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Re: barnowl on Ubuntu 22.04 based dialup
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Fri Aug 25 15:40:07 2023
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 15:39:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Jonathon Weiss" <jweiss@mit.edu>
To: Jason Gross <jgross@mit.edu>
CC: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Alejandro_R=2E_Sede=F1o?= <asedeno@mit.edu>,
<barnowl-dev@mit.edu>, cloud-platforms <cloud-platforms@mit.edu>
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Hi,
Just to close the loop machtype and $ATHENA_SYS should now be fixed on prot=
o.dialup.mit.edu too.
=09Jonathon
On Tue, 22 Aug 2023, Jonathon Weiss wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've installed the ubuntu-univers barnowl on proto.dialup.mit.edu. Pleas=
e=20
> check it out and let me know if there are any issues. I have not yet got=
ten=20
> to the issue wtih "fs sysname", machtype", and "$ATHENA_SYS" yet, but it =
is=20
> still on my list to look at.
>
> =09Jonathon
>
>
> On Mon, 21 Aug 2023, Jason Gross wrote:
>
>> Barnowl from the ubuntu universe is probably fine.=C2=A0 They have the l=
atest=20
>> released version (from 2016), Barnowl is barely developed these days, an=
d=20
>> according to git there's only 72 commits that haven't been released yet=
=20
>> (looks like my deferred logging improvements from 2017 never made it int=
o a=20
>> release).=C2=A0 (Maybe we should release 1.11 sometime though?)
>>=20
>> If someone more active in SIPB wants to start more actively maintaining=
=20
>> Barnowl, it might make sense to have local builds again, but right now t=
hey=20
>> wouldn't add anything.
>>=20
>>=20
>> On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 4:24=E2=80=AFPM Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@mit.edu> =
wrote:
>> Here's a question.=C2=A0 Would it make more sense for us to instal=
l the
>> barnowl form ubuntu universe, and just tell people to use that?=C2=
=A0 I
>> don't know if there's any value in having a local build these days=
,=20
>> or
>> if it is just extra effort.
>>
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Jonathon
>>=20
>>
>> On Mon, 21 Aug 2023, Jonathon Weiss wrote:
>>
>> > Yeah, it returning amd64_ubuntu1804 is definitely a bug.=C2=A0 I=
didn't=20
>> have time
>> > to more than glance at it today.=C2=A0 I'll try to get it fixed=
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>> tomorrow, but
>> > later this week is more likley.
>> >
>> >=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Jonathon
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, 18 Aug 2023, Alejandro R. Sede=C3=B1o wrote:
>> >
>> >> Oh, `fs sysname` returning `amd64_ubuntu1804` and not
>> >> `amd64_ubuntu2204` is not going to go well with building barnow=
l=20
>> for
>> >> this release. The versions of perl in 18.04 and 22.04 are=20
>> different,
>> >> which is why the existing barnowl build for 18.04 doesn't work =
on=20
>> the
>> >> new dialup. If `@sys` can't distinguish them then we have no pl=
ace=20
>> to
>> >> put the new build.
>> >>
>> >> glasgall was the last person to build barnowl for the locker,=
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>> IIRC,
>> >> and I don't know how much she remembers at this point. I know I=
've
>> >> forgotten everything I ever knew about how to set up the perl=
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>> stuff,
>> >> but I know that's a necessary step.
>> >>
>> >> -Alejandro
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 8:50=E2=80=AFPM Jason Gross <jgross@mit=
=2Eedu>=20
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I spent a little while looking into this, though I'm probably =
not=20
>> the best
>> >>> person for the job (I don't have much recollection of how lock=
ers=20
>> are set
>> >>> up, and am not familiar with the setup barnowl seems to be usi=
ng=20
>> for
>> >>> perl).
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm a bit confused why ATHENA_SYS and machtype -S disagree wit=
h
>> >>> lsb_release -a on what system proto.dialup.mit.edu is using:
>> >>> jgross@contents-vnder-pressvre:~$ echo $ATHENA_SYS
>> >>> amd64_ubuntu1804
>> >>> jgross@contents-vnder-pressvre:~$ machtype -S
>> >>> amd64_ubuntu1804
>> >>> jgross@contents-vnder-pressvre:~$ lsb_release -a
>> >>> No LSB modules are available.
>> >>> Distributor ID: Ubuntu
>> >>> Description:=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
>> >>> Release:=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 22.04
>> >>> Codename:=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0jammy
>> >>>
>> >>> However, if this is an oversight and they should report=20
>> amd64_ubuntu2204,
>> >>> my guess is that we just need to rebuild barnowl for 22.04.
>> >>>
>> >>> I see that there's /mit/barnowl/build/locker-build for buildin=
g=20
>> barnowl
>> >>> (though I don't seem to have write permissions to the barnowl=
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>> locker?),
>> >>> but I don't see any similar script for building and installing=
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>> whatever
>> >>> perl libraries we need; currently ./configure fails with=20
>> configure: error:
>> >>> cannot find perl module Module::Install::Base.=C2=A0 Does anyo=
ne who's=20
>> done a
>> >>> barnowl release recall the process for setting up perl for=20
>> barnowl on a
>> >>> new arch?
>> >>>
>> >>> Best,
>> >>> Jason
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 2:47=E2=80=AFPM Jonathon Weiss <jweiss=
@mit.edu>=20
>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hi barnowl folks,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I wanted to check in on this.=C2=A0 Next week, we're hoping t=
o start=20
>> building
>> >>>> the VMs that will replace the production dialup pool.=C2=A0 T=
his is=20
>> one of
>> >>>> only two issues that we're currently aware of with the 22.04
>> >>>> configuration.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Jonathon
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Fri, 4 Aug 2023, Andy Kalenderian wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Hi folks,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> We've put together an Ubuntu 22.04 based "dialup", since the=
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>> existing
>> >>>>> ones are based on Ubuntu 18.04 which went out of support in=
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>> April. It
>> >>>>> is available at proto.dialup.mit.edu.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> It's been reported that barnowl currently doesn't work on th=
e=20
>> new
>> >>>>> system:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> [~ contents-vnder-pressvre]> barnowl
>> >>>>> Attempting to create directory=20
>> /mit/barnowl/arch/amd64_ubuntu1804/perl/
>> >>>>> Unable to create
>> >>>>> /mit/barnowl/arch/amd64_ubuntu1804/perl/lib/perl5/5.34.0:
>> >>>>> No such file or directory at /usr/share/perl5/local/lib.pm l=
ine=20
>> 720.
>> >>>>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.
>> >>>>> /mit/barnowl/arch/amd64_ubuntu1804/bin/barnowl.real: error=
=20
>> while loading
>> >>>>> shared libraries: libperl.so.5.26: cannot open shared object=
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>> file: No
>> >>>>> such
>> >>>>> file or directory
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> If this requires any additional packages installed or if you=
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>> have any
>> >>>>> issues/feedback please send them to bug-dialup@mit.edu.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Thanks,
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