diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Autoconf/Autoconf-2.71-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Autoconf/Autoconf-2.71-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82a7f9766df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Autoconf/Autoconf-2.71-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'Autoconf'
+version = '2.71'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/'
+
+description = """
+ Autoconf is an extensible package of M4 macros that produce shell scripts
+ to automatically configure software source code packages. These scripts can
+ adapt the packages to many kinds of UNIX-like systems without manual user
+ intervention. Autoconf creates a configuration script for a package from a
+ template file that lists the operating system features that the package can
+ use, in the form of M4 macro calls.
+"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+
+source_urls = [GNU_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['431075ad0bf529ef13cb41e9042c542381103e80015686222b8a9d4abef42a1c']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('M4', '1.4.19'),
+    # non-standard Perl modules are required,
+    # see https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/issues/1822
+    ('Perl', '5.38.0'),
+]
+
+preconfigopts = "export PERL='/usr/bin/env perl' && "
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ["bin/%s" % x
+              for x in ["autoconf", "autoheader", "autom4te", "autoreconf",
+                        "autoscan", "autoupdate", "ifnames"]],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = [
+    "autoconf --help",
+    "autom4te --help",
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Automake/Automake-1.16.5-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Automake/Automake-1.16.5-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..371c50f375d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Automake/Automake-1.16.5-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'Automake'
+version = '1.16.5'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/automake.html'
+
+description = "Automake: GNU Standards-compliant Makefile generator"
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+
+source_urls = [GNU_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['07bd24ad08a64bc17250ce09ec56e921d6343903943e99ccf63bbf0705e34605']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Autoconf', '2.71'),
+    # non-standard Perl modules are required,
+    # see https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/issues/1822
+    ('Perl', '5.38.0'),
+]
+
+preconfigopts = "export PERL='/usr/bin/env perl' && "
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/aclocal', 'bin/automake'],
+    'dirs': []
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = [
+    "aclocal --help",
+    "automake --help",
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Autotools/Autotools-20220317-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Autotools/Autotools-20220317-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..49a29016b9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Autotools/Autotools-20220317-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+easyblock = 'Bundle'
+
+name = 'Autotools'
+version = '20220317'  # date of the most recent change
+
+homepage = 'https://autotools.io'
+
+description = """
+ This bundle collect the standard GNU build tools: Autoconf, Automake
+ and libtool
+"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Autoconf', '2.71'),    # 20210128
+    ('Automake', '1.16.5'),  # 20211003
+    ('libtool', '2.4.7'),    # 20220317
+]
+
+# Pure bundle -- no need to specify 'binutils' used when building GCCcore
+# toolchain as build dependency
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Biopython/Biopython-1.76-foss-2021b-Python-2.7.18.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Biopython/Biopython-1.76-foss-2021b-Python-2.7.18.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a669640f918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Biopython/Biopython-1.76-foss-2021b-Python-2.7.18.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+easyblock = 'PythonPackage'
+
+name = 'Biopython'
+version = '1.76'
+versionsuffix = '-Python-%(pyver)s'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.biopython.org'
+description = """Biopython is a set of freely available tools for biological
+ computation written in Python by an international team of developers. It is
+ a distributed collaborative effort to develop Python libraries and
+ applications which address the needs of current and future work in
+ bioinformatics. """
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2021b'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://biopython.org/DIST']
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['3873cb98dad5e28d5e3f2215a012565345a398d3d2c4eebf7cd701757b828c72']
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '2.7.18'),
+    ('SciPy-bundle', '2021.10', versionsuffix),
+]
+
+download_dep_fail = True
+use_pip = True
+sanity_pip_check = True
+
+# Run only tests that don't require internet connection
+runtest = 'python setup.py test --offline'
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': [],
+    'dirs': ['lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages/Bio',
+             'lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages/BioSQL']
+}
+
+# extra check to ensure numpy dependency is available
+sanity_check_commands = ["python -c 'import Bio.MarkovModel'"]
+
+options = {'modulename': 'Bio'}
+
+moduleclass = 'bio'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/CUDA/CUDA-12.2.2.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/CUDA/CUDA-12.2.2.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da8873e6d0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/CUDA/CUDA-12.2.2.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name = 'CUDA'
+version = '12.2.2'
+local_nv_version = '535.104.05'
+
+homepage = 'https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit'
+description = """CUDA (formerly Compute Unified Device Architecture) is a parallel
+ computing platform and programming model created by NVIDIA and implemented by the
+ graphics processing units (GPUs) that they produce. CUDA gives developers access
+ to the virtual instruction set and memory of the parallel computational elements in CUDA GPUs."""
