[Cdash] CDash Schedule Builds Setup Issues

[David Cole]

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Hauke Heibel
<hauke.heibel at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just tried to setup CDash @home. I've read both articles [1] and [2]
> but ran into difficulties.
>
> First, even though I have set $CDASH_MANAGE_CLIENTS to 1, I do not see
> the "Clients" tab. Could it be that it is only visible when clients
> have registered?
>

The Clients tab is visible only to project admins. Where did you set
CDASH_MANAGE_CLIENTS to 1? In config.php or config.local.php? Is there
another setting of that variable below/after yours?


> The second issue is that on the repository tab, I managed to add a
> Gitweb repository but I fail to add a second git repository. Whenever
> I enter something in the "Repository:" field and hit "Update Project"
> the field is cleared. I am now a bit lost and it would be great if you
> cold help me out.
>

I can't reproduce this behavior... What browser are you using? It
works for me on my Mac with Safari, and on Windows with Firefox...


> The second git repository I intend to add is gitolite controlled (on
> the same machine), so I need SSH access. I created proper keys for
> www-data (a bit hacky) but it works. Also, I added public access via
> Gitweb even though I already have repositories behind Redmine but they
> are not publicly visible and require me to log in.
>

What is the intent of your 2nd repo? Is it an additional source tree,
separate data, or something overlaid on top of the first source tree,
or used as a sub-module...?

The multiple repositories functionality in CDash was originally
intended to support something like VTK and VTKData (two distinct
checkouts, but associated with the same project), but as far as I
know, CDash does not use the multiple repositories in all code paths.
(i.e. -- I know there are some code paths dealing with updated files
that expect to be able to find the changes at the online "Repository
ViewerURL"...

So, I'm curious. Why are you using more than one repo for your
project? And what is your expectation with respect to CDash using
multiple repositories?


> Any help would be highly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Hauke
>


Hopefully, this is somewhat helpful,
David

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> [2] http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/CDash:Build_Management
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