Hi Kenneth, all, (Kenneth Hoste, Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 03:12:40PM +0100:) > So, no we've agreed that we disagree, are you satisfied with what > EasyBuild currently provides, or do you feel we should really add > support for using what the system provides? It's not impossible, and > probably even not that hard, but since we won't be working that way > I doubt we'll spend much time on it.
Well, the reason to have a look at "easybuild" was to replace our own in-house compilation scripts with a community-supported framework. The test case was OpenFOAM, which is a new application for us so we didn't have any compilation scripts ready. However, `eb` on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS failed rather early when compiling GCC (full debug output attached). Since compilation with system-provided tools is not supported, definition of a new toolchain looked like requiring quite a few edits, and I gather that Ubuntu/Debian in general is a platform that you're not testing on, this means that I would have to put in more effort than I can afford right now before I start using the tool and seeing its benefits... While I was trying out `eb` and discussing on the mailing list, my colleagues managed to compile OpenFOAM with the system tools and integrate its building process into our existing scripts. So, though I appreciate the care that you have put into this tool (which is evident by the detailed and cleanly written debug logs, something that I wish all software would have!), I guess it's a no-go for us now but we'll certainly keep an eye on the project. Many thanks to all for the friendliness and the interesting discussions! Cheers, Riccardo -- Riccardo Murri http://www.gc3.uzh.ch/people/rm Grid Computing Competence Centre University of Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich (Switzerland) Tel: +41 44 635 4222 Fax: +41 44 635 6888
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