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This file contains a description of the major changes to the easybuild-framework EasyBuild package.
For more detailed information, please see the git log.
These release notes can also be consulted at https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Release_notes.html.
v3.8.1 (January 29th 2019)
--------------------------
bugfix release
- various minor enhancements, including:
- speed up checking of OS dependencies (#2703)
- add support for 'eb --show-system-info' (#2722)
- add support for '%(arch)s' template value in easyconfig files (x86-64, aarch64, ppc64le, ...) (#2728)
- various bug fixes, including:
- add timestamp to reprod dir while in tmp space (#2705)
- avoid '+' in directory name for g++ rpath wrapper (#2710)
- pre-install vsc-install < 0.11.4 in bootstrap script to avoid requiring 'mock' Python package (#2717)
- fix check in --merge-pr whether PR is eligible for merging in to only consider the status of the last test report (#2720)
- don't recreate build directory when 'buildininstalldir' is enabled for iterative installations (#2724)
- filter (CUDA) lib*/stubs paths in RPATH wrapper script (#2725)
- other changes:
- replace 'except IOError, err:' pattern with 'except IOError as err:' for compatibility with Python 3.x (#2711)
- make all print statements compatible with Python 3 (#2715)
- avoid use of sys.maxint in dependencies_for (#2716)
v3.8.0 (December 18th 2018)
---------------------------
feature release
- various enhancements, including:
- support use of version ranges in --filter-deps (#2357)
- add support for --list-prs (#2400, #2668)
- add support for --close-pr (#2401)
- allow setting optarch compiler flags in the easyconfig via toolchainopts easyconfig parameter (#2595)
- add option to skip pre-creation of install directory: --disable-pre-create-installdir (#2629, #2637)
- flesh out setting up of configuration into dedicated 'set_up_configuration' function (#2638)
- clean error when 'eb' is cancelled by user (#2641)
- add support for using Slurm as backend for --job, via --job-backend=Slurm (#2642, #2666)
- save easyblocks along with easyconfig in 'reprod' subdirectory of install directory (#2653)
- add support for deprecating easyconfig files & toolchains (#2656)
- changed easyconfig.update to be able to specify not to allow duplicate values (#2657)
- move adding of dependencies to prepare step instead of check readiness step (#2674)
- add support for disabling mapping of (sub)toolchains when --try-toolchain is used, via --disable-map-toolchains (#2682)
- add 'astro' and 'quantum' module classes (#2693)
- various bug fixes, including:
- make --from-pr always try to apply PR patch on top of PR target branch (#2631)
- fix bug that could cause to silently overwrite an existing easyconfig when using --try-* (#2635)
- don't pass down specific environment variables into submitted jobs (#2643)
- update template constants for source URLs to use https (#2648)
- fix lib64 fallback for 'lib'/'lib64' dirs entry in sanity_check_paths (#2649)
- change PGI F90 Fortran compiler to pgf90 (#2650)
- use --set-upstream-to in install-EasyBuild-develop.sh script to deal with deprecated/no longer supported --set-upstream (#2651)
- fix order of keys in 'toolchain' value for dumped easyconfig file (name, version) + run style check on dumped easyconfigs in dump tests (#2660)
- ensure checksums beside sources in dumped easyconfigs (#2661)
- fix problems with easyconfig file saved in 'reprod' directory by copying it before running any installation steps (#2664)
- make print functions more robust w.r.t. arguments being passed to format the message to be printed (#2670)
- use 'git am' to apply patch for PRs in fetch_easyconfigs_from_pr (#2680)
- correctly define $LIBFFT_MT for Intel MKL (#2688)
- don't always require easyconfig files to resolve dependencies (#2690, #2692, #2697, #2698, #2699)
- fixes for Travis CI config:
- stop testing with Lmod 6.6.3, testing with Lmod 6.5.1 is sufficient (#2627)
- Python 2.6 requires python-daemon 1.x as dep for GC3Pie (#2673)
- stick to idna<2.8 with Python 2.6 in Travis + distable broken test for HgRepository (#2678)
- other changes:
- always skip symlinks in adjust_permissions (#2644)
- flesh out 'avail_easyblocks' function from support for --list-easyblocks (#2663)
- deprecate the ictce toolchain (#2667)
- deprecate goolf and goolfc toolchains (#2676)
- deprecate intel toolchains older than intel/2016a (+ iccifort & iimpi subtoolchains) (#2677)
- deprecate ancient gompi toolchain versions (#2684)
- use 'tar xzf' (gzip) rather than 'tar xZf' (ancient compress) to unpack *.tar.Z source files (#2686)
- flesh out 'set_parallel' method to it can be called separately (#2687)
v3.7.1 (October 18th 2018)
--------------------------
bugfix release
- various enhancements, including:
- generate .modulerc.lua when Lua syntax and Lmod >= 7.8 is used (#2597)
- allow --force to use regex if --try-toolchain can not map intelligently (#2605)
- add support for disabling modules tool version check (#2610)
- add support to ModuleGenerator.modulerc method to also write .modulerc file (#2611)
- check whether module file being wrapped exists in same directory as module wrapper when using Lmod 6.x (#2611)
- various bug fixes, including:
- stop relying on 'easy_install' in bootstrap script, use 'python -m easy_install' instead (#2590)
- fix templating of values in list_software function (#2591)
- fix composing of lib64 fallback paths in sanity check (#2602)
- determine file_info for all easyconfigs before any actual copying in copy_easyconfigs function (#2604)
- also check for module wrappers in 'ModulesTool.exist' method (#2606)
- add trailing newline to module load message if it's not there yet (#2613)
- retain all dependencies when determining dependency tree of a toolchain (#2617)
- protect exts_lists from templating in dump method (#2619)
- making CUDA capability detection more robust (#2621)
- other changes:
- lower required Lmod version to 6.5.1 (#2593)
v3.7.0 (September 25th 2018)
----------------------------
feature release
- minimal Lmod version requirement bumped to 6.6.3 (#2575)
- various enhancements, including:
- add support to bootstrap script to force install specific EasyBuild version (#2382, #2580)
- consider potential of multiple subtoolchains when resolving dependencies (#2464, #2465, #2466, #2585)
- fall back to downloading using the requests Python package (if installed) when urllib2 fails due to SSL error (#2538)
- make --try-toolchain more aware of subtoolchains (#2539)
- subtoolchain of original toolchains are now mapped to subtoolchains of target toolchain
- add support for BLIS and goblf toolchain that uses BLIS for BLAS (#2540)
- allow skipping of sanity check step via 'skipsteps' easyconfig parameter (#2549)
- add support for --check-contrib (#2551)
- equivalent with --check-style, but also verifies presence of SHA256 checksums (+ more checks in the future)
- added support to 'download' sources from git (#2555)
- see https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Writing_easyconfig_files.html#downloading-from-a-git-repository
- add 'parse' hook to add support for applying site-specific customisations to the 'raw' easyconfig (#2562, #2566)
- see https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/develop/Hooks.html
- lift invalidating of module caches into helper method that can be used by easyblocks (#2571)
- always dump a fully parsed easyconfig to the 'reprod' subdir of the installation directory (#2574)
- add 'modulerc' method to ModuleGenerator class (#2575)
- various bug fixes, including:
- make GC3Pie stop build process if a dependency failed (#2474)
