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.
 
---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