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Re: Ubuntu provides an older version of parallel - suggestion to retrofi
From: |
Ole Tange |
Subject: |
Re: Ubuntu provides an older version of parallel - suggestion to retrofit my usage? |
Date: |
Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:16:01 +0100 |
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 11:24 PM, John <da_audiophile@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Ubuntu 12.10 seems to be providing GNU parallel 20120422. I am trying to run
> a script that uses features that are apparently contained in a newer version.
> The code to the script can be found at the link below, but I think that this
> is the main part:
>
> parallel -k do_clean ::: "${toclean[@]}" 2>/dev/null
>
> Can someone suggest an alternative invocation of parallel so it works on the
> 20120422 version?
>From man parallel:
Your bug report should always include:
ยท The error message you get (if any).
You failed to do that.
I understand that you cannot use a newer version as you cannot expect
your users to install the newer version. But you fail to mention if
the problem disappears if you yourself install a newer version and if
so: at which version does the problem disappear. Also you fail to
mention if you have asked Ubuntu to upgrade their repositories to a
newer version.
It will also help troubleshooting if you can reproduce the error on a
smaller example; your script seems to do a lot more than just showing
the problem.
::: and -k are both in 20120422, so that is not the problem.
/Ole
P.S: Did you read the first section in
http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/man.html#options