ensure that configure step of Zoltan uses an up-to-date config.guess

[bedroge]

A Zoltan build for EESSI on a Neoverse v1 node resulted in:

configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one

(see EESSI/software-layer#1113 (comment))

Zoltan includes a very old config.guess (https://github.com/sandialabs/Zoltan/blob/v3.901/config/config.guess). Although EasyBuild should obtain a new version of this file, that's not being done here due to building in a subdirectory and using configure_cmd = ../configure:

preconfigopts = 'mkdir build && cd build &&'
configure_cmd = '../configure'

The ../configure leads to os.path.exists(configure_command) being False for this check, as that's being run in the root of the source dir: https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyblocks/blob/develop/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/configuremake.py#L314.

By using an absolute path to the configure script, the script is found and self.determine_build_and_host_type() will be called, which solves the issue.

[bedroge]

@boegelbot please test @ jsc-zen3

[boegelbot]

@bedroge: Request for testing this PR well received on jsczen3l1.int.jsc-zen3.fz-juelich.de

PR test command 'if [[ develop != 'develop' ]]; then EB_BRANCH=develop ./easybuild_develop.sh 2> /dev/null 1>&2; EB_PREFIX=/home/boegelbot/easybuild/develop source init_env_easybuild_develop.sh; fi; EB_PR=23068 EB_ARGS= EB_CONTAINER= EB_REPO=easybuild-easyconfigs EB_BRANCH=develop /opt/software/slurm/bin/sbatch --job-name test_PR_23068 --ntasks=8 ~/boegelbot/eb_from_pr_upload_jsc-zen3.sh' executed!

• exit code: 0
• output:

Submitted batch job 6652

Test results coming soon (I hope)...

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[boegelbot]

Test report by @boegelbot
SUCCESS
Build succeeded for 1 out of 1 (1 easyconfigs in total)
jsczen3c1.int.jsc-zen3.fz-juelich.de - Linux Rocky Linux 9.5, x86_64, AMD EPYC-Milan Processor (zen3), Python 3.9.21
See https://gist.github.com/boegelbot/723a87ec7446f4d7a9e30b76b695a17b for a full test report.

[bedroge]

Test report by @bedroge
SUCCESS
Build succeeded for 1 out of 1 (1 easyconfigs in total)
aarch64-neoverse-v1-node1.int.aws-rocky88-202310.eessi.io - Linux Rocky Linux 8.10 (Green Obsidian), AArch64, ARM UNKNOWN, Python 3.11.4
See https://gist.github.com/bedroge/fdbd79e44485e80b1fbc9bcb79637d8e for a full test report.

[boegel]

Test report by @boegel
SUCCESS
Build succeeded for 1 out of 1 (1 easyconfigs in total)
node3502.doduo.os - Linux RHEL 9.4, x86_64, AMD EPYC 7552 48-Core Processor (zen2), Python 3.9.18
See https://gist.github.com/boegel/e87ff9a6b926e5a1cda824c8757a1187 for a full test report.

[boegel]

lgtm

[boegel]

Going in, thanks @bedroge!