Make generic EasyBlock usable to install software

easybuild/framework/easyblock.py

@@ -2723,20 +2723,66 @@ def prepare_step(self, start_dir=True, load_tc_deps_modules=True):
         if start_dir:
             self.guess_start_dir()
 
+    def _run_command_stack(self, commands, caller):
+        """Execute stack of commands in a shell"""
+        self.log.debug(f"Stack of commands to be executed: {commands}")
+
+        # make sure we have a list of commands
+        if not isinstance(commands, (list, tuple)):
+            error_msg = f"Invalid value for '{caller}', should be list or tuple of strings: {commands}"
+            raise EasyBuildError(error_msg)
+
+        for cmd in commands:
+            if not isinstance(cmd, str):
+                raise EasyBuildError(f"Invalid element in '{caller}', not a string: {cmd}")
+            run_shell_cmd(cmd)
+
+    def run_step_main_action(self, action, step, pre_cmds=None, pre_opts="", post_opts=""):
+        """Construct main command of step and execute it"""
+        if pre_cmds:
+            self._run_command_stack(pre_cmds, f"pre{step}cmds")
+
+        step_cmd = f"{pre_opts} {action} {post_opts}"
+        return run_shell_cmd(step_cmd)
+
     def configure_step(self):
-        """Configure build  (abstract method)."""
-        raise NotImplementedError
+        """Configure build."""
+        if self.cfg['configure_cmd'] is not None:
+            res = self.run_step_main_action(
+                self.cfg['configure_cmd'],
+                "config",
+                self.cfg['preconfigcmds'],
+                self.cfg['preconfigopts'],
+                self.cfg['configopts'],
+            )
+            return res.output
 
     def build_step(self):
-        """Build software  (abstract method)."""
-        raise NotImplementedError
+        """Build software."""
+        if self.cfg['build_cmd'] is not None:
+            res = self.run_step_main_action(
+                self.cfg['build_cmd'],
+                "build",
+                self.cfg['prebuildcmds'],
+                self.cfg['prebuildopts'],
+                self.cfg['buildopts'],
+            )
+            return res.output
 
     def test_step(self):
         """Run unit tests provided by software (if any)."""
-        unit_test_cmd = self.cfg['runtest']
-        if unit_test_cmd:
-            self.log.debug(f"Trying to execute {unit_test_cmd} as a command for running unit tests...")
-            res = run_shell_cmd(unit_test_cmd)
+        if self.cfg['runtest'] is not None:
+            self.log.deprecated("Easyconfig parameter 'runtest' is deprecated, use 'test_cmd' instead.", "6.0")
+            self.cfg['test_cmd'] = self.cfg['runtest']
+
+        if self.cfg['test_cmd'] is not None:
+            res = self.run_step_main_action(
+                self.cfg['test_cmd'],
+                "test",
+                self.cfg['pretestcmds'],
+                self.cfg['pretestopts'],
+                self.cfg['testopts'],
+            )
             return res.output
 
     def _test_step(self):
@@ -2756,8 +2802,16 @@ def stage_install_step(self):
         pass
 
     def install_step(self):
-        """Install built software (abstract method)."""
-        raise NotImplementedError
+        """Install built software."""
+        if self.cfg['install_cmd'] is not None:
+            res = self.run_step_main_action(
+                self.cfg['install_cmd'],
+                "install",
+                self.cfg['preinstallcmds'],
+                self.cfg['preinstallopts'],
+                self.cfg['installopts'],
+            )
+            return res.output
 
     def init_ext_instances(self):
         """
@@ -2998,18 +3052,7 @@ def run_post_install_commands(self, commands=None):
         if commands is None:
             commands = self.cfg['postinstallcmds']
 
-        if commands:
-            self.log.debug(f"Specified post install commands: {commands}")
-
-            # make sure we have a list of commands
-            if not isinstance(commands, (list, tuple)):
-                error_msg = f"Invalid value for 'postinstallcmds', should be list or tuple of strings: {commands}"
-                raise EasyBuildError(error_msg)
-
-            for cmd in commands:
-                if not isinstance(cmd, str):
-                    raise EasyBuildError(f"Invalid element in 'postinstallcmds', not a string: {cmd}")
-                run_shell_cmd(cmd)
+        self._run_command_stack(commands, "postinstallcmds")
 
     def apply_post_install_patches(self, patches=None):
         """

