test: remove --root option and fix TMP_DIRECTORY cleanup

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diff --git a/test/README b/test/README
index 8e06f44241a667609fdd5b47eda05b51e6fd3b47..b378c3ff3c5fa3a60b9758f52abd3c731d69ccfe 100644 (file)
--- a/test/README
+++ b/test/README
@@ -80,15 +80,6 @@ The following command-line options are available when running tests:
        As the names depend on the tests' file names, it is safe to
        run the tests with this option in parallel.
 
        As the names depend on the tests' file names, it is safe to
        run the tests with this option in parallel.
 

---root=<dir>::
-       This runs the testsuites specified under a separate directory.
-       However, caution is advised, as not all tests are maintained
-       with this relocation in mind, so some tests may behave
-       differently.
-
-       Pointing this argument at a tmpfs filesystem can improve the
-       speed of the test suite for some users.
-

 Certain tests require precomputed databases to complete. You can fetch these
 databases with
 
 Certain tests require precomputed databases to complete. You can fetch these
 databases with