[etch-users] Getting Started on Debian Squeeze

[Alex Y. <al...@by...>]

Hi there,

Is etch-3.19.0 known to work on Debian Squeeze?  I ask because the 
Getting Started instructions seem a little broken.

It would seem that ruby1.8 is no longer supported - String#oct doesn't 
exist in 1.8, for instance.  This means that on Squeeze, we need to use 
the ruby1.9.1 package.  `apt-get install facter` only installs the 
library for 1.8, which means we have to use rubygems.  Using 
rubygems-1.8.7.tgz from rubygems.org, I can install facter-1.6.5 and run:

   $ ./etch --generate-all --interactive --local ../etchserver-demo

but it spews a couple of screens'-worth of warnings before quitting with:

   W, [2012-02-28T12:00:19.151350 #24223]  WARN -- : No entry found for 
node <my-hostname> in nodes.xml
   No such file or directory

and a failure exit code.  I don't know if that's a sign that I've missed 
a step somewhere, or if that's actually intended behaviour, or what.  No 
files get created in /tmp, although /var/etch does get built.

Any guidance gratefully received.  Thanks,
-- 
Alex