RE: [easybuild] Updated Lmod RPM package needed for EasyBuild v3.7.0
Hi,
> https://github.com/Bright-Computing/bic ## .spec file and much paraphernalia
> included, ignore the filenames
> If you are running a cluster by Bright Computing with Lmod, I bet you're
> probably using a fork of that work, already.
Also, some more ideas that were incorporated in that effort, it seems with good
success where they were deployed:
(probably, you'd like to fish out concepts, in your own configurations!)
* Give default choices which turn EasyBuild compatible with its older versions
and env-tools (EASYBUILD_MODULE*)
* Give default choices which turn Lmod compatible with env-modules
(LMOD_TMOD_FIND_FIRST and friends);
important because within certain container images providing Lmod was not
exactly choice, but modules were needed
* MODULEPATH is adjustable at any level:
{global*,site/*,sitelocal/*,nodecategory/*,groups/`id -gn`,user/`id -un`}
* Let Lmod cache to come from an in-mem filesystem (/dev/shm) for great
interactivity and fast startup
* automatically feed logfiles for later processing (spack, graylog and what
not, via LMOD_PACKAGE_PATH)
* settarg and other features work consistently across *both* bash & csh
families - this was a great pain to get right.
* Finally, the implementation is very economical on the user: thanks to guard
variables, it only costs on first login.
This is the Lmod tool that I wished somebody had provided, when I received the
original challenge :)
F.
> The driving need for it has been to combine a few requirements together and
> rationalise the Lmod RPMs:
> * Deliver Lmod across a dozen+ HPC clusters with varying needs of
> configuration, but in a consistent manner.
> * Keep separate what needs to be separate: configuration by upstream Lmod, by
> Bright & by local HPC sites.
> * Changes in one of the above separation of domains should not automatically
> require rebuilding/hacking the RPMs (or, at least, not hack the .spec too
> often).
> There's also a pretty neat extendible mechanism to define initialisation
> variables, check the 2 .yaml files here:
> https://github.com/Bright-Computing/bic/tree/master/test/etc/profile.definitions/site
--
echo "sysadmin know better bash than english" | sed s/min/mins/ \
| sed 's/better bash/bash better/' # Yelling in a CERN forum
RE: [easybuild] Updated Lmod RPM package needed for EasyBuild v3.7.0
Hi, while this topic of providing an Lmod RPM is still afresh, let me pledge a few bits relevant to the EB community, since I've spent a good chunk of time during last 2-3 years around it along with Panos from Bright Computing. Also, together with Robert McLay we've debugged plenty of subtle bugs & Settarg related features - good times! https://github.com/Bright-Computing/bic ## .spec file and much paraphernalia included, ignore the filenames If you are running a cluster by Bright Computing with Lmod, I bet you're probably using a fork of that work, already. The driving need for it has been to combine a few requirements together and rationalise the Lmod RPMs: * Deliver Lmod across a dozen+ HPC clusters with varying needs of configuration, but in a consistent manner. * Keep separate what needs to be separate: configuration by upstream Lmod, by Bright & by local HPC sites. * Changes in one of the above separation of domains should not automatically require rebuilding/hacking the RPMs (or, at least, not hack the .spec too often). There's also a pretty neat extendible mechanism to define initialisation variables, check the 2 .yaml files here: https://github.com/Bright-Computing/bic/tree/master/test/etc/profile.definitions/site We went at great length to ensure that 1 upstream provider would do not enforce 1 configuration to downstream sites, but the extended logic has not been fully adopted by Bright - nor is it my/our/anyone's prerogative to dictate that. Anyway, if anyone is into this kind of sport, please find me at G-hangouts to follow it up. (generally, it'd be good if people made an effort to bump their Lmod versions - entertain yourself with: `mkdir posix.lua`) enjoy, F. -- echo "sysadmin know better bash than english" | sed s/min/mins/ \ | sed 's/better bash/bash better/' # Yelling in a CERN forum From: easybuild-requ...@lists.ugent.be [easybuild-requ...@lists.ugent.be] on behalf of Ole Holm Nielsen [ole.h.niel...