easybuild/framework/easyconfig/default.py

@@ -88,9 +88,11 @@
                                       "to be linked in any installed binary/library", BUILD],
     'bitbucket_account': ['%(namelower)s', "Bitbucket account name to be used to resolve template values in source"
                                            " URLs", BUILD],
-    'buildopts': ['', 'Extra options passed to make step (default already has -j X)', BUILD],
+    'buildopts': ['', 'Extra options appended to build command', BUILD],
+    'build_cmd': [None, "Main shell command used in the build step", BUILD],
     'checksums': [[], "Checksums for sources and patches", BUILD],
-    'configopts': ['', 'Extra options passed to configure (default already has --prefix)', BUILD],
+    'configopts': ['', 'Extra options appended to configure command', BUILD],
+    'configure_cmd': [None, "Main shell command used in the configure step", BUILD],
     'cuda_compute_capabilities': [[], "List of CUDA compute capabilities to build with (if supported)", BUILD],
     'download_instructions': ['', "Specify steps to acquire necessary file, if obtaining it is difficult", BUILD],
     'easyblock': [None, "EasyBlock to use for building; if set to None, an easyblock is selected "
@@ -107,18 +109,23 @@
     'github_account': ['%(namelower)s', "GitHub account name to be used to resolve template values in source URLs",
                        BUILD],
     'hidden': [False, "Install module file as 'hidden' by prefixing its version with '.'", BUILD],
-    'installopts': ['', 'Extra options for installation', BUILD],
+    'installopts': ['', 'Extra options appended to installation command', BUILD],
+    'install_cmd': [None, "Main shell command used in the install step", BUILD],
     'maxparallel': [None, 'Max degree of parallelism', BUILD],
     'parallel': [None, ('Degree of parallelism for e.g. make (default: based on the number of '
                         'cores, active cpuset and restrictions in ulimit)'), BUILD],
     'patches': [[], "List of patches to apply", BUILD],
-    'prebuildopts': ['', 'Extra options pre-passed to build command.', BUILD],
-    'preconfigopts': ['', 'Extra options pre-passed to configure.', BUILD],
-    'preinstallopts': ['', 'Extra prefix options for installation.', BUILD],
-    'pretestopts': ['', 'Extra prefix options for test.', BUILD],
-    'postinstallcmds': [[], 'Commands to run after the install step.', BUILD],
-    'postinstallpatches': [[], 'Patch files to apply after running the install step.', BUILD],
-    'postinstallmsgs': [[], 'Messages to print after running the install step.', BUILD],
+    'prebuildcmds': ['', 'Extra commands executed before main build command', BUILD],
+    'prebuildopts': ['', 'Extra options prepended to build command', BUILD],
+    'preconfigcmds': ['', 'Extra commands executed before main configure command', BUILD],
+    'preconfigopts': ['', 'Extra options prepended to configure command', BUILD],
+    'preinstallcmds': ['', 'Extra commands executed before main install command', BUILD],
+    'preinstallopts': ['', 'Extra options prepended to installation command', BUILD],
+    'pretestcmds': ['', 'Extra commands executed before main test command', BUILD],
+    'pretestopts': ['', 'Extra options prepended to test command', BUILD],
+    'postinstallcmds': [[], 'Commands to run after the install step', BUILD],
+    'postinstallpatches': [[], 'Patch files to apply after running the install step', BUILD],
+    'postinstallmsgs': [[], 'Messages to print after running the install step', BUILD],
     'required_linked_shared_libs': [[], "List of shared libraries (names, file names, or paths) which must be "
                                         "linked in all installed binaries/libraries", BUILD],
     'runtest': [None, ('Indicates if a test should be run after make; should specify argument '
@@ -134,8 +141,9 @@
     'skipsteps': [[], "Skip these steps", BUILD],
     'source_urls': [[], "List of URLs for source files", BUILD],
     'sources': [[], "List of source files", BUILD],
-    'stop': [None, 'Keyword to halt the build process after a certain step.', BUILD],
-    'testopts': ['', 'Extra options for test.', BUILD],
+    'stop': [None, 'Keyword to halt the build process after a certain step', BUILD],
+    'testopts': ['', 'Extra options appended to test command', BUILD],
+    'test_cmd': [None, "Main shell command used in the test step", BUILD],
     'tests': [[], ("List of test-scripts to run after install. A test script should return a "
                    "non-zero exit status to fail"), BUILD],
     'unpack_options': ['', "Extra options for unpacking source", BUILD],
@@ -148,9 +156,9 @@
     'buildininstalldir': [False, ('Boolean to build (True) or not build (False) in the installation directory'),
                           FILEMANAGEMENT],
     'cleanupoldbuild': [True, ('Boolean to remove (True) or backup (False) the previous build '
-                               'directory with identical name or not.'), FILEMANAGEMENT],
+                               'directory with identical name or not'), FILEMANAGEMENT],
     'cleanupoldinstall': [True, ('Boolean to remove (True) or backup (False) the previous install '
-                                 'directory with identical name or not.'), FILEMANAGEMENT],
+                                 'directory with identical name or not'), FILEMANAGEMENT],
     'dontcreateinstalldir': [False, ('Boolean to create (False) or not create (True) the install directory'),
                              FILEMANAGEMENT],
     'keeppreviousinstall': [False, ('Boolean to keep the previous installation with identical '
@@ -159,7 +167,7 @@
                              'or if the content of the files pointed to should be copied'),
                      FILEMANAGEMENT],
     'start_dir': [None, ('Path to start the make in. If the path is absolute, use that path. '
-                         'If not, this is added to the guessed path.'), FILEMANAGEMENT],
+                         'If not, this is added to the guessed path'), FILEMANAGEMENT],
 
