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Re: [changed subject to] pkgsrc in scientific computing
In case you missed it last time I mentioned it in a different thread, I
developed a pkgsrc bootstrap wrapper called auto-pkgsrc-setup to
facilitate creating and maintaining multiple independent trees, e.g.
/sharedapps/pkg-1, /sharedapps/pkg-2, /sharedapps/pkg-2, etc.
http://acadix.biz/pkgsrc.php
For selecting a tree, it generates startup scripts suitable for sourcing
from other scripts or placement in /etc/profile.d as well as environment
module files. To use /sharedapps/pkg-3, for example, a user simply
would run on of the following in their [SLURM in our case] submit script.
source /sharedapps/pkg-3/etc/cshrc
module load /sharedapps/pkg-3/etc/modulefiles/pkgsrc/3
Auto-pkgsrc-setup also adds safety features, like wrapping bmake to
verify that you're in the correct source tree.
On our HPC clusters, I simply bootstrap a whole new tree about every 6
to 12 months to make newer software versions available. Older trees are
left in place so researchers can finish up projects using the same
version of a package, but eventually deprecated.
I have a lot of scientific packages in wip and more coming, but too
little time to devote to it. One of my colleagues here is learning to
package and may join pkgsrc-wip soon. There's a lot of work to be done
in categories like math and biology, though. Fortran support needs some
work as well.
Regards,
Jason
On 7/7/15 2:04 PM, Thomas Orgis wrote:
Am Tue, 07 Jul 2015 09:52:12 -0500
schrieb Jason Bacon <jwbacon%tds.net@localhost>:
I'm trying to promote the use of pkgsrc in computational science,
because I think it offers the best
foundation of any conceivable method for managing scientific software:
That's where I come from: We want to manage the main userspace and
assorted libraries for some of those scientific software packages that
depend on lots of open source libraries with pkgsrc. This is on an
install that shall live 6 years minimum and be updated but at the same
time keep old versions of stuff around and working.
I hope that pkgsrc will serve us well in that function. And this might
also explain why I'm still fiddling with 2014Q3 while transitioning
from an older installation (it's the freshest there).
Alrighty then,
Thomas
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