Thanks for the bug report, Michael. I have now fixed the bug upstream and it will be part of the next DMTCP release.
Best, Kapil On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 1:57 PM, Michael Hanke <m...@debian.org> wrote: > Package: dmtcp > Version: 2.3.1-5 > Severity: normal > Tags: upstream > > According to the docs the --join option of dmtcp_checkpoint offers a way > to join an existing coordinator session and properly fail if that is not > possible. However that option seems broken: > > m@meiner /tmp % dmtcp_coordinator --port 0 --daemon > dmtcp_coordinator (DMTCP) 2.3.1 > License LGPLv3+: GNU LGPL version 3 or later > <http://gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html>. > This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it > under certain conditions; see COPYING file for details. > (Use flag "-q" to hide this message.) > > dmtcp_coordinator starting... > Host: meiner (127.0.1.1) > Port: 45497 > Checkpoint Interval: disabled (checkpoint manually instead) > Exit on last client: 0 > Backgrounding... > m@meiner /tmp % dmtcp_checkpoint --port 45497 --join sleep 120 > [9065] ERROR at coordinatorapi.cpp:76 in getHostAndPort; > REASON='JASSERT(mode & CoordinatorAPI::COORD_NEW || mode & > CoordinatorAPI::COORD_ANY) failed' > dmtcp_launch (9065): Terminating... > 99 m@meiner /tmp % dmtcp_checkpoint --port 45497 sleep 120 > m@meiner /tmp % > 95% > > > As you can see, dmtcp_checkpoint crashes with --join, but works as > intended when used without. This bugs leaves, for example, the Condor > DMTCP shim script without a way to reliably verify that a particular > coordinator is used. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: jessie/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (650, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Foreign Architectures: i386 > > Kernel: Linux 3.16-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages dmtcp depends on: > ii libc6 2.19-11 > ii libgcc1 1:4.9.1-16 > ii libstdc++6 4.9.1-16 > > dmtcp recommends no packages. > > dmtcp suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information >
