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[dclark]

somekool is on #bcfg2 as somekool, just recording this for posterity; it's also up at ​http://pastebin.ca/1316219

BCFG2 errors messages I have trouble with;

- the page http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2/wiki/ErrorMessages is not so descriptive into finding causes/solutions
- many clients return the following error everytime bcfg2 is run
no server x509 fingerprint; no server verification performed!

- Failed to locate basefile for /path/to/foo
i guess this one will start making sens to me once 

- Failed to bind entry: <Type> <item>
this seems to be showing up when mappings returns nothing.
will it show for each items that are unused? if so, it is a warning, that should be specified.
if not, it does not say anything about how to fix

- NotFound: cannot find 'foobar'
- Failed to template /path/to/foo

I just realized those two are working together. seems like foobar is a variable not found in the template for /path/to/foo
but the message could be better. on one line. something like

Failed to template /path/to/foo : variable not found in file PluginDir/path/to/foo/template at line XY


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see python backtrace below, why should the info file by a directory?

[[email protected] bcfg2]# bcfg2-info
Filesystem check 1 of 25
Processed 197 gamin events in 2.844 seconds. 0 collapsed
Filesystem check 2 of 25
Processed 86 gamin events in 0.144 seconds. 0 collapsed
Filesystem check 3 of 25
Processed 280 gamin events in 0.649 seconds. 0 collapsed
Filesystem check 4 of 25
Processed 257 gamin events in 0.638 seconds. 0 collapsed
Filesystem check 5 of 25
error in handling of gamin event for info
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/Bcfg2/Server/Core.py", line 176, in Service
    self.handles[event.requestID].HandleEvent(event)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/Bcfg2/Server/Plugins/TGenshi.py", line 137, in HandleEvent
    self.entries[identifier].HandleEvent(event)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/Bcfg2/Server/Plugins/TGenshi.py", line 37, in HandleEvent
    for line in open(self.name + '/info').readlines():
IOError: [Errno 20] Not a directory: '/etc/httpd/conf.d/mongrel.conf/info'
Not creating template for /etc/httpd/conf.d/mongrel.conf/template
Processed 55 gamin events in 0.223 seconds. 0 collapsed

[solj]

These should all be fixed now.