@fysik.dtu.dk] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2018 09:03 To: easybuild@lists.ugent.be Cc: Kenneth Hoste Subject: Re: [easybuild] Updated Lmod RPM package needed for EasyBuild v3.7.0 The Lmod EPEL package maintainer Orion Poplawski has advised me to file a bug in the RedHat bugzilla requesting a version upgrade of the Lmod RPM, and you can all view it here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1633929 If your testing of the Lmod 6.6.3 RPM is successful, or if it gives problems for you, or if you have any comments, please add information to the bugzilla page. If you don't have a login there, I can take your comments and add them. When the testing of Lmod has been successful, the updated 6.6.3 RPM package should appear in the official EPEL repository. /Ole On 09/27/2018 09:00 PM, Ole Holm Nielsen wrote: > On 27-09-2018 09:57, Ole Holm Nielsen wrote: >> On 09/26/2018 09:50 PM, Kenneth Hoste wrote:> It seems like there are >> some options for getting an RPM for Lmod 6.6.3, >>> but it turns out it's also reasonable to drop the required version a >>> bit since running the EasyBuild framework tests on top of Lmod 6.5.1 >>> is not revealing any issues with that version (I tried a bunch of >>> versions older than Lmod 6.6.3, but this apparently wasn't one of >>> them...). >> >> Sounds great! I note that Fedora FC28 has a very recent version: >> Lmod-7.7.35-1.fc28.x86_64 >> >> I looked at the page >> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Getting_a_Fedora_package_in_EPEL and >> found the Lmod package page https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/Lmod. >> Then I wrote to the maintainer Orion Poplawski if he would be willing >> to make his Lmod package available also in EPEL[1]. > > The EPEL maintainer Orion Poplawski has been very kind and responded > quickly to my request. There is now an EPEL build of Lmod 6.6.3 in > https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=1148094 > and an RPM package for testing at > https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/Lmod/6.6.3/1.el7/x86_64/Lmod-6.6.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm > > > Would some EasyBuild sites running CentOS 7 systems kindly test this > Lmod RPM and report any successes or failures back to me (or directly to > the developer, only I don't know the appropriate feedback channel).
Re: [easybuild] Updated Lmod RPM package needed for EasyBuild v3.7.0
The Lmod EPEL package maintainer Orion Poplawski has advised me to file a bug in the RedHat bugzilla requesting a version upgrade of the Lmod RPM, and you can all view it here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1633929 If your testing of the Lmod 6.6.3 RPM is successful, or if it gives problems for you, or if you have any comments, please add information to the bugzilla page. If you don't have a login there, I can take your comments and add them. When the testing of Lmod has been successful, the updated 6.6.3 RPM package should appear in the official EPEL repository. /Ole On 09/27/2018 09:00 PM, Ole Holm Nielsen wrote: On 27-09-2018 09:57, Ole Holm Nielsen wrote: On 09/26/2018 09:50 PM, Kenneth Hoste wrote:> It seems like there are some options for getting an RPM for Lmod 6.6.3, but it turns out it's also reasonable to drop the required version a bit since running the EasyBuild framework tests on top of Lmod 6.5.1 is not revealing any issues with that version (I tried a bunch of versions older than Lmod 6.6.3, but this apparently wasn't one of them...). Sounds great! I note that Fedora FC28 has a very recent version: Lmod-7.7.35-1.fc28.x86_64 I looked at the page https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Getting_a_Fedora_package_in_EPEL and found the Lmod package page https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/Lmod. Then I wrote to the maintainer Orion Poplawski if he would be willing to make his Lmod package available also in EPEL[1]. The EPEL maintainer Orion Poplawski has been very kind and responded quickly to my request. There is now an EPEL build of Lmod 6.6.3 in https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=1148094 and an RPM package for testing at https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/Lmod/6.6.3/1.el7/x86_64/Lmod-6.6.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm Would some EasyBuild sites running CentOS 7 systems kindly test this Lmod RPM and report any successes or failures back to me (or directly to the developer, only I don't know the appropriate feedback channel).