     # DEPENDENCIES easyconfig parameters
     'allow_system_deps': [[], "Allow listed system dependencies (format: (<name>, <version>))", DEPENDENCIES],

easybuild/framework/easyconfig/easyconfig.py

@@ -102,8 +102,10 @@
 try:
     import autopep8
     HAVE_AUTOPEP8 = True
-except ImportError as err:
-    _log.warning("Failed to import autopep8, dumping easyconfigs with reformatting enabled will not work: %s", err)
+except ImportError as import_err:
+    _log.warning(
+        "Failed to import autopep8, dumping easyconfigs with reformatting enabled will not work: %s", import_err
+    )
     HAVE_AUTOPEP8 = False
 
 
@@ -1859,79 +1861,68 @@ def get_easyblock_class(easyblock, name=None, error_on_failed_import=True, error
     """
     Get class for a particular easyblock (or use default)
     """
-    cls = None
-    try:
-        if easyblock:
-            # something was specified, lets parse it
-            es = easyblock.split('.')
-            class_name = es.pop(-1)
-            # figure out if full path was specified or not
-            if es:
-                modulepath = '.'.join(es)
-                _log.info("Assuming that full easyblock module path was specified (class: %s, modulepath: %s)",
-                          class_name, modulepath)
-                cls = get_class_for(modulepath, class_name)
-            else:
-                modulepath = get_module_path(easyblock)
-                cls = get_class_for(modulepath, class_name)
-                _log.info("Derived full easyblock module path for %s: %s" % (class_name, modulepath))
+    modulepath, class_name = None, None
+
+    if easyblock:
+        # something was specified, lets parse it
+        easyblock_spec = easyblock.split('.')
+        class_name = easyblock_spec.pop(-1)
+        # figure out if full path was specified or not
+        if easyblock_spec:
+            modulepath = '.'.join(easyblock_spec)
+            _log.info(
+                f"Assuming a full easyblock module path specification (class: {class_name}, modulepath: {modulepath})"
+            )
         else:
-            # if no easyblock specified, try to find if one exists
-            if name is None:
-                name = "UNKNOWN"
-            # The following is a generic way to calculate unique class names for any funny software title
-            class_name = encode_class_name(name)
-            # modulepath will be the namespace + encoded modulename (from the classname)
-            modulepath = get_module_path(class_name, generic=False)
-            modulepath_imported = False
-            try:
-                __import__(modulepath, globals(), locals(), [''])
-                modulepath_imported = True
-            except ImportError as err:
-                _log.debug("Failed to import module '%s': %s" % (modulepath, err))
-
-            # check if determining module path based on software name would have resulted in a different module path
-            if modulepath_imported:
-                _log.debug("Module path '%s' found" % modulepath)
-            else:
-                _log.debug("No module path '%s' found" % modulepath)
-                modulepath_bis = get_module_path(name, generic=False, decode=False)
-                _log.debug("Module path determined based on software name: %s" % modulepath_bis)
-                if modulepath_bis != modulepath:
-                    _log.nosupport("Determining module path based on software name", '2.0')
-
-            # try and find easyblock
-            try:
-                _log.debug("getting class for %s.%s" % (modulepath, class_name))
-                cls = get_class_for(modulepath, class_name)
-                _log.info("Successfully obtained %s class instance from %s" % (class_name, modulepath))
-            except ImportError as err:
-                # when an ImportError occurs, make sure that it's caused by not finding the easyblock module,
-                # and not because of a broken import statement in the easyblock module
-                modname = modulepath.replace('easybuild.easyblocks.', '')
-                error_re = re.compile(r"No module named '?.*/?%s'?" % modname)
-                _log.debug("error regexp for ImportError on '%s' easyblock: %s", modname, error_re.pattern)
-                if error_re.match(str(err)):
-                    if error_on_missing_easyblock:
-                        raise EasyBuildError("No software-specific easyblock '%s' found for %s", class_name, name)
-                elif error_on_failed_import:
-                    raise EasyBuildError("Failed to import %s easyblock: %s", class_name, err)
-                else:
-                    _log.debug("Failed to import easyblock for %s, but ignoring it: %s" % (class_name, err))
+            modulepath = get_module_path(easyblock)
+            _log.info(f"Derived full easyblock module path for {class_name}: {modulepath}")
+    else:
+        # if no easyblock specified, try to find if one exists
+        if name is None:
+            name = "UNKNOWN"
+        # The following is a generic way to calculate unique class names for any funny software title
+        class_name = encode_class_name(name)
+        # modulepath will be the namespace + encoded modulename (from the classname)
+        modulepath = get_module_path(class_name, generic=False)
 
