Troubleshooting

Welcome to the software-layer troubleshooting wiki of the NorESSI organisation!

Useful Hints :

• Having problems while making a pull request to NorESSI software layer? make sure to follow Making a pull request to NorESSI software layer
• Whenever some software got added to the CernVM-FS repository and the accompanying pull request got merged into NorESSI/nessi.no-2022.11- dev local clones and other unmerged pull requests need to be updated. Keeping up to date with upstream changes
• If building software using the bot fails, an interactive troubleshooting session can be initiated following Initiate an interactive session
  • When running an interactive session, be aware of the filesystem size ex:(/tmp)
  • To avoid any unexpected outcome, make sure previously used EB repositories are clean

Known cases

1. Checksum verification failures

   Problem description :

   FAILED: Installation ended unsuccessfully...Checksum verification failed while building : PR#90

   Resolving The Problem :

   Check for any PRs targeting the referenced package/dependency being built : source URL for ELPA (due to switch to new domain) PR#17357

2. HttpError: API rate limit exceeded for installation

   Problem description :

   Unexpected error fetching GitHub release...API rate limit exceeded

   Work around :

   Wait until API rate limit is reset and try again.