[atlas] RIPE Atlas Software Probes

Wondering if it makes sense to have a Debian and raspbian repo stood up for this. I could easily add this to my clusters of raspi to make the coverage broader. 

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> On Feb 12, 2020, at 6:03 AM, Paul Eagles <paul at pauleagles.com> wrote:
> 
> Great news!
> 
> I'm having a few issues getting the Debian .deb file to build, I don't know if it's something specific to my environment (though I've tried it on a few different boxes) or an issue with the git repository, but:
> 
> [pauleagles at dns2 ~]$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/ripe-atlas-software-probe.git
> Cloning into 'ripe-atlas-software-probe'...
> remote: Enumerating objects: 197, done.
> remote: Counting objects: 100% (197/197), done.
> remote: Compressing objects: 100% (120/120), done.
> remote: Total 485 (delta 86), reused 137 (delta 58), pack-reused 288
> Receiving objects: 100% (485/485), 112.47 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
> Resolving deltas: 100% (203/203), done.
> Checking connectivity... done.
> Submodule 'github-busybox' (https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/ripe-atlas-probe-busybox.git) registered for path 'probe-busybox'
> Cloning into 'probe-busybox'...
> remote: Enumerating objects: 310, done.
> remote: Counting objects: 100% (310/310), done.
> remote: Compressing objects: 100% (226/226), done.
> remote: Total 8634 (delta 117), reused 224 (delta 83), pack-reused 8324
> Receiving objects: 100% (8634/8634), 10.21 MiB | 14.91 MiB/s, done.
> Resolving deltas: 100% (3657/3657), done.
> Checking connectivity... done.
> fatal: reference is not a tree: 0615d3803b7b68cf85f959957b433f1c9fe2f3e6
> Unable to checkout '0615d3803b7b68cf85f959957b433f1c9fe2f3e6' in submodule path 'probe-busybox'
> [pauleagles at dns2 ~]$
> 
> [pauleagles at dns2 ~]$ ./ripe-atlas-software-probe/build-config/debian/bin/make-deb
> ./ripe-atlas-software-probe/build-config/debian/bin/make-deb: 30: cd: can't cd to /home/pauleagles/atlasswprobe-5010-1-work/probe-busybox/libevent-2.1.11-stable
> [pauleagles at dns2 ~]$
> 
> I need to head out now, but I'll have a deeper look into it later.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Paul.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ripe-atlas <ripe-atlas-bounces at ripe.net> On Behalf Of Philip Homburg
> Sent: 12 February 2020 09:54
> To: ripe-atlas at ripe.net; mat-wg at ripe.net
> Subject: [atlas] RIPE Atlas Software Probes
> 
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> We are glad to announce that, after several months of development and testing, we are now accepting applications for RIPE Atlas software probes. With several different installation options to choose from, software probes provide future hosts a whole new way to get involved with RIPE Atlas.
> 
> For more details, see our new article on RIPE Labs:
> 
> https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/ripe-atlas-software-probes
> 
> Kind regards,
> Philip
>