support using 'system' as alias for 'dummy' toolchain #2960
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This enables using
'system'toolchain in easyconfigs, either directly:or via the
SYSTEMconstant:This is done in preparation for EasyBuild 4.x, where the
dummytoolchain is deprecated and replaced by the newsystemtoolchain with slightly different behavior w.r.t. toolchain version and loading of dependencies in the build environment (see #2877).The alias approach used here allows us to avoid the extensive work done in #2877 to properly handle allowing both using
systemanddummyas toolchain name.