[CWB] Corpus installation problem
Graham Ranger -- UAPV
graham.ranger at univ-avignon.fr
Mon Mar 11 19:23:05 CET 2019
Le 11/03/2019 à 18:21, Hardie, Andrew a écrit :
>
> Re>> I'm afraid I haven't kept the screenshot
>
> Maybe ask your technician to look for the URL in the http server
> access log? searching for any line(s) that contain “installCorpus”
> should do the trick.
>
I've forwarded the request to the tech, Andrew, thanks. If you tell me
where the log is, I can ssh into the machine and find the line(s) myself.
>
> RE>> though I'm getting "0" results for queries in some corpora
>
> Yes, the index data is /gone/. The corpora are not there. There’s just
> a record for each pointing at nothing.
>
> >> makes me think I might need to reinstall
>
> Definitely. There’s no way to reconstruct a lost index.
>
OK. Have done so and all is working.
>
> >>One possible clue to the reason behind all this, *might* lie in the
> fact that, in the corpus I was attempting to index, there was a
> trailing angle-bracket. I wonder whether this "<" might be responsible
> for throwing a spanner in the works
>
> This is unlikely – the error occurs before any files are opened. The
> error is more likely to have been triggered by the parameters you
> specified when you filled in the install-new-corpus form. If you run
> the SQL query I put in the last email in your MySQL client (or get
> your techie to do same!),
>
> *select * from corpus_info where corpus="**/handle_of_your_corpus/**"; *
>
> .. the (lengthy) result will contain /some/ of those parameters and I
> might be able to work backwards to the cause of the problem.
>
I tried this with the handles for the corpora I was trying to index when
all went haywire, but it was not found in the database.
Thanks for the help!
Best,
Graham.
>
> Thanks
>
> best
>
> Andrew.
>
> *From:*cwb-bounces at sslmit.unibo.it <cwb-bounces at sslmit.unibo.it> *On
> Behalf Of *Graham Ranger -- UAPV
> *Sent:* 11 March 2019 16:59
> *To:* cwb at sslmit.unibo.it
> *Subject:* Re: [CWB] Corpus installation problem
>
> Hi Andrew,
> Thanks for your answer.
>
> Le 11/03/2019 à 17:43, Hardie, Andrew a écrit :
>
> Hi Graham,
>
> This looks like you have run into the bug that others have
> reported whereby an error in corpus installation configuration
> causes the whole index data directory to be deleted.
>
> I have never been able to reproduce or track down this bug.
> Instead I added checks intended to spot the error condition and
> abort before data can be lost. I don’t know why the system dd not
> abort before deleting index data in the situation you report.
>
> Can you tell me *exactly* what version of the code you are
> running? (Version, or even better, SVN checkout number). Possibly
> you have a version that precedes these protective checks.
>
> The version was CQPweb v3.2.30. I'm not sure how to get the checkout
> number, I'm afraid.
>
> Also, I know you probably don’t have it open in a browser now
> after allthis time, but the full URL of the screen where you got
> the “Critical error in installation” message would be useful for
> diagnosis. Failing that, the database entry for the corpus whose
> installation caused the problem might shed light (*select * from
> corpus_info where corpus="**/handle_of_your_corpus/**"; *).
>
> I'm afraid I haven't kept the screenshot, and have messed around
> since, manually deleting things from a shell. Interestingly, there's
> also a tech' at university working on it, who seems to have got some
> of the functions back (though I'm getting "0" results for queries in
> some corpora, which makes me think I might need to reinstall).
> One possible clue to the reason behind all this, *might* lie in the
> fact that, in the corpus I was attempting to index, there was a
> trailing angle-bracket. I wonder whether this "<" might be responsible
> for throwing a spanner in the works.
> I'm sorry I can't be more precise. When the tech' gets back in touch,
> I'll see whether his debugging has revealed anything interesting and
> will report back. Thanks again.
> Best,
> Graham.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> best
>
> Andrew.
>
> *From:*cwb-bounces at sslmit.unibo.it
> <mailto:cwb-bounces at sslmit.unibo.it> <cwb-bounces at sslmit.unibo.it>
> <mailto:cwb-bounces at sslmit.unibo.it> *On Behalf Of *Graham Ranger
> -- UAPV
> *Sent:* 09 March 2019 14:43
> *To:* cwb at sslmit.unibo.it <mailto:cwb at sslmit.unibo.it>
> *Subject:* Re: [CWB] Corpus installation problem
>
> Hello again,
> The problem is worse than it first appeared. In fact none of the
> corpora word. I'm getting error messages of the following type for
> simple queries on ALL, previously well installed, corpora: "Corpus
> ``ENGLISH_TEST'' is undefined".
> As far as I know, nothing has changed in the cqpweb since
> yesterday... when I successfully installed another corpus.
> Help will be much appreciated,
> Best,
> Graham.
>
> Le 09/03/2019 à 15:05, Graham Ranger -- UAPV a écrit :
>
> Hello to all,
> I'm having trouble installing a corpus with the message
> "Critical error in installation: corpus dir not specified".
> After this, the corpus name actually shows up in the "Show
> corpora" area, but it is obviously empty.
> Any thanks much appreciated, as ever.
> Best,
> Graham.
>
>
>
>
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