+
+toolchain = SYSTEM
+
+source_urls = ['https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/%(version)s/local_installers/']
+sources = ['cuda_%%(version)s_%s_linux%%(cudaarch)s.run' % local_nv_version]
+checksums = [{
+    'cuda_%%(version)s_%s_linux.run' % local_nv_version:
+        '2b39aae3e7618d9f59a3c8fa1f1bc61f29c0b0e0df75fb05076badb352952ef2',
+    'cuda_%%(version)s_%s_linux_ppc64le.run' % local_nv_version:
+        '18848278e7f2bd4b4481f5665633d7e3d46e9a562d175d5ff278218188b01342',
+    'cuda_%%(version)s_%s_linux_sbsa.run' % local_nv_version:
+        '4113a15e6b27a02638c72edeb5f89de4c9ea312febba12fc4cefff2edc882268'
+}]
+
+moduleclass = 'system'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/CatBoost/CatBoost-1.2-gfbf-2023a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/CatBoost/CatBoost-1.2-gfbf-2023a.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..02aa893cd52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/CatBoost/CatBoost-1.2-gfbf-2023a.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+easyblock = 'PythonBundle'
+
+name = 'CatBoost'
+version = '1.2'
+
+homepage = 'https://catboost.ai'
+description = """CatBoost is a high-performance open source library for gradient boosting on decision trees"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'gfbf', 'version': '2023a'}
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('CMake', '3.26.3'),
+    ('conan', '1.60.2'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '3.11.3'),
+    ('Clang', '16.0.6'),
+    ('SciPy-bundle', '2023.07'),
+    ('matplotlib', '3.7.2'),
+    ('plotly.py', '5.16.0'),
+    ('graphviz-python', '0.20.1'),
+    ('Ninja', '1.11.1'),
+]
+
+use_pip = True
+sanity_pip_check = True
+
+exts_list = [
+    (name, version, {
+        'patches': ['%(name)s-%(version)s_disable-widget.patch'],
+        'source_urls': ['https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/catboost'],
+        'sources': ['catboost-%(version)s.tar.gz'],
+        'checksums': [
+            {'catboost-1.2.tar.gz': '39e53403727ecfbb48156773ef3006b4e71cc35ab49cc9a0cf044b474c34be0c'},
+            {'CatBoost-1.2_disable-widget.patch': '468be5b5e9eaf655d407a342b786bb419d4ceaeb9df5c753c256a8bd6d69f9df'},
+        ],
+    }),
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'ai'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/CatBoost/CatBoost-1.2_disable-widget.patch b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/CatBoost/CatBoost-1.2_disable-widget.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0f60fb8bac5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/CatBoost/CatBoost-1.2_disable-widget.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Disabling optional widget, as it requires `yarn`
+Author: Denis Kristak (Inuits)
+diff -ruN catboost-1.2_pypi_orig/setup.py catboost-1.2_pypi/setup.py
+--- catboost-1.2_pypi_orig/setup.py	2023-08-08 13:41:49.501481901 +0200
++++ catboost-1.2_pypi/setup.py	2023-08-08 13:43:39.744105439 +0200
+@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
+ 
+     @staticmethod
+     def initialize_options(command):
+-        command.no_widget = False
++        command.no_widget = True
+         command.prebuilt_widget = False
+ 
+     @staticmethod
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/ccache/ccache-4.8.3.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/ccache/ccache-4.8.3.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0bbc94a62ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/ccache/ccache-4.8.3.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Copyright:: Copyright 2012-2014 Uni.Lu/LCSB, NTUA
+# Authors::   Fotis Georgatos <fotis@cern.ch>
+# License::   MIT/GPL
+
+easyblock = 'CMakeNinja'
+
+name = 'ccache'
+version = '4.8.3'
+
+homepage = 'https://ccache.dev/'
+description = """Ccache (or “ccache”) is a compiler cache. It speeds up recompilation by
+caching previous compilations and detecting when the same compilation is being done again"""
+
+toolchain = SYSTEM
+
+source_urls = ['https://github.com/ccache/ccache/releases/download/v%(version)s/']
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['d59dd569ad2bbc826c0bc335c8ebd73e78ed0f2f40ba6b30069347e63585d9ef']
+
+osdependencies = [('glibc-static', 'libc6-dev')]
+
+local_gccver = '12.3.0'
+builddependencies = [
+    ('GCC', local_gccver),
+    ('CMake', '3.26.3', '', ('GCCcore', local_gccver)),
+    ('Ninja', '1.11.1', '', ('GCCcore', local_gccver)),
+    ('hiredis', '1.2.0', '', ('GCCcore', local_gccver)),
+    ('zstd', '1.5.5', '', ('GCCcore', local_gccver)),
+]
+
+# use BFD linker rather than default ld.gold (required on CentOS 8)
+preconfigopts = 'LDFLAGS="-fuse-ld=bfd"'
+configopts = ' '.join([
+    '-DENABLE_DOCUMENTATION=OFF',
+    '-DENABLE_IPO=ON',
+    # Link dependencies and binary statically
+    '-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"',
+    '-DZSTD_LIBRARY="$EBROOTZSTD/lib/libzstd.a"',
+    '-DHIREDIS_LIBRARY="$EBROOTHIREDIS/lib/libhiredis.a"',
+    # Disable downloading dependencies
+    '-DZSTD_FROM_INTERNET=OFF -DHIREDIS_FROM_INTERNET=OFF',
+])
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/ccache'],
+    'dirs': []
+}
+sanity_check_commands = [
+    'ccache --help',
+    # Ensure that the binary does not depend on any shared library
+    'LC_ALL=C ldd $(which ccache) | grep -q "not a dynamic executable"',
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'tools'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/conan/conan-1.60.2-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/conan/conan-1.60.2-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c8de0638ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/conan/conan-1.60.2-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+easyblock = 'PythonBundle'
+
+name = 'conan'
+version = '1.60.2'  # have to stick to an older version because catboost is not compatible with newer one
+
+homepage = 'https://conan.io'
+description = "Decentralized, open-source (MIT), C/C++ package manager."
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '12.3.0'}
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '3.11.3'),
+    ('PyYAML', '6.0'),
+    ('tqdm', '4.66.1'),
+    ('Python-bundle-PyPI', '2023.06'),
+]
+
+use_pip = True
+
+exts_list = [
+    ('bottle', '0.12.25', {
+        'checksums': ['e1a9c94970ae6d710b3fb4526294dfeb86f2cb4a81eff3a4b98dc40fb0e5e021'],
+    }),
+    ('distro', '1.8.0', {
+        'checksums': ['02e111d1dc6a50abb8eed6bf31c3e48ed8b0830d1ea2a1b78c61765c2513fdd8'],
+    }),
+    ('fasteners', '0.18', {
+        'checksums': ['cb7c13ef91e0c7e4fe4af38ecaf6b904ec3f5ce0dda06d34924b6b74b869d953'],
+    }),
+    ('node-semver', '0.6.1', {
+        'modulename': 'semver',
+        'checksums': ['4016f7c1071b0493f18db69ea02d3763e98a633606d7c7beca811e53b5ac66b7'],
+    }),
+    ('patch-ng', '1.17.4', {
+        'checksums': ['627abc5bd723c8b481e96849b9734b10065426224d4d22cd44137004ac0d4ace'],
+    }),
+    ('pluginbase', '1.0.1', {
+        'checksums': ['ff6c33a98fce232e9c73841d787a643de574937069f0d18147028d70d7dee287'],
+    }),
+    ('PyJWT', '2.8.0', {
+        'modulename': 'jwt',
+        'checksums': ['57e28d156e3d5c10088e0c68abb90bfac3df82b40a71bd0daa20c65ccd5c23de'],
+    }),
+    (name, version, {
+        'source_tmpl': '%(version)s.tar.gz',
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/conan-io/conan/archive/'],
+        'checksums': ['63dc6e92fc7f1d77fe08488bd78cd8a20fdddf454e55e1244107d1aec974377c'],
+    }),
+]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/conan'],
+    'dirs': ['lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages'],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = ["conan --help"]
+
+sanity_pip_check = True
