ARC v11.05 update 2 Release Notes
October 4, 2011
NorduGrid ARC 11.05 has received an update to most components from version 1.0.1 to 1.1.0 and documents from 1.0.2 to 1.1.0
ARC components in 11.05 update 2:
Bugs fixed
277 bugs and feature requests were fixed.
ARC Core
ARC Core component contains: HED, HED LIDI, HED security, HED language bindings, DMCs and ARC documentation.
Package list
Binaries:
- nordugrid-arc-1.1.0
- nordugrid-arc-doc-1.1.0
- nordugrid-arc-ca-utils-1.1.0
- nordugrid-arc-debuginfo-1.1.0
- nordugrid-arc-devel-1.1.0
- nordugrid-arc-doxygen-1.1.0
- nordugrid-arc-hed-1.1.0
- nordugrid-arc-java-1.1.0
- nordugrid-arc-python-1.1.0
- nordugrid-arc-python26-1.1.0
- nordugrid-arc-plugins-needed-1.1.0
- nordugrid-arc-plugins-globus-1.1.0
- nordugrid-arc-nagios-plugins-0.9-1
Source package:
- nordugrid-arc-1.1.0-1..src.rpm
- nordugrid-arc-doc-1.1.0-1.<os>.src.rpm
- nordugrid-arc-nagios-plugins-0.9-1.<os>_old_3-10-2011_19-19-43-0.src.rpm
Source tarballs:
- nordugrid-arc-1.1.0.tar.gz
- nordugrid-arc-doc-1.1.0.tar.gz
Documentation
Release notes
What's new:
Feature requests implemented:
- 2477 Distribute ARC nagios plugins together with the next ARC release
High priority bugs fixed:
- 2534 Absent clients metapackage in 1.0.1rc1
- 2479 MinGW packages fails nightly build
- 2015 merged standalone to contain both new and old client tools
- 2592 cache lockfile leak
- 2609 download fails if one of the srm replicas cannot be fetched
- 2509 Information system manual/guide is needed
Medium priority bugs fixed:
- 1832placeholders remain in the profiles and the inis on debian
Deployment notes:
This release does not introduce any changes in the deployment procedures
described in ARC documentation.
Known Issues
None
ARC Clients
ARC Clients component contains pre-WS compute CLI, pre-WS data CLI, WS compute CLI and WS data CLI
Package list
Binaries:
- nordugrid-arc-client-1.1.0
- nordugrid-arc-compat-1.0.0
- nordugrid-arc-compat-debuginfo-1.0.0
Source package:
- nordugrid-arc-1.1.0-1.<os>.src.rpm
- nordugrid-arc-meta-1.1.0-1.<os>.src.rpm
- nordugrid-arc-compat-1.0.0-1.<os>.src.rpm
Source tarballs:
- nordugrid-arc-1.1.0.tar.gz
- nordugrid-arc-compat-1.0.0.tar.gz
Meta package:
- nordugrid-arc-client-tools-1.0.1
Documentation
Release notes
What's new:
Feature requests implemented:
- 1347 improving ngclean and arcclean error messages
High priority bugs fixed:
- 2599 arctest does not set a queue in job description
- 2485 arc1 client rejects submission of jobs with RTEs of same name but
different versions
- 2473 Segmentation fault when looping a mapped std::list public member from
Python
- 2468 File transfers fail from Windows Client(s)
- 1765 arcinfo is too redundant with its error messages
Medium priority bugs fixed:
- 1760 arcrm does not return correct value
Less urgent bugs fixed:
- 2625 Job submission slows down a lot as the local job store size increases
Deployment notes:
This release does not introduce any changes in the deployment procedures described in ARC Clients documentation.
Known Issues
None.
ARC CE
ARC CE component includes A-REX, CE-Cache, CE-staging, LRMS modules, JURA, nordugridmap, information providers and Janitor
Package list
Binaries:
- nordugrid-arc-arex-1.1.0
- nordugrid-arc-janitor-1.1.0
- nordugrid-arc-gridmap-utils-1.1.0
Source package:
- nordugrid-arc-1.1.0-1.<os>.src.rpm
- nordugrid-arc-meta-1.0.1-1.<os>.src.rpm
Source tarballs:
- nordugrid-arc-1.1.0.tar.gz
Meta package:
- nordugrid-arc-compute-element-1.0.1
Documentation
Release notes
What's new:
Feature requests implemented:
- 2591 publish version information for ARC CE
High priority bugs fixed:
- 2280 SRM transfer protocols are hard-coded
- 2442 ARC incompatible with CERN voms server
- 2520 GGUS-Ticket-ID: #72340 EMI1 ARC CE 1.0.0 wrong user mapping
- 2565 downloader fails if all the inputs are remote
- 2579 Transfer shares not using enough slot
- 2236 Uploaders hangs
Deployment notes:
This release does not introduce any changes in the deployment procedures described in ARC CE documentation.
Known Issues
None.
ARC Infosys
ARC Infosys component contains ARIS, EGIIS and ARC Grid Monitor
Package list
Binaries:
- nordugrid-arc-aris-1.1.0
- nordugrid-arc-egiis-1.1.0
- nordugrid-arc-ldap-monitor-1.1.0
Source package:
- nordugrid-arc-1.1.0-1.<os>.src.rpm
- nordugrid-arc-meta-1.0.1-1.<os>.src.rpm
Source tarballs:
- nordugrid-arc-1.1.0.tar.gz
Meta package:
- nordugrid-arc-information-index-1.0.1
Documentation
Release notes
What's new:
High priority bugs fixed:
- 2595 totalcpus in [queue/*] section is ignored
- 2443 The client doesn't see the status of the job if hostname contains
uppercase letters
Medium priority bugs fixed:
- 802 review the content of the nordugrid-arc-doc package for 0.8
- 2037 infosys non-responsive on high-load
Less urgent bugs fixed:
- 2642 Banning DNs, and the infosystem
Deployment notes:
This release does not introduce any changes in the deployment procedures described in ARC Infosys documentation.
Known Issues
Documentation improvements are still needed.
ARC gridftp server
ARC gridftp server component contains ARC gridftp server and ARC gridftp jobplugin.
Package list
Binaries:
- nordugrid-arc-gridftpd-1.1.0
Source package:
- nordugrid-arc-1.1.0-1.<os>.src.rpm
Source tarballs:
- nordugrid-arc-1.1.0.tar.gz
Documentation
Release notes
What's new:
Feature requests implemented:
- 1312 Downloaders take too long when files are not available
High priority bugs fixed:
- 2524 provide out-of-box configuration examples for server-side ARC (CE,
EGIIS and SE)
Medium priority bugs fixed:
- 1883 error messages when uploading a file to existing file on arc: or
gsiftp: should be the same
Deployment notes:
This release does not introduce any changes in the deployment procedures described in ARC gridftp documentation.
Known Issues
None
Availability
Source
Source code for main components is available from:
http://svn.nordugrid.org/repos/nordugrid/arc1/tags/1.1.0
Source for the compatibility package (old client) is available from:
svn co \
http://svn.nordugrid.org/repos/nordugrid/arc0/tags/compat_1.0.0 arc_compat-1.0.0
Documentation source (mostly LaTeX) is available from:
svn co http://svn.nordugrid.org/repos/nordugrid/doc/tags/1.1.0 arc_doc-1.1.0