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

[Tim Theisen <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Steffen,

You can create a patch directly from the github pull request:

https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/htcondor/htcondor/pull/3882.patch

...Tim

P.S. You just need to add .patch to any pull request URL:
ÂÂÂÂ https://github.com/htcondor/htcondor/pull/3882

becomes

ÂÂÂ https://github.com/htcondor/htcondor/pull/3882.patch

On 12/8/25 09:07, Steffen Grunewald wrote:
> 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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://opensciencegrid.atlassian.net/browse/HTCONDOR-3436__;!!Mak6IKo!Oop9f_aodUGkep5SFHNfH2MD5-fsnwraZypNwiBQ1IPmwT9dR2Rz4FpD9g-UsHwHsEY5jVIa-YNz3esu3hhU3nL7p3c2$
> 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

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