#1108: Formaline should also work with globally installed simfactory ---------------------+------------------------------------------------------ Reporter: knarf | Owner: Type: defect | Status: review Priority: minor | Milestone: ET_2012_11 Component: Other | Version: development version Resolution: | Keywords: ---------------------+------------------------------------------------------
Comment (by eschnett):
Formaline uses Simfactory to determine the sourcebasedir. If found, it creates a global git repository there, containing the source trees from all Cactus configurations found on this machine.
Another potential use (not yet implemented) would be to obtain a canonical machine name, since the host names are often specific to the front-ends or compute nodes on which things are running, and may even be identical for different systems (e.g. Kraken/Hopper).