Merge pull request #4471 from boegel/run_async_test_fix_workdir

update easyblocks for toy extensions to make sure that asynchronous installation command is run in correct working directory

Author: branfosj

test/framework/sandbox/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/toy_extension.py

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def run_async(self, thread_pool):
             cmd = f"echo 'no sources for {self.name}'"
 
         return thread_pool.submit(run_shell_cmd, cmd, asynchronous=True, env=os.environ.copy(),
-                                  fail_on_error=False, task_id=task_id)
+                                  fail_on_error=False, task_id=task_id, work_dir=os.getcwd())
 
     def postrun(self):
         """

test/framework/sandbox/easybuild/easyblocks/t/toy.py

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def run_async(self, thread_pool):
         cmd = compose_toy_build_cmd(self.cfg, self.name, self.cfg['prebuildopts'], self.cfg['buildopts'])
         task_id = f'ext_{self.name}_{self.version}'
         return thread_pool.submit(run_shell_cmd, cmd, asynchronous=True, env=os.environ.copy(),
-                                  fail_on_error=False, task_id=task_id)
+                                  fail_on_error=False, task_id=task_id, work_dir=os.getcwd())
 
     def postrun(self):
         """