Build failed in Jenkins: java-identity-provider-nightly #512

[Tom Zeller]

> On Sep 10, 2016, at 11:22 AM, Rod Widdowson <rdw at steadingsoftware.com> wrote:
> 
> Again mostly Tom and again probably PEBKAC.
> 
>> [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-
>> plugin:2.19:test (default-test) on project idp-conf: Execution default-test of goal
>> org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.19:test failed: The forked
>> VM terminated without properly saying goodbye. VM crash or System.exit
>> called?
>> [ERROR] Command was /bin/sh -c cd
>> <https://build.shibboleth.net/jenkins/job/java-identity-provider-nightly/ws/idp-
>> conf> && /opt/jdk1.7.0_80/jre/bin/java -XX:-UseSplitVerifier -jar
>> <https://build.shibboleth.net/jenkins/job/java-identity-provider-nightly/ws/idp-
>> conf/target/surefire/surefirebooter1164351599920324980.jar>
>> <https://build.shibboleth.net/jenkins/job/java-identity-provider-nightly/ws/idp-
>> conf/target/surefire/surefire1371057156676530572tmp>
>> <https://build.shibboleth.net/jenkins/job/java-identity-provider-nightly/ws/idp-
>> conf/target/surefire/surefire_407475682978937602090tmp>
> 
> I'm having extreme difficulty debugging this.  I cannot find any logs anywhere, not of the hyperlinks work, and I cannot reproduce it.  Nearest I can divine the nightly tests do a "mvn -Prelease site" which I can run locally just fine (which doesn't necessarily mean anything of course).
> 
> I don't see any directory called "surefire" in my tree so I cannot try to reproduce the failing line.
> 
> Any hints where to go.

The target/surefire dir is the maven-surefire-plugin working directory, and that plugin is what we use to run tests.

Jenkins jobs usually have a workspace link from which you can view the file system via a browser, I think authn is required to see the link.

I'll take a look when I can ...

HTH
Tom