Make install failing

[MoiseRousseau]

Describe the bug
make install target fail because some examples does not have that target

Steps To Reproduce

./_autosetup
./configure --disable-client --disable-manager --enable-apps --prefix=$HOME/install
make
make install

Expected behavior
No error

System Information

• OS: Ubuntu 24.04 in a LXD container
• BOINC Version: Release 8.0.2 from Github

Additional context
Fixed adding a dummy install target in:

• boinc-client_release-8.0-8.0.2/samples/condor/Makefile
• boinc-client_release-8.0-8.0.2/samples/multi_thread/Makefile

For example:

install:
	echo "Dummy install"

[bjauny]

Hey there, I'll be glad to tackle this.

EDIT: just to be clear: you want a real install happening or is a placeholder enough?

[bjauny]

I have the following message while building/installing:

fatal: No names found, cannot describe anything.

It comes from the git describe call in generate_svn_version.sh. Is it normal? Should I ignore it?

[AenBleidd]

@bjauny, you should follow this manual to build BOINC: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/wiki/Building-boinc-on-unix

[bjauny]

OK, it seems the error comes from the fact that my fork doesn't have any tag matching server_release/*. I will have a mock install ready by tomorrow for Hacktoberfest, but is it enough or a real install is needed for this issue?

[AenBleidd]

@bjauny, build it with

./configure --disable-client --disable-manager --enable-apps --disable-server

There should not be this error then.

[bjauny]

Sorry to be a pain, but it's still here. Tail of the log follows.

To be clear on the environment/setup:

• WSL2 on W11 (Ubuntu)
• installed the listed pre-requisites in the Wiki
• forked the repo and cloned locally
• ./_autosetup
• ./configure --disable-client --disable-manager --enable-apps --disable-server --prefix=$HOME/install
• make

Apart from the git describe failing, everything is OK.

make[2]: Entering directory '/home/bjauny/git/boinc/doc'
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/bjauny/git/boinc/doc'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'all-am'.
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/bjauny/git/boinc/doc'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/bjauny/git/boinc/doc'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/bjauny/git/boinc'
cd . && sh generate_svn_version.sh
fatal: No names found, cannot describe anything.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/bjauny/git/boinc'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/bjauny/git/boinc'

[AenBleidd]

ok, just ignore it then. this is not the actual error of this ticker.

[MoiseRousseau]

Thanks for tackling this.

My ultimate objective of this was to create a deb package for BOINC server. I also have to add the following instructions for an app to be run after installation:

PYVER=$(python -c "import sys; print(f'{sys.version_info[0]}.{sys.version_info[1]}')")

mv ./packaging/lib/python$PYVER/site-packages/ ./packaging/lib/python$PYVER/dist-packages
sed -i 's/\/root\/boinc-client_release-8.0-8.0.2/\/usr\/share\/boinc-server-maker/g' ./packaging/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/boinc_path_config.py
mv ./packaging/libexec/boinc-server-maker/* ./packaging/usr/share/boinc-server-maker/
mv ./packaging/share/boinc-server-maker/* ./packaging/usr/share/boinc-server-maker/
cp ./boinc-client_release-8.0-${VERSION}/db/*.sql ./packaging/usr/share/boinc-server-maker/db/
cp -r ./boinc-client_release-8.0-${VERSION}/html/project.sample ./packaging/usr/share/boinc-server-maker/html/
cp ./boinc-client_release-8.0-${VERSION}/sched/pshelper ./packaging/usr/share/boinc-server-maker/sched/

Note my packaging directory is the installation target directory. This could be the hard drive root /.

Maybe open a new issue ?

[AenBleidd]

@MoiseRousseau, BOINC Server is a complex product, and majority of the Projects who install it, do some customization of it.
Making a package (DEB, RPM or any other) in this case is useless.
We currently support only BOINC client and BOINC Manager to be packaged (see: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/linux_install.php).

[MoiseRousseau]

@AenBleidd I did not meant to create an official Deb package. But just to report the steps to have a working BOINC server installation. For example, the current installation installs components in non standard path, python library in a folder that is not on PYTHONPATH, or lacks the sql script to interact with the database. So I was unable to create a simple test project.

[AenBleidd]

@MoiseRousseau, please start here: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/wiki/Computing-with-boinc

[MoiseRousseau]

@AenBleidd I already succeeded make it working with the install target and the steps and I sent you. Just reporting what I have done for other people to reproduce if they need