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[Paul Barbone <barbone@xxxxxx>]

Harish Narayanan wrote:
> On 8/18/10 7:28 PM, Garth N. Wells wrote:
>   
> > On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 19:19 +0530, Harish Narayanan wrote:
> >     
> > > On 8/18/10 7:17 PM, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> > >       
> > > > On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 19:10 +0530, Harish Narayanan wrote:
> > > >         
> > > > > On 8/18/10 7:08 PM, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> > > > >           
> > > > > > On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 19:03 +0530, Harish Narayanan wrote:
> > > > > >             
> > > > > > > On 8/18/10 6:54 PM, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> > > > > > >               
> > > > > > > > On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 13:16 +0000, noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > > > > > >                 
> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > > > revno: 378
> > > > > > > > > committer: Garth N. Wells <gnw20@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > > > branch nick: dorsal
> > > > > > > > > timestamp: Wed 2010-08-18 14:14:01 +0100
> > > > > > > > > message:
> > > > > > > > >   Add openSSUE 11.3
> > > > > > > > >                   
> > > > > > > > Unfortunately this doesn't work. 
> > > > > > > >                 
> > > > > > > I think this is because the relevant platform file is missing.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >               
> > > > > > I have it - just haven't pushed it yet.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >             
> > > > > > > > How can I get some screen output from inside the function
> > > > > > > > 'guess_platform' in dorsal.sh?
> > > > > > > >                 
> > > > > > > You can't use echo as usual because there is a line outside that catches
> > > > > > > whatever it prints.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > PLATFORM=${PROJECT}/platforms/`guess_platform`.platform
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Instead, just insert a guess_platform anywhere, so it will print
> > > > > > > whatever guess_platform prints.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >               
> > > > > > I prints nothing - that's why I need to somehow debug the function. How
> > > > > > can I do that if I can't print anything?
> > > > > >             
> > > > > I guess this means none of the case branches are being followed. Just do
> > > > > an echo right at the top somewhere and it should print (if called).
> > > > >
> > > > >           
> > > > It is being called - how can I print, for example, "DISTRO" to check it?
> > > >         
> > > echo $DISTRO
> > >
> > >       
> > Where? Inside the function or outside? Inside gives an error, and
> > placing it outside it result is blank. If I type
> >
> >  lsb_release -i -s
> >
> > on the command line I get
> >
> >   SUSE  LINUX
> >     
>
> On the inside, you do
>
> echo $DISTRO
>
> On the outside, before the call `guess_platform` which uses its output
> as a string, you do
>
> guess_platform
>
> (as in without the backticks.)
>
> Harish
>
>   

Garth,

You might try invoking dorsal.sh with the platform file you want: 

./dorsal.sh FEniCS/platforms/paul.platform


If you suspect a problem might be that dorsal is guessing the wrong 
platform, you can thus ensure it's using the right platform file, and 
see if that fixes the problem.  So you can debug without printing 
guess_platform. 


-Paul