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/g/GAPPadder/GAPPadder-20170601-foss-2021b-Python-2.7.18.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/g/GAPPadder/GAPPadder-20170601-foss-2021b-Python-2.7.18.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1778ef1545b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/g/GAPPadder/GAPPadder-20170601-foss-2021b-Python-2.7.18.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+easyblock = 'MakeCp'
+
+name = 'GAPPadder'
+version = '20170601'
+local_commit = 'a359750'
+versionsuffix = '-Python-%(pyver)s'
+
+homepage = 'https://github.com/simoncchu/GAPPadder'
+description = "GAPPadder is tool for closing gaps on draft genomes with short sequencing data"
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2021b'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://github.com/simoncchu/GAPPadder/archive']
+sources = [{'download_filename': '%s.tar.gz' % local_commit, 'filename': SOURCE_TAR_GZ}]
+checksums = ['d255e863cc2627116d7cb1d112283a7cf794d349de28f673daf32ce68d8bba90']
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '2.7.18'),
+    ('Biopython', '1.76', versionsuffix),
+    ('KMC', '3.2.1', versionsuffix),
+    ('Velvet', '1.2.10', '-mt-kmer_191'),
+    ('BWA', '0.7.17'),
+    ('SAMtools', '1.14'),
+    ('BamTools', '2.5.2'),
+]
+
+# remove prebuilt binaries
+prebuildopts = "rm TERefiner_1 TERefiner/TERefiner_1 ContigsMerger ContigsCompactor-*/ContigsMerger/ContigsMerger && "
+prebuildopts += "cd TERefiner && "
+prebuildopts += "make BAMTOOLS=$EBROOTBAMTOOLS/include/bamtools BAMTOOLS_LD=$EBROOTNBAMTOOLS/lib && cd .. && "
+prebuildopts += "cd ContigsCompactor-v0.2.0/ContigsMerger && "
+
+files_to_copy = [
+    (['TERefiner/TERefiner_1', 'ContigsCompactor-v0.2.0/ContigsMerger/ContigsMerger'], 'bin'),
+    '*.py',
+    'configuration.json',
+]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/TERefiner_1', 'bin/ContigsMerger', 'configuration.json', 'main.py', 'pick_contigs.py'],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'bio'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/g/gettext/gettext-0.22-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/g/gettext/gettext-0.22-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f4d3b3096a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/g/gettext/gettext-0.22-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'gettext'
+version = '0.22'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/'
+description = """GNU 'gettext' is an important step for the GNU Translation Project, as it is an asset on which we may
+build many other steps. This package offers to programmers, translators, and even users, a well integrated set of tools
+and documentation"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+
+source_urls = [GNU_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['49f089be11b490170bbf09ed2f51e5f5177f55be4cc66504a5861820e0fb06ab']
+
+builddependencies = [('binutils', '2.40')]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('libxml2', '2.11.5'),
+    ('ncurses', '6.4'),
+]
+
+configopts = '--without-emacs --with-libxml2-prefix=$EBROOTLIBXML2'
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/gettext', 'lib/libasprintf.a', 'lib/libasprintf.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+              'lib/libgettextpo.a', 'lib/libgettextpo.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
+    'dirs': ['include'],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = [
+    "gettext --help",
+    "msginit --help",
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'tools'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/g/gettext/gettext-0.22.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/g/gettext/gettext-0.22.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4212074dac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/g/gettext/gettext-0.22.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'gettext'
+version = '0.22'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/'
+description = """GNU 'gettext' is an important step for the GNU Translation Project, as it is an asset on which we may
+build many other steps. This package offers to programmers, translators, and even users, a well integrated set of tools
+and documentation"""
+
+# This is a basic stripped down version of gettext without any
+# dependencies on other packages used as initial builddep for XZ
+# It is the first step in the cyclic dependency chain of
+# XZ -> libxml2 -> gettext -> XZ
+
+toolchain = SYSTEM
+
+source_urls = [GNU_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['49f089be11b490170bbf09ed2f51e5f5177f55be4cc66504a5861820e0fb06ab']
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('ncurses', '6.4'),
+]
+
+configopts = '--without-emacs --with-included-libxml --without-xz --without-bzip2'
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/gettext', 'lib/libasprintf.a', 'lib/libasprintf.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+              'lib/libgettextpo.a', 'lib/libgettextpo.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
+    'dirs': ['include'],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = [
+    "gettext --help",
+    "msginit --help",
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'tools'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/h/hwloc/hwloc-2.9.2-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/h/hwloc/hwloc-2.9.2-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..274d96ba85d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/h/hwloc/hwloc-2.9.2-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'hwloc'
+version = '2.9.2'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.open-mpi.org/projects/hwloc/'
+
+description = """
+ The Portable Hardware Locality (hwloc) software package provides a portable
+ abstraction (across OS, versions, architectures, ...) of the hierarchical
+ topology of modern architectures, including NUMA memory nodes, sockets, shared
+ caches, cores and simultaneous multithreading. It also gathers various system
+ attributes such as cache and memory information as well as the locality of I/O
+ devices such as network interfaces, InfiniBand HCAs or GPUs. It primarily
+ aims at helping applications with gathering information about modern computing
+ hardware so as to exploit it accordingly and efficiently.
+"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://www.open-mpi.org/software/hwloc/v%(version_major_minor)s/downloads/']
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['ffb554d5735e0e0a19d1fd4b2b86e771d3b58b2d97f257eedacae67ade5054b3']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('numactl', '2.0.16'),
+    ('libxml2', '2.11.5'),
+    ('libpciaccess', '0.17'),
+]
+
+configopts = "--enable-libnuma=$EBROOTNUMACTL "
+configopts += "--disable-cairo --disable-opencl --disable-cuda --disable-nvml --disable-gl --disable-libudev "
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/lstopo', 'include/hwloc/linux.h',
+              'lib/libhwloc.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
+    'dirs': ['share/man/man3'],
+}
+sanity_check_commands = ['lstopo']
+
+moduleclass = 'system'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/k/KMC/KMC-3.2.1-GCC-11.2.0-Python-2.7.18.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/k/KMC/KMC-3.2.1-GCC-11.2.0-Python-2.7.18.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d69650ebbaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/k/KMC/KMC-3.2.1-GCC-11.2.0-Python-2.7.18.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+easyblock = 'MakeCp'
+
+name = 'KMC'
+version = '3.2.1'
+versionsuffix = '-Python-%(pyver)s'
+
+homepage = 'http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/kmc'
+description = "KMC is a disk-based programm for counting k-mers from (possibly gzipped) FASTQ/FASTA files."
