Dear Gizo,
On 29/08/2018 14:17, [email protected] wrote:
Hi,
I wounder why it was the --ignore-installed option introduced in the easyblock
of tensorflow, which
prevents to resolve dependencies in other locations. In fact, tensorflow build
fails to compile
numpy dependency if the openblas is missing locally. If the --ignore .. is
removed or enabled optionally, then one could
use the numpy provided by easybuild as dependence and avoid failure.
https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyblocks/commit/dc1e9a66e721d1276589bbd19f0dc6d53a6a75e6#diff-925e7942309e22e4c64cb2d99b50c206
We made this change to prevent that pip updated Python packages in place
wherever it feels like it.
If a newer version of numpy is required, i.e. if the one provided by the
Python installation is not sufficient, we i) want to make sure we know
about it, and ii) be in control over which numpy version is used to fix
the issue (by including numpy as an additional extension in the
TensorFlow easyconfig file).
Letting pip auto-update Python packages can cause problems elsewhere
(because stuff isn't compatible with the updated packages), and it also
implies that you need to have internet access during the installation,
which we try to avoid when we can (that's not true yet for TensorFlow
thanks to the mess with Bazel, but it may be in the future).
Can you clarify the problem you were running into? Which easyconfig were
you using? Can you provide a full (debug) log?
regards,
Kenneth
