Description of problem:

running v7 server start, the server started successfully, but the following message printed:

[root@dell-per210-01 ~]# v7 server start
Checking installed rpms:
package fence-agents is not installed
The following rpms are required for testing:
 fence-agents
Would you like to install them now? (y|n) n
response: n
Warning: some tests may fail due to missing rpms
kdump test server start:
Starting NFS services:  [  OK  ]
Starting NFS quotas: [  OK  ]
Starting NFS daemon: [  OK  ]
Starting NFS mountd: [  OK  ]

network test server start:
Starting lmbench services... done.
Starting httpd: [  OK  ]

Starting v7 daemon
[root@dell-per210-01 ~]# Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/v7", line 45, in <module>
    success = v7.do(args)
  File "/usr/share/v7/lib/v7/hardwaretest.py", line 184, in do
    return self.doServer(args)
  File "/usr/share/v7/lib/v7/hardwaretest.py", line 450, in doServer
    return daemon.run() 
  File "/usr/share/v7/lib/v7/daemon.py", line 61, in run
    self.__clearPipes()
  File "/usr/share/v7/lib/v7/daemon.py", line 52, in __clearPipes
    os.mkfifo(self.environment.getTaskFilePath()+ ".in", 0666)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
1.4 R16


How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. v7 server start
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Actual results:


Expected results:
no extra python backtrace

Additional info: