Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of UbuntuBootstrapBug

Timestamp:

May 28, 2010 9:39:04 AM (11 years ago)

Author:

toby

Comment:

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UbuntuBootstrapBug

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+On Ubuntu (version unknown) Adrian Hill reported:
+
+Running the command python bootstrap.py then gives the following error.
+
+{{{~/gsas$ python bootstrap.py
+['bootstrap.py']
+GSAS is being bootstrapped from repository to /home/adrian/gsas
+Determining system type...
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "bootstrap.py", line 17, in <module>
+    raise Exception('Undefined system type')
+Exception: Undefined system type}}}
+
+The cause of this turns out to be that the python internal {{{platform.processor()}}} is not being defined. This is certainly an OS/build bug. 
+
+The workaround for this is to change line in the bootstrap.py file that reads like this:
+
+{{{if sys.platform.startswith('linux') and platform.processor().endswith('86'):
+    repos = 'linux'}}}
+
+to be:
+
+{{{if sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
+    repos = 'linux'}}}
+
+This causes the bootstrap.py file to assume you are on an x86 compatible processor.