hi riccardo,
we appreciate any feedback for other OSes. we try to fix the issues or
at least keep track of them on
https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild/wiki/OS-specific-notes. the issue
you encountered is the "adjust LIBRARY_PATH" one for ubuntu 11.10 on
that page.
anyway, thanks for trying and feedback
ps: the log has:
Warning: File `Makefile\' has modification time 68 s in the
future\nmake[6]: Nothing to be done for `all\'.\nmake[6]: \
warning: Clock skew detected. Your build may be incomplete
you are building on NFS i guess? you can "fix" it by a. having easybuild
use /tmp (or some other local filesystem for the intermediate build) or
b. by syncing the clocks between your build nodes and your storage
servers (you will run into it again, so i advise at least b and also a ;)
a is easy as
export EASYBUILDBUILDPATH=/tmp
(or more permanent in the config file)
On 01/18/2013 02:30 PM, Riccardo Murri wrote:
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
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