- filter out patched files in test/ in fetch_easyconfigs_from_pr (#2547)
- check GC3pie version using the `pkg_resources` API rather than using __version__ (which was removed in GC3Pie 2.5.0) (#2554)
- fix enforcing of checksums for extensions (#2561, #2570, #2579)
- skip running of configuration checks while only a single configuration level is taken into account during --show-config (#2567)
- fix error statements in modules tool version checks (#2576)
- fix finding of software subdirectory for specified patch file in --new-pr/--update-pr (#2577)
- take into account dependency 'wrappers' in check_conflicts (#2583)
- stick to pycparser < 2.19 with Python 2.6 in Travis config (#2584)
- other changes:
- use namelower as default for 'github_account' easyconfig parameter (#2528)
- use .counts() rather than deprecated .stats() for GC3Pie (#2573)
v3.6.2 (July 11th 2018)
-----------------------
bugfix release
- various enhancements, including:
- add support for including environment variable that is resolved at "module load time" in user module path (#2395)
- {RUNTIME_ENV::EXAMPLE} is replaced by value of $EXAMPLE when module is loaded
- also support generating Docker container recipes & image via --containerize (still experimental) (#2479)
- add support for specifying source URLs directly in 'sources' (#2520)
- perform early 'raw' parse of provided easyconfig file to check for syntax error or faulty inputs (#2523)
- add 'bitbucket_account' easyconfig parameter and template, and let BITBUCKET* templates use it (#2525)
- various bug fixes, including:
- take into account --filter-deps when re-loading build dependencies in extensions_step (#2516)
- fix for offline use of bootstrap script: ignore errors when determining source URLs if source tarballs are provided (#2517)
- fix error message that is raised for incorrect type of value in sanity_check_paths (#2524)
- other changes:
- move flake8 config into setup.cfg + fix style issues in easybuild/tools/options.py (#2511)
- make test that verifies that BuildOptions does not support updating a bit more flexible (#2518)
v3.6.1 (May 28th 2018)
----------------------
bugfix release
- various enhancements, including:
- add support for enabling fallback in sanity check to consider lib64 equivalent for seemingly missing libraries (#2477)
- add GITHUB_LOWER_SOURCE constant (#2491)
- add 'exts_download_dep_fail' as known easyconfig parameter (#2493)
- add support for passing custom messages on failing sanity check for extensions (#2494)
- add definition for fosscuda toolchain (#2507)
- various bug fixes, including:
- make --inject-checksums always re-order source_urls/sources/patches/checksums (#2487)
- fix git remote url in CONTRIBUTING.md (#2490)
- make flake8 happy in easyblock.py (#2492)
- handle missing permissions for adding labels in --new-pr (#2497)
- restore tweaked $TMPDIR value after loading module (for sanity check) (#2498)
- enhance get_module_path function to auto-detect generic vs software-specific easyblock class names (#2502)
- don't blindly overwrite an existing easyconfig in tweak_one (#2504)
- take account that PlaintextKeyring may be provided via keyrings.alt (#2505)
- prepend location for temporary module file to $MODULEPATH with high priority + mark it as default in load_fake_module method (#2506)
v3.6.0 (April 26th 2018)
------------------------
feature release
- (experimental) support for generating Singularity container recipes & (optionally) images via 'sudo singularity' (#2332, #2480, #2481, #2482, #2483)
- see documentation at http://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Containers.html
- include -ftree-vectorize and -fno-math-errno in default compiler optimisation flags for GCC (#2388)
- this significantly improves performance of generated binaries when building with a GCC-based toolchain
- can be disabled if needed via the 'vectorize' toolchain option
- several enhancements/fixes to GitHub integration support:
- loosen commit message requirements for --new-pr w.r.t. to patches as long as all easyconfigs are new (#2438)
- automatically add 'new' and/or 'update' labels in --new-pr (#2384)
- add force_in_dry_run=True to copy_file in copy_patch_files (#2442)
- test for custom commit message when deleting a file instead of when adding a patch (#2443)
- make diff_stat pattern also match output of older git versions in tests for --new/update-pr (#2444)
- remove duplicates from --new-pr title (#2478)
- add support for "eb --fetch" to only download sources (even without having a modules tool installed) (#2457)
- add definitions for a bunch of new toolchains:
- golf (#2458), gmkl (#2460), gomkl (#2455), pmkl (#2460)
- toolchains including CUDA: gmklc, gomklc, iimklc, iompic, iomklc (#2461)
- various minor enhancements, including:
- avoid that '--inject-checksums' adds lines longer than 120 characters (#2434)
- enable caching of $HOME/.cache/pip in Travis config (#2435)
- replace raw strings with bytes literal as iterator sentinels in checksum calculation (#2446)
- new command-line option '--job-max-jobs' to cap nr of submitted build jobs with GC3Pie (#2378)
- add configuration for houndci + flake8 (#2451)
- add Accept header when downloading file (#2437)
- include running of 'eb --check-github' in Travis config (#2449, #2454)
- flesh out common code blocks in test/framework/options.py (#2452)
- support 'depends_on' load statements in generated modules via --module-depends-on and module_depends_on easyconfig parameter (#2391)
- fix compatibility with Modules v4.1.x (#2470)
- add support to run_cmd to enable streaming output (#2476)
- various bug fixes, including:
- determine whether included easyblocks are generic or not based on class they define (#2432)
- make sure GitHub token is used in test for --preview-pr (#2436)
- take into account that toolchain components may be hidden when determining toolchain composition (#2440)
- stick to autopep8 1.3.4 when testing with Python 2.6 (#2462)
- strip off .lua extension when backing up modules to ensure Lmod 6.x doesn't pick up on them (#2463)
- check for modulecmd.tcl before modulecmd in bootstrap script to discriminate between Modules 4.1.x vs 3.2.10 (#2468)
- fix derive_alt_pypi_url after PyPI switching to sha256 in package URLs + fix broken test for pypi_source_urls + fix bootstrap script (#2471)
- make sure that both 'get_git_revision' and 'this_is_easybuild' return regular strings rather than Unicode strings (#2472)
v3.5.3 (March 7th 2018)
-----------------------
bugfix release
- various enhancements, including:
- re-enable testing against environment modules, bump Lmod to 7.7.16 (#2425)
- print which hook is being executed in the command line output (#2427)
- various bug fixes, including:
- fix order in result of gen_list_easyblocks and gen_easyblocks_overview_rst (#2421)
- fix target account for branch pushed when using --new-pr (#2426)
v3.5.2 (March 2nd 2018)
-----------------------
bugfix release
- various enhancements, including:
- add functionality to skip devel module with naming scheme (#2374)
- add pagination support in clean_gists.py (#2379)
- allow basic compiler modulenames to be specified as keys in optarch (#2387)
- initial set of OHPC module meta data for EasyBuild (#2392)
- allow different target account in post_comment_in_issue (#2399)
- declare support for RPATH linking stable (#2409)
- various bug fixes, including:
- update bootstrap script to be compatible with Modules v4 (#2390)
- avoid fatal error when determining glibc version on non-glibc Linux system (e.g. Alphine Linux) (#2398)
- exclude location of RPATH wrappers from $PATH to avoid fork bomb (#2410)
