{devel}[dummy/] ant v1.10.5

[smoors]

(created using eb --new-pr)

[boegel]

@smoors Any reason you're using the binary version rather than building from source?

[smoors]

yes, the sources do not build for versions >=1.10.2. it seems that a number of 'optional' libraries are actually required. I gave up after adding commons-net and JSch to both the easyconfig and easyblock.

[boegel]

@smoors We should consider letting ant use the Java wrapper we're adding in #6712, to make sure this new version is compatible with *2018b* easyconfigs.

Also, I wonder whether we should drop the binary from the versionsuffix, since the installation is basically a bash script + a .jar files (i.e. no actual binaries)...

[smoors]

@boegel
I did not do this because #6712 is not merged yet :)
to be sure I understand how it works: we specify Java 1.8 in the easyconfig, and the (default) exact version is defined in the .modulerc file? can users override this with a ~/.modulerc file?

dropping the binary, is fine for me. Java binaries are just bytecode, so the differences with the compiled version are probably minor.

[boegel]

Test report by @boegel
SUCCESS
Build succeeded for 1 out of 1 (1 easyconfigs in this PR)
node3151.skitty.os - Linux centos linux 7.5.1804, Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6140 CPU @ 2.30GHz, Python 2.7.5
See https://gist.github.com/e4abf812c4e12e132714f000568ab2c0 for a full test report.

[boegel]

Test report by @boegel
SUCCESS
Build succeeded for 1 out of 1 (1 easyconfigs in this PR)
node2037.delcatty.os - Linux centos linux 7.5.1804, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz, Python 2.7.5
See https://gist.github.com/d0caabf9a44384e05cf13966eb2659b6 for a full test report.

[boegel]

Test report by @boegel
SUCCESS
Build succeeded for 1 out of 1 (1 easyconfigs in this PR)
node2607.swalot.os - Linux centos linux 7.5.1804, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v3 @ 2.60GHz, Python 2.7.5
See https://gist.github.com/2b0427460a8a3ee48dbcf412c64ad34f for a full test report.

[boegel]

Going in, thanks @smoors!