#2213: simfactory should abort earlier if runscript, submitscript or thornlist are wrong ---------------------------------+------------------------- Reporter: Steven R. Brandt | Type: enhancement Status: new | Priority: optional Milestone: | Component: SimFactory Version: development version | Keywords: ---------------------------------+------------------------- Right now simfactory will go through the Cactus sim-config stage before it checks if eg the thornlist is incorrect (does not exist). {{{ [sbrandt@wothw Cactus]$ ./simfactory/bin/sim build --thornlist doesnotexist Using configuration: sim Reconfiguring sim Writing configuration to: /home/sbrandt/cactus/Cactus/configs/sim/OptionList CUSTOMIZED MAKE Cactus - version: 4.2.3 Reconfiguring sim. Adding configuration options from '/home/sbrandt/cactus/Cactus/configs/sim/OptionList'... Setting VERSION to '2018-01-25' Setting CPP to 'cpp' Setting CC to 'gcc' Setting CXX to 'g++' Setting FPP to 'cpp' Setting F90 to 'gfortran' Setting CPPFLAGS to '' Setting FPPFLAGS to '-traditional' Setting CFLAGS to '-g -std=gnu99' Setting CXXFLAGS to '-g -std=gnu++0x' [...] Use make foo to build the configuration. Complete rebuild required Cleaning sim Cleaning configuration sim Deleting all built files in /home/sbrandt/cactus/Cactus/configs/sim Warning: default submit script contents have changed Updated script file for configuration sim Warning: default run script contents have changed Updated runscript file for configuration sim Error: specified thornlist "doesnotexist" does not exist or is not readable tried paths "/home/sbrandt/cactus/Cactus/doesnotexist" and "/home/sbrandt/cactus/Cactus//repos/simfactory2/etc/thornlists/doesnotexist", working directory is "/home/sbrandt/cactus/Cactus" Aborting Simfactory. }}}
It may be nice to detect this earlier.
See https://bitbucket.org/simfactory/simfactory2/pull-requests/28/simlib- make-non-existing-cactusfile-fatal/diff#comment-85638965 for a discussion.