install_execd fails to start sge_execd daemon due to missing spool folder

[chrisdag]

I just built 8.0.0a on a CentOS 5.6 x86_64 machine

While running the install scripts I ran into a repeatable issue. The install_execd script fails to start the sge_execd daemon - it complains about a missing "./active_jobs" folder inside the directory defined to be the exechost spool directory.

Steps to repeat:

1. Install qmaster normally, I used all the defaults except for choosing classic spooling and not installing the start-on-boot-scripts

2. Run ./install_execd and accept all the default suggestions for execd spoool location. This error will appear:

{{{Grid Engine execution daemon startup

---

Starting execution daemon. Please wait ...

Shutting down Grid Engine execution daemon

ls: /opt/sge/default/spool/dag/active_jobs: No such file or directory

Hit <RETURN> to continue >>

}}}

Not a fatal error as you can manually go into $CELL/common/ and manually run the sgeexecd start script and things will work fine.

However this may freak out new SGE users/installers

[chrisdag]

screencap of error message

[dlove]

SGE <sge-bugs@liverpool.ac.uk> writes:

>  While running the install scripts I ran into a repeatable issue. The
>  install_execd script fails to start the sge_execd daemon - it complains
>  about a missing "./active_jobs" folder inside the directory defined to be
>  the exechost spool directory.

Thanks.  Is this actually different from the 6.2u5 behaviour?  I'm not
aware that anything much has changed in that area, and I wouldn't
normally install that way.

[Dave Love <d.love@…>]

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