Shameless Plug; Use easy_update.py to update your very large exts_list for R and Python EasyConfig files. The script will resolve dependencies and update version information. Updating 400 R modules by hand could take days.
Download easy_update.py from the scripts directory of: https://github.com/FredHutch/easybuild-life-sciences John Dey [email protected] On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 12:37 AM, Kenneth Hoste <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Yann, > > On 21/11/2017 09:34, Yann Sagon wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm trying to build R using R-3.3.1-foss-2016b.eb with the flag > --try-software-version=3.4.2 > > It's crashing during the build of some extensions. > > I did a correction on a dependency and wanted to continue the build. > > Is there a way to "resume" the build where it crashed? > > I tried to use --skip, but it seems it's starting from scratch and as > there are ~400 extensions, this is takes time. > > > --skip only works when you already have a module > > Here's what you can do: > > * run "eb --module-only R.eb" after editing the R easyconfig to use > "exts_list = []" (i.e. no extensions) > > * reinstate the list of extensions in the R easyconfig, and then run "eb > R.eb --skip --force" to let EasyBuild skip already extensions and install > the missing ones > > > > regards, > > Kenneth > > > > -- > Yann SAGON > Ingénieur système HPC > 24 Rue du Général-Dufour > 1211 Genève 4 - Suisse > Tél. : +41 (0)22 379 7737 <+41%2022%20379%2077%2037> > [email protected] - www.unige.ch > > >