Re: [easybuild] Updated Lmod RPM package needed for EasyBuild v3.7.0
On 27-09-2018 09:57, Ole Holm Nielsen wrote: On 09/26/2018 09:50 PM, Kenneth Hoste wrote:> It seems like there are some options for getting an RPM for Lmod 6.6.3, but it turns out it's also reasonable to drop the required version a bit since running the EasyBuild framework tests on top of Lmod 6.5.1 is not revealing any issues with that version (I tried a bunch of versions older than Lmod 6.6.3, but this apparently wasn't one of them...). Sounds great! I note that Fedora FC28 has a very recent version: Lmod-7.7.35-1.fc28.x86_64 I looked at the page https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Getting_a_Fedora_package_in_EPEL and found the Lmod package page https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/Lmod. Then I wrote to the maintainer Orion Poplawski if he would be willing to make his Lmod package available also in EPEL[1]. The EPEL maintainer Orion Poplawski has been very kind and responded quickly to my request. There is now an EPEL build of Lmod 6.6.3 in https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=1148094 and an RPM package for testing at https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/Lmod/6.6.3/1.el7/x86_64/Lmod-6.6.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm Would some EasyBuild sites running CentOS 7 systems kindly test this Lmod RPM and report any successes or failures back to me (or directly to the developer, only I don't know the appropriate feedback channel). Thanks, Ole
Re: [easybuild] Updated Lmod RPM package needed for EasyBuild v3.7.0
On 09/26/2018 09:50 PM, Kenneth Hoste wrote:> It seems like there are some options for getting an RPM for Lmod 6.6.3, but it turns out it's also reasonable to drop the required version a bit since running the EasyBuild framework tests on top of Lmod 6.5.1 is not revealing any issues with that version (I tried a bunch of versions older than Lmod 6.6.3, but this apparently wasn't one of them...). Sounds great! I note that Fedora FC28 has a very recent version: Lmod-7.7.35-1.fc28.x86_64 I looked at the page https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Getting_a_Fedora_package_in_EPEL and found the Lmod package page https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/Lmod. Then I wrote to the maintainer Orion Poplawski if he would be willing to make his Lmod package available also in EPEL[1]. I've just opened a PR to lower the required Lmod version, see https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-framework/pull/2593, to be included in EasyBuild v3.7.1 . It should be safe to patch your EasyBuild 3.7.0 installation to lower the required Lmod version to 6.5.1 (in easybuild/tools/modules.py in the easybuild-framework installation). I located this file as: ~modules/software/EasyBuild/3.7.0/lib/python2.7/site-packages/easybuild_framework-3.7.0-py2.7.egg/easybuild/tools/modules.py and replaced the string 6.6.3 by 6.5.1. I can now run the "eb" command successfully :-) Best regards, Ole [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL
Re: [easybuild] Updated Lmod RPM package needed for EasyBuild v3.7.0
Dear Ole, On 26/09/2018 13:25, Ole Holm Nielsen wrote: Dear Kenneth, Thanks a lot for the answer. Since CentOS 7 is a very popular HPC cluster OS, it would be great to obtain an authoritative RPM package for Lmod as required by EasyBuild. It's very unfortunate that EPEL hasn't updated the Lmod RPM in 2 years. Your .spec file for Lmod 6.6 seems to me not to be very much plug-and-play :-( If no-one can provide an Lmod 6.6.3 RPM for CentOS 7, then it would save us a lot of trouble if EB could still use Lmod 6.5.1 until a newer RPM becomes available. It seems like there