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Conference smurf::buildhelp

Title:USG buildhelp questions/answers
Moderator:SMURF::FILTER
Created:Mon Apr 26 1993
Last Modified:Mon Jan 20 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2763
Total number of notes:5802

771.0. "Trouble using ode on production systems" by SMURF::FILTER (Automatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puck) Fri Jun 03 1994 14:08

Date Of Receipt: 	 1-JUN-1994 15:31:59.81
From: 	WASTED::"keane@giants.zko.dec.com" "01-Jun-1994 1531"
To: 	odehelp@zk3.dec.com
CC: 	keane@giants.zko.dec.com
Subj: 	Trouble using ode on production systems

Hi,

Tried to workon to a sandbox on alpha today:


alpha.zk3.dec.com> workon
lookup/getenv: target_machine not found
lookupvar target_machine failed
error evaluating argument
alpha.zk3.dec.com>

Any ideas?

I have /usr/sde/tools/alpha_osf1/bin in my path for the ode tools.

Brian

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771.1Re: Trouble using ode on production systemsSMURF::FILTERAutomatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puckFri Jun 03 1994 14:099
Date Of Receipt: 	 1-JUN-1994 15:35:47.51
From: 	FLAMBE::johnf "John Flanagan USG Test Johnf Tools Group  01-Jun-1994 1535"
To: 	keane@giants.zko.dec.com
CC: 	odehelp@zk3.dec.com
Subj: 	Re: Trouble using ode on production systems

Alpha has been very flakey lately.  I would suggest trying a more stable
machine such as flambe or wasted.

771.2Re: Trouble using ode on production systemsSMURF::FILTERAutomatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puckFri Jun 03 1994 14:1010
Date Of Receipt: 	 1-JUN-1994 15:44:45.56
From: 	FLAMBE::"keane@giants.zko.dec.com" "01-Jun-1994 1544"
To: 	John Flanagan <johnf@zk3.dec.com>
CC: 	keane@giants.zko.dec.com, odehelp@zk3.dec.com
Subj: 	Re: Trouble using ode on production systems

same thing happens on flambe and wasted too...

Brian

771.3Re: Trouble using ode on production systemsSMURF::FILTERAutomatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puckFri Jun 03 1994 14:159
Date Of Receipt: 	 1-JUN-1994 16:09:25.09
From: 	FLAMBE::johnf "John Flanagan USG Test Johnf Tools Group  01-Jun-1994 1553"
To: 	keane@giants.zko.dec.com
CC: 	John Flanagan <johnf@zk3.dec.com>, odehelp@zk3.dec.com
Subj: 	Re: Trouble using ode on production systems

What backingtree are you trying to use?  I was able to do a workon 
to goldos on flambe just now...

771.4Re: Trouble using ode on production systemsSMURF::FILTERAutomatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puckFri Jun 03 1994 14:2026
Date Of Receipt: 	 1-JUN-1994 17:24:30.46
From: 	FLAMBE::"keane@giants.zko.dec.com" "01-Jun-1994 1723"
To: 	John Flanagan <johnf@zk3.dec.com>
CC: 	keane@giants.zko.dec.com, odehelp@zk3.dec.com
Subj: 	Re: Trouble using ode on production systems

My default sandbox is backed by goldos.nightly.  I just tried
a resb, and the output is a bit more verbose:

wasted.zk3.dec.com> resb goldos
lookup/getenv: target_machine not found
lookupvar target_machine failed
error evaluating argument
>> WARNING in resb:
>> unable to parse sandbox rcfile /home/keane/sandboxes/goldbl8/rc_files/local.
>> WARNING in resb:
>>      cannot find sandbox build base.
lookup/getenv: target_machine not found
lookupvar target_machine failed
error evaluating argument
>> WARNING in resb:
>>      Assuming non-shared sandbox.
>> FATAL ERROR in resb:
        no build goldos in default base; no alternative base.
wasted.zk3.dec.com>

771.5Re: Trouble using ode on production systemsSMURF::FILTERAutomatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puckFri Jun 03 1994 14:2314
Date Of Receipt: 	 1-JUN-1994 17:29:35.55
From: 	WASTED::jmf "Joshua M. Friedman OSF/UNIX SDE"
To: 	johnf@zk3.dec.com, keane@giants.zko.dec.com
CC: 	odehelp@zk3.dec.com
Subj: 	Re: Trouble using ode on production systems

Brian, do you have any customizations to your rc_files?  do you
have an rc_files/custom file?   these could be interfering.

what are you backed to?  (do an ls -l on the sandbox's 'link'
and make sure what it links to is also mounted).

-josh

771.6Re: Trouble using ode on production systemsSMURF::FILTERAutomatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puckFri Jun 03 1994 14:259
Date Of Receipt: 	 1-JUN-1994 17:38:34.53
From: 	FLAMBE::johnf "John Flanagan USG Test Johnf Tools Group  01-Jun-1994 1738"
To: 	keane@giants.zko.dec.com
CC: 	John Flanagan <johnf@zk3.dec.com>, odehelp@zk3.dec.com
Subj: 	Re: Trouble using ode on production systems

It looks like the shared file in your sandbox rc_files directory is 
corrupted.  Copy the shared.BAK  into shared and see what happens...

771.7Re: Trouble using ode on production systemsSMURF::FILTERAutomatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puckFri Jun 03 1994 14:2753
Date Of Receipt: 	 1-JUN-1994 17:39:30.80
From: 	WASTED::jmf "Joshua M. Friedman OSF/UNIX SDE  01-Jun-1994 1738"
To: 	keane@giants.zko.dec.com
CC: 	John Flanagan <johnf@zk3.dec.com>, odehelp@zk3.dec.com,
	jmf@DEC:.zko.wasted
Subj: 	Re: Trouble using ode on production systems

Brian, it's irrellevant what your default sandbox is.  BUT you 
must be in a workon for the sandbox you want to resb.

Can you do this "workon -sb <name>"?

-josh

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My default sandbox is backed by goldos.nightly.  I just tried
a resb, and the output is a bit more verbose:

wasted.zk3.dec.com> resb goldos
lookup/getenv: target_machine not found
lookupvar target_machine failed
error evaluating argument
>> WARNING in resb:
>> unable to parse sandbox rcfile /home/keane/sandboxes/goldbl8/rc_files/local.
>> WARNING in resb:
>>      cannot find sandbox build base.
lookup/getenv: target_machine not found
lookupvar target_machine failed
error evaluating argument
>> WARNING in resb:
>>      Assuming non-shared sandbox.
>> FATAL ERROR in resb:
        no build goldos in default base; no alternative base.
wasted.zk3.dec.com>


771.8Re: Trouble using ode on production systemsSMURF::FILTERAutomatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puckFri Jun 03 1994 14:3020
Date Of Receipt: 	 1-JUN-1994 18:03:30.18
From: 	FLAMBE::"keane@giants.zko.dec.com" "01-Jun-1994 1802"
To: 	John Flanagan <johnf@zk3.dec.com>
CC: 	keane@giants.zko.dec.com, odehelp@zk3.dec.com
Subj: 	Re: Trouble using ode on production systems

John, Josh,

>It looks like the shared file in your sandbox rc_files directory is 
>corrupted.  Copy the shared.BAK  into shared and see what happens...

Bingo.  I had a 0 length shared file.  Not sure how this happened,
except that I live on a guest disk that is perpetually short of
space.  Perhaps I ran out during some unfortunate moment?

Anyway, I'm rolling again.  Thanks for all the help!  You folks
on odehelp are unfailingly helpful.  I really appreciate it.

Brian