Opened 14 years ago

Last modified 13 years ago

#15768 closed Cleanup/optimization

The setUp() method FileStorageTests in tests/regressiontests/file_storage/tests.py uses tempfile.mktemp() — at Version 2

Reported by: d1b Owned by: nobody
Component: Testing framework Version: dev
Severity: Normal Keywords:
Cc: Triage Stage: Ready for checkin
Has patch: yes Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description (last modified by Łukasz Rekucki)

The tempfile.mktemp() function is deprecated and the documentation warns that the "Use of this function may introduce a security hole in your program" - see http://docs.python.org/library/tempfile.html#tempfile.mktemp for more information.

The setUp() method FileStorageTests in tests/regressiontests/file_storage/tests.py uses tempfile.mktemp() in creating a temporary directory. The temporary directory is then deleted during tearDown():

class FileStorageTests(unittest.TestCase):
    storage_class = FileSystemStorage

    def setUp(self):
        self.temp_dir = tempfile.mktemp()
        os.makedirs(self.temp_dir)
        self.storage = self.storage_class(location=self.temp_dir,
            base_url='/test_media_url/')

    def tearDown(self):
        shutil.rmtree(self.temp_dir)

This seems like a mistake because other classes such as FileSaveRaceConditionTest use tempfile.mkdtemp(). tempfile.mkdtemp is a safer way of creating a temporary directory.

Something like the following (_NOTE_: I haven't tested this) could be a 'fix'.

-        self.temp_dir = tempfile.mktemp()
-        os.makedirs(self.temp_dir)
+        self.temp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()

Change History (1)

comment:2 by Łukasz Rekucki, 14 years ago

Description: modified (diff)
Triage Stage: UnreviewedAccepted
Type: UncategorizedCleanup/optimization

Reformated description so it's easier to read.

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