tcwg_kernel-bisect.sh: Avoid absolute paths in manifests

... and their use in reproduction instructions.

Also
- download build-parameter.sh in instructions that test.sh relies
on
- use curl instead of wget in instuctions
- limit commit output to 1000 lines in the email body.

Change-Id: Ib3b0cb94134a588e3a8c72fd7261b70d83935450

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/jenkins-helpers.sh b/jenkins-helpers.sh
index b4b1b112..10b7081a 100644
--- a/jenkins-helpers.sh
+++ b/jenkins-helpers.sh
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ fresh_dir ()
 		break
 	    fi
 	    # This assert will trigger if one of keep_patterns doesn't start
-	    # with "$dir".
-	    assert [ "$keep_pattern" != "." ]
+	    # with "$dir": eventually dirname will get to either "/" or ".".
+	    assert [ "$keep_pattern" != "/" -a "$keep_pattern" != "." ]
 	done
     done
 
@@ -1040,6 +1040,11 @@ run_step_init ()
 	run_step_use_baseline=false
     fi
 
+    # We need absolute paths for $run_step_artifacts, which is constructed from
+    # $run_step_top_artifacts.
+    mkdir -p "$run_step_top_artifacts"
+    run_step_top_artifacts=$(cd "$run_step_top_artifacts"; pwd)
+
     rm -f $run_step_top_artifacts/console.log
     rm -f $run_step_top_artifacts/results
 }