Hello, I was trying to build a package but encountered an error while building `binutils-2.26-GCCcore-5.4.0.eb`:
~~~ == FAILED: Installation ended unsuccessfully (build directory: /home/user/tools/easybuild/build/M4/1.4.17/GCCcore-5.4.0): build failed (first 300 chars): get_software_root software root for binutils was not found in environment == Results of the build can be found in the log file(s) /tmp/eb-oIb4DL/easybuild-M4-1.4.17-20170929.103852.tDgnB.log ERROR: Build of /home/user/tools/easybuild/software/EasyBuild/3.4.0/lib/python2.7/site-packages/easybuild_easyconfigs-3.4.0-py2.7.egg/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/M4/M4-1.4.17-GCCcore-5.4.0.eb failed (err: 'build failed (first 300 chars): get_software_root software root for binutils was not found in environment') ~~~ The relevant lines in the log file are: ~~~ == 2017-09-29 10:38:58,701 compiler.py:321 INFO _set_optimal_architecture: using march=native as optarch for x86_64. == 2017-09-29 10:38:58,968 build_log.py:157 ERROR EasyBuild crashed with an error (at easybuild/software/EasyBuild/3.4.0/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vsc_base-2.5.8-py2.7.egg/vsc/utils/exceptions.py:124 in __init__): get_software_root software root for binutils was not found in environment (at easybuild/software/EasyBuild/3.4.0/lib/python2.7/site-packages/easybuild_framework-3.4.0-py2.7.egg/easybuild/tools/toolchain/toolchain.py:278 in _get_software_root) == 2017-09-29 10:38:58,968 easyblock.py:2650 WARNING build failed (first 300 chars): get_software_root software root for binutils was not found in environment == 2017-09-29 10:38:58,968 easyblock.py:287 INFO Closing log for application name M4 version 1.4.17 ~~~ Could someone please provide some ideas what might have gone wrong? Thanks very much! Regards, Roc
