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groups:bes3:users:howell:boss:install:6.6.0 [2011/05/09 10:26] – oh god i hate it so much howellgroups:bes3:users:howell:boss:install:6.6.0 [2011/05/12 11:49] (current) toth
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-Information about installing BOSS 6.6.0+==== Information about installing BOSS 6.6.0 ====
  
-Some points of interest:+=== BOSS Re-install ===
  
- requires SL5 amd64 kernel and userspace. +  Alexey has re-issued 6.6.0 and we are reinstalling it as of 2011-5-12
- * requires GCC 4.3.2 (exactly this version!) +
- * new dead symlinks courtesy of Alexey; Derrick fixed these up in commit c696ca0bfd43d14e4bab4873a05c4baaafbe94f6 of boss-tools.+
  
-More about symlinks:+ 
 +=== Some points of interest: === 
 + 
 +  * requires SL5 amd64 kernel and userspace. 
 +  * requires GCC 4.3.2 (exactly this version!) 
 +  * new dead symlinks courtesy of Alexey; Derrick fixed these up in commit c696ca0bfd43d14e4bab4873a05c4baaafbe94f6 of boss-tools. 
 + 
 +=== More about kernel/userspace === 
 +It seems likely that we will be able to switch to SL5 amd64 soon; to maintain compatibility with older versions of BOSS, we'll install 32-bit compatibility libraries. 
 + 
 +=== More about GCC 4.3.2 === 
 +Using urt, net has agreed to support a custom-compiled install of GCC 4.3.2. I've written a build script for it, and have spent a bit of time refining it in order to make this possible.  
 + 
 +In theory, this is Derrick-safe material; if there are issues, though, I'm not sure Derrick has the background to effectively obtain help. Then again, in such a situation, I'm not sure net would have enough free time to tinker with it. I think we just have to hope that there aren't any drastic changes. 
 + 
 +=== More about symlinks: ===
 With Derrick's fix, the broken symlinks are exactly: With Derrick's fix, the broken symlinks are exactly:
    lcg/external/{clhep,oracle,Grid}    lcg/external/{clhep,oracle,Grid}
        
 The reason these can't also be automatically fixed is because these directories just don't exist here: Alexey is not distributing the clhep, oracle, or Grid packages. The reason these can't also be automatically fixed is because these directories just don't exist here: Alexey is not distributing the clhep, oracle, or Grid packages.
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