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

Sarah Kenny skenny at uchicago.edu
Wed Jun 15 13:34:58 CDT 2011


aaaand there it is:

[skenny at martini missing_app]$ swift -config swift.properties tc_test.swift
Swift svn swift-r3876 cog-r3007

RunID: 20110615-1133-yxhqi1k6
Progress:
Job failed with an exit code of 254
Caused by: org.globus.cog.abstraction.impl.common.execution.JobException:
Job failed with an exit code of 254
Progress:  Stage in:1
Job failed with an exit code of 254
Caused by: org.globus.cog.abstraction.impl.common.execution.JobException:
Job failed with an exit code of 254
Progress:  Stage in:1
Job failed with an exit code of 254
Caused by: org.globus.cog.abstraction.impl.common.execution.JobException:
Job failed with an exit code of 254
Execution failed:
        Job failed with an exit code of 254


On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Jonathan Monette <jonmon at utexas.edu>wrote:

> In your .swift/swift.properties try adding the line status.mode=provider
>
> On Jun 15, 2011, at 1:15 PM, Sarah Kenny wrote:
>
> 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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>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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