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Commit 98faee1d authored by Todd Gamblin's avatar Todd Gamblin
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Minor tweaks to `flock` docs.

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...@@ -1246,13 +1246,30 @@ several variants: ...@@ -1246,13 +1246,30 @@ several variants:
spack deactivate -a python spack deactivate -a python
A word of warning Filesystem requirements
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If you run `spack find` and you get an error similar to the following: Spack currently needs to be run from a filesystem that supports
``flock`` locking semantics. Nearly all local filesystems and recent
versions of NFS support this, but parallel filesystems may be mounted
without ``flock`` support enabled. You can determine how your
filesystems are mounted with ``mount -p``. The output for a Lustre
filesystem might look like this:
.. code-block:: sh .. code-block:: sh
$ mount -l | grep lscratch
pilsner-mds1-lnet0@o2ib100:/lsd on /p/lscratchd type lustre (rw,nosuid,noauto,_netdev,lazystatfs,flock)
porter-mds1-lnet0@o2ib100:/lse on /p/lscratche type lustre (rw,nosuid,noauto,_netdev,lazystatfs,flock)
Note the ``flock`` option on both Lustre mounts. If you do not see
this or a similar option for your filesystem, you may need ot ask your
system administrator to enable ``flock``.
This issue typically manifests with the error below:
.. code-block:: sh
$ ./spack find $ ./spack find
Traceback (most recent call last): Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./spack", line 176, in <module> File "./spack", line 176, in <module>
...@@ -1273,11 +1290,7 @@ If you run `spack find` and you get an error similar to the following: ...@@ -1273,11 +1290,7 @@ If you run `spack find` and you get an error similar to the following:
fcntl.lockf(self._fd, op | fcntl.LOCK_NB) fcntl.lockf(self._fd, op | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
IOError: [Errno 38] Function not implemented IOError: [Errno 38] Function not implemented
A nicer error message is TBD in future versions of Spack.
it most likely means that you are trying to run spack in a shared
network filesystem without support for lockf/flock. Currently this is not
supported, and you should ask your system administrator to enable lockf/flock.
Getting Help Getting Help
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