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Deprecate the Clang Easyblock in favor of the LLVM one for newer (>=18.1.6) versions of Clang #3746

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Deprecate the Clang Easyblock in favor of the LLVM one for newer (>=18.1.6) versions of Clang #3746

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Added version check for the Clang Easyblock
Crivella May 28, 2025
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Improved version check
Crivella May 28, 2025
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Reapply space lost in rebase
Crivella Jun 6, 2025
816d494
Changed cutoff limit to `18.1.6`
Crivella Jun 6, 2025
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions easybuild/easyblocks/c/clang.py
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Expand Up @@ -120,6 +120,14 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
"""Initialize custom class variables for Clang."""

super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)

if LooseVersion(self.version) >= LooseVersion('19'):
raise EasyBuildError(
"The Clang EasyBlock has been deprecated and does not support LLVM versions >= 19. "
"Please use the 'LLVM' EasyBlock instead, which supports building Clang as well"
"as other LLVM projects."
)

self.llvm_src_dir = None
self.llvm_obj_dir_stage1 = None
self.llvm_obj_dir_stage2 = None
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