kma_index: problems with working on 32-bits machines?

[Former user]

Hi,

On trying kma_index on db_resfinder as linked to in resfinder source repository: https://bitbucket.org/genomicepidemiology/resfinder/ (Which fortunately belongs also to this project itself), in 32-bit machines, kma_index is exiting with: Error: 0 (Success)

The files do not seem to indexed at all. For instance, this fails:

$ kma_index -i db_resfinder/phenicol.fsa Error: 0 (Success)

Similar problem can be Same error can be seen in the Debian CI for armhf and i386 here1 and here2 on doing $python3 INSTALL.py

Please consider fixing this, as without the fix resfinder can not migrate to testing, and it looks like a problem with kma_index too

[ptlcc]

Added error message and non-zero exit to fix issue #42

→ <<cset cad12eb55922>>

[ptlcc]

You are right, there was an error causing kma_index to return 0 rather than 1 in this case. It should be fixed now.

Best,
Philip

[Nilesh Patra]

Hi Philip,

It looks like it'll now fail gracefully on 32 bit arches, however my concern was different.

Is it somehow possible to make kma_index to work on i386 or other 32 bit arches - maybe atleast partly?

I maintain both kma and resfinder as Debian packages, and usually packages are supposed to support several arches (including 32 bit ones)

As I see the logs, it -probably- was working earlier – it'd be great to have such functionality. Ofcourse, let me know if I'm mistaken

Kind Regards,

Nilesh

[ptlcc]

Hi Nilesh

KMA have not been working on 32-bit computers since the beginning, and it probably never will.

Best,
Philip