kf5 frameworks autotest alters KDE4 desktop workspace settings?!

[Alex Merry]

On 2015-11-06 10:34, René J.V. Bertin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been building KF5 frameworks to install under /opt/local on a
> KUbuntu 14.04 host running a KDE4 desktop, using the same packaging
> scripts I'm developing for Mac OS X (MacPorts; evidently with some
> modifications for using them on Linux). I'm not patching the source
> code except where that's unavoidable.
> 
> After running certain autotests (make test in the build directory)
> working remotely, I found my KDE4 desktop with the number of virtual
> desktops reset to 1. I am suspecting the kwindowsystem autotests.
> Is this possible or indeed to be expected?
> 
> Supposing this is because KF5 will by default use the same user
> configuration/preferences directory as KDE4 (~/.kde), where is this
> path defined, and what is the best/official way to change it to a
> dedicated path? For KDE4 one could set KDE_DEFAULT_HOME to the desired
> location when building kdelibs4; where has this been moved with KF5?
> 
> Thanks,
> René

The autotests are supposed to use a special magic test directory for 
configuration and preferences (see 
http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qstandardpaths.html#setTestModeEnabled). So they 
shouldn't be writing anywhere outside that. If they are, it's a bug 
(either in the autotests or in Qt).

Alex