Minor (1) Define a credential for a Perforce Build-server.
(2) Create a pipeline job
(3) Choose to get Jenkinsfile from build farm
(4) Enable 'Lightweight checkout'.
(5) When it runs you see the following error:
Started by user anonymous
com.perforce.p4java.exception.RequestException: //jenkinsTemp-90239265-0873-426e-b711-32e89457b19b/Jenkinsfile - file(s) not in client view.
at com.perforce.p4java.impl.mapbased.server.cmd.ResultMapParser.handleWarningStr(ResultMapParser.java:164)
at com.perforce.p4java.impl.mapbased.rpc.OneShotServerImpl.execStreamCmd(OneShotServerImpl.java:545)
at com.perforce.p4java.impl.mapbased.rpc.OneShotServerImpl.execStreamCmd(OneShotServerImpl.java:461)
at com.perforce.p4java.impl.mapbased.server.cmd.BaseDelegator.execStreamCmd(BaseDelegator.java:163)
at com.perforce.p4java.impl.mapbased.server.cmd.PrintDelegator.getFileContents(PrintDelegator.java:56)
at com.perforce.p4java.impl.mapbased.server.Server.getFileContents(Server.java:2288)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.p4.scm.P4SCMFile.content(P4SCMFile.java:145)
Caused: java.io.IOException
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.p4.scm.P4SCMFile.content(P4SCMFile.java:147)
at jenkins.scm.api.SCMFile.contentAsString(SCMFile.java:338)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsScmFlowDefinition.create(CpsScmFlowDefinition.java:106)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsScmFlowDefinition.create(CpsScmFlowDefinition.java:64)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowRun.run(WorkflowRun.java:271)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:97)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:421)
Finished: FAILURE
(6) If you untick 'Lightweight checkout' and run the job again it works.
From the Perforce log the Jenkins server just does a p4 client -o and p4 client -i but there is something strange with the 'db.view'. On a build server the 'db.view.rp' should be used for a client view. For example this is a good journal extract:
@pv@ 1 @db.view.rp@ @bf2@ 0 0 @//bf2/test/...@ @//test/...@ @pv@ 7 @db.domain@ @bf2@ 99 @test@ @/ws_buildserver/depot@ @@ @@ @super@ 1527071673 1527071673 0 @Created by super. @rv@ 7 @db.domain@ @bf2@ 99 @test@ @/ws_buildserver/depot@ @@ @@ @super@ 1527071673 1527071673 0 @Created by super.
but when Jenkins tries to create a client for lightweight checkout it uses 'db.view':
@pv@ 7 @db.domain@ @jenkinsTemp-3698d9aa-1fd9-46bf-a212-a60cf68490ef@ 99 @@ @null@ @@ @@ @jenkins@ 1527072186 1527072186 0 @@ @@ @buildfarm@ 0 @pv@ 1 @db.view@ @jenkinsTemp-3698d9aa-1fd9-46bf-a212-a60cf68490ef@ 0 0 @//jenkinsTemp-3698d9aa-1fd9-46bf-a212-a60cf68490ef/...@ @//depot/lightweight_buildfarm/...@ @rv@ 7 @db.domain@ @jenkinsTemp-3698d9aa-1fd9-46bf-a212-a60cf68490ef@ 99 @@ @/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/LightweightPipeline_Buildfarm%40script@ @@ @@ @jenkins@ 1527072245 1527072245 2 @@ @@ @buildfarm@ 1
I suspect this is a P4Java bug.
