From 731738f6f05917fd586d93e0c77b3d372f8d798b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ezra Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:11:41 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update test section to note file descriptor limit workaround --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 893979fd9ac..ec11e04839a 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ make integration > These make targets assume you have a local installation of a recent version of [`tox`](https://tox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) for unit/integration testing and pre-commit for code quality checks, > unless you use choose a Docker container to run tests. Run `make help` for more info. +> Running functional tests can fail with repeated errors opening files and other resources. +> If this occurs, check directory permissions and the limit on open file descriptors. The latter needs to be at least 8000. + Check out the other targets in the Makefile to see other commonly used test suites.