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Re: [pcp] A number of pmlogger_check gripes ...

To: Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [pcp] A number of pmlogger_check gripes ...
From: Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:41:22 +1000
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On 15/07/13 12:51, Nathan Scott wrote:
Hi Ken,
...
Given other follow-up mail, could the reverse of what you wrote
above have happened (no PCP_SYSCONF_DIR file initially)?  Or,
could you be a victim of the PCP_VAR_DIR/pmlogger/config ->
PCP_SYSCONF_DIR transition? (if so, this issue would have had
nothing to do with the pmlogconf changes at all!).

On reflection, your second explanation above is most likely.

This was an older PCP installation (predates the move to $PCP_SYSCONF_DIR) and I hand installed just the pmlogger_* scripts [yes I know about the cardinal rules of not doing this], but I was out of options to find a testbed to check my fix for http://oss.sgi.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=979

I did review the diffs in the scripts, but amongst all the differences I checked I totally missed the PCP_VAR_DIR/pmlogger/config -> PCP_SYSCONF_DIR.

Apologies for the grief.

Either way, we need to get to the bottom of this.  There's alot
of misunderstanding / misinformation on this event now - if any
decisions are going to be made based on what happened here, they
need to be well-informed decisions.

Please put this one in the idiot user bucket.

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