Bug #22871
Failed to parse the configuration file 'subrun_wrapper.fcl': Can't find key dune_tfile_metadata
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Description
It appears that DUNE configuration requires a job FHiCL file to include sam_dune.fcl
, or else the submitted job terminates with art code 90 and:
$ cat larStage0.err Failed to parse the configuration file 'subrun_wrapper.fcl' with exception ---- Parse error BEGIN Local lookup error ---- Can't find key BEGIN dune_tfile_metadata (at part "dune_tfile_metadata") ---- Can't find key END at line 9, character 29, of file "./Stage0.fcl" included from line 1 of file "./subrun_wrapper.fcl" services.TFileMetadataDUNE: @local::dune_tfile_metadata ^ ---- Parse error END
This must be seldom a problem because sam_dune.fcl
is included by services_dune.fcl
, which in turn is commonly included in user configuration files.
The reason I tripped into this problem is that my configuration is spread across some local files, and rather than copying all of them to the job, I choose to use fhicl-dump
utility to generate the configuration to submit. Since my job was not explicitly configuring the metadata, that utility removed the unused configuration that is instead required by the wrapping configuration.
A solution is to modify the wrapper to include the necessary configuration files before including user's job configuration, with a line like:
#include "sam_dune.fcl"
History
#1 Updated by David Adams over 1 year ago
- Status changed from New to Closed
Gianluca:
I stumbled across this ticket. I think you have to make an assignment if you help with such issues. We should address our fcl more generally but, for now, I think you have include services_dune.fcl or patch things locally as you suggest. I am closing this but please reopen if you are in need of a specific change.
david