Development Faq

FAQ

A list of common issues & resolutions shared by the V1 contributors

Avoid redundant files from iCloud backup

• Issue: when working on MacOS with iCloud backup turned on, redundant files could be generated in GitHub projects. (e.g. file.go and file 2.go) Details can be found here in this link.
• Solution: adding .nosync as suffix to the workspace folder, e.g. pocket.nosync. Alternative, working in a folder that iCloud doesn't touch also works.

NOTE: Consider turning off the gofmt in your IDE to prevent unexpected formatting

Unable to start LocalNet - permission denied

• Issue: when trying to run make lightweight_localnet on an operating system with SELinux, the command gives the error:

Recreating validator2 ... done
Recreating validator4 ... done
Recreating validator1 ... done
Recreating validator3 ... done
Attaching to validator3, validator1, validator2, validator4
validator2    | /bin/sh: can't open 'build/scripts/watch.sh': Permission denied
validator1    | /bin/sh: can't open 'build/scripts/watch.sh': Permission denied
validator3    | /bin/sh: can't open 'build/scripts/watch.sh': Permission denied
validator1 exited with code 2
validator4    | /bin/sh: can't open 'build/scripts/watch.sh': Permission denied
validator2 exited with code 2
validator3 exited with code 2
validator4 exited with code 2

• Solution: A temporary fix would be to run

su -c "setenforce 0"

Whereas a permanent approach would be to allow the docker container access to the local repository

sudo chcon -Rt svirt_sandbox_file_t ./pocket

See this stackoverflow post for more details.