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<div dir="ltr" ><div><strong><span style="font-family:courier new,courier,monospace;" >if [[ -f /etc/debian_version || "$(/usr/bin/lsb_release -is 2>/dev/null)" = Ubuntu ]]<br>then<br> isDebian=1<br>fi</span></strong></div>
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<div><div><strong><span style="font-family:courier new,courier,monospace;" > --buildrpm | --build-package )<br> [[ $optName_lc = "--buildrpm" &&$isDebian -eq 1 ]] && syntaxError "help" $usageMsg</span></strong></div>
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<div>ie. it bails out with an error if <strong><span style="font-family:courier new,courier,monospace;" >/etc/debian_version</span></strong> exists at all, instead of aborting only if the rpm package is not installed. (!)</div>
<div>By editing this script I could build the gpfs.gpl as an rpm even if / <strong><span style="font-family:courier new,courier,monospace;" >etc/debian_version</span></strong> exists as was my case (since it *was* a Debain system).</div>
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<blockquote data-history-content-modified="1" dir="ltr" style="border-left:solid #aaaaaa 2px; margin-left:5px; padding-left:5px; direction:ltr; margin-right:0px" >----- Original message -----<br>From: Laurence Horrocks-Barlow <laurence@qsplace.co.uk><br>Sent by: gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org<br>To: gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org>, Scott Fadden <sfadden@us.ibm.com>, "Simon Thompson (Research Computing - IT Services)" <S.J.Thompson@bham.ac.uk><br>Cc: "'gpfsug main discussion list'" <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><br>Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Building portability layer fails<br>Date: Sat, May 28, 2016 9:37 AM<br> <br><!--Notes ACF
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf8" />-->Yes it does.<br><br>But you still have to export LINUX_DISTRIBUTION=REDHAT_AS_LINUX before the command.<br><br>i.e.<br>LINUX_DISTRIBUTION=REDHAT_AS_LINUX mmbuildgpl<br><br>-- Lauz<br>
<div>On 28 May 2016 01:47:05 BST, Scott Fadden <sfadden@us.ibm.com> wrote:
<blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" ><font style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;margin: 1em 0;" >It should<br><br>Sent from IBM Verse</font><br>
<div><div><span><font color="#424282" >Simon Thompson (Research Computing - IT Services) --- RE: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Building portability layer fails --- </font></span></div>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0" > <tbody> <tr valign="top" > <td style="width: 96px;" width="1%" ><font color="#5F5F5F" size="2" >From:</font></td> <td style="width: auto;" width="100%" ><font size="2" >"Simon Thompson (Research Computing - IT Services)" <S.J.Thompson@bham.ac.uk></font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" > <td style="width: 96px;" width="1%" ><font color="#5F5F5F" size="2" >To:</font></td> <td style="width: auto;" width="100%" ><font size="2" >"'gpfsug main discussion list'& quot; <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org>, "Scott Fadden" <sfadden@us.ibm.com></font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" > <td style="width: 96px;" width="1%" ><font color="#5F5F5F" size="2" >Date:</font></td> <td style="width: auto;" width="100%" ><font size="2" >Fri, May 27, 2016 14:45</font></td> </tr> <tr valign="top" > <td style="width: 96px;" width="1%" ><font color="#5F5F5F" size="2" >Subject:</font></td> <td style="width: auto;" width="100%" ><font size="2" >RE: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Building portability layer fails</font></td> </tr> </tbody></table>
<hr style="color:#8091A5; " noshade="noshade" size="2" width="100%" align="left" ></div>Does mmbuildgpl work if its a RHEL clone like CentOS?<br><br>Simon<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br><b>From: </b>Scott Fadden [<a href="mailto:sfadden@us.ibm.com" target="_blank" >sfadden@us.ibm.com</a>]<br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, May 27, 2016 09:36 PM GMT Standard Time<br><b>To: </b>gpfsug main discussion list<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Building portability layer fails<br><br><font size="2" face="sans-serif" >On 4.2.0.3 run mmbuildgpl. See how that goes.</font><br><br><br><font size="2" face="sans-serif" >Scott Fadden<br>Spectrum Scale - Technical Marketing<br>Phone: (503) 880-5833 <br>sfadden@us.ibm.com</font><br><a href="http://www.ibm.com/systems/storage/spectrum/scale" target="_blank" ><font size="2" face="sans-serif" >http://www.ibm.com/systems/storage/spectrum/scale</font></a><br><br><br><br><font color="#5F5F5F" size="1" face="sans-serif" >From: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif" >"Buterbaugh, Kevin L" <Kevin.Buterbaugh@Vanderbilt.Edu></font><br><font color="#5F5F5F" size="1" face="sans-serif" >To: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif" >gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org></font><br><font color="#5F5F5F" size="1" face="sans-serif" >Date: &n bsp; </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif" >05/27/2016 01:23 PM</font><br><font color="#5F5F5F" size="1" face="sans-serif" >Subject: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif" >[gpfsug-discuss] Building portability layer fails</font><br><font color="#5F5F5F" size="1" face="sans-serif" >Sent by: </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif" >gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</font>
<hr noshade="noshade" ><br><br><br><font size="3" >All,</font><br><br><font size="3" >We\u2019re upgrading our cluster from GPFS 4.1.0.8 to GPFS 4.2.0.3 and all is going very well \u2026 except for my tape backup server.</font><br><br><font size="3" >I\u2019ve run the Spectrum Scale installer and installed the rpm\u2019s in /usr/lpp/mmfs/4.2.0.3/gpfs_rpms, but when I run:</font><br><br><font size="3" >make LINUX_DISTRIBUTION=REDHAT_AS_LINUX Autoconfig</font><br><br><font size="3" >it errors with:</font><br><br><font size="3" >make[3]: *** [/usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux/kdump-kern.o] Error 1</font><br><font size="3" >make[2]: *** [_module_/usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux] Error 2</font><br><font size="3" >make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64'</font><br><font size="3" >make[1]: *** [modules] Error 1</font><br><font size="3" >make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/lpp/mmfs/src/gpl-linux'</font><br><font size="3" >make: *** [Modules] Error 1</font><br><br><font size="3" >Any ideas? Thanks in advance\u2026</font><br><br><font size="3" >\u2014</font><br><font size="3" >Kevin Buterbaugh - Senior System Administrator</font><br><font size="3" >Vanderbilt University - Advanced Computing Center for Research and Education</font><br><a href="mailto:Kevin.Buterbaugh@vanderbilt.edu" target="_blank" ><font color="blue" size="3" ><u>Kevin.Buterbaugh@vanderbilt.edu</u></font></a><font size="3" >- (615)875-9633</font><br><br><br><tt><font size="3" face="" >_______________________________________________<br>gpfsug-discuss mailing list<br>gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org</font></tt><br><a href="http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss" target="_blank" ><tt><font size="3" face="" >http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss</font></tt></a><br><br><br><br>
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<div><hr><font size="2" face="Default Monospace,Courier New,Courier,monospace" >gpfsug-discuss mailing listgpfsug-discuss at <a href="http://spectrumscale.org" target="_blank" >spectrumscale.org</a><a href="http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss" target="_blank" >http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss</a></font></div></div></blockquote></div><br>--<br>Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
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