Date: 28 May 2008

Please refer to the README file contained in the fossology download for first time installation instructions.

If you are updating a previous fossology installation, please follow the update process below.

If the fossology scheduler is running, stop it with:

sudo /etc/init.d/fossology stop

Uncompress the fossology-0.8.0.tar.gz file into a build directory and build.

tar -xzvf fossology-0.8.0.tar.gz
cd fossology-0.8.0
make
make install
sudo ./install.sh -f

Restart the fossology scheduler with:

sudo /etc/init.d/fossology start

Know Problem with attempting to Reset or Delete jobs WHILE they are running.

Problem: Attempts to Reset or Delete a job while the job is running will fail.

Description: Job will be marked as failed, it will continue to run and all jobs dependent on it will run.

Solution: Do not attempt to Reset or Delete running jobs.

In the next release, the Reset | Delete micromenus will not be displayed for running jobs.

Known Problems with cp2foss at 0.8.0 release

Problem: cp2foss can't find fossjobs

Description: cp2foss expects to find a program called fossjobs in /usr/local/bin. fossjobs gets installed as fossjobs.php in /usr/local/bin due to a makefile issue.

Solution: as root create a symlink in /usr/local/bin called fossjobs and link it to fossjobs.php.

This problem should be fixed in 0.8.1.

Problem: cp2foss will create duplicate upload folders.

Description: cp2foss does not correctly detect when a file has been uploaded into a upload folder. As a result it will create duplicate upload folders with the same name. This situation only occurs when the same upload folder is used in the same folder path. For example if foo.c is uploaded into upload folder foo.c and that is loaded into folder path /bar/baz/ and then reloaded again in to /bar/baz there will be two upload folders, both called foo.c.

Solution: Don't do multiple uploads into the same upload folder/folder path. If this situation does occur. The Organize→Uploads→Delete Uploaded File menu option should be used to remove the duplicate(s).

This problem is scheduled to be fixed in the 0.8.1 release.