[hobbit] BBTest Error

[David Gilmore]

Henrik,

Ok.  I had implemented TRACEROUTE in the BBHOSTS file recently.  It was one
of those inconsistent errors that had me puzzled.

Dave
 

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dk] On Behalf Of Henrik Stoerner
> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 6:53 AM
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> Subject: Re: [hobbit] BBTest Error
> 
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 06:11:17PM -0400, David Gilmore wrote:
> > Pardon my ignorance, but what does this mean?
> >  
> > Error output:
> > Timeout waiting for data from child, killing it Timeout waiting for 
> > data from child, killing it Child process terminated with signal 15
> 
> It is a message that can occur for the network tests (ntp, rpc and
> traceroute) that rely on external programs rather than being 
> implemented natively by Hobbit. It means that the program did 
> not finish testing in 30 seconds, so Hobbit assumes it's hung 
> waiting for some network I/O, and decides to treat this as a 
> timeout error.
> 
> It's a safety measure to prevent e.g. a hung traceroute from 
> stopping all of the network tests.
> 
> If 30 seconds is not enough, you can raise that with the 
> --cmdtimeout=N option for bbtest-net.
> 
> 
> > And can I apply it to my five year old when she is not doing what I 
> > ask?  :)
> 
> Perhaps ... but you'd better check with your local 
> child-abuse authorities first :-)
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Henrik
> 
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