Re: [Condor-devel] copy_to_spool in Condor 6.9.X

[Dan Bradley <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good point!  I think we should change it back to True for standard 
universe alone, but I'll collect input on whether folks think this is 
too confusing, in which case we could just change it back to True for 
all types of jobs.

--Dan

Daniel Forrest wrote:

> I was reading the 6.9 release notes when I saw this:
>
> * The default value for the submit file command copy_to_spool has been
>  changed to False, because copying the executable to the spool
>  directory for each job (or job cluster) is almost never desired.
>  Previously, the default was True in all cases, except for grid
>  universe jobs and remote submissions.
>
>
> I would *strongly* recommend this be modified to make the default
> continue to be True for the standard universe.
>
> A standard universe job will *not* be able to restore from checkpoint
> if the executable changes.  I would not like to lose weeks or months
> of work because my job cannot restart, and in most cases it will be
> impossible to recreate the precise executable from the source (given
> changes in compilers, linkers, and Condor itself).
>
>