Re: [HTCondor-users] Sudden death of a Rooster

[Steffen Grunewald <steffen.grunewald@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tim,

On Mon, 2025-12-08 at 08:36:38 -0600, Tim Theisen wrote:
> Hello Steffen,
> 
> Replacing the just the Rooster would be very difficult. We don't guarantee
> any ABI compatibility between shared libraries between condor versions. So,
> if you have a 25.x.y Rooster, you would need a wrapper to set
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH to pick up the corresponding libraries. Additionally, the
> defect is actually in the ClassAd library.

I'm not sure whether I like to take the risk to get this right without breaking
even more.

> If you a stuck with condor 24.6.1, you may be better off building a patched
> 24.6.1.

Yes, I'm willing to do that instead, once there's a patch ;) I didn't miss
one already in existence, did I?

> Details about the defect are in the ticket:
> https://opensciencegrid.atlassian.net/browse/HTCONDOR-3436

So the rooster is getting its own wings amended by a spaceship (operator)?
I'm surprised that there are equal RANKs at all (I'm adding a good helping
of random() to them)...

Thanks, 
 S