cea-hpc/modules v4.0.0-beta

4.0.0-beta

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Starting with this release, modules-tcl has become Modules. The following changes describe the differences with last modules-tcl release (1.923). To learn about the changes between this release and last Modules 3.2 release, please see MIGRATING.

• Relax constraint on command-line argument position so options and switches can be passed either before or after command name.
• Report 'unsupported option' warning rather stop on error when compatibility-version specific command-line switches are passed (--force, --human, --verbose, --silent, --create, --icase, --userlvl).
• Keep empty module load line in shell configuration files after running the initrm or initclear commands.
• Always return the value of tcl_platform(osVersion) for uname release
• Optimize code output, for Perl to only return 1; once for a no-operation situation and for Python to not 'import os' when there is only an error to render.
• Use value of system command uname -n for uname nodename.
• Add support for CMake 'shell'
• Ignore '/' character used as suffix in modulefile name passed on command line.
• Rename Perl initialization script in perl.pm and Python in python.py.
• Add support for Ruby 'shell' (with contribution from Tammo Tjarks)
• Add support for R 'shell' (with contribution from Roy Storey)
• When a 'default' is set for a given module name, target modulefile can be referred on as 'modulename/default' in addition to just 'modulename'.
• Locate symbolic versions on 'avail' command even these symbols are set over a module alias or another symbolic version. In this situation the symbol spread along the resolution path until reaching a modulefile.
• Define a more standard shebang on modulecmd.tcl script.
• Determine modulefile corresponding to given module name using the loaded context only on unload situation.
• Enable to unload 'mod/dir/subdir/vers' when unload of 'mod' or 'mod/dir' asked. Was previously working only if deep module to unload was also the default version for these root names.
• Make -l/-t switches mutually exclusive. Last switch mentioned on the command-line is honored.
• Output parsable modulepath header when -l/-t switches are enabled.
• When searching for a module in a given modulepath directory, if a module alias or a symbolic version matches searched module but the target of this alias or symbol is not found in current modulepath directory, search for this target restarting search from the first modulepath in list to ensure modulepath priority.
• Solve aliases or symbolic versions looking for all modulepaths on 'search' and paths' commands. Was previously solved if their target was found in same modulepath directory.
• Add support for hidden 'dot' modulefiles. A hidden modulefile does not appear in case of wild search, it is only returned when search is about its exact name.
• No table header print in --long mode on an avail command if no result are returned.
• Add blank line between displayed list of elements, for instance between modulepath content on 'avail' command.
• Improve readability of error messages encountered during modulefile execution by putting Tcl error message first after the Module ERROR prefix.
• Do not exit immediately when an internal error occurs in currently interpreted modulefile. Consider this interpretation as failed and continue to proceed the other modulefile arguments.
• When multiple modulefiles are passed on 'display', 'help' and 'test' commands only output one separator line between 2 interpreted modulefiles.
• Fix environment settings stack handling issue when restoring stack after a failed attempt to load a modulefile in a modulefile.
• Failed attempt to load or unload a modulefile within a modulefile now leads to this upper modulefile load or unload failure. Previously upper modulefile were loaded respectively unloaded even if its dependent sub-modulefile failed to load or unload.
• During a 'switch' command, if the unloading part fails the loading part will not be tried. Unloading part fails if module to unload does not exist or its unload interpretation raise error.
• Init: use 'module source' rather shell command 'source' to load modulerc system configuration in sh-kind, csh-kind and fish shell init scripts.
• Install: transform configuration options to bind to an existing compatibility Modules version into option (--enable-compat-version) to build and install this compatibility version along with main version.
• Init: adapt initialization scripts to handle both main and compatibility version. By default a shell script enables main version and if the environment variable MODULES_USE_COMPAT_VERSION is set to 1, the compatibility version is enabled instead of main version.
• Install: import from compatibility version and install 'add.modules' and 'mkroot' utility scripts (scripts developed by R.K. Owen).
• Install: update RPM spec file to handle compatibility version as a 'compat' sub-package.
• Add completion script for Fish shell (contribution from BEFH).
• Doc: extend content of diff_v3_v4 to details all noticeable changes between v3.2 and v4.0.
• Doc: introduce MIGRATING guide to learn the major changes when moving from v3.2 to v4.0.