-        if cls is not None:
-            _log.info("Successfully obtained class '%s' for easyblock '%s' (software name '%s')",
-                      cls.__name__, easyblock, name)
+        try:
+            __import__(modulepath, globals(), locals(), [''])
+        except ImportError as err:
+            _log.debug(f"Failed to import easyblock module '{modulepath}' (derived from easyconfig name): {err}")
+            # fallback to generic EasyBlock for easyconfigs
+            # without any easyblock specification or no specific easyblock
+            class_name = "EasyBlock"
+            modulepath = "easybuild.framework.easyblock"
+            _log.info(f"Using generic EasyBlock module for software '{name}'")
         else:
-            _log.debug("No class found for easyblock '%s' (software name '%s')", easyblock, name)
-
-        return cls
+            _log.debug(f"Module path '{modulepath}' found (derived from easyconfig name)")
 
+    try:
+        _log.debug(f"Importing easyblock class {class_name} from {modulepath}")
+        cls = get_class_for(modulepath, class_name)
+    except ImportError as err:
+        # when an ImportError occurs, make sure that it's caused by not finding the easyblock module,
+        # and not because of a broken import statement in the easyblock module
+        modname = modulepath.replace('easybuild.easyblocks.', '')
+        error_re = re.compile(rf"No module named '?.*/?{modname}'?")
+        _log.debug(f"Error regexp for ImportError on '{modname}' easyblock: {error_re.pattern}")
+        if error_re.match(str(err)):
+            if error_on_missing_easyblock:
+                raise EasyBuildError(f"No software-specific easyblock '{class_name}' found for {name}")
+        elif error_on_failed_import:
+            raise EasyBuildError(f"Failed to import {class_name} easyblock: {err}")
+        else:
+            _log.debug(f"Failed to import easyblock for {class_name}, but ignoring it: {err}")
     except EasyBuildError as err:
         # simply reraise rather than wrapping it into another error
         raise err
     except Exception as err:
-        raise EasyBuildError("Failed to obtain class for %s easyblock (not available?): %s", easyblock, err)
+        raise EasyBuildError(f"Failed to obtain class for {easyblock} easyblock (not available?): {err}")
+    else:
+        _log.info(
+            f"Successfully obtained class '{cls.__name__}' for easyblock '{easyblock}' (software name '{name}')"
+        )
+        return cls
 
 
 def get_module_path(name, generic=None, decode=True):

easybuild/framework/easyconfig/format/format.py

@@ -65,9 +65,11 @@
     ['source_urls', 'sources', 'patches', 'checksums'],
     DEPENDENCY_PARAMETERS + ['multi_deps'],
     ['osdependencies'],
-    ['preconfigopts', 'configopts'],
-    ['prebuildopts', 'buildopts'],
-    ['preinstallopts', 'installopts'],
+    ['preconfigcmds', 'preconfigopts', 'configure_cmd', 'configopts'],
+    ['prebuildcmds', 'prebuildopts', 'build_cmd', 'buildopts'],
+    ['pretestcmds', 'pretestopts', 'test_cmd', 'testopts'],
+    ['preinstallcmds', 'preinstallopts', 'install_cmd', 'installopts'],
+    ['postinstallcmds', 'postinstallpatches'],
     ['parallel', 'maxparallel'],
 ]
 LAST_PARAMS = ['exts_default_options', 'exts_list',