are some options for getting an RPM for Lmod 6.6.3, but it turns out it's also reasonable to drop the required version a bit since running the EasyBuild framework tests on top of Lmod 6.5.1 is not revealing any issues with that version (I tried a bunch of versions older than Lmod 6.6.3, but this apparently wasn't one of them...). I've just opened a PR to lower the required Lmod version, see https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-framework/pull/2593, to be included in EasyBuild v3.7.1 . It should be safe to patch your EasyBuild 3.7.0 installation to lower the required Lmod version to 6.5.1 (in easybuild/tools/modules.py in the easybuild-framework installation). regards, Kenneth Thanks a lot, Ole On 26-09-2018 11:38, Kenneth Hoste wrote: Dear Ole, We build our own Lmod RPMs so we can stay on top of recent developments. You can find our .spec file in https://github.com/hpcugent/Lmod-UGent. If you go back in history a bit, you should be able to find a .spec file for Lmod 6.x. Of course, you'll need to customize this w.r.t. Lmod configuration & such. I should also mention that the Lmod 6.6.3 requirement may be a bit more than is strictly required... In theory a slightly older Lmod 6.x should be fine too, but I kept running into problems left & right when testing on top of older Lmod 6.x versions, so I figured going with the latest 6.x was a reasonable compromise (I didn't want to force people to switch to Lmod 7). If that's a big problem, I can try and reconsider that version requirement to loosen it up a bit (as long as all the tests pass, that it), and issue a quick EasyBuild 3.7.1. On the other hand, this is good motivation to update your Lmod installation, there have been *a lot* of improvements to Lmod since version 6.5.1 (which was released Aug 2016...). regards, Kenneth On 26/09/2018 11:25, Ole Holm Nielsen wrote: Regarding upgrading to EB 3.7.0: On 25-09-2018 15:09, Kenneth Hoste wrote: Note that the minimal version requirement for Lmod has been bumped to 6.6.3. We use CentOS 7 and the 2 years old Lmod RPM package provided by the EPEL repository: Lmod-6.5.1-2.el7.x86_64.rpm Can anyone suggest the best way to get or build an RPM package of a recent version of Lmod [1] that works well on CentOS 7? Thanks, Ole [1] https://github.com/TACC/Lmod
Re: [easybuild] Updated Lmod RPM package needed for EasyBuild v3.7.0
Hi Andreas, afaik Update 6 is still under development though (notice the Factory folder), so packages could still change or have issues. Best Greetings Andre - Am 26. Sep 2018 um 15:32 schrieb Andreas Hilboll hilb...@uni-bremen.de: > We just yesterday installed 7.8.1 from > http://build.openhpc.community/OpenHPC:/1.3:/Update6:/Factory/CentOS_7/x86_64/lmod-ohpc-7.8.1-5.1.ohpc.1.3.6.x86_64.rpm, > and everything's working smoothly. > > Cheers, > Andreas > > > André Gemünd writes: > >> Dear Ole, >> >> maybe the OpenHPC for CentOS 7 package can be useful for that? >> It provides 7.7.14 currently: >> >> http://build.openhpc.community/OpenHPC:/1.3:/Update5/CentOS_7/src/lmod-ohpc-7.7.14-3.1.src.rpm >> >> Greetings >> André >> >> - Am 26. Sep 2018 um 13:25 schrieb Ole Holm Nielsen >> ole.h.niel...@fysik.dtu.dk: >> >>> Dear Kenneth, >>> >>> Thanks a lot for the answer. Since CentOS 7 is a very popular >>> HPC >>> cluster OS, it would be great to obtain an authoritative RPM >>> package for >>> Lmod as required by EasyBuild. It's very unfortunate that EPEL >>> hasn't >>> updated the Lmod RPM in 2 years. Your .spec file for Lmod 6.6 >>> seems to >>> me not to be very much plug-and-play :-( >>> >>> If no-one can provide an Lmod 6.6.3 RPM for CentOS 7, then it >>> would save >>> us a lot of trouble if EB could still use Lmod 6.5.1 until a >>> newer RPM >>> becomes available. >>> >>> Thanks a lot, >>> Ole >>> >>> >>> On 26-09-2018 11:38, Kenneth Hoste wrote: Dear Ole, We build our own Lmod RPMs so we can stay on top of recent developments. You can find our .spec file in https://github.com/hpcugent/Lmod-UGent. If you go back in history a bit, you should be able to find a .spec file for Lmod 6.x. Of course, you'll need to customize this w.r.t. Lmod configuration & such. I should also mention that the Lmod 6.6.3 requirement may be a bit more than is strictly required... In theory a slightly older Lmod 6.x should be fine too, but I kept running into problems left & right when testing on top of older Lmod 6.x versions, so I figured going with the latest 6.x was a reasonable compromise (I didn't want to force people to switch to Lmod 7). If that's a big problem, I can try and reconsider that version requirement to loosen it up a bit (as long as all the tests pass, that it), and issue a quick EasyBuild 3.7.1. On the other hand, this is good motivation to update your Lmod installation, there have been *a lot* of improvements to Lmod since version 6.5.1 (which was released Aug 2016...). regards, Kenneth On 26/09/2018 11:25, Ole Holm Nielsen wrote: > Regarding upgrading to EB 3.7.0: > > On 25-09-2018 15:09, Kenneth Hoste wrote: >> Note that the minimal version requirement for Lmod has been >> bumped to >> 6.6.3. > > We use CentOS 7 and the 2 years old Lmod RPM package provided > by the > EPEL repository: Lmod-6.5.1-2.el7.x86_64.rpm > > Can anyone suggest the best way to get or build an RPM > package of a > recent version of Lmod [1] that works well on CentOS 7? > > Thanks, > Ole > > >> >> [1] https://github.com/TACC/Lmod -- André Gemünd Fraunhofer-Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing andre.gemu...@scai.fraunhofer.de Tel: +49 2241 14-2193 /C=DE/O=Fraunhofer/OU=SCAI/OU=People/CN=Andre Gemuend
Re: [easybuild] Updated Lmod RPM package needed for EasyBuild v3.7.0
We just yesterday installed 7.8.1 from http://build.openhpc.community/OpenHPC:/1.3:/Update6:/Factory/CentOS_7/x86_64/lmod-ohpc-7.8.1-5.1.ohpc.1.3.6.x86_64.rpm, and everything's working smoothly. Cheers, Andreas André Gemünd writes: Dear Ole, maybe the OpenHPC for CentOS 7 package can be useful for that? It provides 7.7.14 currently: http://build.openhpc.community/OpenHPC:/1.3:/Update5/CentOS_7/src/lmod-ohpc-7.7.14-3.1.src.rpm Greetings André - Am 26. Sep 2018 um 13:25 schrieb Ole Holm Nielsen ole.h.niel...@fysik.dtu.dk: Dear Kenneth, Thanks a lot for the answer. Since CentOS 7 is a very popular HPC cluster OS, it would be great to obtain an authoritative RPM package for Lmod as required by EasyBuild. It's very unfortunate that EPEL hasn't updated the Lmod RPM in 2 years. Your .spec file for Lmod 6.6 seems to me not to be very much plug-and-play :-( If no-one can provide an Lmod 6.6.3 RPM for CentOS 7, then it would save us a lot of trouble if EB could still use Lmod 6.5.1 until a newer RPM becomes available. Thanks a lot, Ole On 26-09-2018 11:38, Kenneth Hoste wrote: Dear Ole, We build our own Lmod RPMs so we can stay on top of recent developments. You can find our .spec file in https://github.com/hpcugent/Lmod-UGent. If you go back in history a bit, you should be able to find a .spec file for Lmod 6.x. Of course, you'll need to customize this w.r.t. Lmod configuration & such. I should also mention that the Lmod 6.6.3 requirement may be a bit more than is strictly required... In theory a slightly older Lmod 6.x should be fine too, but I kept running into problems left & right when testing on top of older Lmod 6.x versions, so I figured going with the latest 6.x was a reasonable compromise (I didn't want to force people to switch to Lmod 7). If that's a big