On 29/10/17 18:57, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 12:47:07PM +1100, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote: >> On 29/10/17 07:45, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: >>> On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 12:53:50PM +1100, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote: >>>> On 28/10/17 00:14, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: >>>>> Some users can't run a bare 'git' command, due to need for a transparent >>>>> proxying solution such as 'tsocks'. This adds an argument to configure to >>>>> let users specify such a thing: >>>>> >>>>> ./configure --with-git="tsocks git" >>>>> >>>>> The submodule script is also updated to give the user a hint about using >>>>> this >>>>> flag, if we fail to checkout modules. >>>>> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berra...@redhat.com> >>>>> --- >>>>> Makefile | 4 ++-- >>>>> configure | 5 +++++ >>>>> scripts/git-submodule.sh | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----- >>>>> 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) >>>>> >>>>> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile >>>>> index 9372742f86..4c9d0eaef2 100644 >>>>> --- a/Makefile >>>>> +++ b/Makefile >>>>> @@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ git-submodule-update: >>>>> ifeq (0,$(MAKELEVEL)) >>>>> git_module_status := $(shell \ >>>>> cd '$(SRC_PATH)' && \ >>>>> - ./scripts/git-submodule.sh status $(GIT_SUBMODULES); \ >>>>> + GIT="$(GIT)" ./scripts/git-submodule.sh status $(GIT_SUBMODULES); \ >>>>> echo $$?; \ >>>>> ) >>>>> >>>>> ifeq (1,$(git_module_status)) >>>>> git-submodule-update: >>>>> $(call quiet-command, \ >>>>> - (cd $(SRC_PATH) && ./scripts/git-submodule.sh update >>>>> $(GIT_SUBMODULES)), \ >>>>> + (cd $(SRC_PATH) && GIT="$(GIT)" ./scripts/git-submodule.sh >>>>> update $(GIT_SUBMODULES)), \ >>>>> "GIT","$(GIT_SUBMODULES)") >>>>> endif >>>>> endif >>>>> diff --git a/configure b/configure >>>>> index 03547cea6a..65765968f3 100755 >>>>> --- a/configure >>>>> +++ b/configure >>>>> @@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ then >>>>> else >>>>> git_submodules="" >>>>> fi >>>>> +git="git" >>>>> >>>>> # Don't accept a target_list environment variable. >>>>> unset target_list >>>>> @@ -1294,6 +1295,8 @@ for opt do >>>>> error_exit "vhost-user isn't available on win32" >>>>> fi >>>>> ;; >>>>> + --with-git=*) git="$optarg" >>>>> + ;; >>>>> *) >>>>> echo "ERROR: unknown option $opt" >>>>> echo "Try '$0 --help' for more information" >>>>> @@ -5338,6 +5341,7 @@ echo "local state directory queried at runtime" >>>>> echo "Windows SDK $win_sdk" >>>>> fi >>>>> echo "Source path $source_path" >>>>> +echo "GIT binary $git" >>>>> echo "GIT submodules $git_submodules" >>>>> echo "C compiler $cc" >>>>> echo "Host C compiler $host_cc" >>>>> @@ -5528,6 +5532,7 @@ echo "extra_cxxflags=$EXTRA_CXXFLAGS" >> >>>>> $config_host_mak >>>>> echo "extra_ldflags=$EXTRA_LDFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak >>>>> echo "qemu_localedir=$qemu_localedir" >> $config_host_mak >>>>> echo "libs_softmmu=$libs_softmmu" >> $config_host_mak >>>>> +echo "GIT=$git" >> $config_host_mak >>>>> echo "GIT_SUBMODULES=$git_submodules" >> $config_host_mak >>>>> >>>>> echo "ARCH=$ARCH" >> $config_host_mak >>>>> diff --git a/scripts/git-submodule.sh b/scripts/git-submodule.sh >>>>> index 08932a35f0..c66567d409 100755 >>>>> --- a/scripts/git-submodule.sh >>>>> +++ b/scripts/git-submodule.sh >>>>> @@ -3,14 +3,19 @@ >>>>> # This code is licensed under the GPL version 2 or later. See >>>>> # the COPYING file in the top-level directory. >>>>> >>>>> -set -e >>>>> - >>>>> substat=".git-submodule-status" >>>>> >>>>> command=$1 >>>>> shift >>>>> modules="$@" >>>>> >>>>> +test -z "$GIT" && GIT=git >>>>> + >>>>> +error() { >>>>> + printf "$0: %s\n" "$*" >&2 >>>>> + exit 1 >>>>> +} >>>>> + >>>>> if test -z "$modules" >>>>> then >>>>> test -e $substat || touch $substat >>>>> @@ -27,12 +32,27 @@ case "$command" in >>>>> status) >>>>> test -f "$substat" || exit 1 >>>>> trap "rm -f ${substat}.tmp" EXIT >>>>> - git submodule status $modules > "${substat}.tmp" >>>>> + $GIT submodule status $modules > "${substat}.tmp" >>>>> + test $? -ne 0 && error "failed to query git submodule status" >>>>> diff "${substat}" "${substat}.tmp" >/dev/null >>>>> exit $? >>>>> ;; >>>>> update) >>>>> - git submodule update --init $modules 1>/dev/null >>>>> - git submodule status $modules > "${substat}" >>>>> + $GIT submodule update --init $modules 1>/dev/null >>>>> + if test $? -ne 0 ; then >>>>> + echo >>>>> + echo "Unable to automatically checkout GIT submodules >>>>> '$modules'." >>>>> + echo "If you require use of an alternative GIT binary (for >>>>> example to" >>>>> + echo "enable use of a transparent proxy), then please specify it >>>>> by" >>>>> + echo "running configure by with the '--with-git' argument. e.g." >>>>> + echo >>>>> + echo " $ ./configure --with-git='tsocks git'" >>>>> + echo >>>>> + exit 1 >>>>> + fi >>>>> + $GIT submodule status $modules > "${substat}" >>>>> + test $? -ne 0 && error "failed to save git submodule status" >>>> >>>> >>>> The way I am testing it - I simply delete .git-submodule-status (I used to >>>> change it but deleting works as well) and then I get: >>>> >>>> ./scripts/git-submodule.sh: 74: ./scripts/git-submodule.sh: cannot create >>>> .git-submodule-status: Read-only file system >>>> >>>> because "git submodule update" returns 0 (as everything is up to date) but >>>> updating status fails. Which is fine, I would just like to get a better >>>> message as even after few days of reading this script, I do not remember in >>>> what order I should pass submodules to scripts/git-submodule.sh. Yeah, I >>>> can find it in output but even the name of script to run does not stick to >>>> my brain :( >>>> >>>> Something like this: >>>> >>>> - test $? -ne 0 && error "failed to save git submodule status" >>>> + test $? -ne 0 && error "\"$GIT submodule status $modules\" failed to >>>> save git submodule status" >>> >>> Take a look at the 3rd patch - it now prints out the exact command you >>> would need to run in the writable-source dir. >> >> For the message in 3/4 to show up, I need to 1) know about >> --disable-git-update and 2) use it. My testcase is lot more common - I did >> not use --disable-git-update, and a strange message about writing read-only >> folder appears, exactly like when I started the conversation. > > That isn't the behaviour I get with this patch series applied. I made my > source dir readonly, and then tried a VPATH build and got the expected > messages
I run ./scripts/git-submodule.sh on a server (where source directory is writeable), them "rm .git-submodule-status", then run "Makefile" on a build machine (which has the source directory mounted as read-only). I basically recreate the situation where I was when I just discovered this brand new ./scripts/git-submodule.sh. > > ...snip.... > GIT ui/keycodemapdb > error: could not lock config file .git/config: Permission denied > error: could not lock config file .git/config: Permission denied > fatal: Failed to register url for submodule path 'ui/keycodemapdb' I added "set -x" to the script and this is what I got: make: Entering directory '/home/aik/pbuild/qemu-fstn1-ppc64' + substat=.git-submodule-status + command=status + shift + maybe_modules=ui/keycodemapdb dtc + test -z git + test -z ui/keycodemapdb dtc + modules= + git submodule status ui/keycodemapdb + test 0 -eq 0 + modules= ui/keycodemapdb + git submodule status dtc + test 0 -eq 0 + modules= ui/keycodemapdb dtc + test -e .git + test -f .git-submodule-status + exit 1 GIT ui/keycodemapdb dtc + substat=.git-submodule-status + command=update + shift + maybe_modules=ui/keycodemapdb dtc + test -z git + test -z ui/keycodemapdb dtc + modules= + git submodule status ui/keycodemapdb + test 0 -eq 0 + modules= ui/keycodemapdb + git submodule status dtc + test 0 -eq 0 + modules= ui/keycodemapdb dtc + test -e .git + git submodule update --init ui/keycodemapdb dtc + test 0 -ne 0 ./scripts/git-submodule.sh: 74: ./scripts/git-submodule.sh: cannot create .git-submodule-status: Read-only file system + git submodule status ui/keycodemapdb dtc + test 2 -ne 0 + error failed to save git submodule status + printf ./scripts/git-submodule.sh: %s\n failed to save git submodule status ./scripts/git-submodule.sh: failed to save git submodule status + exit 1 Makefile:40: recipe for target 'git-submodule-update' failed make: *** [git-submodule-update] Error 1 make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make: Leaving directory '/home/aik/pbuild/qemu-fstn1-ppc64' "git submodule update" does not fail, why would it - the submodules are up to date. > > Unable to automatically checkout GIT submodules ' ui/keycodemapdb'. > If you require use of an alternative GIT binary (for example to > enable use of a transparent proxy), then please specify it by > running configure by with the '--with-git' argument. e.g. > > $ ./configure --with-git='tsocks git' > > Alternatively you may disable automatic GIT submodule checkout > with: > > $ ./configure --disable-git-update' > > and then manually update submodules prior to running make, with: > > $ scripts/git-sbumodule.sh update ui/keycodemapdb I know that now, all I am asking is an error message to print exact command to run... > > make: *** [Makefile:40: git-submodule-update] Error 1 > > Regards, > Daniel > -- Alexey