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCC', 'version': '11.2.0'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://github.com/refresh-bio/KMC/archive/']
+sources = ['v%(version)s.tar.gz']
+checksums = ['7db333091a754508163a097c41720cf32a80abe160bef60f3fc82c8da1d67896']
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('bzip2', '1.0.8'),
+    ('zlib', '1.2.11'),
+    ('Python', '2.7.18'),
+]
+
+# Makefile does static linking with libc.a, libpthread.a, libm.a
+osdependencies = [('glibc-static', 'libc6-dev')]
+
+prebuildopts = "sed -i 's@[^ ]*/libz.a@${EBROOTZLIB}/lib/libz.a@g' Makefile && "
+prebuildopts += "sed -i 's@[^ ]*/libbz2.a@${EBROOTBZIP2}/lib/libbz2.a@g' Makefile && "
+prebuildopts += "sed -i 's/python3-config --extension-suffix/echo .so/g' Makefile && "
+prebuildopts += "sed -i 's/python3/python/g' Makefile && "
+
+files_to_copy = ['bin']
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/kmc', 'bin/kmc_dump'],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = [
+    "kmc",
+    "kmc_dump",
+    "python -c 'import py_kmc_api'",
+]
+
+# Python bindings are also located in bin/
+modextrapaths = {'PYTHONPATH': ['bin']}
+
+moduleclass = 'bio'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libevent/libevent-2.1.12-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libevent/libevent-2.1.12-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db1de7fe681
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libevent/libevent-2.1.12-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'libevent'
+version = '2.1.12'
+
+homepage = 'https://libevent.org/'
+
+description = """
+ The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function when
+ a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been
+ reached.  Furthermore, libevent also support callbacks due to signals or
+ regular timeouts.
+"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = ['https://github.com/%(name)s/%(name)s/releases/download/release-%(version)s-stable/']
+sources = ['%(name)s-%(version)s-stable.tar.gz']
+checksums = ['92e6de1be9ec176428fd2367677e61ceffc2ee1cb119035037a27d346b0403bb']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+    ('pkgconf', '2.0.3'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('zlib', '1.2.13'),
+    ('OpenSSL', '1.1', '', SYSTEM),
+]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/event_rpcgen.py', 'include/event.h', 'include/event2/event.h',
+              'lib/libevent_core.%s' % SHLIB_EXT, 'lib/pkgconfig/libevent.pc'],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libfabric/libfabric-1.19.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libfabric/libfabric-1.19.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a1dce0b2dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libfabric/libfabric-1.19.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'libfabric'
+version = '1.19.0'
+
+homepage = 'https://ofiwg.github.io/libfabric/'
+description = """
+Libfabric is a core component of OFI. It is the library that defines and exports
+the user-space API of OFI, and is typically the only software that applications
+deal with directly. It works in conjunction with provider libraries, which are
+often integrated directly into libfabric.
+"""
+
+# The psm3 provider (enabled by default) requires an AVX capable system to run
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = ['https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric/releases/download/v%(version)s']
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_BZ2]
+patches = [
+    '%(name)s-1.18.0_disable-psm3-avx-config.patch',
+]
+checksums = [
+    {'libfabric-1.19.0.tar.bz2': 'f14c764be9103e80c46223bde66e530e5954cb28b3835b57c8e728479603ef9e'},
+    {'libfabric-1.18.0_disable-psm3-avx-config.patch':
+     '79db0bfe759d65ef68301701e0842f1e8dcd4ace8bfc5bca8f7c8846501a67cb'},
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+    ('pkgconf', '2.0.3'),
+    ('Autotools', '20220317'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('numactl', '2.0.16'),
+]
+
+osdependencies = [OS_PKG_IBVERBS_DEV]
+
+# Regenerate build files to pick up psm3-axv-config patch
+preconfigopts = "./autogen.sh &&"
+
+# Disable deprecated "sockets" provider
+configopts = "--disable-sockets "
+
+# Disable usNIC provider by default as this requires specific osdependencies
+# If you want to enable this provider you need to uncomment the following line:
+# osdependencies.append(('libnl3-devel', 'libnl3-dev'))
+configopts += "--disable-usnic "
+
+buildopts = "V=1"
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/fi_info', 'bin/fi_pingpong', 'bin/fi_strerror'] +
+             ['lib/libfabric.%s' % x for x in ['a', SHLIB_EXT]],
+    'dirs': ['include/rdma', 'lib/pkgconfig', 'share']
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = ['fi_info']
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libpciaccess/libpciaccess-0.17-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libpciaccess/libpciaccess-0.17-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..17563d8e3b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libpciaccess/libpciaccess-0.17-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'libpciaccess'
+version = '0.17'
+
+homepage = 'https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libpciaccess/'
+description = """Generic PCI access library."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://www.x.org/releases/individual/lib/']
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['bf6985a77d2ecb00e2c79da3edfb26b909178ffca3f2e9d14ed0620259ab733b']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+    ('Autotools', '20220317'),
+    ('xorg-macros', '1.20.0'),
+]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['include/pciaccess.h', 'lib/libpciaccess.a'],
+    'dirs': ['lib/pkgconfig'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'system'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libtool/libtool-2.4.7-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libtool/libtool-2.4.7-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..31bed6f7eed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libtool/libtool-2.4.7-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'libtool'
+version = '2.4.7'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool'
+
+description = """
+ GNU libtool is a generic library support script. Libtool hides the complexity
+ of using shared libraries behind a consistent, portable interface.
+"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+
+source_urls = [GNU_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['04e96c2404ea70c590c546eba4202a4e12722c640016c12b9b2f1ce3d481e9a8']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('M4', '1.4.19'),
+]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/libtool', 'bin/libtoolize', 'lib/libltdl.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
+    'dirs': ['include/libltdl', 'share/libtool/loaders', 'share/man/man1'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libxml2/libxml2-2.11.5-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libxml2/libxml2-2.11.5-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79cc8b0ae36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/l/libxml2/libxml2-2.11.5-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name = 'libxml2'
+version = '2.11.5'
+
+homepage = 'http://xmlsoft.org/'
+
+description = """
+ Libxml2 is the XML C parser and toolchain developed for the Gnome project
+ (but usable outside of the Gnome platform).