problem, I can try and reconsider that version requirement to loosen it up a bit (as long as all the tests pass, that it), and issue a quick EasyBuild 3.7.1. On the other hand, this is good motivation to update your Lmod installation, there have been *a lot* of improvements to Lmod since version 6.5.1 (which was released Aug 2016...). regards, Kenneth On 26/09/2018 11:25, Ole Holm Nielsen wrote: Regarding upgrading to EB 3.7.0: On 25-09-2018 15:09, Kenneth Hoste wrote: Note that the minimal version requirement for Lmod has been bumped to 6.6.3. We use CentOS 7 and the 2 years old Lmod RPM package provided by the EPEL repository: Lmod-6.5.1-2.el7.x86_64.rpm Can anyone suggest the best way to get or build an RPM package of a recent version of Lmod [1] that works well on CentOS 7? Thanks, Ole >> [1] https://github.com/TACC/Lmod
Re: [easybuild] Updated Lmod RPM package needed for EasyBuild v3.7.0
Dear Ole, maybe the OpenHPC for CentOS 7 package can be useful for that? It provides 7.7.14 currently: http://build.openhpc.community/OpenHPC:/1.3:/Update5/CentOS_7/src/lmod-ohpc-7.7.14-3.1.src.rpm Greetings André - Am 26. Sep 2018 um 13:25 schrieb Ole Holm Nielsen ole.h.niel...@fysik.dtu.dk: > Dear Kenneth, > > Thanks a lot for the answer. Since CentOS 7 is a very popular HPC > cluster OS, it would be great to obtain an authoritative RPM package for > Lmod as required by EasyBuild. It's very unfortunate that EPEL hasn't > updated the Lmod RPM in 2 years. Your .spec file for Lmod 6.6 seems to > me not to be very much plug-and-play :-( > > If no-one can provide an Lmod 6.6.3 RPM for CentOS 7, then it would save > us a lot of trouble if EB could still use Lmod 6.5.1 until a newer RPM > becomes available. > > Thanks a lot, > Ole > > > On 26-09-2018 11:38, Kenneth Hoste wrote: >> Dear Ole, >> >> We build our own Lmod RPMs so we can stay on top of recent developments. >> >> You can find our .spec file in https://github.com/hpcugent/Lmod-UGent. >> >> If you go back in history a bit, you should be able to find a .spec file >> for Lmod 6.x. >> >> Of course, you'll need to customize this w.r.t. Lmod configuration & such. >> >> I should also mention that the Lmod 6.6.3 requirement may be a bit more >> than is strictly required... >> In theory a slightly older Lmod 6.x should be fine too, but I kept >> running into problems left & right when testing on top of older Lmod 6.x >> versions, so I figured going with the latest 6.x was a reasonable >> compromise (I didn't want to force people to switch to Lmod 7). >> >> If that's a big problem, I can try and reconsider that version >> requirement to loosen it up a bit (as long as all the tests pass, that >> it), and issue a quick EasyBuild 3.7.1. >> >> On the other hand, this is good motivation to update your Lmod >> installation, there have been *a lot* of improvements to Lmod since >> version 6.5.1 (which was released Aug 2016...). >> >> >> regards, >> >> Kenneth >> >> On 26/09/2018 11:25, Ole Holm Nielsen wrote: >>> Regarding upgrading to EB 3.7.0: >>> >>> On 25-09-2018 15:09, Kenneth Hoste wrote: Note that the minimal version requirement for Lmod has been bumped to 6.6.3. >>> >>> We use CentOS 7 and the 2 years old Lmod RPM package provided by the >>> EPEL repository: Lmod-6.5.1-2.el7.x86_64.rpm >>> >>> Can anyone suggest the best way to get or build an RPM package of a >>> recent version of Lmod [1] that works well on CentOS 7? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ole >>> > >> [1] https://github.com/TACC/Lmod -- André Gemünd Fraunhofer-Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing andre.gemu...@scai.fraunhofer.de Tel: +49 2241 14-2193 /C=DE/O=Fraunhofer/OU=SCAI/OU=People/CN=Andre Gemuend
