[rancid] Re: Nexus expect looping

[john heasley]

Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 10:28:01AM -0700, Dan_Mitton at YMP.GOV:
> John,
> 
> Thanks for your reply.  I'm running FreeBSD 7.2:
> 
> FreeBSD host.ymp.gov 7.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE #0: Fri May  1 
> 07:18:07 UTC 2009 
> root at driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
> 
> expect verion:
> 
> expect version 5.43.0

Its most likely your expect/tcl set.  A friend (and others) has had
this problem a few times.  He recently updated his ports and the set
of tcl/expect that he got with that update has been working.  pkginfo
on that host gives me:

expect-5.43.0_3     A sophisticated scripter based on tcl/tk
tcl-8.3.5_8         Tool Command Language

> 
> 
> 
> To:     Dan_Mitton at YMP.GOV
> cc:     rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net 
> Subject:        Re: [rancid]  Nexus expect looping
> LSN: Not Relevant - Not Privileged
> User Filed as: Excl/AdminMgmt-14-4/QA:N/A
> 
> Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 10:01:23AM -0700, Dan_Mitton at YMP.GOV:
> > I am trying to get Rancid to scan a Cisco Nexus 5000, but I'm having 
> > problems.
> > 
> > First, it tried to run the command 'show version build-info all', which 
> > doesn't exist, so I commented it out of the nxrancid file.
> 
> that should not be necessary, it should just skip it.
> 
> > Second, it seems to get most of the way through (I think), but then the 
> > expect process goes to 100% CPU until it is killed.
> > 
> > The Nexus 5000 is running:
> > 
> > Software
> >   BIOS:      version 1.2.0
> >   loader:    version N/A
> >   kickstart: version 4.1(3)N1(1)
> >   system:    version 4.1(3)N1(1)
> >   BIOS compile time:       06/19/08
> >   kickstart image file is: bootflash:/n5000-uk9-kickstart.4.1.3.N1.1.bin
> >   kickstart compile time:  7/23/2009 17:00:00 [07/24/2009 00:53:59]
> >   system image file is:    bootflash:/n5000-uk9.4.1.3.N1.1.bin
> >   system compile time:     7/23/2009 17:00:00 [07/24/2009 01:42:52]
> > 
> > and has 1 - 2148 hung off of it.
> > 
> > Any ideas??
> 
> Most like its expect on you O/S.  What OS and expect version?  did you
> look at the o/s section on the rancid web page.
> 
>