Subversion Binaries for Mac OS X
A long time ago (in a galaxy far far away), I found a subversion binary to install on my Mac. I installed it, it worked, I forgot about it... until I needed to upgrade it. So I searched again for a Subversion binary.
My searches lead me to openCollabNet, which had a Universal 32/64-bit OS X subversion binary. I clicked the download button, noticed that none of the contact fields were marked required (very clever), pressed submit and watched my download start. The package installed perfectly, however, it installs in /opt/subversion. My former version (1.4.4), which came from the same source, was installed in /usr/bin. Since I wanted to eradicated the old version, and I wanted the new version in the system PATH, I ran the following shell commands to replace the old binaries with symlinks to the new ones (no comments on me running commands as root are needed):
# cd /opt/subversion/bin # sudo su # for i in *; do rm -i /usr/bin/$i; ln -s /opt/subversion/bin/$i /usr/bin/$i; done
Update: I now use MacPorts to install SVN and haven't had any problems.
Podcast Producer... Again
So, we're still running Leopard Server because I'm waiting for any snow leopard issues to get ironed out before I upgrade. We were about to put our internal podcast into use when I noticed Podcast Producer forgot how to talk to the Xgrid controller. After spending some time staring to the settings, I finally realized that the Xgrid Controller setting at to be set to the same domain as the Kerberos domain, which in my case is improperly set to Server.local instead of the server's actual name.
So, for future reference: The xgrid controller address is tied to the kerberos domain, and server names need to be set properly the first time (and not setup by outside consulting companies...)
Art "0" returned score "0" for agent
So, I spent quite a bit of time trying to get Podcast Producer running on our not-so-correctly-setup xserve. After getting podcast producer connected to Xgrid I thought everything should work. I fired up Podcast Capture and recorded a screen capture podcast. I pushed publish and watched it go into the Xgrid jobs list. Then I watched it stay in the Xgrid jobs list indefinitely while the lone Xgrid agent sat idle. I searched to no avail, then the project had to sit a while during Sold Out and Easter. I started tackling Podcast Producer again today. With a bit of poking I found the last job message in Xgrid admin: "Art "0" returned score "0" for agent". Interesting. Sticking it in google lead me to the solution to my problem. After updating the UUID, Podcast Producer started working without a hitch. Now to see how it works in production.