[Crash-utility] timeout in eppic.mk

[Dave Anderson]

----- Original Message -----
> To avoid all problems with the git command one possibility is to
> remove it completely from the make file. Let the users that want to
> build the eppic extension manually perform "git clone" once to
> download the software. I think that I would prefer that solution.
> 
> Jan

Aside from the small delay that you see with your site's ping of google.com,
I think with Per's and Cliff's suggestions, we're handling all the "problems"
pretty well here, aren't we?  I actually think the new scheme is pretty slick...

Dave
 
> Jan Karlsson
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: crash-utility-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:crash-utility-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Dave Anderson
> Sent: tisdag den 7 augusti 2012 21:56
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> Subject: Re: [Crash-utility] timeout in eppic.mk
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Dave Anderson
> > <anderson at redhat.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > >> Different network topologies/setups will have different failure
> > >> modes.
> > >> If you want to dig into this I would suggest getting a network
> > >> capture (tcpdump -s0) at the time of the problem so we can see
> > >> exactly at what level it is timing out. That said I am not sure
> > >> the
> > >> crash build scripts should really have to deal with this kind of
> > >> things.
> > >
> > > Right -- I think I'll just leave it as is (i.e. without -W), and
> > > let
> > > it timeout based upon the host machine's setup.  It's not that
> > > big a
> > > deal, and Jan was happy enough with his 10-second timeout vs. the
> > > annoying 10-minute git command timeout.
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > 
> > Here's an alternative patch for your consideration, which makes it
> > possible to point to e.g. a local eppic git.
> > 
> > It also builds ARM with '-m32'. This change is not enough to
> > achieve
> > that however. Similar tweaks are needed in eppic itself.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Per
> 
> Per,
> 
> Sorry I got to Cliff's patch before yours -- so can you rework your
> patch using the version of eppic.mk that is attached to:
> 
>   Re: [Crash-utility] [PATCH] allow various git command locations
>   https://www.redhat.com/archives/crash-utility/2012-August/msg00012.html
> 
> Thanks,
>   Dave
> 
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