Store environment file used for building

[s-poll]

Hi all

to my knowledge you can not determine from the INSTALL_DIR, which environment was used to compile the code. I would like to suggest to store the environment file in the install-directory during installation.

e.g.

Step 2

export TSMP2_ENV=${TSMP2_DIR}/env/jsc.2023_Intel.sh
source $TSMP2_ENV

and that while

cmake --install ${BUILD_DIR}

a copy of the environment file is done to the installation directory.

What are your thoughts? Are there any other/better solutions to know the environment, which was used for compilation?

Best

[kvrigor]

Here are some ideas:

• INSTALL_DIR can be set to include environment info, e.g. ${ROOT_DIR}/${INSTALL_DIR}=tsmp2_jurecadc_intel_stg2023.
• Standardize the folder structure of ${ROOT_DIR} such that compiler info can be deduced from the path. The $EBROOT* shell variables, which are automatically set whenever a module is loaded, work this way.
• Log the build process with tee:

INSTALL_DIR="/p/project/cslts/software/$STAGE/${SYSTEMNAME}/${MODEL_ID}"
BUILD_LOG="${INSTALL_DIR}/$(date +%Y.%m.%d_%H.%M).log"

# Load environment
source ${TSMP2_DIR}/env/jsc.2023_Intel.sh |& tee ${BUILD_LOG}

# Configure, build, and install
cmake -S ${TSMP2} -B ${BUILD_DIR}           \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="${BUILD_CONFIG}"  \
      -DOASIS_SRC=${OASIS_SRC}              \
      -DeCLM_SRC=${eCLM_SRC}                \
      -DICON_SRC=${ICON_SRC}                \
      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$INSTALL_DIR" \
      |& tee -a ${BUILD_LOG}
cmake --build ${BUILD_DIR}   |& tee -a ${BUILD_LOG}
cmake --install ${BUILD_DIR} |& tee -a ${BUILD_LOG}

• Modify the CMake scripts to automatically generate a tsmp2.settings file. [example]

I prefer the last option which is like what you've suggested @s-poll. Alternatively the other options could provide a quick way to store the environment information.

[s-poll]

solved by PR #24