+"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = ['https://download.gnome.org/sources/libxml2/%(version_major_minor)s/']
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_XZ]
+checksums = ['3727b078c360ec69fa869de14bd6f75d7ee8d36987b071e6928d4720a28df3a6']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('XZ', '5.4.4'),
+    ('zlib', '1.2.13'),
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/ncurses/ncurses-6.4-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/ncurses/ncurses-6.4-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0bda2c35075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/ncurses/ncurses-6.4-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'ncurses'
+version = '6.4'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/'
+description = """
+ The Ncurses (new curses) library is a free software emulation of curses in
+ System V Release 4.0, and more. It uses Terminfo format, supports pads and
+ color and multiple highlights and forms characters and function-key mapping,
+ and has all the other SYSV-curses enhancements over BSD Curses.
+"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = [GNU_SOURCE]
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['6931283d9ac87c5073f30b6290c4c75f21632bb4fc3603ac8100812bed248159']
+
+builddependencies = [('binutils', '2.40')]
+
+local_common_configopts = "--with-shared --enable-overwrite --without-ada --enable-symlinks --with-versioned-syms "
+configopts = [
+    # build ncurses: serial build in default paths with shared libraries
+    local_common_configopts,
+    # build ncursesw: serial with UTF-8
+    local_common_configopts + "--enable-ext-colors --enable-widec --includedir=%(installdir)s/include/ncursesw/",
+]
+
+# Symlink libtinfo to libncurses
+# libncurses with this configopts has all the symbols from libtinfo, but some packages look for libtinfo specifically
+postinstallcmds = ['cd %(installdir)s/lib && for l in libncurses{.,_,w}*; do ln -s "${l}" "${l/ncurses/tinfo}"; done']
+
+_target_suffix = ['', 'w']  # '': ncurses, 'w': ncursesw
+_lib_suffix = ['%s%s' % (x, y) for x in _target_suffix for y in ['.a', '_g.a', '.' + SHLIB_EXT]]
+_lib_names = ['form', 'menu', 'ncurses', 'panel', 'tinfo']
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/%s' % x for x in ["captoinfo", "clear", "infocmp", "infotocap", "ncurses%(version_major)s-config",
+                                     "reset", "tabs", "tic", "toe", "tput", "tset"]] +
+             ['lib/lib%s%s' % (x, y) for x in _lib_names for y in _lib_suffix] +
+             ['lib/libncurses++%s.a' % x for x in _target_suffix],
+    'dirs': ['include', 'include/ncursesw'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/numactl/numactl-2.0.16-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/numactl/numactl-2.0.16-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..028a4a4c8a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/numactl/numactl-2.0.16-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'numactl'
+version = '2.0.16'
+
+homepage = 'https://github.com/numactl/numactl'
+
+description = """
+ The numactl program allows you to run your application program on specific
+ cpu's and memory nodes. It does this by supplying a NUMA memory policy to
+ the operating system before running your program. The libnuma library provides
+ convenient ways for you to add NUMA memory policies into your own program.
+"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = ['https://github.com/numactl/numactl/archive/']
+sources = ['v%(version)s.tar.gz']
+checksums = ['a35c3bdb3efab5c65927e0de5703227760b1101f5e27ab741d8f32b3d5f0a44c']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+    ('Autotools', '20220317'),
+]
+
+preconfigopts = "./autogen.sh && "
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/numactl', 'bin/numastat', 'lib/libnuma.%s' % SHLIB_EXT, 'lib/libnuma.a'],
+    'dirs': ['share/man', 'include']
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'tools'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/o/OSU-Micro-Benchmarks/OSU-Micro-Benchmarks-7.1-1-iimpi-2023a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/o/OSU-Micro-Benchmarks/OSU-Micro-Benchmarks-7.1-1-iimpi-2023a.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1173c7c1e12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/o/OSU-Micro-Benchmarks/OSU-Micro-Benchmarks-7.1-1-iimpi-2023a.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'OSU-Micro-Benchmarks'
+version = '7.1-1'
+
+homepage = 'https://mvapich.cse.ohio-state.edu/benchmarks/'
+description = """OSU Micro-Benchmarks"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'iimpi', 'version': '2023a'}
+toolchainopts = {'usempi': True}
+
+source_urls = ['https://mvapich.cse.ohio-state.edu/download/mvapich/']
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['85f4dd8be1df31255e232852769ae5b82e87a5fb14be2f8eba1ae9de8ffe391a']
+
+local_benchmark_dirs = [
+    'libexec/osu-micro-benchmarks/mpi/%s' % x for x in ['collective', 'one-sided', 'pt2pt', 'startup']
+]
+modextrapaths = {'PATH': local_benchmark_dirs}
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': [],
+    'dirs': local_benchmark_dirs,
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'perf'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/Perl/Perl-5.38.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/Perl/Perl-5.38.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1620e4f9dfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/Perl/Perl-5.38.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+name = 'Perl'
+version = '5.38.0'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.perl.org/'
+description = """Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language
+
+Includes a small selection of extra CPAN packages for core functionality.
+"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = ['https://www.cpan.org/src/%(version_major)s.0']
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['213ef58089d2f2c972ea353517dc60ec3656f050dcc027666e118b508423e517']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('zlib', '1.2.13'),
+]
+
+# !! order of extensions is important !!
