Embarrassingly, I did know this. It is the same reason that glexec isn't part of the WN rpm. Sorry I didn't remember this during the GDB.
John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:TB-
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jeremy Coles
> Sent: 14 March 2011 13:14
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Fwd: glexec relocatable distribution
>
> Dear All
>
> In a recent deployment meeting we reviewed site progress on the glexec
> (and associated ARGUS/SCAS....) front. Several site admins mentioned
> that there was a need for a tarball install package. This was asked
> about at the GDB last week and Jeff Templon has come back with the
> status (see below).
>
> At the dteam & sites meeting tomorrow I would like to review which
> sites have an issue in this area. Pierre Girard (IN2P3) has offered to
> help one of our sites make progress - does any site want to volunteer?
> That site could then help the others. How many "others" are we talking
> about? Please let me know if your site needs a relocatable distribution
> for glexec. I also need to know of any other issues preventing any site
> from installing glexec on the June 2011 timescale.
>
> Note that progress can still be made with the central server - such as
> ARGUS - while waiting on instructions for the glexec install.
>
> Many thanks,
> Jeremy
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: Jeff Templon <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: 14 March 2011 12:51:01 GMT
> > To: Jeremy Coles <[log in to unmask]>, Pierre GIRARD
> <[log in to unmask]>
> > Cc: Maarten Litmaath <[log in to unmask]>,
> "[log in to unmask] Gordon" <[log in to unmask]>, Jamie Shiers
> <[log in to unmask]>, David Groep <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: glexec relocatable distribution
> >
> > Hi *
> >
> > I had as action point from the GDB (I think it was the GDB, I include
> Jamie in case it was the MB) that I needed to check on the status of
> the glexec relocatable distribution.
> >
> > Here it is : due to the sudo nature of glexec, the path to the
> configuration file needs to be known at *build time*. Hence the RPM
> package of glexec is non-relocatable by nature. The developers had
> answered Pierre quite some time ago with instructions on how to compile
> glexec with an alternate path; this is an acceptable alternative.
> According to the developers, they received no feedback on these
> instructions nor on the explanation why the RPM could not be
> relocatable; after several months of no feedback they closed the
> related GGUS ticket.
> >
> > I am sorry that I did not write down exactly what the issue was that
> Pierre and Jeremy had. If it is not covered by the above, or if you
> think that the documentation is not sufficient, please let us know with
> some concrete indication of what is wrong. Thanks!
> >
> > JT
> >
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