[Aces-support] problem with mercurial and subversion

[ACES-admin at techsquare.com]

hello einatlev-

> I am experiencing problems with both SVN and Mercurial, the two 
> version-control tools on the AO.
> SVN:
> a54-1727-077% svn update
> Floating exception
> 
> this folder has been updated with SVN before, so this is strange. It 
> happens on the compute nodes of AO and GEO.
> When I try form the head nodes I get an error about SSL not supported 
> (it never worked from the head nodes anyway).

firstly, please send the output of 'which svn'. 
are you running the modules-version (which should
work on the compute-nodes) or the system-version 
(which should work on the head-nodes) ? 

> Mercurial:

> a54-1727-077% hg clone https://www.mcc.monash.edu.au/hg/stgUnderworld 
> UnderworldMercurial
> abort: error: Connection refused
> 
>  I can access the repository address from my desktop's web browser, 
> which according to the admin in Australia means the problem is on our side.

this is a problem with https support from inside
the cluster. can you test the following for me
from the ao-cluster ? 

  module add mercurial
  unsetenv http_proxy
  hg clone https://www.mcc.monash.edu.au/hg/stgUnderworld

again, as the head-nodes are distinct to the compute-nodes,
you should be able to run '/usr/bin/hg' from there (the head-nodes)
just fine. this is _not_ the modules-version (which is for
the compute-nodes).

let me know how you do. 

[greg]