[Swift-devel] Re: [Bug 183] Print better error message when app executable is not found

[Sarah Kenny]

copying over to my own machine and running with stable release:

[skenny at martini missing_app]$ swift -tc.file ./tc.data tc_test.swift
Swift svn swift-r3876 cog-r3007

RunID: 20110615-1113-ef32g0te
Progress:
The executable /home/jonmon/Library/hello.sh does not exist

Progress:  Stage in:1
The executable /home/jonmon/Library/hello.sh does not exist

Progress:  Stage in:1
The executable /home/jonmon/Library/hello.sh does not exist

Execution failed:
        The executable /home/jonmon/Library/hello.sh does not exist


On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Jonathan Monette <jonmon at utexas.edu>wrote:

> In ~jonmon/test there is a script that reproduces this error I believe.
>  The executable it is trying to use is in ~jonmon.  The tc.data file points
> to ~jonmon/Library/hello.sh  You should be able to run the script there in
> the directory.  If not you can copy the files to yours and try it.
>
> On Jun 15, 2011, at 12:01 PM, Sarah Kenny wrote:
>
> yeah, if you're able to reproduce david that might be helpful. i get the
> same behavior with the stable release and trunk. i also get the correct
> error if i simply don't have execute permission on the executable.
>
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 9:37 AM, David Kelly <davidkelly999 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Sarah,
>>
>> I saw this error when I copied configuration files from one machine to
>> another. The application I was trying to run was in my home directory, but I
>> was logged in under a username so the path did not exist. The error message
>> I got was too vague to understand why my script failed - it was just
>> something like "Job failed with an exit code of 254". It didn't say which
>> job, or what that meant. I thought it was something related to the scheduler
>> I was trying to use. I have only tested this with 0.92.1. I did not try it
>> on trunk, so maybe this has already been fixed. I will try it again today to
>> see if I can reproduce it.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 1:05 AM, Sarah Kenny <skenny at uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> hey david, i've been trying to replicate this bug, but when i
>>> deliberately point to an executable that doesn't exist i get what seems to
>>> be an appropriate error:
>>>
>>> The executable /bin/echoo does not exist
>>>
>>> i got this on a couple of sites...can you give a little more info on what
>>> was happening with your workflow? could be i'm misunderstanding the bug.
>>>
>>> ~sk
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:31 PM, <bugzilla-daemon at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>>>
>>>> https://bugzilla.mcs.anl.gov/swift/show_bug.cgi?id=183
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David Kelly <davidkelly999 at gmail.com> changed:
>>>>
>>>>           What    |Removed                     |Added
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>                 CC|                            |davidkelly999 at gmail.com
>>>>          Component|SwiftScript language        |error messages
>>>>         AssignedTo|benc at hawaga.org.uk          |skenny at uchicago.edu
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- Comment #1 from David Kelly <davidkelly999 at gmail.com>  2011-06-10
>>>> 23:32:22 ---
>>>> This one gets my vote.. I just wasted a bunch of time trying to figure
>>>> out what
>>>> this error meant and why I was getting it.
>>>>
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