+# extensions updated on 2023-09-03
+# includes all dependencies for Autotools
+exts_list = [
+    ('threads', '2.21', {
+        'source_tmpl': 'threads-%(version)s.tar.gz',
+        'source_urls': ['https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/J/JD/JDHEDDEN'],
+        'checksums': ['28394c98a2bcae6f20ffb8a3d965a1c194b764c650169e2050ee38dbaa10f110'],
+    }),
+    ('constant', '1.33', {
+        'source_tmpl': 'constant-%(version)s.tar.gz',
+        'source_urls': ['https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/R/RJ/RJBS'],
+        'checksums': ['79965d4130eb576670e27ca0ae6899ef0060c76da48b02b97682166882f1b504'],
+    }),
+    ('Getopt::Long', '2.54', {
+        'source_tmpl': 'Getopt-Long-%(version)s.tar.gz',
+        'source_urls': ['https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/J/JV/JV'],
+        'checksums': ['584ba3c99bb2d6b341375212f9b874613f706cfb01cee21b8a2676a98ab985fe'],
+    }),
+    ('File::Path', '2.18', {
+        'source_tmpl': 'File-Path-%(version)s.tar.gz',
+        'source_urls': ['https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/J/JK/JKEENAN/'],
+        'checksums': ['980f0a17edb353df46e9cd7b357f9f5929cde0f80c45fd7a06cf7e0e8bd6addd'],
+    }),
+    ('File::Spec', '3.75', {
+        'source_tmpl': 'PathTools-%(version)s.tar.gz',
+        'source_urls': ['https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/X/XS/XSAWYERX'],
+        'checksums': ['a558503aa6b1f8c727c0073339081a77888606aa701ada1ad62dd9d8c3f945a2'],
+    }),
+    ('IO::File', '1.51', {
+        'source_tmpl': 'IO-%(version)s.tar.gz',
+        'source_urls': ['https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/T/TO/TODDR/'],
+        'checksums': ['5493ea55998728cd2b7ecb8234c58fb5d5df27098d0f07addca22444d7616ce0'],
+    }),
+    ('Thread::Queue', '3.13', {
+        'source_tmpl': 'Thread-Queue-%(version)s.tar.gz',
+        'source_urls': ['https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/J/JD/JDHEDDEN'],
+        'checksums': ['6ba3dacddd2fbb66822b4aa1d11a0a5273cd04c825cb3ff31c20d7037cbfdce8'],
+    }),
+    ('Carp', '1.50', {
+        'source_tmpl': 'Carp-%(version)s.tar.gz',
+        'source_urls': ['https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/X/XS/XSAWYERX'],
+        'checksums': ['f5273b4e1a6d51b22996c48cb3a3cbc72fd456c4038f5c20b127e2d4bcbcebd9'],
+    }),
+    ('Exporter', '5.77', {
+        'source_tmpl': 'Exporter-%(version)s.tar.gz',
+        'source_urls': ['https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/T/TO/TODDR'],
+        'checksums': ['3892ee5c6ae6e482068d53b61e25cae4fc71ddc79cc47446e385df0a669bb8ed'],
+    }),
+    ('Text::ParseWords', '3.31', {
+        'source_tmpl': 'Text-ParseWords-%(version)s.tar.gz',
+        'source_urls': ['https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/N/NE/NEILB/'],
+        'checksums': ['2ae555ba084d75b2b8feeeb8d1a00911276815ada86bccb1452236964d5a2fc7'],
+    }),
+    ('Data::Dumper', '2.183', {
+        'source_tmpl': 'Data-Dumper-%(version)s.tar.gz',
+        'source_urls': ['https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/N/NW/NWCLARK/'],
+        'checksums': ['e42736890b7dae1b37818d9c5efa1f1fdc52dec04f446a33a4819bf1d4ab5ad3'],
+    }),
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/pkgconf/pkgconf-2.0.3-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/pkgconf/pkgconf-2.0.3-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a9a638fa1ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/pkgconf/pkgconf-2.0.3-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'pkgconf'
+version = '2.0.3'
+
+homepage = 'https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf'
+
+description = """pkgconf is a program which helps to configure compiler and linker flags for development libraries.
+ It is similar to pkg-config from freedesktop.org."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://distfiles.ariadne.space/pkgconf/']
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['a8f25f4b0c1ad48edc9b07ed46101aab4bcb305ba6ae811be49b7499b00eed49']
+
+builddependencies = [('binutils', '2.40')]
+
+postinstallcmds = ["cd %(installdir)s/bin && ln -s pkgconf pkg-config"]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/pkg-config', 'bin/pkgconf'],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = [
+    "pkg-config --help",
+    "pkgconf --help",
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/plotly.py/plotly.py-5.16.0-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/plotly.py/plotly.py-5.16.0-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1471f01011a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/plotly.py/plotly.py-5.16.0-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+easyblock = 'PythonBundle'
+
+name = 'plotly.py'
+version = '5.16.0'
+
+homepage = 'https://plot.ly/python'
+description = "An open-source, interactive graphing library for Python"
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '12.3.0'}
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [('Python', '3.11.3')]
+
+use_pip = True
+
+exts_list = [
+    ('tenacity', '8.2.3', {
+        'patches': ['tenacity-8.2.3-fix_version.patch'],
+        'checksums': [
+            {'tenacity-8.2.3.tar.gz': '5398ef0d78e63f40007c1fb4c0bff96e1911394d2fa8d194f77619c05ff6cc8a'},
+            {'tenacity-8.2.3-fix_version.patch': 'eb066e8f70d2dc075fca18e04dbc2a6b0721285815470c602a16c599002b63f7'},
+        ],
+    }),
+    ('packaging', '23.1', {
+        'checksums': ['a392980d2b6cffa644431898be54b0045151319d1e7ec34f0cfed48767dd334f'],
+    }),
+    ('plotly', version, {
+        'checksums': ['13dc052665dcb4d9eefd89847c0b144984e99aca5c8008f9885d2583b77d8b7d'],
+    }),
+]
+
+sanity_pip_check = True
+
+moduleclass = 'vis'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/plotly.py/tenacity-8.2.3-fix_version.patch b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/plotly.py/tenacity-8.2.3-fix_version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0bf7c04f34c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/plotly.py/tenacity-8.2.3-fix_version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Putting a manually typed version in setup.cfg, as it wouldnt resolve automatically.
+Author: Denis Kristak (Inuits)diff -ruN tenacity-8.2.3_orig/setup.cfg tenacity-8.2.3/setup.cfg
+--- tenacity-8.2.3_orig/setup.cfg	2023-08-14 15:22:48.000000000 +0200
++++ tenacity-8.2.3/setup.cfg	2023-08-15 19:47:02.512360441 +0200
+@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+ [metadata]
+ name = tenacity
+ license = Apache 2.0
++version = 8.2.3
+ url = https://github.com/jd/tenacity
+ summary = Retry code until it succeeds
+ long_description = Tenacity is a general-purpose retrying library to simplify the task of adding retry behavior to just about anything.
