Hi Kenneth,
> On 22/10/16 14:29, Markus Geimer wrote:
>> Hi Kenneth,
>>
>>>> I noticed that some easyconfigs (e.g., ncurses) specify
>>>>
>>>> toolchainopts = {'optarch': True}
>>>>
>>>> This makes me wonder about three things. First, I was under
>>>> the impression that 'optarch = True' was the default, i.e.,
>>>> isn't the above setting in the easyconfig redundant?
>>> Yes, it is indeed redundant, the 'optarch' toolchain option is enabled
>>> by default.
>> OK, so these are probably copy/pasted leftovers from times where
>> 'optarch' was not yet the default, right?
>
> Indeed, there's no point in adding this at all...
>
> Maybe a clean sweep to remove this from all easyconfigs in the repo is
> worthwhile here?
Maybe. But it "only" affects 1110 easyconfigs at the moment. Do you
want a single PR? ;-)
>> Got it -- and it now makes sense. I believe what confused me most
>> was the fact that there are multiple options with the same name but
>> different semantics.
>
> Yeah, I see where the confusion comes from...
>
> But the 'optarch' toolchain option and --optarch configuration setting
> are very related though, so it made sense to use the same name.
>
> Maybe we should add a clarifying note that explains the difference
> between both at
> http://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Controlling_compiler_optimization_flags.html
> ?
Adding some words about the toolchain option here would make sense,
IMHO. It also controls compiler optimization flags, right?
>>> Do you feel any enhancements need to be made to the documentation to
>>> clarify things?
>> I couldn't find any description of the available toolchainopts in the
>> docs. Especially knowing about things like 'pic' or how to generically
>> enable C++11 support are valuable at times.
>
> Well, there's the (auto-generated) page here:
> http://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/version-specific/toolchain_opts.html
> .
>
> That's just rechewing the output of "eb --avail-toolchain-opts intel"
> though...
>
> Is that what you were looking for?
Basically, yes. It could be improved (e.g., by consolidating options
in a "generic" part and then only list additional toolchain-specific
ones, and maybe by adding a few more words or examples here and there),
but is a good starting point. However, when I was searching for
'toolchainopts', i.e., the easyconfig parameter, I didn't get to that
page. I also couldn't find other links to it. So you really need to
know the right keyword to search for it...
Markus
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