[users at bb.net] How to determine why RemoveDirectory failed?

[Greg Bullock]

Here's an update to this issue, if not an actual resolution.  It seems 
that while this RemoveDirectory step

clean_buildout_dir= steps.RemoveDirectory(
name= util.Interpolate("Clean_build_out_folder"),
dir='../build_out',
haltOnFailure= False,
flunkOnFailure= False,
description= util.Interpolate("Cleaning the ../build_out directory"),
                 )

fails on my Windows 10 worker, this nearly-equivalent ShellCommand step

shell_clean_buildout_dir= steps.ShellCommand(
name= util.Interpolate("Clean_build_out_folder"),
command= [ 'rmdir',
'/s',
'/q',
                                   r'..\build_out',
                                 ],
haltOnFailure= False,
flunkOnFailure= False,
description= util.Interpolate("Cleaning the ../build_out directory"),
                 )

succeeds.

The RemoveDirectory step fails even if I use the Windows backslash path 
separator dir = r'..\build_out', which should make it more similar to 
the successful ShellCommand step.

I'd prefer to have a single RemoveDirectory step that would work on both 
my Windows 10 worker as well as my Linux workers, but I don't know how 
to diagnose why RemoveDirectory is failing.  What is it doing different 
from the similar ShellCommand step above?

-Greg



On 2/26/2021 2:16 PM, Greg Bullock wrote:
> How to track down why the RemoveDirectory step fails on my Windows 10 
> worker?  I'm using
>
>   * Python version: 3.6.8
>   * Buildbot version: 2.8.3
>   * Twisted version: 19.10.0
>
> On my Windows 10 worker, the RemoveDirectory step consistently fails.  
> The twistd.log shows the failure but gives no details about why it occurs:
>
> 2021-02-2614:00:28-0800 [-] sending ping
> 2021-02-2614:00:28-0800 [Broker,0,10.20.0.122] ping finished: success
> 2021-02-2614:00:28-0800 [-] <RemoteCommand 'rmdir' at 
> 140550964187032>: RemoteCommand.run [0]
> 2021-02-2614:00:28-0800 [Broker,0,10.20.0.122] <RemoteCommand 
> 'rmdir' at 140550964187032> rc=-1
> 2021-02-2614:00:28-0800 [-] releaseLocks(RemoveDirectory(name=Interpolate('Clean_%(prop:cmake_fortran)s_x64_build_folder'), dir='build_out', haltOnFailure=False, flunkOnFailure=False, description=Interpolate('Cleaning the build directory for the %(prop:cmake_fortran)s %(prop:cmake_threads)s-threaded %(prop:lib_linking)s-library configuration of GPSII'))): []
> 2021-02-2614:00:28-0800 [-]  step 
> 'Clean_gfortran_x64_build_folder' complete: failure (None)
> 2021-02-2614:00:28-0800 [-] <RemoteShellCommand '['svn', 
> '--version']'>: RemoteCommand.run [1]
> 2021-02-2614:00:28-0800 [-] command '['svn', '--version']' in dir 'build'
> 2021-02-2614:00:28-0800 [Broker,0,10.20.0.122] <RemoteShellCommand 
> '['svn', '--version']'> rc=0
>
> Is there a way to enable more detailed diagnostics?
>
> And by the way, thank you all who've contributed to this great tool!
>
> -Greg
>
>
>
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