- fix target account for --update-pr in case it's different from GitHub account being used to push branch (#2419)
v3.5.1 (January 16th 2018)
--------------------------
bugfix release
- various enhancements, including:
- add definition of giolfc toolchain (#2359)
- add support for Environment Modules 4 (#2365)
- various bug fixes, including:
- install SQLAlchemy < 1.2.0 with Python 2.6 in Travis config (#2367)
- make code in easybuild/tools/job/gc3pie.py forward-compatible with GC3Pie 2.5 (#2373)
v3.5.0 (December 15th 2017)
---------------------------
feature release
- add support for implementing pre- and post-step hooks (#2343)
- documentation available at http://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Hooks.html
- various enhancements, including:
- add support for foss-like toolchain with Spectrum MPI: gsolf (#2329)
- add support for --preview-pr (#2331, #2337, #2348)
- see also http://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Integration_with_GitHub.html#previewing-easyconfig-pull-requests-preview-pr
- flesh out find_extension function, hoist dict with extract commands into a constant (#2336)
- add support for using self.start_dir rather than using self.cfg['start_dir'] (#2339)
- add support for 'exts_default_options' easyconfig parameter (#2345, #2346)
- allow use of 'start_dir' easyconfig parameter in extensions (#2353)
- various bug fixes, including:
- fix typo in 'giolf' toolchain definition (#2327)
- fix minor issues with --inject-checksums (#2333)
- fix error message when 'gv' Python package is not available (#2340)
- install paramiko version < 2.4.0 for Python 2.6 in Travis config (#2344)
- disable broken log rotation, avoid duplicate logging of output of executed commands under '--debug' (#2347)
- also include $ORIGIN and absolute paths to 'lib' and 'lib64' subdirectories in RPATH locations (#2358)
- fix repo references in install-EasyBuild-develop.sh script (#2360)
v3.4.1 (October 17th 2017)
--------------------------
bugfix release
- various enhancements, including:
- improve trace output for executed commands + drop requirement for --experimental for --trace (#2306)
- add giolf toolchain definition: GCC, IntelMPI, OpenBLAS, (Sca)LAPACK and FFTW (#2310)
- add support for --force-download and --ignore-checksums (#2313, #2314)
- flesh out pypi_source_urls from derive_alt_pypi_url (#2319)
- various bug fixes, including:
- also check for use of --rebuild next to --force to skip sanity check with --module-only (#2307)
- ensure $TMPDIR is set to a short path for OpenMPI v2.x (#2311)
- guard 'module load' commands in generated modules under --recursive-unload to avoid load storms (#2316)
- correctly deal with use of special characters in description & co (#2320)
- fix incorrect FFT_INC_DIR for Intel MKL (#2323)
v3.4.0 (September 10th 2017)
----------------------------
feature release
- various enhancements, including:
- add support for backing up modules via --backup-modules (#2134)
- enabled automatically with --module-only and --skip
- see also http://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Backup_modules.html
- add support for --search-paths to extend list of locations considered by --search/-S (#2255)
- include userInGroup check in Lua modules when installation is group-restricted (#2274)
- add experimental support for 'eb --trace' (#2285)
- see also http://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Tracing_progress.html
- add support for 'eb --inject-checksums' (#2286, #2292, #2293)
- see also http://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Writing_easyconfig_files.html#adding-or-replacing-checksums-using-inject-checksums
- add support for append_paths in module generator (#2294)
- various bug fixes, including:
- strip provided GitHub token of spaces in --install-github-token (#2270)
- remove 'provides' line from setup.py (#2275)
- pass down stdin in 'import' check for extensions during sanity check (#2276)
- make sure location to 'eb' installed during stage 1 is included in $PATH during stage 2 of bootstrap procedure (#2281)
- make resolve_path robust against None path being provided (#2282)
- ensure clean error message on easyconfig file parse failure (#2290)
- fix regex to avoid sucking up additional lines prior to module file path in modulefile_path (#2291)
- fix error message when --use-ccache is used but ccache is not available in $PATH (#2295)
v3.3.1 (July 12th 2017)
-----------------------
bugfix release
- various enhancements, including:
- add support for 'allow_prepend_abs_path' easyconfig parameter (#2254)
- support for --merge-pr (#2266)
- various bug fixes, including:
- resolve symlinks to location of 'eb' in get_paths_for (#2248)
- fall back to checking location relative to 'eb' location in find_eb_script (#2249)
- respect --suffix-modules-path value for user-specific module path extensions (#2250)
- update EasyBuild bootstrap script to download distribute tarball from http://easybuilders.github.io/easybuild/files (#2256)
- fix default target GitHub account/organisation for --new-pr & co + fix tests that got broken by migration to github.com/easybuilders (#2258)
- fix checking for new easyconfigs in copy_easyconfigs, pick up specified commit message as PR title if none was provided (#2259)
- get rid of references to hpcugent after move to github.com/easybuilders (#2261)
- automatically enable --ignore-osdeps under --new-pr and --update-pr (#2262)
v3.3.0 (June 26th 2017)
-----------------------
feature release
- various enhancements, including:
- clean up easyconfigs that are copied for inclusion in pull request (#2197, #2227)
- use devel logging where relevant in easybuild.tools.toolchain (#2198)
- check exit code for executed module commands (#2200)
- also copy patches to installation directory & easyconfigs archive along with easyconfig file (#2202, #2241)
- add support for SHA256 checksums (#2215)
- also auto-detect whether provided checksum is MD5 or SHA256 based on length (if not checksum type is specified)
- add support for --enforce-checksums, to require availability of checksums for sources/patches
- see https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Writing_easyconfig_files.html#source-files-patches-and-checksums
- add support for renaming sources on download (#2223)
- also involves deprecating use of 2-tuple elements in list of sources, see https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Deprecated-functionality.html#depr-sources-2-element-tuple
- add support for --detect-loaded-modules (#2228)
- give extensions access to module_generator of parent (#2229)
- pass down additional arguments to copy_dir down to shutil.copytree (#2230)
- avoid reloading already loaded modules that extend $MODULEPATH (#2232)
- various bug fixes, including:
- make sure test account & accompanying token is used in tests for github.py (#2220, #2224)
- only use MPD for old versions of Intel MPI (<4.1) in mpi_cmd_for (#2221)
- escape dots in package filename to ensure correct match in derive_alt_pypi_url (#2225)
- fix GNU_SOURCE template by adding missing /gnu/ (#2235)
- catch exception shutil.Error in copy_file (#2239)
- report full error and traceback on unhandled exception in test report (#2240)
- fix --set-default-module flag (#2243)
v3.2.1 (May 12th 2017)
----------------------
bugfix release
- various enhancements, including:
- make hardcoded max ratio for failures in adjust_permissions configurable (#2213)
- allow https on direct download in sources (#2214)
- various bug fixes, including:
- bump version bootstrap script to sync with latest update (#2208)
- fix crash during module generation when '%' character is used in description (#2209)
v3.2.0 (May 5th 2017)
---------------------
