This "tarball" issue is tiresome, isn't it? We need to commit to the
necessity for tarballs, or quit with the idea. If there is a necessity,
then it becomes a MUST, not a SHOULD. There is no middle ground, AFAIKS.
Steve
> Hi
>
> How hard is it to make this tarball install?
> Does anyone know who to contact who would know the steps normally done.
>
> I object to the "do-it-youself" attitude - but if its easy then I may be
> willing to give it a crack at ECDF...
>
> Wahid
>
> On 13 Sep 2012, at 13:39, Ewan MacMahon wrote:
>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:TB-
>>> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wahid Bhimji
>>>
>>> Just a question - sorry if it has been covered before. Are any of these
>>> EMI2 sites using the WN tarball. Does it work?- where could we get it
>>> from?
>>> (preferably SL6 as ECDF will be likely be making the change in one
>>> step).
>>>
>> There isn't a tarball yet, but apparently it's on the cards. From this
>> presentation at the GDB:
>>
>> http://indico.cern.ch/getFile.py/access?contribId=9&sessionId=2&resId=1&materialId=slides&confId=155072
>>
>> It says:
>>
>> "A group of willing sites have agreed to install the EMI2/SL5/64bit WN
>> and make queues available
>> - SL6 will follow
>> Uses the EMI testing repository
>> - Updates can be immediately produced
>> * Bypassing EMI release process
>> - A full client release (tarball etc.) will happen after WN validation"
>>
>> So, no tarball now, tarball later.
>>
>> Ewan
>>
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