[Cruisecontrolrb-users] What does it mean when it says that the "builder is down"?

[Will Sargent]

On Jan 31, 2008 12:30 AM, Jeremy Stell-Smith <jeremystellsmith at gmail.com> wrote:
> so if you request a build through the ui, it should start the builder.
> also, all builders should automatically start when you run "./cruise start".
> if the builder doesn't start, check the builder log for it.
>
> one situation that results in this is when you add a project after cruise is
> already started.  this is normal, and as stated above, the suggested way to
> start the builder is through the dashboard's request build.

Okay, I don't think this is normal.  Here's the relevant bit of the log:

[info]  [2008-01-30 16:56:21] Build 1747 started
[error] Input/output error
[error]   ./script/../config/../builder_plugins/installed/minimal_console_logger.rb:16:in
`write'
[error]   ./script/../config/../builder_plugins/installed/minimal_console_logger.rb:16:in
`puts'
[error]   ./script/../config/../builder_plugins/installed/minimal_console_logger.rb:16:in
`build_finished'
[error]   ./script/../config/../app/models/project.rb:325:in `send'
[error]   ./script/../config/../app/models/project.rb:325:in `notify'
[error]   ./script/../config/../app/models/project.rb:323:in `collect'
[error]   ./script/../config/../app/models/project.rb:323:in `notify'
[error]   ./script/../config/../app/models/project.rb:303:in `build'
[error]   ./script/../config/../app/models/project.rb:209:in
`build_if_necessary'
[error]   ./script/../config/../app/models/polling_scheduler.rb:13:in `run'
[error]   ./script/builder:79
[error]   ./script/builder:78:in `catch'
[error]   ./script/builder:78
[error]   script/../config/../cruise:14:in `load'
[error]   script/../config/../cruise:14:in `builder'
[error]   script/../config/../cruise:68:in `send'
[error]   script/../config/../cruise:68
[error]   /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:121:in `chdir'
[error]   /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:121:in `cd'
[error]   script/../config/../cruise:67
[error] Input/output error
[error]   ./script/../config/../lib/cruise_control/log.rb:35:in `write'
[error]   ./script/../config/../lib/cruise_control/log.rb:35:in `puts'
[error]   ./script/../config/../lib/cruise_control/log.rb:35:in `method_missing'
[error]   ./script/../config/../app/models/project.rb:327:in `notify'
[error]   ./script/../config/../app/models/project.rb:323:in `collect'
[error]   ./script/../config/../app/models/project.rb:323:in `notify'
[error]   ./script/../config/../app/models/project.rb:303:in `build'
[error]   ./script/../config/../app/models/project.rb:209:in
`build_if_necessary'
[error]   ./script/../config/../app/models/polling_scheduler.rb:13:in `run'
[error]   ./script/builder:79
[error]   ./script/builder:78:in `catch'
[error]   ./script/builder:78
[error]   script/../config/../cruise:14:in `load'
[error]   script/../config/../cruise:14:in `builder'
[error]   script/../config/../cruise:68:in `send'
[error]   script/../config/../cruise:68
[error]   /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:121:in `chdir'
[error]   /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:121:in `cd'
[error]   script/../config/../cruise:67
[fatal] Input/output error
[fatal]   ./script/../config/../app/models/polling_scheduler.rb:62:in `write'
[fatal]   ./script/../config/../app/models/polling_scheduler.rb:62:in `puts'
[fatal]   ./script/../config/../app/models/polling_scheduler.rb:62:in
`log_error'
[fatal]   ./script/../config/../app/models/polling_scheduler.rb:17:in `run'
[fatal]   ./script/builder:79
[fatal]   ./script/builder:78:in `catch'
[fatal]   ./script/builder:78
[fatal]   script/../config/../cruise:14:in `load'
[fatal]   script/../config/../cruise:14:in `builder'
[fatal]   script/../config/../cruise:68:in `send'
[fatal]   script/../config/../cruise:68
[fatal]   /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:121:in `chdir'
[fatal]   /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:121:in `cd'