feature release
- various enhancements, including:
- add support for marking installed module file as new default version using --set-default-module (#2110)
- additional easyconfig parameters for documentation: docpaths, examples, site_contacts, upstream_contacts, usage (#2113)
- add support for --allow-use-as-root-and-accept-consequences (#2123)
- enable extraction of patches from compressed files before applying them (#2128)
- alphabetically sort functions and methods in module_generator module (#2132)
- introduce function ensure_iterable_license_specs (#2157)
- bump Travis config to use Lmod 7.4 (#2176)
- implement copy_dir function in filetools (#2177)
- clarify error message when no software-specific easyblock was found (#2178)
- make log.deprecated more verbose by also printing deprecation warnings to stderr (#2179)
- add copy function to filetools for easy copying of lists of files/directories (#2180)
- add support for --verify-easyconfig-filenames (#2185)
- add support for --package-tool-options (#2187)
- take into account inline trailing comments in fetch_parameters_from_easyconfig (#2192)
- add support for customising easyconfig parameters on a per-extension basis (#2194)
- perform sanity check after stage 2 of EasyBuild bootstrap script, module file should be in place (#2199)
- change order in which module commands are checked, consider Lmod first (#2201)
- various bug fixes, including:
- fix use of compiler-specific --optarch value in combination with --job (#2183)
- call run_all_steps in regtest mode rather than running steps individually (#2203)
v3.1.2 (March 20th 2017)
------------------------
bugfix release
- fix broken packaging support by fixing ``run_cmd`` bug with ``shell=False`` (#2153)
- minor enhancements, including:
- implement change_dir function in filetools module (#2155)
- use checker_state in trailing whitespace style check + add dedicated test (#2160, #2169)
- consider both pycodestyle and pep8 Python modules in style checks (#2161)
- make bootstrap script aware various modules-related $EASYBUILD_* environment variables (#2170)
- various bug fixes, including:
- interpret statements that extend $MODULEPATH in modpath_extensions_for method (#2104)
- also fixes inclusion of superfluous load statements in modules installed in user HMNS module tree (cfr. #2172)
- take into account that $PATH or $PYTHONPATH may be empty when running tests (#2149)
- handle duplicates in --include-* (#2151)
- exclude dependencies of dependencies that extend $MODULEPATH (#2152)
- add ld.bfd to RPATH wrappers (#2156)
- fix test_vsc_location, vsc.__file__ may not be available when vsc is installed as a namespace package (#2159)
- fix reported problems with scripts & docs tests (#2164)
- fix --try-software-version using non-greedy matching + lookahead assertion, add test for tweak_one (#2166)
- avoid creating empty modulefile directories when using modaltsoftname (#2168)
- fix fftw_libs for MKL without interface libraries (#2171)
v3.1.1 (March 7th 2017)
-----------------------
bugfix release
- minor enhancements, including:
- print more useful error message when no compiler-specific optarch flag is defined (#1950)
- add ec parameter to expand_toolchain_load() (#2103)
- clarify unstable/closed PR warning message (#2129)
- various bug fixes, including:
- ensure that $EBEXTSLIST* is also included in generated module under --module-only (#2112)
- fix formatting issues in generated documentation for --list-software and --avail-easyconfig-licenses (#2121)
- fix problem with backticks in description breaking 'fpm' packaging command (#2124)
- replace --enable-new-dtags with --disable-new-dtags instead of removing it in RPATH wrapper script (#2131)
- only perform is_short_modname_for sanity check in det_short_module_name if modaltsoftname is available (#2138)
- fix logic in make_module_dep w.r.t. excluding loads for toolchain & toolchain components (#2140)
- skip test_check_style if pep8 is not available (#2142)
v3.1.0 (February 3rd 2017)
--------------------------
feature release
- various enhancements, including:
- ARM: GCC optimal/generic architecture compiler flags (#1974)
- add support for --check-style to check style in easyconfig files (#1618, #2038)
- add HOME and USER from envto available cfg file constants (#2063)
- --optarch can now be specified on a toolchain basis (#2071)
- implement get_cpu_features function in systemtools (#2074, #2078)
- support use of linalg without MPI, add iimkl toolchain definition (#2082)
- spoof HTTP request header with empty agent (#2083)
- exclude dependencies of dependencies that extend $MODULEPATH in make_module_dep (#2091)
- various bug fixes, including:
- make fetch_github_token more robust against RuntimeError from keyring (#2070)
- POWER: Fix `--optarch=GENERIC` for GCC (#2073)
- fix docstring in toolchain class (#2075)
- skip test cases involving .yeb if PyYAML is not installed, silence test in options subsuite (#2081)
- fix traceback with 'eb --check-github' if GitPython is not installed (#2085)
- fix regex for determining list of patched files in GitHub diff (#2088)
- modify robot so that it only appends dependencies of tweaked easyconfigs (#2090)
- escape metacharacters in paths passed to re.compile in dry_run_set_dirs (#2098)
- fix broken error message in get_toolchain_hierarchy + dedicated test case (#2099)
v3.0.2 (December 22nd 2016)
---------------------------
bugfix release
- various bug fixes, including:
- also skip dependencies of dependencies marked as external module in get_toolchain_hierarchy (#2042)
- disable verbose setvar in modules.py (#2044)
- force copying of easyconfigs in --new-pr/--update-pr, even when combined with -x (#2045)
- fix verification of filename for easyconfigs used to resolve deps (#2051)
- skip RPATH sanity check when toolchain did not use RPATH wrappers (#2052)
- check whether file-like paths are readable before reading them in systemtools module (#2065)
- various small enhancements, including:
- add 'rpath' toolchain option to selectively disable use of RPATH wrappers (#2047)
v3.0.1 (November 30th 2016)
---------------------------
bugfix release
- important changes
- always use Intel-specific MPI compiler wrappers (mpiicc, mpiicpc, mpiifort) for toolchains using
both Intel compilers and Intel MPI (#2005)
- various small enhancements, including:
- use setvar in modules.py to define environment variables (#2011)
- include output of sanity_check_commands in the build log (#2020)
- various bug fixes, including:
- fix testing of bootstrap script in Travis config (#2003)
- use correct module syntax in bootstrap script if Lmod is not used (i.e. Tcl) (#2007)
- fix packaging issue with non-Python scripts in easybuild/scripts (#2015)
- fixes issue where RPATH wrapper template script (rpath_wrapper_template.sh.in) was not included in v3.0.0 release
- make tests more robust against running headless (#2016)
- avoid rewrapping already wrapped compiler/linker command with RPATH wrapper script (#2022)
- fix log.error traceback due to 'raise EasyBuildError' involving a '%s' in error message (#2024)
- make sure 'modules_tool' attribute is also defined for extensions (#2026)
- only dump easyconfig with modified deps due to --minimal-toolchains to 'reprod' subdir of install dir (#2028)
- avoid appending '-h' to sanity check commands specified as a string (#2030)
- fix bug in list_software_rst: always include versionsuffix regardless of value (#2032)
v3.0.0 (November 16th 2016)
---------------------------
feature release
- backward-incompatible changes:
- make robot always consider subtoolchains, even without --minimal-toolchains (but in reverse order) (#1973)
