On Mon, Jan/05/2009 07:36:06PM, Jeff Squyres wrote: > Ethan -- did we ever reply to Brian about this? >
Oops. I did not. > Do you have any thoughts on the issue? My thought is that I definitely prefer the short string (rhel) to the new long one (RedHatEnterprise), and I'm less concerned about whatami's efficiency. In other words, "a". (I generally only run whatami a few times over the course of a long MTT run.) -Ethan > > > On Nov 7, 2008, at 3:07 PM, Brian Elliott Finley wrote: > >> Well, we don't want to be changing the results that folks are already >> relying on, but it looks like we are. >> >> The benefit in putting the lsb test at the top is that most new and >> future distros can be identified by that. >> >> But, it looks like the safest thing to do is to put it at the bottom. >> Unfortunately, that means that we have to run through all the other >> tests, which will not match, for all future distros. Maybe it happens >> so fast, even with the extra tests, that it's not worth worrying about. >> >> Options: >> a) Just put the lsb tests at the end (more computer effort over time) >> b) Put the lsb tests in the middle, after distro tests that are >> already defined, but that we know also have lsb info (more people effort) >> c) I don't think leaving as is is an option, because if someone >> updates to the latest version of whatami, it may break existing tests >> they depend on. >> >> I'm leaning towards a). >> >> Thoughts? >> >> -Brian >> >> >> Jeff Squyres wrote: >>> Ditto: >>> >>> [8:23] svbu-mpi:~/svn/mtt % ./client/whatami/whatami >>> linux-RedHatEnterpriseAS_4-x86_64 >>> >>> >>> On Nov 7, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Ethan Mallove wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, Nov/06/2008 04:24:15PM, Jeff Squyres wrote: >>>>> Thanks Brian. Ethan -- if it works for you, can you pull down a new >>>>> version and commit to MTT's SVN? >>>> >>>> Done. >>>> >>>> I get "linux-RedHatEnterpriseServer_5-ia32", instead of >>>> "linux-rhel5-ia32" now. I guess I sort of prefer the short >>>> version. Oh well. >>>> >>>> -Ethan >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Nov 6, 2008, at 3:19 PM, Brian Elliott Finley wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> All, >>>>>> >>>>>> I've committed a new version that includes the version referenced >>>>>> below, >>>>>> and changed the $() to ``. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, -Brian >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Tim Mattox wrote: >>>>>>> The 2008.10.31 version that Jeff forwarded works fine on SLES9 PPC64. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2008/10/31 Jeff Squyres <jsquy...@cisco.com>: >>>>>>>> Sorry; my stupid mailer didn't display it as an attachment when I >>>>>>>> forwarded. >>>>>>>> Try this. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Oct 31, 2008, at 1:56 PM, Ethan Mallove wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct/31/2008 01:01:02PM, Jeff Squyres wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Re-sending to the MTT list, because I think our listserver will >>>>>>>>>> automatically block Brian (I'll add him to the whitelist for >>>>>>>>>> future >>>>>>>>>> posts!). >>>>>>>>> I'm getting a syntax error: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> $ whatami >>>>>>>>> whatami: syntax error at line 149: `DISTRIB_ID=$' unexpected >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Not sure if I'm doing a bad copy/paste out of my mail >>>>>>>>> client. Jeff, can you send the new whatami script as an >>>>>>>>> attachment? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Jeff Squyres >>>>>>>> Cisco Systems >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> mtt-users mailing list >>>>>>>> mtt-us...@open-mpi.org >>>>>>>> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/mtt-users >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Brian Elliott Finley >>>>>> CIS / Argonne National Laboratory >>>>>> Office: 630.252.4742 >>>>>> Mobile: 630.631.6621 >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> mtt-users mailing list >>>>>> mtt-us...@open-mpi.org >>>>>> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/mtt-users >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Jeff Squyres >>>>> Cisco Systems >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> mtt-users mailing list >>>>> mtt-us...@open-mpi.org >>>>> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/mtt-users >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> mtt-users mailing list >>>> mtt-us...@open-mpi.org >>>> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/mtt-users >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Brian Elliott Finley >> CIS / Argonne National Laboratory >> Office: 630.252.4742 >> Mobile: 630.631.6621 > > > -- > Jeff Squyres > Cisco Systems > > _______________________________________________ > mtt-users mailing list > mtt-us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/mtt-users