Dear Kenneth, Thanks! Setting the build directory indeed solved the problem.
Cheers, Loris Kenneth Hoste <[email protected]> writes: > Dear Loris, > > We've seen this problem before, but it seems like it was caused by a > long path for the build directory (not the install directory), so it's > easy to work around, see the discussion at > https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/pull/11386#issuecomment-700511479 > > > regards, > > Kenneth > > On 26/01/2024 08:48, Loris Bennett wrote: >> Hi, >> There is a known problem with Qt5 which can occur when file names >> created during the build process become too long: >> https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-59769?focusedCommentId=672710>> >> This seems to be biting me when I try to build >> Qt5-5.15.5-GCCcore-11.3.0.EasyBuild >> as I get the following error: >> ninja: error: >> WriteFile(__third_party_blink_renderer_modules_mediacapturefromelement_mediacapturefromelement__jumbo_merge__trinity_shared_easybuild_arch_x86_64_intel_skylake_avx512_build_Qt5_5.15.5_GCCcore-11.3.0_qt-everywhere-src-5.15.5_qtwebengine_src_toolchain_target__rule.rsp): >> Unable to create file. File name too long >> I am in the process of setting up architecture-dependent builds, >> which >> will replace the path >> /trinity/shared/easybuild/arch/x86/64/intel/skylake_avx512 >> with >> /sw/sc/easybuild >> which should be sufficient since the longer path above is 256 >> characters >> long, which I suspect is tripping a problem which occurs when the file >> name is 255 characters long. >> Has any one else had this issue? Is there another solution other >> than >> simply shortening the path, as I will probably do via >> architecture-dependent soft links? >> Cheers, >> Loris >> > -- Dr. Loris Bennett (Herr/Mr) FUB-IT (ex-ZEDAT), Freie Universität Berlin
