[Swift-devel] Re: [alcf-support #60887] Can Cobalt command-line bug on Eureka be fixed?

[Mihael Hategan]

We should insist that the issue be fixed. The fact that it can't be done
quickly doesn't mean that it shouldn't be done. But they do have their
priorities.

On Tue, 2011-01-11 at 17:35 -0600, Michael Wilde wrote:
> Thanks, Rich and Andrew, for the very fast responses.
> 
> We'll try the work-around, then.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> - Mike
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Michael,
> > 
> > Unfortunately a fix for this will, at this point in time, take a
> > minimum
> > of four weeks to deploy to a production resource like Eureka, due to
> > our
> > testing, upgrade and maintenance procedures.
> > 
> > As a workaround for this on Eureka, since every job effectively runs
> > in
> > script mode, you should be able to set environment variables within
> > the
> > script that you submit to Cobalt.
> > 
> > We apologize for the inconvenience. Let us know if you have any other
> > questions.
> > 
> > --
> > Paul Rich
> > ALCF Operations -- AIG
> > richp at alcf.anl.gov
> > 
> > 
> > On 1/11/11 4:48 PM, Michael Wilde wrote:
> > > User info for wilde at mcs.anl.gov
> > > =================================
> > > Username: wilde
> > > Full Name: Michael Wilde
> > > Projects:
> > > HTCScienceApps,JGI-Pilot,MTCScienceApps,OOPS,PTMAP,pilot-wilde
> > > 	     ('*' denotes INCITE projects)
> > > =================================
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi ALCF Team,
> > >
> > > The following known issue in Cobalt is currently preventing us from
> > > running Swift on Eureka:
> > >
> > >    http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/cobalt/ticket/462
> > >
> > > With some additional development effort we can work around this, but
> > > it would be much cleaner and better if this were fixed in Cobalt,
> > > instead, as suggested in ticket 462 above.
> > >
> > > Is there any chance that can be done in the next few days?
> > > If not, please let me know, and we will implement the work-around
> > > instead.
> > >
> > > This is holding up work on the DOE ParVis project (Rob Jacob, PI)
> > > and we've had to move some work we want to run on Eureka to other
> > > platforms in the meantime.
> > >
> > > Thanks very much,
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > 462 is:
> > >
> > > Ticket #462 (new defect)
> > > Opened 7 months ago
> > > Cobalt on clusters ignores job script arguments
> > >
> > > Reported by: acherry
> > > Priority: major
> > > Component: clients
> > >
> > > Description
> > >
> > > It appears that cobalt-launcher.py does not support running a job
> > > script or executable with command arguments, even though qsub will
> > > accept the arguments, and the man page and help for qsub indicates
> > > that arguments are accepted.
> > >
> > > I'm filing this as a bug rather than a feature request, since the
> > > behavior isn't consistent with the documentation. But I'd rather the
> > > fix for this to be adding support for args, rather than changing the
> > > docs to say they aren't accepted. :-)
> > >
> > >
>