[slurm-users] Meaning of "defunct" in description of Slurm parameters

[Paul Edmon]

Presumably it wouldn't or it may pick up from the history files. I don't 
know for certain.

For that reason it is best to change over to the new definition before 
you upgrade.  We did that prior to going to 20.02 and had no problem.

-Paul Edmon-

On 7/19/2020 11:49 PM, Kevin Buckley wrote:
> At https://slurm.schedmd.com/slurm.conf.html
>
> we read
>
> BackupAddr
>     Defunct option, see SlurmctldHost.
>
> BackupController
>     Defunct option, see SlurmctldHost. ...
>
> ControlAddr
>     Defunct option, see SlurmctldHost.
>
> ControlMachine
>     Defunct option, see SlurmctldHost.
>
>
> but what does "Defunct" actually mean there?
>
>
> A top-ranked internet search result suggests that it means
>
>
>  "no longer existing or functioning."
>
>
> but if that's the case, then if, say, your only defintion of
> a "ControlMachine" in your 20.02's slurm.conf was in the
> defunct ControlMachine parameter, how would your Slurm
> instance know what name the "ControlMachine" had ?
>
>
> Kevin