Root cause: orca job run <example>.md failed with fork/exec: no such
file or directory on every example. Two compounding problems:
1. workloadToTaskSpecs (internal/cli/job.go:340) passed the entire
runtime.command string (e.g. "/usr/bin/httpd -f /etc/orca/web-app/
httpd.conf") as a single binary path to exec.Command, which then
looked for a file literally named "/usr/bin/httpd -f ..." and
failed. The v0.9 markdown parser stores command: as a raw string;
the legacy HCL path had separate command+args fields. Fix: add
splitCommand helper that splits on strings.Fields into binary+args,
with /bin/true fallback for empty commands.
2. The example commands referenced binaries that don't exist on a bare
Linux machine (/usr/bin/httpd, postgres, api-server, fluent-bit).
Fix: rewrite the 5 example runtime.command values to use /bin/sleep
3600 (long-running services) or /bin/echo (one-shot job) so they
run out-of-the-box. Each file has a Production substitution note
showing the real binary to use in deployment.
Verified: orca job run examples/full-stack/worker.md now succeeds
(exit 0). All 4 services (web-app, api, log-shipper, postgres) start
correctly (task started, pid assigned). 12 new unit tests pass
(splitCommand: 7 cases, workloadToTaskSpecs: 5 cases). All 5 example
jobspecs still parse + validate (gate C-20). make lint clean.
---ci---
project: orca
phase: 6
milestone: v0.10
status: execute
decisions:
- id: D-195
decision: split command string via strings.Fields in workloadToTaskSpecs
rationale: exec.Command expects binary path + args as separate elements;
the v0.9 markdown parser stores command: as a single string with no
args field (unlike legacy HCL). strings.Fields is dep-free and handles
multiple spaces/tabs. Shell quoting (single/double quotes inside the
command) is not handled — examples avoid sh -c with quoted strings.
confidence: 0.95
alternatives: [shellquote.Split from mvdan/sh (adds dependency)]
lessons:
- The v0.9 markdown jobspec path needs the same command+args split that
the legacy HCL path had via separate command/args fields. The parser
stores command: as a raw string; the CLI must split it before passing
to exec.Command.
- Example jobspecs should use /bin/sleep and /bin/echo (binaries that
exist on every Linux machine) so they run out-of-the-box. Descriptive
production commands belong in a comment block, not in runtime.command.
---/ci---
---ci---
project: orca
phase: 3
milestone: v0.3
status: complete
requirements:
covered: [REQ-022, REQ-030, REQ-032]
partial: []
---/ci---
v0.3 milestone merged to main. Includes all v0.2 work (P08-P10) that
was previously on the milestone branch but not yet merged to main, plus
the v0.3 completion work (iter.Seq streaming + doctor network/db).
v0.2 phases included: P08 (mTLS), P09 (scheduling), P10 (security scan).
v0.3 phases: P0 (pre-execution), P1 (iter.Seq streaming), P2 (doctor),
P3 (final review+ship).
Total: 40 requirements, all complete. No new go.mod dependencies.
Full test suite passes under -race. gofmt + go vet clean.
Jon Chery
cloudinit-bot