[squeak-dev] automatic clean-up of inbox

David T. Lewis lewis at mail.msen.com
Mon May 11 11:57:12 UTC 2020


Thank you Chris :-)

I will follow up on this later today.

Dave

On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 05:17:02PM -0500, Chris Muller wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> 
> > I am willing to do the update, but I want to confirm the procedure
> > before I touch anything.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> > My assumptions:
> >
> > The image to be updated is /srv/sourcesqueakorg/box4/squeaksource/webserver/ss.image,
> > and a backup copy of the current ss.image/changes should be saved.
> 
> Yes.  The image is saved with nothing running, just the code base
> installed.  The server is started via .st script.
> 
> > The image can be updated off line by copying to my local system, applying
> > the patch, and copying back to the server.
> 
> Yes.  If you want to get your MCConfigurations enhancement in, it will
> need to be able to run in Squeak 5.2 for now.
> 
> > Restarting the source.squeak.org image will restart it using the updated ss.image.
> >
> > Clean shutdown should be done with sudo svc -d /service/squeaksource.
> >
> > Startup is done with sudo svc -u /service/squeaksource.
> 
> Yup.
> 
> > The supervise script will restart the image, starting with ss.image and
> > loading everything back from the Magma backing store.
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > If anything goes wrong with the above steps, I can restore the saved
> > ss.image, restart it, and all would be well.
> 
> Yes, and I'm sure imply that you would do svc -d during that so
> doesn't keep trying to restart it in uncontrolled fashion while you're
> switching the image back.
> 
> > Does that sound right? If so I will plan to do the update tomorrow.
> >
> > With your permission, I will also apply an update to MonticelloConfigurations
> > to enable versioning of MCM maps.
> 
> Sure, thanks.  As long as you're willing to support it if there's a
> problem, go for it.  :)   It sounds like you definitely have a good
> handle on the system, so I'm confident.
> 
> > Also, if there is a VNC connection available for either the image or
> > for the dan.box.squeak.org server, I would feel more comfortable if you
> > can tell me how to open that connection.
> 
> I'll send these details in a separate email.
> 
> Thanks, glad to have a backup for source.squeak.org.
> 
>  - Chris
> 


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