Re: [easybuild] Updated Lmod RPM package needed for EasyBuild v3.7.0
Dear Kenneth, Thanks a lot for the answer. Since CentOS 7 is a very popular HPC cluster OS, it would be great to obtain an authoritative RPM package for Lmod as required by EasyBuild. It's very unfortunate that EPEL hasn't updated the Lmod RPM in 2 years. Your .spec file for Lmod 6.6 seems to me not to be very much plug-and-play :-( If no-one can provide an Lmod 6.6.3 RPM for CentOS 7, then it would save us a lot of trouble if EB could still use Lmod 6.5.1 until a newer RPM becomes available. Thanks a lot, Ole On 26-09-2018 11:38, Kenneth Hoste wrote: Dear Ole, We build our own Lmod RPMs so we can stay on top of recent developments. You can find our .spec file in https://github.com/hpcugent/Lmod-UGent. If you go back in history a bit, you should be able to find a .spec file for Lmod 6.x. Of course, you'll need to customize this w.r.t. Lmod configuration & such. I should also mention that the Lmod 6.6.3 requirement may be a bit more than is strictly required... In theory a slightly older Lmod 6.x should be fine too, but I kept running into problems left & right when testing on top of older Lmod 6.x versions, so I figured going with the latest 6.x was a reasonable compromise (I didn't want to force people to switch to Lmod 7). If that's a big problem, I can try and reconsider that version requirement to loosen it up a bit (as long as all the tests pass, that it), and issue a quick EasyBuild 3.7.1. On the other hand, this is good motivation to update your Lmod installation, there have been *a lot* of improvements to Lmod since version 6.5.1 (which was released Aug 2016...). regards, Kenneth On 26/09/2018 11:25, Ole Holm Nielsen wrote: Regarding upgrading to EB 3.7.0: On 25-09-2018 15:09, Kenneth Hoste wrote: Note that the minimal version requirement for Lmod has been bumped to 6.6.3. We use CentOS 7 and the 2 years old Lmod RPM package provided by the EPEL repository: Lmod-6.5.1-2.el7.x86_64.rpm Can anyone suggest the best way to get or build an RPM package of a recent version of Lmod [1] that works well on CentOS 7? Thanks, Ole [1] https://github.com/TACC/Lmod
Re: [easybuild] Updated Lmod RPM package needed for EasyBuild v3.7.0
Dear Ole, We build our own Lmod RPMs so we can stay on top of recent developments. You can find our .spec file in https://github.com/hpcugent/Lmod-UGent. If you go back in history a bit, you should be able to find a .spec file for Lmod 6.x. Of course, you'll need to customize this w.r.t. Lmod configuration & such. I should also mention that the Lmod 6.6.3 requirement may be a bit more than is strictly required... In theory a slightly older Lmod 6.x should be fine too, but I kept running into problems left & right when testing on top of older Lmod 6.x versions, so I figured going with the latest 6.x was a reasonable compromise (I didn't want to force people to switch to Lmod 7). If that's a big problem, I can try and reconsider that version requirement to loosen it up a bit (as long as all the tests pass, that it), and issue a quick EasyBuild 3.7.1. On the other hand, this is good motivation to update your Lmod installation, there have been *a lot* of improvements to Lmod since version 6.5.1 (which was released Aug 2016...). regards, Kenneth On 26/09/2018 11:25, Ole Holm Nielsen wrote: Regarding upgrading to EB 3.7.0: On 25-09-2018 15:09, Kenneth Hoste wrote: Note that the minimal version requirement for Lmod has been bumped to 6.6.3. We use CentOS 7 and the 2 years old Lmod RPM package provided by the EPEL repository: Lmod-6.5.1-2.el7.x86_64.rpm Can anyone suggest the best way to get or build an RPM package of a recent version of Lmod [1] that works well on CentOS 7? Thanks, Ole [1] https://github.com/TACC/Lmod