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/t/tensorflow-compression/compression_local-tensorflow-repo.sed b/easybuild/easyconfigs/t/tensorflow-compression/compression_local-tensorflow-repo.sed
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f4900022dee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/t/tensorflow-compression/compression_local-tensorflow-repo.sed
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Convert http repo for tensorflow to local repo
+# Copied from jax/jaxlib_local-tensorflow-repo.sed
+/^http_archive(/{
+    :a;N;/\n)/!ba;
+    /org_tensorflow/{
+        s/^/# /;
+        s/\n/\n# /g;
+        s|$|\
+local_repository(\
+    name = "org_tensorflow",\
+    path = "EB_TF_REPOPATH",\
+)|;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/t/tensorflow-compression/tensorflow-compression-2.11.0-foss-2022a-CUDA-11.7.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/t/tensorflow-compression/tensorflow-compression-2.11.0-foss-2022a-CUDA-11.7.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a25980ceef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/t/tensorflow-compression/tensorflow-compression-2.11.0-foss-2022a-CUDA-11.7.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+name = 'tensorflow-compression'
+version = '2.11.0'
+versionsuffix = '-CUDA-%(cudaver)s'
+
+homepage = 'https://github.com/tensorflow/compression'
+description = "TensorFlow Compression (TFC) contains data compression tools for TensorFlow."
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2022a'}
+
+# Make sure bazel doesn't download TensorFlow by itself.
+local_tf_version = version
+local_tf_dir = 'tensorflow-%s' % local_tf_version
+local_tf_builddir = '%(builddir)s/' + local_tf_dir
+
+sources = [
+    {
+        'source_urls': ['https://github.com/tensorflow/compression/archive/'],
+        'download_filename': 'v%(version)s.tar.gz',
+        'filename': SOURCE_TAR_GZ,
+    },
+    {
+        'filename': 'v%s.tar.gz' % local_tf_version,
+        'alt_location': 'TensorFlow/extensions',
+    },
+]
+patches = [
+    ('compression_local-tensorflow-repo.sed', '.'),
+]
+checksums = [
+    {'tensorflow-compression-2.11.0.tar.gz': '7f0127c3ff4243e41c5af59be5909a635562191f462053e2d86c234bf638be4f'},
+    {'v2.11.0.tar.gz': '99c732b92b1b37fc243a559e02f9aef5671771e272758aa4aec7f34dc92dac48'},
+    {'compression_local-tensorflow-repo.sed': '65d4d40953624148cd6395a6110eaf8239a9bcae25d1f4c89259f2c60cc4b6dc'},
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('Bazel', '5.1.1'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('CUDA', '11.7.0', '', SYSTEM),
+    ('Python', '3.10.4'),
+    ('TensorFlow', local_tf_version, versionsuffix),
+    ('tensorflow-probability', '0.19.0', versionsuffix),
+]
+
+download_dep_fail = True
+use_pip = True
+sanity_pip_check = True
+
+local_prebuildopts = "sed -i -f compression_local-tensorflow-repo.sed WORKSPACE && "
+local_prebuildopts += "sed -i 's|EB_TF_REPOPATH|%s|' WORKSPACE && " % local_tf_builddir
+
+prebuildopts = local_prebuildopts
+
+sanity_check_commands = [
+    'python -m tensorflow_compression.all_tests',
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/v/vcflib/vcflib-1.0.9-foss-2022a-R-4.2.1.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/v/vcflib/vcflib-1.0.9-foss-2022a-R-4.2.1.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..32a39ef352a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/v/vcflib/vcflib-1.0.9-foss-2022a-R-4.2.1.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# Author: Jasper Grimm (UoY)
+# Updated: Denis Kristak (INUITS)
+# Updated: Petr Král (INUITS)
+easyblock = 'CMakeMake'
+
+name = 'vcflib'
+version = '1.0.9'
+versionsuffix = '-R-%(rver)s'
+
+homepage = 'https://github.com/vcflib/vcflib'
+description = """vcflib provides methods to manipulate and interpret sequence variation as it can be
+ described by VCF. The Variant Call Format (VCF) is a flat-file, tab-delimited textual format intended
+ to concisely describe reference-indexed genetic variations between individuals."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2022a'}
+toolchainopts = {'openmp': True}
+
+source_urls = [GITHUB_SOURCE]
+sources = ['v%(version)s.tar.gz']
+patches = [
+    '%(name)s-%(version)s_dep-fix.patch',
+]
+checksums = [
+    {'v1.0.9.tar.gz': 'd17fcf8a34d65f1dfecf4b4290d058be744422b6baf34ecdef8ea912d59a4569'},
+    {'vcflib-1.0.9_dep-fix.patch': '76bce1c9e40dab2ad94b455bb4487dfa24eeafcf50639db0852f5ca7a31331b6'},
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.38'),
+    ('CMake', '3.23.1'),
+    ('pkgconf', '1.8.0'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '3.10.4'),
+    ('Perl', '5.34.1'),
+    ('R', '4.2.1'),
+    ('XZ', '5.2.5'),
+    ('zlib', '1.2.12'),
+    ('bzip2', '1.0.8'),
+    ('HTSlib', '1.15.1'),
+    ('tabixpp', '1.1.2'),
+    ('intervaltree', '0.1'),
+    ('fastahack', '1.0.0'),
+    ('filevercmp', '20191210'),
+    ('fsom', '20151117'),
+    ('multichoose', '1.0.3'),
+    ('smithwaterman', '20160702'),
+    ('WFA2', '2.3.3'),
+]
+
+preconfigopts = "find %(builddir)s/%(name)s-%(version)s/src -type f "
+preconfigopts += r"-regextype egrep -regex '.*\.(h|cpp)' -exec sed -i"
+preconfigopts += " -e 's|SmithWatermanGotoh.h|smithwaterman/SmithWatermanGotoh.h|g'"
+preconfigopts += " -e 's|IntervalTree.h|intervaltree/IntervalTree.h|g'"
+preconfigopts += " -e 's|multichoose.h|multichoose/multichoose.h|g' -e 's|filevercmp.h|filevercmp/filevercmp.h|g'"
+preconfigopts += " -e 's|tabix.hpp|tabixpp/tabix.hpp|g' -e 's|Fasta.h|fastahack/Fasta.h|g'"
+preconfigopts += r" -e 's|disorder.h|smithwaterman/disorder.h|g' {} \; && "
+
