:

  invoking `mrt run`
    in a non-meteor project directory
      ✓ should display a message about not being in a meteor project dir (327ms)
    in a meteor project without a smart.json
      ✓ should run the app without installing anything (4000ms)
    in a meteor project with a smart.json
      and the smart.json specifies a simple smart package dependency
        ✓ should install the smart package (4515ms)
      and the smart.json specifies a smart package pinned to a branch
        ✓ should install the smart package pinned to a specified branch (4518ms)
      and the smart.json specifies a smart package repo pinned to a tag
        1) "before each" hook


  116 passing (40s)
  1 failing

  1)  "before each" hook:
     Error: ENOTEMPTY, directory not empty '/Users/alanning/src/js/meteorite/spec/var/home/app-with-smart-pkg-pinned-to-branch/.meteor/local'
      at Object.fs.rmdirSync (fs.js:612:18)
      at Object.exports.rmdirSyncRecursive (/Users/alanning/src/js/meteorite/node_modules/wrench/lib/wrench.js:157:15)
      at Object.exports.rmdirSyncRecursive (/Users/alanning/src/js/meteorite/node_modules/wrench/lib/wrench.js:146:21)
      at Object.exports.rmdirSyncRecursive (/Users/alanning/src/js/meteorite/node_modules/wrench/lib/wrench.js:146:21)
      at Object.exports.rmdirSyncRecursive (/Users/alanning/src/js/meteorite/node_modules/wrench/lib/wrench.js:146:21)
      at Context.<anonymous> (/Users/alanning/src/js/meteorite/spec/acceptance/test_spec.js:45:12)
      at Hook.Runnable.run (/Users/alanning/src/js/meteorite/node_modules/mocha/lib/runnable.js:221:32)
      at next (/Users/alanning/src/js/meteorite/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js:263:10)
      at Object._onImmediate (/Users/alanning/src/js/meteorite/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js:280:5)
      at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:330:15)

[alanning]

This is caused by a change in behavior by the wrench package. In wrench 1.5 the default behavior changed to not delete a directory if its not empty.

Can see this in action by manually setting the wrench version between 1.5.4 and 1.3.9 in Meteorite's package.json file.

Reverting to wrench 1.3.9 fixes the issue. PR coming soon.

[alanning]

FYI, opened a ticket on wrench repo since there is no way to override the behavior in latest wrench: ryanmcgrath/wrench-js#71

[alanning]

I'm still seeing this every once in a while. Since its an intermittent issue, i'd say its a timing thing.

I tried replacing wrench with rifraf, another rm -f implementation and I still saw the error.

So that leads me to believe it is because some part of the meteor process (or mongo) has not finished yet and still has open files in the .meteor/local folder so that is causing the rm -fto fail.

I don't see the error anymore if I make the test_spec.js script retry the deletion a few times. Its nasty but it seems to work.

What do you think?

[tmeasday]

We should be killing the meteor process properly but maybe we aren't quite getting it.

I'm not too stressed if the tests are hacky as long as they usually work and actually test what they are supposed to :)