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Error while running slim partition command

ajain_mi
Explorer

I am using splunk packaging toolkit for partioning and getting following error on
Command:
slim partition demo_splunk_app-3.0.0.tar.gz

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/ajain/Virtualenvs/slim/bin/slim", line 10, in
sys.exit(main())
File "/Users/ajain/Virtualenvs/slim/lib/python2.7/site-packages/slim/main.py", line 26, in main
args.invoke_command(args)
File "/Users/ajain/Virtualenvs/slim/lib/python2.7/site-packages/slim/partition.py", line 64, in main
), args.target_os)
File "/Users/ajain/Virtualenvs/slim/lib/python2.7/site-packages/slim/app/server_class.py", line 377, in add
server_class, dependency_graph, target_os, self._validate, is_external
File "/Users/ajain/Virtualenvs/slim/lib/python2.7/site-packages/slim/app/_installation.py", line 601, in from_dependency_graph
installation_graph._resolve()
File "/Users/ajain/Virtualenvs/slim/lib/python2.7/site-packages/slim/app/_installation.py", line 858, in _resolve
installation.resolve_dependents(self)
File "/Users/ajain/Virtualenvs/slim/lib/python2.7/site-packages/slim/app/_installation.py", line 301, in resolve_dependents
self._version_range = semantic_version.Spec(*version_range)
File "/Users/ajain/Virtualenvs/slim/lib/python2.7/site-packages/semantic_version/base.py", line 1159, in __init
_
super(LegacySpec, self).init(expression)
File "/Users/ajain/Virtualenvs/slim/lib/python2.7/site-packages/semantic_version/base.py", line 610, in init
self.clause = self._parse_to_clause(expression)
File "/Users/ajain/Virtualenvs/slim/lib/python2.7/site-packages/semantic_version/base.py", line 975, in _parse_to_clause
return cls.Parser.parse(expression)
File "/Users/ajain/Virtualenvs/slim/lib/python2.7/site-packages/semantic_version/base.py", line 997, in parse
raise ValueError("Invalid simple block %r" % block)
ValueError: Invalid simple block ''

Could someone help what is the issue?

Tags (2)

nebffa
Engager

This problem is caused by having a more recent version of the semantic_version pip package.

Using an older version (pip install 'semantic_version==2.6.0') fixed the problem for me.

ldongradi_splun
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

6 years later, that answer is the good one !
With python 2.7 not supported after 2020/01/01 the semantic_version installed by default is still too high for the slim partition command !

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mufthmu
Path Finder

Hi, @ajain_mi did u ever find out the solution to this?
Thanks

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ajain_mi
Explorer

@mufthmu No, I couldn't. I tried to split my app according to my need for various component.

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