[HTCondor-users] Singularity version string parsing - 2.6 vs 3.2

[Michael Pelletier <Michael.V.Pelletier@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The 3.2 version of Singularity from EPEL shows its “—version” string as “singularity version 3.2.1-1.el7” as distinct from the “2.6.0-dist” version:

 

$ condor_status -af SingularityVersion

singularity version 3.2.1-1.el7

2.6.0-dist

undefined

 

If you are applying requirements for SingularityVersion, you need an _expression_ that’s able to parse both versions, like so:

 

$ condor_status -af 'regexps("\D*([\d].*-.+)", SingularityVersion, "\1")'

3.2.1-1.el7

2.6.0-dist

undefined

2.6.0-dist

2.6.0-dist

2.6.0-dist

undefined

 

Handing off this string to “int()” will give you the major release as a numeric value that can be compared mathematically in a requirements _expression_:

 

Requirements = (int(regexps("\D*([\d].*-.+)", SingularityVersion, "\1")) >= 3)

 

This will match any machine having Singularity version 3.0 and up.

 

The “real()” function will give you the major and minor release as a real number, but wouldn’t necessarily work as expected in comparisons since in release numbers, but not in math, 3.10.0 is greater than 3.9.0

 

Michael V. Pelletier
Information Technology
Digital Transformation & Innovation
Integrated Defense Systems
Raytheon Company

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