On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 04:12:21PM +0200, Peter wrote:
Great job Henrik!
Thanks :-)
I am trying to understand the client-local.cfg. I see now all types of linux in the file, but how does the client decide which one to take? if he uses the uname -s then it will be always linux? or not. And if you use a [hostname] section he does not read the [linux] section any more?
The client by default uses the "uname -s" output, which will be "linux". If you launch the client with ~hobbit/client/runclient.sh --os=rhel3 then it will use the [rhel3] setting. The list --os names is restricted though, so for a more generic solution you can define your own "classes" and run the client with a "--class=MYCLASS" option; then it will use the [MYCLASS] section.
In all cases, if there is an explicit section named by the hostname of the client, this overrides any OS/CLASS settings. And each section is independent of the others, so yes - a [hostname] section causes the [osname] section to be ignored.
ps. Release notes say that the DOWNTIME in bb-hosts can now be applied to individual test. The man page of bb-hosts doesn't say so. As far as I tried it, it should contain a test(s)
Yep, I stumbled across this myself just a couple of hours ago. Darn.
Regards, Henrik