I have been through all this...there is a PR request for it from us to use GCCcore to deliver X11, https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-easyconfigs/pull/2735/files , though even that is not as comprehensive as the build we have for GCC 5.
I think there is a better approach leveraging jhbuild that I raised in the last EB conference call but I haven't looked into it too much yet. On 06/22/2016 03:31 PM, McGough, Benjamin E wrote: > I have been struggling with creating a clean environment in which to build > with EasyBuild and test easyconfigs. > I wish I could be pardoned if I just left a: 8^) and walked away... You are not alone. On our present cluster, I have done the best to strip RH/CentOS -devel packages to force use of EB modules on GPFS. In terms of X11 I'm already convinced I'm going to try to get us to use the system X11 libs and not fight that battle with EB. EB's use of X11 _is_ very inconsistent. And a royal pain in the arse. I'm not complaining... I'm just saying that there is some tweaking that can be done. For our next cluster (RH/CentOS 6 or 7... dunno yet)... I plan to strip everything out of EB that I can get from CentOS or EPEL.... I'm sick of dealing with X11 in EB. Our new approach will basically be "if a customer requires an app that needs a newer version, build it with EB... else use the upstream version". In terms of EB, being a RH person for now, it would be nice to see two fully decked out easyconfig trees... one with all the -devel packages installed and one with none of them. Pretty sure I know who will have to do the work to see that happen. jack
