File info extraction hooks run multiple times on a file, which causes problems for plugins that write extra output files having duplicate info.
The underlying issue is around here: https://github.com/LLNL/Surfactant/blob/main/surfactant/cmd/generate.py#L367
From what I recall, get_software_entry is called to get the hash of the underlying file for tracking what symlinks point to that file -- which also gives plugins an opportunity to run. This should be changed so that if the file is a symlink it computes the file hash without trying to reuse get_software_entry.
This should also simplify the control flow some by not needing the file_is_symlink flag.
File info extraction hooks run multiple times on a file, which causes problems for plugins that write extra output files having duplicate info.
The underlying issue is around here: https://github.com/LLNL/Surfactant/blob/main/surfactant/cmd/generate.py#L367 From what I recall,
get_software_entryis called to get the hash of the underlying file for tracking what symlinks point to that file -- which also gives plugins an opportunity to run. This should be changed so that if the file is a symlink it computes the file hash without trying to reuseget_software_entry.This should also simplify the control flow some by not needing the
file_is_symlinkflag.