0fbe2a386b7e4408875e3877fd7add7358f6b11a
hiram
  Fri Aug 14 09:02:40 2026 -0700
turn off asmAlias update until issue 38082 is fixed refs #38082

diff --git src/hg/utils/otto/genArk/asmAlias/runUpdate.sh src/hg/utils/otto/genArk/asmAlias/runUpdate.sh
index 2676b1e2b53..f99ba8efe81 100755
--- src/hg/utils/otto/genArk/asmAlias/runUpdate.sh
+++ src/hg/utils/otto/genArk/asmAlias/runUpdate.sh
@@ -5,30 +5,34 @@
 
 export TOP="/hive/data/inside/GenArk/asmAlias"
 
 cd "${TOP}"
 
 eval "$(date "+YMD=%F Y=%Y M=%m DS=%F_%T")"
 export YMD Y M DS
 
 export db="hgcentraltest"
 export logDir="${TOP}/log/${Y}/${M}"
 mkdir -p "${logDir}"
 export logFile="${logDir}/${DS}.txt"
 export prevAliasTsv="${logDir}/${YMD}.asmAlias.tsv.gz"
 export updateTsv="${logDir}/update.${YMD}.tsv"
 
+printf "### logFile: log/${Y}/${M}/${DS}.txt.gz\n" >> "${logFile}"
+printf "asmAlias update disabled until code fix in place\n"  >> "${logFile}"
+exit 0
+
 # do not overwrite this copy if it was already done today
 if [ ! -s "${prevAliasTsv}" ]; then
   hgsql -N -e 'select * from asmAlias;' "${db}" \
     | gzip -c > "${prevAliasTsv}"
 fi
 
 printf "### cwd: %s\n" "$(pwd -P)" >> "${logFile}"
 printf "### logFile: log/${Y}/${M}/${DS}.txt.gz\n" >> "${logFile}"
 printf "####### running the update command:\n" >> "${logFile}"
 printf "time (./asmAliasUpdate.py -o update.${YMD}.tsv > update.${DS}.out 2> update.${DS}.err) >> logFile\n" >> "${logFile}"
 
 time (./asmAliasUpdate.py -o "${updateTsv}" > ${logDir}/update.${DS}.out 2> ${logDir}/update.${DS}.err) >> "${logFile}" 2>&1
 
 # watch for any new types of errors
 unexpected=$(egrep -v "OBSOLETE|UPDATE|NEW ALIAS|NOTE" "${logDir}/update.${DS}.err" \