Dear EasyBuilders,
I'm happy to announce the release of EasyBuild version 3.4.0 [1].
You guessed it: this is the best EasyBuild release ever!
Highlights include:
* support for backing up existing modules via --backup-modules
before they are regenerated [2]
* this is enabled automatically with --skip and --module-only
* support for adding or replacing checksums in easyconfig files via
--inject-checksums [3]
* (experimental) support for "eb --trace" to trace the progress of
installations in more detail [4]
* feedback on the generated output is welcome!
* updates to the easyblocks for GAMESS-US, MRtrix, ROOT, Siesta +
various bug fixes
* support for 31 new software packages, incl. CLISP, OpenNLP,
PHAST, PYTHIA & UNAFold
* updated easyconfigs for Boost 1.65.0, binutils 2.29, GCC(core)
7.2.0, GAMESS-US 20170420-R1, Perl 5.26.0, ROOT 6.10.04, etc.
This brings the total number of supported software packages to 1,293 [5]!
A detailed overview of all changes is available in the release notes [6].
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release in one way or another!
To upgrade to EasyBuild v3.4.0, there are several options, see [7].
Two particularly easy options include:
* eb --install-latest-eb-release # requires EasyBuild v3.3.0 or
more recent
* eb --from-pr 5107 # use easyconfig from PR #5107 [8]
(EasyBuild v3.3.0 is required for --install-latest-eb-release because
support for SHA256 checksums is required)
Enjoy!
regards,
Kenneth (a.k.a. boegel)
EasyBuild release manager
[1] https://pypi.python.org/pypi/easybuild/3.4.0
[2] http://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Backup_modules.html
[3]
http://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Writing_easyconfig_files.html#adding-or-replacing-checksums-using-inject-checksums
[4] http://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Tracing_progress.html
[5]
http://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/version-specific/Supported_software.html
[6] http://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Release_notes.html
[7]
http://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Installation.html#updating-an-existing-easybuild-installation
[8] https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-easyconfigs/pull/5107/files
