[Swift-devel] Fwd: [Bug 453] New: Swift accepts bad sites parameters without warning to user

[Sarah Kenny]

ok, that's what i figured, but just wanted to make sure i wasn't missing
anything. i'll work on generating the list.

~sk

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Michael Wilde <wilde at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

> Sarah,
>
> The only detailed list I know of is for the coaster provider, in the User
> Guide. And even that is likely not 100% in sync with the code.
>
> Anything you can do to create such a list as part of this bug fix would be
> great.
>
> - Mike
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> hey all, i've added a check for some of the incorrect parameters for local
> execution provider but need to add for the other providers....this is
> perhaps a naively optimistic question :) but is there a comprehensive list
> of which parameters are accepted by which provider? just thought i'd check
> before continuing to dig around for them.
>
> thanks
> ~sk
>
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> From: <bugzilla-daemon at mcs.anl.gov>
> Date: Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 10:29 AM
> Subject: [Bug 453] New: Swift accepts bad sites parameters without warning
> to user
> To: skenny at uchicago.edu
>
>
> https://bugzilla.mcs.anl.gov/swift/show_bug.cgi?id=453
>
>           Summary: Swift accepts bad sites parameters without warning to
>                    user
>           Product: Swift
>           Version: 0.92
>          Platform: All
>        OS/Version: All
>            Status: ASSIGNED
>          Severity: major
>          Priority: P1
>         Component: SwiftScript language
>        AssignedTo: skenny at uchicago.edu
>        ReportedBy: wilde at mcs.anl.gov
>
>
> In the newuser-guide pads-quickstart, we tell the user to use the following
> sites file:
>
>
> <config>
> <pool handle="pads-pbs">
>  <execution jobmanager="local:pbs" provider="local" url="none" />
>  <filesystem provider="local" url="none" />
>  <profile key="jobThrottle" namespace="karajan">0</profile>
>  <profile namespace="globus" key="project">_QUEUE_</profile>
>  <workdirectory>_WORK_</workdirectory>
> </pool>
> </config>
>
> which is included from the test/ directory.
>
> This file is half coasters, half plain pbs, and as a result happily runs
> the
> users jobs on localhost - without any indication of problems.
>
> Swift should warn the user (or give a fatal error) if parameters specified
> in
> the sites file dont apply to the selected provider(s).
>
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