Sorry to be so pedantic, but I try to put myself in the position of the clueless user (which is actually not that hard early in the morning w/o sufficient coffee).
-Paul On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) <jsquy...@cisco.com > wrote: > Good point. I just updated the FAQ item to include the v2.1.x text. > > Thanks! > > > > On Mar 7, 2017, at 10:52 AM, Paul Hargrove <phhargr...@lbl.gov> wrote: > > > > I initially did a Google search on the error text and "Open MPI FAQ" > > Since the error message issued by 2.1.x no longer matches the text in > the FAQ entry, my search did not find the entry. > > > > Not only is the FAQ entry text (error message) specific to 2.0.x, but so > is the entry's title "I am using Open MPI 2.0.x and getting an error at > application startup. How do I work around this?" > > > > So, I still think a new FAQ entry is needed OR the existing one should > be generalized. > > > > -Paul > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 9:15 AM, Howard Pritchard <hpprit...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi Paul > > > > There is an entry 8 under OS-X FAQ which describes this problem. > > > > Adding max allowable len is a good idea. > > > > Howard > > > > Paul Hargrove <phhargr...@lbl.gov> schrieb am Di. 7. März 2017 um 08:04: > > The following is fairly annoying (though I understand the problem is > real): > > > > $ [full-path-to]/mpirun -mca btl sm,self -np 2 examples/ring_c > > PMIx has detected a temporary directory name that results > > in a path that is too long for the Unix domain socket: > > > > Temp dir: /var/folders/mg/q0_5yv791yz65cdnbglcqjvc0000gp/T/ > openmpi-sessions-502@anlextwls026-173_0/53422 > > > > Try setting your TMPDIR environmental variable to point to > > something shorter in length > > > > Of course this comes from the fact that something outside my control has > set TMPDIR to a session-specific directory (same value as $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR) > > TMPDIR=/var/folders/mg/q0_5yv791yz65cdnbglcqjvc0000gp/T/ > > > > I am just reporting this for three minor reasons > > 1) Just in case nobody was aware of this problem > > 2) To request that an FAQ entry related to this be added > > 3) Yes, the message is clear, but it could be improved by indicating the > allowable length of $TMPDIR > > > > -Paul > > > > > > -- > > Paul H. Hargrove phhargr...@lbl.gov > > Computer Languages & Systems Software (CLaSS) Group > > Computer Science Department Tel: +1-510-495-2352 > > Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Fax: +1-510-486-6900 > > _______________________________________________ > > devel mailing list > > devel@lists.open-mpi.org > > https://rfd.newmexicoconsortium.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > > > > _______________________________________________ > > devel mailing list > > devel@lists.open-mpi.org > > https://rfd.newmexicoconsortium.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > > > > > > > > -- > > Paul H. Hargrove phhargr...@lbl.gov > > Computer Languages & Systems Software (CLaSS) Group > > Computer Science Department Tel: +1-510-495-2352 > > Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Fax: +1-510-486-6900 > > _______________________________________________ > > devel mailing list > > devel@lists.open-mpi.org > > https://rfd.newmexicoconsortium.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > > > -- > Jeff Squyres > jsquy...@cisco.com > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > devel@lists.open-mpi.org > https://rfd.newmexicoconsortium.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > -- Paul H. Hargrove phhargr...@lbl.gov Computer Languages & Systems Software (CLaSS) Group Computer Science Department Tel: +1-510-495-2352 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Fax: +1-510-486-6900
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