40ants / 40ants/setup-lisp

Setup-lisp tests often fails under OS when trying to call `ros config` step

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Description

Because of this strange error about an unability to create a temporary directory:

```
Unhandled SB-INT:SIMPLE-FILE-ERROR in thread #:
Can't create directory /var/folders/n2

Backtrace for: #
0: (SB-DEBUG::DEBUGGER-DISABLED-HOOK # # :QUIT T)
1: (SB-DEBUG::RUN-HOOK SB-EXT:*INVOKE-DEBUGGER-HOOK* #)
2: (INVOKE-DEBUGGER #)
3: (ERROR SB-INT:SIMPLE-FILE-ERROR :PATHNAME #P"/var/folders/n2/pt_35rc53tdgkld9531s2tfh0000gn/T/tmp" :FORMAT-CONTROL "Can't create directory ~A~:[~;,~%a file with ~
the same name already exists.~]" :FORMAT-ARGUMENTS ("/var/folders/n2" NIL))
4: (SB-KERNEL::%FILE-ERROR #P"/var/folders/n2/pt_35rc53tdgkld9531s2tfh0000gn/T/tmp" "Can't create directory ~A~:[~;,~%a file with ~
the same name already exists.~]" "/var/folders/n2" NIL)
5: (ENSURE-DIRECTORIES-EXIST #P"/var/folders/n2/pt_35rc53tdgkld9531s2tfh0000gn/T/tmp" :VERBOSE NIL :MODE 511)
6: (UIOP/STREAM:CALL-WITH-TEMPORARY-FILE # :WANT-STREAM-P NIL :WANT-PATHNAME-P T :DIRECTION :IO :KEEP NIL :AFTER NIL :DIRECTORY NIL :TYPE "tmp" :PREFIX NIL :SUFFIX NIL :ELEMENT-TYPE NIL :EXTERNAL-FORMAT NIL)
[7](https://github.com/40ants/setup-lisp/actions/runs/8690838915/job/23831663538?pr=25#step:5:8): (UIOP/RUN-PROGRAM::%CALL-WITH-PROGRAM-IO UIOP/RUN-PROGRAM:SLURP-INPUT-STREAM # NIL # :OUTPUT :STRING NIL # :ELEMENT-TYPE NIL :EXTERNAL-FORMAT NIL)
8: (UIOP/RUN-PROGRAM::%USE-SYSTEM "/usr/local/bin/ros roswell-internal-use version confdir" :OUTPUT :STRING :ERROR-OUTPUT :INTERACTIVE)
[9](https://github.com/40ants/setup-lisp/actions/runs/8690838915/job/23831663538?pr=25#step:5:10): (ROSWELL:ROSWELL ("roswell-internal-use" "version" "confdir") :STRING T)
[10](https://github.com/40ants/setup-lisp/actions/runs/8690838915/job/23831663538?pr=25#step:5:11): (MAIN)
```

Usually this error go away after a retry.

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Research direction

Look at the test that calls `ros config` in the setup-lisp repository, likely in the test suite for the GitHub Action. The error occurs when creating a temporary directory in `/var/folders`. Investigate the environment where the test runs, possibly macOS, and why directory creation fails intermittently. Check if the test retry logic exists or needs to be added. Running the failing test locally and examining the temporary directory handling in the action's code will help.

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Assessment

Tech stack
shell
Domain
cli, testing
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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