- clean up behaviour that was deprecated for EasyBuild v3.0 (#1978)
- change default config to use Lmod/Lua for modules tool/syntax, GC3Pie as job backend (#1985)
- the minimal required version of Lmod was bumped to 5.8 (#1985)
- major new features:
- (experimental) support for RPATH linking via --rpath (#1942)
- see https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/RPATH-support.html
- add support for --consider-archived-easyconfigs (#1972)
- see https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Archived-easyconfigs.html
- stabilize --new-pr and --update-pr (#1979)
- see https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Integration_with_GitHub.html
- various other small enhancements, including:
- add support for 'devel' log level (#1815)
- make remove_file aware of --extended-dry-run + add dedicated unit test (#1932)
- add support for filtering out setting/updating particular environment variables from generated modules (#1943)
- see --filter-env-vars
- clean up output of EasyBuild bootstrap script & add version (#1944)
- improved ARM platform/CPU detection (#1953)
- use '0' as letter dir for funky software names that don't start with a letter, e.g., 3to2 (#1954)
- make bootstrap script aware of vsc-install for offline installation (#1955)
- add support for blas_family() and lapack_family() methods in Toolchain instances (#1961)
- make copy_file dry-run aware (#1963)
- reorganise test easyconfigs to match structure in easyconfigs repo (#1970)
- add a toolchain compiler option for enforcing IEEE-754 conformance (#1975)
- support for intelcuda compiler toolchain (#1976)
- check that each glob pattern matches at least one file expand_glob_paths (important for --include-*) (#1980)
- enhance bootstrap to auto-skip stage 0 in case a suitable setuptools is already available (#1946, #1984)
- simplify GC3Pie version check (#1987)
- include suggestion on how to change configuration w.r.t. modules tool/syntax (#1989)
- various bug fixes, including:
- fix test for find_easybuild_easyconfig (#1931)
- remove existing module file under --force/--rebuild (#1933)
- fix combining --search and --try-* (#1937)
- fix appending to existing buildstats in FileRepository.add_easyconfig (#1948)
- fix handling of iterate easyconfig parameters, restore them during cleanup (#1949)
- fix filtering loads for (hidden) build deps from generated module (#1959)
- handle multi-flag compiler options on all types of options (#1966)
- fix --list-software by making letter_dir_for function aware of '*' wildcard name (#1969)
- skip dependencies of toolchain marked as external modules when determining module hierarchy (#1977)
- bump page limit in fetch_latest_commit_sha, spit out more meaningful error if too many branches were encountered (#1981)
- fix CUDA-related issues in HierarchicalMNS (#1986)
v2.9.0 (September 23rd 2016)
----------------------------
feature release
- note: vsc-base 2.5.4 or more recent is now required
- various small enhancements, including:
- change option `--color` choices to auto/always/never (#1701, #1898, #1911)
- add support for 'hidden' easyconfig parameter (#1837)
- add support for using ccache and f90cache compiler caching tools (#1844, #1912)
- see --use-ccache and --use-f90cache
- update Cray metadata for 16.06 CrayPE release (#1851)
- also include patch files in --new-pr and --update-pr (#1852)
- handle deleted files in --new-pr (#1853)
- add support for --install-latest-eb-release (#1861)
- add support for hiding toolchains, see --hide-toolchains and 'hidden' key in 'toolchain' spec (#1871)
- add template for GitHub source URL (#1872)
- add support for combining --new-pr/--update-pr and --robot (#1881)
- add support for --list-software and --list-installed-software (#1883, #1910, #1917)
- print message on which extension is being installed, incl. progress counter (#1886, #1914)
- add support for --github-org to specify GitHub organisation rather than GitHub user (#1894)
- add support for running Lmod in debug mode (#1895)
- avoid needless use of deepcopy, speed up support for templating in easyconfigs (#1897)
- convert all_dependencies to a property in EasyConfig class (#1909)
- add support for --mpi-cmd-template (#1918)
- add support for --disable-mpi-tests (#1920)
- various bug fixes, including:
- merge with develop when using --from-pr (#1838, #1867)
- ensure --new-pr doesn't open empty pull requests (#1846)
- better error handling for outdated GitPython module in --check-github (#1847)
- fix formatting for generated easyblocks documentation (#1860)
- make sure the robot ignores filtered dependencies (#1862)
- honor --filter-deps under --minimal-toolchains (#1863)
- correct format for 'param' and 'author' tags in docstrings (#1866)
- ignore failing bootstrap test in Travis config file (#1870)
- make sure all output of executed command is included in generated temporary log file (#1873, #1874)
- ensure --show_hidden is used in the correct location for 'avail' with Lmod (#1875)
- make sure self.path is passed down in copy method of EasyConfig object (#1884)
- take into account possible multi-line modloadmsg in ModuleGeneratorLua (#1885)
- fix extracting .bz2 source files (#1889)
- don't resolve path to Lmod command (#1892)
- fix skipping of stage 0 in bootstrap script (#1893)
- fix function signature of log.deprecated compared to fancylogger.deprecated (#1896, #1899)
- apply patch to Tcl/C environment modules tool for Tcl 8.6 support in Travis config (#1901)
- fix combining --extended-dry-run with --from-pr (#1902)
- also template dict keys (#1904)
- don't pass '--try-*' command-line options to EB instance running within job script (#1908)
- add workaround for incorrectly passing command line arguments with --job (#1915)
- fix issues with --module-only (#1919, #1924, #1925)
- correctly deal with specified start_dir
- do not remove installation directory when build-in-installdir is enabled
- make sure 'which' function returns path to a file (#1921)
- fix :param:, :return: tags in docstrings & add test for it (#1923)
v2.8.2 (July 13th 2016)
-----------------------
bugfix release
- various small enhancements, including:
- add support for rst output for --list-* and --avail-* (#1339)
- add support for 'eb --check-conflicts' (#1747, #1807, #1833)
- ensure nice error message when non-existing path is passed to apply_regex_substitutions (#1788)
- add check for module output, empty stdout is a sign of trouble with Lmod (#1793)
- add multi-threaded FFT to toolchain (#1802)
- avoid special characters like '[', ']' in path to temporary directory (#1808)
- add support for --zip-logs (#1820)
- add support for --extra-modules (#1821)
- add type conversion for 'checksums' and 'patches' parameter in .yeb easyconfigs (#1826, #1840)
- add support for filtering tests by name (#1828)
- add support for --avail-toolchain-opts (#1830, #1839)
- use absolute path for robot and easyconfig files (#1834)
- add backup URL for tarballs hosted on SourceForge in install_eb_deps.sh script (#1843)
- various bug fixes, including:
- fix installation of Lua in install_eb_dep.sh script (#1789)
- fix OpenMP flag for Cray compiler wrappers (#1794)
- only reset $MODULEPATH before loading a module if environment was reset (#1795)
- include vsc-install as dependency in setup.py (#1805)
- cache $PATH & $PYTHONPATH in test setUp, restore them in tests where 'eb' is used (#1806)
- don't reset $MODULEPATH in stage 2 of bootstrap script, support forced installation during stage 2 (#1810)
- fix issue with templates defined by deps being required while still parsing deps (#1812)
- skip unneeded unuse/use commands on tail of $MODULEPATH in check_module_path (#1813)
