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[Tom Throckmorton <>]

On 8/13/12 5:40 PM, Tom Throckmorton wrote:
> Hi Kavitha,
> 
> Rather than hijack the previous thread, I've started a new one -
> comments below...
> 
> On 8/13/12 1:46 PM, Kavitha Kumar wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>   The RPMS/source distribution of 3.6.5.2 are available here: 
>> http://patdev2.internet2.edu/
>>
>> It would be great if I could get feedback on how these build on your 
>> environment and or/run after installation. 
> 
> FWIW, that version rebuilds cleanly for me in mock.  The client works
> with servers of various releases, and the server appears to work fine
> (tests complete, no hanging, etc.), however, I did notice db logging is
> no longer working.  It appears to have broken somewhere between 3.5.6
> and this release, though I don't have any intermediate builds handy to
> help narrow it down further.  If you need, I can try to do that.

To hopefully save some time, I rebuilt 3.6.4 just now, and db logging
works there, so the problem occurred somewhere between 3.6.4 and 3.6.5.x

-tt

> 
> The db appears to initialize correctly at startup:
> 
>> throck@rpop-probe-test%
>>  sudo /usr/sbin/web100srv -a --debug --ipv4 --syslog -l 
>> /var/log/ndt/web100srv.log --enableDBlogging --dbDSN ndt_data --dbUID ndt 
>> --dbPWD ********
>> ----DataDirName=/usr/ndt/serverdata/
>> ANL/Internet2 NDT ver 3.6.5.2
>>      Variables file = /usr/ndt/web100_variables
>>      log file = /var/log/ndt/web100srv.log
>>      Admin file = /usr/ndt/admin.html
>>      Syslog facility = default (128)
>>      Debug level set to 1
>> Initializing DB with DSN='ndt_data', UID='ndt', PWD=yes
>> ...
> 
> However, during a test, it fails to update the db:
> 
>> ... 
>> --Is congested? 1 
>>   Failed to insert test results into the table
>>  Continuing without DB logging
>> Updating admin_view variables: Total count = 11
>> ....
> 
> I do use the db logging feature and find it useful - any ideas why/where
> this stopped working?  Let me know what additional info you need to help
> track it down.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -tt
> 
> 


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