[torqueusers] torque.setup script needs to run as part of rpm install

[Garrick Staples]

On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 03:37:25PM -0700, Steven DuChene alleged:
> I was working with the folks at CRI to get a demo system for SC07 up and 
> running and during that
> exercise we discovered somethings in my torque install were not 
> completely setup. I informed them
> that rather than installing via the usual configure / make / make 
> install routine, I had built rpms for
> the torque bits from the spec file packaged with the distribution so I 
> could more easily propogate
> the correct files across a cluster. When informed of that, Dave Jackson 
> suggested I make the torque
> developers aware of this and see if there wasn't some way to get the 
> torque.setup script to run on
> the headnode as part of the rpm installation process.
> 
> I am bringing that up here as I do not know where if any there is any 
> sort of bug reporting system
> or enhancement request system in place for torque.

torque.setup fails for a lot of people because of reverse resolution
complexities.  It is nowhere near reliable enough to be part of the %post.

It does 3 things.  The first is setting up managers, this is the unreliable
(but most important) part.  The second is to create a default queue that is
only useful for only the most simple environments.  The third is a few guesses
at some common configs.  None of this is enough.  The reality is that you need
to sit down and configure torque after installing it.


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