Re: [stellation-res] Volunteer - Installing the core

[David Shields <shieldsd@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the help.

You found two problems in install doc - thanks.

Yes, it is ambiguous. FIrst instance should read "stellation-lib" not
"stellation/lib" as you surmised. The intent is to install stellation-lib
once and
then, whenever installing a new version of stellation, to do
  cd $HOME/opt/stellation
  ant -f install.xml lib

Re "testing", that looks like a bug. I'll fix it.

As to how to respond, bug reports should in Bugzilla, so we don't forget
about them, tho this not needed for ones you just noticed, as I'll update
documents shortly. Otherwise it's best to e-mail the list. Indeed, Jim,
Mark and I do most of our project-related work via this list. Also,
experience indicates there are some very knowledgeable, helpful, people on
this list -- they represent a valuable asset -- and by posting to the list
we can draw on their expertise.

Re failing test 2, I thought we once used postgres  7.2.1. I have been
using 7.2.2 for several months, and recently moved to 7.2.3. Tests should
run in about 10 minutes on your machine. You could try partial run to probe
past test 02 with
  cd test
  ant init initdb 03 04 .... 14
You may be able to see what's happening with 02 by editing the build.xml
file in test subdirectory, changing value of property "options" to start
with "--d3 --location...", not just "--location...". This turns on
debugging via Log4j.

If you want to dig into the system, I'd suggest not spending too much time
on 7.2.1, but moving on to a real, and open problem -- why are tests
failing under the new postgres release, 7.3? This was discussed in list a
couple of weeks back. I spent a little time on this, but was unable to sort
it out.

First, you should upgrade to 7.2.3, and verify that tests run OK with this
version. Do an RPM install of 7.2.3. Then you can try to move on to 7.3.

First, I found it hard to install 7.3 via RPMs on RH 7.3. There are some
dependencies that caused RPM install to fail. I got around this by doing
src build of 7.3, but it would be nice to know if those RPM messages can be
duplicated, or if they just represent pilot error on my part.

If you do finish source install, then you have  two versions of postgres,
with 7.2.3 having files in usual place, and all 7.3 files under a single
directory. This lets you toggle between versions, by adjusting values of
postgresql.* and rdbm.* properties in stellation.properties file.

thanks,
dave

If you do source install of 7.3