Hello Bernard,
Thanks a lot for replying and letting me know about java/ant problem
solution.I am guessing that there would be a strong possibility that the
user has Java already (as its too common) and we installing java and
setting environmental variables like JAVA_HOME might disrupt his
settings? So can we dynamically decide which rpms to install using the
scripts recognised by OSCAR?
About /opt/globus, earlier I had created the exact directory structure
as you suggested, maybe I had confused myself over how it would work. I
included both the .tar.gz and the python script in the /opt/globus while
making the rpm and it does the rest.
I am attaching the config.xml as an attachement.
I am going create a package with java and apache-ant in it and remove
the configurator for the time being as you suggested.
Thanks in advance,
Regards,
Kshitij
Bernard Li wrote:
Hi Kshitij:
It might be better if we just bundle java and apache-ant with the
package and install them all the time (in /opt) - in this case we have
more control over supported versions for these third-party
applications. I guess we do need to find out whether it is okay for
us to distribute java (and apache-ant) in RPM format.
What files will go in /opt/globus? If there are multiple files and/or
programs, perhaps you can wrap it into a RPM, something like
'globus-oscar-1.0.rpm' and after you install it, it will create
/opt/globus as well as all the other necessary programs - how does
that sound?
BTW, I was only able to view the post_configure.txt file, none of the
other files came through.
Cheers,
Bernard
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Shashank Limaye
*Sent:* Wed 03/08/2005 09:10
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*Subject:* [Oscar-devel] Question regarding Oscar Packaging
Hello,
I am trying to create a Globus-Oscar Package. I had a few questions
regarding
the packaging,as I have reached midway of the package creation.
Here is what I did.
1. I created rpms for junit, apache-ant (pre-requisites for Globus)
and Globus
with installtion directory as /opt (Oscar default).
2. Created a package area as suggested by Howto and put rpms in RPMS area.
3. Wrote a config.xml (attached for viewing)
4. Wrote a configurator.html for configuartion as suggested. The
reason for
writing the configurator is that Globus installtion cannot proceed
without Java
being installed and JAVA_HOME being set. Also I want the check with
user if
Apache-ant has been installed or not. If not then we install it.
5. I wrote the post_configure as suggested. So the documentation says
that a
globus.conf file will be generated. Now I want to read this conf file
which
would have a user "yes", "no" (on whether JAVA or ANT is installed) for
questions and then decide which rpm to install.
6. I couldnt locate in the document the next step to be done to read
the conf
file and decide on the rpm to install. Or do the rpms have to be
intelligent
enough to read the .conf file. As the next script after post_configure is
post_server_rpm_install, which is post rpm installtion, I need to
decide based
on results of post_configure whether or not to install apache-ant.
Also if java
hasnt been installed then I should not proceed with rpm installtions.
7. Also I need the setup script to generate a folder /opt/globus for
me. Is that
possible ( I mean conferring to the Oscar standards).
I hope I have explained my problem. Please let me know how I can
proceed with
the packaging.
I have attached the config.xml, configurator.html and post_configure
script for
your viewing.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Kshitij Limaye
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<oscar>
<name>Globus Toolkit</name>
<version>
<major>3</major>
<minor>2</minor>
<subversion>1</subversion>
<release>1</release>
<epoch>1</epoch>
</version>
<class>third-party</class>
<summary>Globus Toolkit 3.2 Installer</summary>
<license>GPL</license>
<group>Application/System</group>
<url>http://www-unix.globus.org/toolkit/survey/index.php?download=gt3.2-all-source-installer.tar.gz</url>
<packager>
<name>Kshitij Limaye</name>
<email>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email>
</packager>
<description> Globus Toolkit has become a defacto standard for Grid installtions. This package installs the the needed pre-requisite softwares and the Globbus Toolkit version 3.2 on the head node of the OSCAR Cluster.
</description>
<rpmlist>
<filter group="oscar_server" distribution="redhat" distribution_version="9" architecture=ia32/>
<rpm>ant-oscar1.0-1.i386.rpm</rpm>
<rpm>junit-oscar1-.0-1.i386.rpm</rpm>
<rpm>gt-oscar-3.2-1.i386.rpm</rpm>
</rpmlist>
</oscar>