- fix auto-convert for all *dependencies params in .yeb easyconfigs, ensure version is a string (#1818)
- fix keyring version in Travis config (#1819)
- fix dumping of .yeb easyconfig files in easyconfigs archive (#1822)
- fix format of supported easyconfig templates in help output (#1825)
- stick to pydot 1.1.0 for Python 2.6 in Travis config (#1827)
v2.8.1 (May 30th 2016)
----------------------
bugfix release
- various bug fixes, including:
- fix error message on missing module command in bootstrap script (#1772)
- expand ~ in paths specified to --include-* (#1774)
- break after deleting cache entry to avoid attempt to delete cache entry again (#1776)
- avoid changing $MODULEPATH when prepending with symlink of path already at head of $MODULEPATH (#1777)
- filter out duplicates in find_flexlm_license (#1779)
- stick with GitPython < 2.0 with Py2.6 in Travis configuration (#1781)
- don't use LooseVersion to define version_major/version_minor (#1783)
v2.8.0 (May 18th 2016)
----------------------
feature + bugfix release
- significant speedup improvements of EasyBuild itself, thanks to:
- stop creating ModulesTool instances over and over again (#1735)
- cache result of 'module avail' calls (#1742)
- add support for using PGI as toolchain compiler (#1342, #1664, #1759, #1761, #1764)
- incl. new toolchain definitions pompi and pomkl (#1724)
- add test configuration for Travis (#1733, #1737, #1743, #1767)
- various other enhancements, including:
- add get_total_memory() function in systemtools module (#1623)
- ignore __init__.py files in --include-* (#1704)
- use -fopenmp rather than -openmp for Intel compilers, since -openmp is deprecated (#1718)
- add modules to metadata for Cray modules (#1721)
- make sure user write permissions are set after failed removal attempt of installation directory (#1722)
- escape special characters in software name in find_related_easyconfigs (#1726)
- add support for CrayPGI compiler toolchain (#1729)
- ensure read permission to all installed files for everybody (unless other options specify otherwise) (#1731)
- also consider $LMOD_CMD in bootstrap script (#1736)
- translate PyPI download URL to alternate URL with a hash (#1749)
- make get_software_libdir compatible with -x (#1750)
- set $LMOD_REDIRECT to 'no' when initialising Lmod (#1755)
- add test for broken modules tool setup affecting 'module use' (#1758)
- various bug fixes, including:
- isolate 'options' tests from easyblocks other than the ones included in the tests (#1699)
- don't run 'module purge' in tests, since EasyBuild may be made available through a module (#1702)
- avoid rehandling --include-* options over and over again during --show-config (#1705)
- remove useless test_cwd (#1706)
- fix bootstrap script: make sure setuptools installed in stage0 is still available at end of stage1 (#1727)
- forcibly create target branch in --update-pr (#1728)
- remove check whether 'easybuild' is being imported from dir that contains easybuild/__init__.py (#1730)
- (re)install vsc-base during stage1 using --always-copy in bootstrap script, if needed (#1732)
- use os.path.realpath in test_wrong_modulepath to avoid symlinked path breaking the test (#1740)
- unset $PYTHONPATH in before tested bootstrapped EasyBuild module (#1743)
- take into account that paths in modulepath may be symlinks in test_module_caches (#1745)
- change to install dir rather than buildpath in sanity check of extension, latter may not exist (#1746, #1748)
- only load modules using short module names (#1754)
- (re)load modules for build deps in extensions_step (#1762)
- fix modpath_extensions_for method: take into account modules in Lua syntax (#1766)
- fix broken link to VSC website in license headers (#1768)
v2.7.0 (March 20th 2016)
------------------------
feature + bugfix release
- stabilize Cray support
- enable 'dynamic' toolchain option by default for Cray* toolchains (#1581)
- remove FFTW from the Cray toolchains definition (#1585)
- add external modules metadata for Cray systems (#1638)
- fix independency of Cray toolchains w.r.t. toolchain build environment (#1641, #1647)
- remove requirement to use --experimental for Cray toolchains (#1663)
- enable Python optimization mode in 'eb' (#1357)
- improved GitHub integration
- improve error handling on git commands + better logging for --new-pr/--update-pr (#1590)
- use git rather than https in --new-pr/--update-pr (#1602)
- add -u as shorthand for --upload-test-report (#1605)
- fix --from-pr for PRs that include renamed/deleted files (#1615)
- add support for --install-github-token and --check-github (#1616)
- fix fetch_easyconfigs_from_pr w.r.t. duplicate files in PRs (#1628)
- various other enhancements, including:
- add support for --search-filename and --terse (#1577)
- support complete bash completion (#1580)
- add support for %(*ver)s and %(*shortver)s templates (#1595, #1604)
- incl. %(javaver)s, %(javashortver)s, %(perlver)s, %(perlshortver)s, %(pyver)s, %(pyshortver)s, %(rver)s, %(rshortver)s
- define HOME constant that can be used in easyconfig files (#1607)
- implement support for generating 'swap' statements in module files (#1609)
- add support for --show-config (#1611, #1620)
- simplified support for --minimal-toolchains (#1614, #1619, #1622, #1625, #1646)
- add support for --dump-env-script (#1624)
- enhance ModulesTool.exist to also recognize partial module names (#1630)
- improve error message for toolchain definition errors (#1631)
- make default is_short_modname_for check less strict to support versionless external modules as deps (#1632)
- mention hostname in comment made by --upload-test-report (#1635)
- support providing additional relative path for prefix in external module metadata (#1637)
- add ThematicModuleNamingScheme (#1645)
- enhance logging format: remove logger name, mention location instead (#1649, #1654)
- update kernel versions for SLES12 (#1659)
- raise EasyBuildError rather than ImportError in only_if_module_is_available decorator (#1662)
- various bug fixes, including:
- fix Lmod spider output in generated modules (#1583)
- correctly define 'easybuild' namespaces (#1593, #1666, #1680)
- this change requires that the setuptools Python package is available (at runtime)
- using custom easyblocks by adding them in the Python search path ($PYTHONPATH) may require adjustments,
i.e. also using pkg_resources.declare_namespace in the __init__.py files;
we highly recommend to use --include-easyblocks instead,
see https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Including_additional_Python_modules.html
- note: this has the side-effect of not being able anymore to reliably use 'eb' in the parent directory of
the easybuild-framework repository (#1667)
- fix template for savannah.gnu.org source URL (#1601)
- stop running 'module purge', only restore environment (#1608)
- fix license headers: Hercules foundation is now FWO (#1629)
- avoid that fancylogger tries to import mpi4py to determine MPI rank (#1648)
- fix error in tests when 'file' backend is not available in Python keyring (#1650)
- update develop install script (#1651)
- handle allowed system deps during prepare_step rather than during parsing of easyconfig (#1652)
- add function to find FlexLM licenses: find_flexlm_license (#1633, #1653)
- fix availability check for external modules with partial module name (#1634, #1643)
- fix bootstrap script to ensure setuptools is also installed (#1655)
- fix issue in bootstrap script with vsc-base being picked up from the OS (#1656)
- fix bootstrap script for environment where 'python' is Python 3.x (#1660)
- remove --experimental for tests related to --package (#1665)
- ensure path to setuptools is included in $PYTHONPATH being used to test scripts (#1671)
