Recommended update for spack

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2023:3990-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • HPC Module 15-SP4
  • HPC Module 15-SP5
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for spack fixes the following issues:

  • Update to version 0.20.1 with the following changes:
  • Package level fixes:
    • Fix SPACK_ROOT setting in /etc/profile.d/spack.[c]sh (bsc#1214222).
    • Add hwloc-devel and sqlite3 to the packages that trigger a spack external find.
    • Make sure, libhwloc and hwloc are installed together when spack is installed.
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fix spec removed from an environment where not actually removed if --force was not given.
    • Hotfix for a few recipes that treat CMake as a link dependency.
    • Fix re-running stand-alone test a second time, which was getting a trailing spurious failure.
    • Fix reading JSON manifest on Cray, reporting non-concrete specs.
    • Fix a few bugs when generating Dockerfiles from Spack.
    • Fix a few long-standing bugs when generating module files.
    • Fix issues with building Python extensions when using an external Python.
    • Fix spack compiler remove: remove from command line even if they appear in different scopes.
  • Features:
    • Speed-up module file generation.
    • Show external status as [e].
    • Backport archspec fixes.
    • Improve a few error messages.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-3990=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-3990=1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3990=1
  • HPC Module 15-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-HPC-15-SP4-2023-3990=1
  • HPC Module 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-HPC-15-SP5-2023-3990=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
    • spack-recipes-0.20.1-150400.12.9.8.1
    • spack-0.20.1-150400.12.9.8.1
    • spack-info-0.20.1-150400.12.9.8.1
    • spack-man-0.20.1-150400.12.9.8.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)
    • spack-recipes-0.20.1-150400.12.9.8.1
    • spack-0.20.1-150400.12.9.8.1
    • spack-info-0.20.1-150400.12.9.8.1
    • spack-man-0.20.1-150400.12.9.8.1
  • HPC Module 15-SP4 (noarch)
    • spack-recipes-0.20.1-150400.12.9.8.1
    • spack-0.20.1-150400.12.9.8.1
    • spack-info-0.20.1-150400.12.9.8.1
    • spack-man-0.20.1-150400.12.9.8.1
  • HPC Module 15-SP5 (noarch)
    • spack-recipes-0.20.1-150400.12.9.8.1
    • spack-0.20.1-150400.12.9.8.1
    • spack-info-0.20.1-150400.12.9.8.1
    • spack-man-0.20.1-150400.12.9.8.1

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