Thanks, Kenneth. I entered an issue for this one. I might not get to it for a while, since the workaround isn't so bad for now.
On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 9:23 AM, Kenneth Hoste <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Elizabeth, > > On 09/02/16 15:13, Elizabeth Fischer wrote: > > On Macintosh, they've replaced LD_LIBRARY_PATH with DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH. > However... EasyBuild-created Lmod modules don't set that variable, and > things don't look at LD_LIBRARY_PATH. This makes things not work when you > import modules. > > They can be made to work as follows: > module load my-module > export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=LD_LIBRARY_PATH > > Any thoughts on how to make this work on a Mac? Ideas would be: > > 1. Create a wrapper script/command for the "module" command that sets > DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH to LD_LIBRARY_PATH upon "module load." > > 2. Modify Lmod to do as in (1) > > 3. Modify EasyBuild to generate modules with DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH on Mac. > > What do you think would be best? > > > I think the latter is the best option, but maybe *both* $DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH > and $LB_LIBRARY_PATH should be defined on Mac? > I seem to remember both are relevant (but I don't know which is relevant > when). > > Implementing this is fairly trivial: in the 'make_module_req_guess' method > of easybuild/framework/easyblock.py, a check can be added to see whether > we're on Darwin (using the provided functions in > easybuild.tools.systemtools), and then the dictionary being returned can be > extended with DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH. > > Are you up for trying that yourself? > > > regards, > > Kenneth >