- sanitize environment before initializing easyblocks (#1676)
- remove reload statements in include.py, since they are not required and break --include-toolchains (#1679)
v2.6.0 (January 26th 2016)
--------------------------
feature + bugfix release
- add (experimental) support for opening/updating (easyconfigs) pull requests (--new-pr, --update-pr) (#1528)
- sanitize environment before each installation by undefining $PYTHON* (#1569, #1572)
- various other enhancements, including:
- allow user-local modules with hierarchical naming schemes (--subdir-user-modules) (#1472)
- enhance --extended-dry-run output to include paths for requirements in make_module_req (#1520)
- rewrite read_file to use 'with' (#1534)
- add support for eb --last-log (#1541)
- support using fixed install dir scheme (--fixed-installdir-naming-scheme) (#1546)
- add edge attributes for build dependencies in --dep-graph output (#1548)
- check whether dependencies marked as external module are hidden (#1552)
- implement support for --modules-header (#1558)
- add support to specify 'else' body for conditional statements in modules (#1559)
- add extra test for --include-easyblocks for generic easyblocks (#1562)
- allow user to define the default compiler optimization level (--default-opt-level) (#1565)
- make toolchain.get_variable more robust w.r.t. dummy toolchain (#1566)
- various bug fixes, including:
- fix missing 'yaml' module check in tests (#1525)
- fix 'develop' install script (#1529)
- correctly quote FPM option values in packagin support (#1530)
- correctly handle '.' in software name w.r.t. $EB* environment variables (#1538)
- exclude logs and test reports from packages (#1544)
- also pass down --job-cores for pbs_python job backend (#1547)
- skip dependencies marked as external modules when packaging (#1550)
- fix syntax for set_alias statement in Lua syntax (#1554)
- handle the case of all 'offline' nodes correctly for --job (#1560)
- fix test_modules_tool_stateless unit test for stateless ModulesTool with Lmod as modules tool (#1570)
v2.5.0 (December 17th 2015)
---------------------------
feature + bugfix release
- add support for IBM XL compilers on Power7 and PowerPC (BlueGene) (#1470)
- add support fo generic compilation using --optarch=GENERIC (#1471)
- see also https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Controlling_compiler_optimization_flags.html
- update experimental support for .yeb easyconfigs (#1515)
- support clean way to specify toolchain + dependencies in .yeb easyconfigs
- various other enhancements, including:
- add support for 'whatis' easyconfig parameter (#1271)
- add support for SLES 12 and kernel 3.12.x (#1412)
- add GCCcore toolchain definition (#1451)
- use 'diff --git' lines to determine patched files in pull request with --from-pr (#1460)
- add proper option parser to bootstrap script (#1468)
- add get_gcc_version() function in systemtools module (#1496)
- don't load fake module in sanity_check_step during a dry run (#1499)
- allow string values to be passed in make_module_req by hoisting them into a list (#1502)
- add support for listing build dependencies as hidden dependencies (#1503)
- also consider lib32/pkgconfig and lib64/pkgconfig for $PKG_CONFIG_PATH (#1505)
- add support to make_module_dep to specify module to unload before loading a dependency module (#1506)
- add support to make_module_extra to specify alternative root/version for $EBROOT/$EBVERSION (#1508)
- packaging support is no longer considered experimental (#1510)
- various bug fixes, including:
- also consider lib64 in sanity check performed during EasyBuild bootstrap (#1464)
- also add description/homepage to packages created with FPM (#1469)
- fix develop setup script to install EasyBuild-develop module in subdirectory (#1480)
- don't create a whole set of temporary 'minimal-easyconfigs' subdirs with --minimal-toolchains (#1484)
- only keep polling if exit code is None in run_cmd_qa, to correctly deal with negative exit codes (#1486)
- fix bootstrap script for missing sys_platform by using newer distribute 0.6.49 in stage 0 (#1490)
- make sure that extra custom easyconfig parameters are known for extensions (#1498)
- add missing import for EasyBuildError in easybuild/toolchains/linalg/libsci.py (#1512)
- isolate tests from possible system-wide configuration files (#1513)
- only use glob in make_module_req on non-empty strings (#1519)
- this fixes the problem where $CUDA_HOME and $CUDA_PATH are not defined in module files for CUDA
v2.4.0 (November 10th 2015)
---------------------------
feature + bugfix release
- add support for --extended-dry-run/-x (#1388, #1450, #1453, #1455)
- fix checking of sanity check paths w.r.t. discriminating between files and directories (#1436)
- this impacts several easyconfig files where sanity_check_paths was not 100% correct
- make 'eb' script aware of Python v3.x, fall back to using python2 if required (#1411)
- add experimental support for parsing .yeb easyconfig files in YAML syntax (#1447, #1448, #1449)
- see also https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Writing_yeb_easyconfig_files.html
- add experimental support for resolving dependencies with minimal toolchains (#1306)
- see also https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Manipulating_dependencies.html#using-minimal-toolchains-for-dependencies
- various other enhancements, including:
- refactor extract_cmd function to get rid of if/elif/else spaghetti blob (#1382)
- add support for --review-pr (#1383)
- add apply_regex_substitutions functions to perform runtime patching from easyblocks (#1388, #1458)
- add support for specifying alternate name to be part of generated module name (#1389)
- via 'modaltsoftname' easyconfig parameter
- support overriding # used cores via --parallel (#1393)
- also define $FC and $FCFLAGS in build environment (#1394)
- add support extracting for .tar.Z files (#1396)
- include easybuild/scripts in instalation (#1397)
- ignore hidden directories in find_base_dir (#1413, #1415)
- add only_if_module_is_available decorator function to guard functionality that uses optional dependencies (#1416)
- give easyblocks the possibility to choose maxhits for run_cmd_qa (#1417)
- use class name (string) rather than License instances as values for software license constants (#1418)
- support controlling recursive unloading of dependencies via 'recursive_module_unload' easyconfig parameter (#1425)
- implement basic support for type checking of easyconfig parameters (#1427)
- support auto-converting to expected value type for easyconfig parameters (enabled by default) (#1428, #1437)
- add support for --rebuild command line option, alternative for --force which doesn't imply --ignore-osdeps (#1435)
- add support for Mercurial easyconfig repository (#979, #1446)
- add dedicated class for psmpi toolchain MPI component, and use it in gpsmpi and ipsmpi toolchains (#1454)
- various bug fixes, including:
- fix extracting of comments from an easyconfig file that includes 'tail' comments (#1381)
- fix dev version to follow PEP-440, as required by recent setuptools versions (#1403)
- required to avoid that setuptools transforms the version itself
- see also https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/#developmental-releases
- allow get_cpu_speed to return None if CPU freq could not be determined (#1421)
- relax sanity_check_paths in EasyBuild bootstrap script to deal with possible zipped .egg (#1422)
- use empty list as default value for src/patches in Extension class (#1434)
- skip symlinked files in adjust_permissions function (#1439)
- Fix HierarchicalMNS to always use full version number (#1440)
