[cgma-dev] CGMA source update failed: all tests aborted

[Jason Kraftcheck]

Tim Tautges wrote:
> 
> 
> Jason Kraftcheck wrote:
>> Steve Jackson wrote:
>>> I'm likely the one responsible for this error, because I was the one
>>> fiddling
>>> with directory metadata in CGM yesterday.  However, I can't reproduce
>>> any svn
>>> locking errors, and I don't have access to the nightly testing
>>> framework, so I can't investigate it further. 
>>> Can somebody (Jason?) either look into this, or advise me on how I
>>> can look into it myself?  If not, I'll roll back yesterday's metadata
>>> update (r3159).
>>> ~S
>>>
>>
>>
>> This is fixed.  The fact that we a) cannot release the ACIS portion of
>> CGMA
>> and b) still want it to be part of the CGM automake build, we do some odd
>> stuff (have an empty dummy directory that gets checked out by default,
>> etc.)
>>    The nightly test builds include the real ACIS source, which requires a
>> password to check out.  This arrangement means that manual action (on my
>> part) is required for a) updating the source used for nightly tests
>> for any
>> change to the ACIS source and b) sorting out svn issues for any change to
>> the dummy ACIS directory (not changes to files within, but changes that
>> add/remove files and/or attributes.)
>>
>> - jason
>>
> 
> I think this argues for the auto testing platform to be at ANL proper; I
> imagine that would eliminate the need for a password for SVN, or we
> could find a way to accomplish that.
> 

For the two cases above that require manual intervention, that would address
the first one (changes to real ACIS source.)  To fix the second, we would
need to have a separate configure script for the ACIS subdirectory.
Otherwise we need to keep the current dummy directory setup so that automake
doesn't abort when it can't find the Makefile.am.  Of course, the ideal
solution would be to release the ACIS portion of CGM under the GPL also.
Our inability to do so is the root of these problems.

- jason