v2.3.0 (September 2nd 2015)
---------------------------
feature + bugfix release
- requires vsc-base v2.2.4 or more recent (#1343)
- required for mk_rst_table function in vsc.utils.docs
- various other enhancements, including:
- add support for generating documentation for (generic) easyblocks in .rst format (#1317)
- preserve comments in easyconfig file in EasyConfig.dump() method (#1327)
- add --cleanup-tmpdir option (#1365)
- enables to preserve the used temporary directory via --disable-cleanup-tmpdir
- enhance EasyConfig.dump() to reformat dumped easyconfig according to style guidelines (#1345)
- add support for extracting .iso files using 7z (p7zip) (#1375)
- various bug fixes, including:
- correctly deal with special characters in template strings in EasyConfig.dump() method (#1323)
- rework easybuild.tools.module_generator module to avoid keeping state w.r.t. fake modules (#1348)
- fix dumping of hidden deps (#1354)
- fix use of --job with hidden dependencies: include --hidden in submitted job script when needed (#1356)
- fix ActiveMNS.det_full_module_name() for external modules (#1360)
- fix EasyConfig.all_dependencies definition, fix tracking of job dependencies (#1359, #1361)
- fix 'ModulesTool.exist' for hidden Lua module files (#1364)
- only call EasyBlock.sanity_check_step for non-extensions (#1366)
- this results in significant speedup when installing easyconfigs with lots of extensions, but also
results in checking the default sanity check paths if none were defined for extensions installed as a module
- fix using module naming schemes that were included via --include-module-naming-schemes (#1370)
v2.2.0 (July 15th 2015)
-----------------------
feature + bugfix release
- add support for using GC3Pie as a backend for --job (#1008)
- see also https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Submitting_jobs.html
- add support for --include-* configuration options to include additional easyblocks, toolchains, etc. (#1301)
- see https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Including_additional_Python_modules.html
- add (experimental) support for packaging installed software using FPM (#1224)
- see https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Packaging_support.html
- various other enhancements, including:
- use https for PyPI URL templates (#1286)
- add GNU toolchain definition (#1287)
- make bootstrap script more robust (#1289, #1325):
- exclude 'easyblocks' pkg from sys.path to avoid that setup.py for easybuild-easyblocks picks up wrong version
- undefine $EASYBUILD_BOOTSTRAP* environment variables, since they do not correspond with known config options
- improve error reporting/robustness in fix_broken_easyconfigs.py script (#1290)
- reset keep toolchain component class 'constants' every time (#1294)
- make --strict also a build option (#1295)
- fix purging of loaded modules in unit tests' setup method (#1297)
- promote MigrateFromEBToHMNS to a 'production' MNS (#1302)
- add support for --read-only-installdir and --group-writable-installdir configuration options (#1304)
- add support for *not* expanding relative paths in prepend_paths (#1310)
- enhance EasyConfig.dump() method to use easyconfig templates where possible (#1314, #1319, #1320, #1321)
- various bug fixes, including:
- fix issue with cleaning up (no) logfile if --logtostdout/-l is used (#1298)
- stop making ModulesTool class a singleton since it causes problems when multilple toolchains are in play (#1299)
- don't modify values of 'paths' list passed as argument to prepend_paths in ModuleGenerator (#1300)
- fix issue with EasyConfig.dump + cleanup (#1308, #1311)
- reenable (and fix) accidentally disabled test (#1316)
v2.1.1 (May 18th 2015)
----------------------
bugfix release
- fix issue with missing load statements when --module-only is used, don't skip ready/prepare steps (#1276)
- enhance --search: only consider actual filename (not entire path), use regex syntax (#1281)
- various other bug fixes, including:
- fix generate_software_list.py script w.r.t. dependencies marked as external modules (#1273)
- only use $LMOD_CMD value if lmod binary can't be found in $PATH (#1275)
- fix location of module_only build option w.r.t. default value (#1277)
- fix combined use of --hide-deps and hiddendependencies (#1280)
- remove log handlers that were added during tests, to ensure effective cleanup of log files (#1282)
- this makes the unit test suite run ~3x faster!
- define $CRAYPE_LINK_TYPE if 'dynamic' toolchain option is enabled for Cray compiler wrappers (#1283)
v2.1.0 (April 30th 2015)
------------------------
feature + bugfix release
- requires vsc-base v2.2.0 or more recent
- added support for LoggedException
- added support for add_flex action in GeneralOption
- added support to GeneralOption to act on unknown configuration environment variables
- add support for only (re)generating module files: --module-only (#1018)
- module naming scheme API is enhanced to include det_install_subdir method
- see https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Partial_installations.html#module-only
- add support for generating module files in Lua syntax (note: requires Lmod as modules tool) (#1060, #1255, #1256, #1270)
- see --module-syntax configuration option and https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Configuration.html#module-syntax
- deprecate log.error method in favor of raising EasyBuildError exception (#1218)
- see https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Deprecated-functionality.html#depr-error-reporting
- add support for using external modules as dependencies, and to provide metadata for external modules (#1230, #1265, #1267)
- see https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Using_external_modules.html
- add experimental support for Cray toolchains on top of PrgEnv modules: CrayGNU, CrayIntel, CrayCCE (#1234, #1268)
- see https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Cray-support.html for more information
- various other enhancements, including:
- clear list of checksums when using --try-software-version (#1169)
- sort the results of searching for files (e.g., --search output) (#1214)
- enhance test w.r.t. use of templates in cfgfile (#1217)
- define %(DEFAULT_REPOSITORYPATH)s template for cfgfiles (see eb --avail-cfgfile-constants) (#1220)
- also reset $LD_PRELOAD when running module commands, in case module defined $LD_PRELOAD (#1222)
- move location of 'module use' statements in generated module file (*after* 'module load' statements) (#1232)
- add support for --show-default-configfiles (#1240)
- see https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Configuration.html#default-configuration-files
- report error on missing configuration files, rather than ignoring them (#1240)
- see https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Configuration.html#configuration-env-vars
- clean up commit message used in easyconfig git repository (#1248)
- add --hide-deps configuration option to specify names of software that must be installed as hidden modules (#1250)
- see https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Manipulating_dependencies.html#hide-deps
- add support for appending/prepending to --robot-paths to avoid overwriting default robot search path (#1252)
- see also https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Using_the_EasyBuild_command_line.html#robot-search-path-prepend-append
- enable detection of use of unknown $EASYBUILD-prefixed environment variables (#1253)
- add --installpath-modules and --installpath-software configuration options (#1258)
- see https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Configuration.html#installpath