+configopts = "-DZIG=OFF -DWFA_GITMODULE=OFF -DWFA_INCLUDE_DIRS=$EBROOTWFA2/include/wfa2lib"
+
+postinstallcmds = ["cp -r %(builddir)s/%(name)s-%(version)s/scripts %(installdir)s"]
+
+modextrapaths = {
+    'PATH': 'scripts',
+    'PYTHONPATH': 'lib',
+}
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/vcffilter', 'bin/vcfcombine', 'lib/libvcflib.a'],
+    'dirs': ['scripts', 'include'],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = [
+    "python -c 'import pyvcflib'",
+    "vcfwave --help",
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'bio'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/v/vcflib/vcflib-1.0.9_dep-fix.patch b/easybuild/easyconfigs/v/vcflib/vcflib-1.0.9_dep-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..19320491c75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/v/vcflib/vcflib-1.0.9_dep-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+Use our libraries instead of the ones in git submodules
+Install libvcflib.a to lib directory instead of bin
+Author: Petr Král (INUITS)
+diff -u vcflib-1.0.9/CMakeLists.txt.orig vcflib-1.0.9/CMakeLists.txt
+--- vcflib-1.0.9/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2023-02-11 17:41:26.000000000 +0100
++++ vcflib-1.0.9/CMakeLists.txt	2023-08-17 13:59:24.793435374 +0200
+@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
+ find_package(Threads)
+ set_package_properties(Threads PROPERTIES TYPE REQUIRED)
+ 
+-pkg_check_modules(HTSLIB htslib)   # Optionally builds from contrib/
+-pkg_check_modules(TABIXPP tabixpp) # Optionally builds from contrib/
++# pkg_check_modules(HTSLIB htslib)   # Optionally builds from contrib/
++# pkg_check_modules(TABIXPP tabixpp) # Optionally builds from contrib/
+ 
+ # ---- Build switches
+ set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+@@ -109,25 +109,25 @@
+ # ---- Include files
+ 
+ include_directories(include)
+-include_directories(contrib/fastahack)
+-include_directories(contrib/intervaltree)
+-include_directories(contrib/smithwaterman)
+-include_directories(contrib/multichoose)
+-include_directories(contrib/filevercmp)
++# include_directories(contrib/fastahack)
++# include_directories(contrib/intervaltree)
++# include_directories(contrib/smithwaterman)
++# include_directories(contrib/multichoose)
++# include_directories(contrib/filevercmp)
+ include_directories(contrib/c-progress-bar)
+ 
+-if(NOT HTSLIB_FOUND)
+-  set(HTSLIB_LOCAL contrib/tabixpp/htslib)
+-  set(TABIX_FOUND OFF) # also build tabixpp if htslib is missing
+-endif()
+-
+-if (NOT TABIX_FOUND)
+-  set(TABIXPP_LOCAL contrib/tabixpp)
+-  include_directories(contrib/tabixpp)
+-  set(tabixpp_SOURCE
+-    contrib/tabixpp/tabix.cpp
+-  )
+-endif()
++# if(NOT HTSLIB_FOUND)
++#   set(HTSLIB_LOCAL contrib/tabixpp/htslib)
++#   set(TABIX_FOUND OFF) # also build tabixpp if htslib is missing
++# endif()
++#
++# if (NOT TABIX_FOUND)
++#   set(TABIXPP_LOCAL contrib/tabixpp)
++#   include_directories(contrib/tabixpp)
++#   set(tabixpp_SOURCE
++#     contrib/tabixpp/tabix.cpp
++#   )
++# endif()
+ 
+ if(WFA_GITMODULE)
+   set(WFA_LOCAL contrib/WFA2-lib)
+@@ -135,12 +135,12 @@
+ 
+ file(GLOB INCLUDES
+   src/*.h*
+-  contrib/multichoose/*.h*
+-  contrib/intervaltree/*.h*
+-  contrib/smithwaterman/*.h*
+-  contrib/fastahack/*.h*
+-  contrib/filevercmp/*.h*
+-  )
++  # contrib/multichoose/*.h*
++  # contrib/intervaltree/*.h*
++  # contrib/smithwaterman/*.h*
++  # contrib/fastahack/*.h*
++  # contrib/filevercmp/*.h*
++)
+ 
+ set(vcflib_SOURCE
+     src/vcf-c-api.cpp
+@@ -158,14 +158,14 @@
+     src/LeftAlign.cpp
+     src/cigar.cpp
+     src/allele.cpp
+-    contrib/fastahack/Fasta.cpp
+-    contrib/smithwaterman/SmithWatermanGotoh.cpp
+-    contrib/smithwaterman/Repeats.cpp
+-    contrib/smithwaterman/IndelAllele.cpp
+-    contrib/smithwaterman/disorder.cpp
+-    contrib/smithwaterman/LeftAlign.cpp
+-    contrib/fsom/fsom.c
+-    contrib/filevercmp/filevercmp.c
++    # contrib/fastahack/Fasta.cpp
++    # contrib/smithwaterman/SmithWatermanGotoh.cpp
++    # contrib/smithwaterman/Repeats.cpp
++    # contrib/smithwaterman/IndelAllele.cpp
++    # contrib/smithwaterman/disorder.cpp
++    # contrib/smithwaterman/LeftAlign.cpp
++    # contrib/fsom/fsom.c
++    # contrib/filevercmp/filevercmp.c
+     contrib/c-progress-bar/progress.c
+ )
+ 
+@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
+ 
+ add_library(vcflib STATIC
+     ${vcflib_SOURCE}
+-    )
++)
+ 
+ set(BINS
+     vcfecho
+@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
+     vcfsort
+     vcf_strip_extra_headers
+     vcfvarstats
+-    )
++)
+ 
+ # ---- Get version
+ 
+@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
+   add_subdirectory(${WFA_LOCAL} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+   set(WFALIB wfa2) # pick up the wfa2 lib target from the included CMakeLists.txt
+ else(WFA_GITMODULE)
+-  set(WFA_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/wfa2lib)
++  # set(WFA_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/wfa2lib)
+   find_library(WFALIB wfa2 wfa) # distro search for shared lib
+   if(NOT WFALIB)
+     message(STATUS "ERROR: Can not find libfwa! Make sure it is installed or use the git submodule instead")
+@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
+ 
+ set(vcflib_DEPS
+   CURL::libcurl
+-  )
++)
+ 
+ if (ZIG)
+   list(APPEND vcflib_DEPS ZIG-EXT)
+@@ -414,15 +414,18 @@
+ endif()
+ 
+ set(vcflib_LIBS
+-  ${HTSLIB_LIBRARIES}
+   ${CURL_LIBRARIES}
+   ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}
+   ${LIBLZMA_LIBRARIES}
+   ${BZIP2_LIBRARIES}
+-  ${TABIXPP_LIBRARIES}
+   ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
+   ${WFA_LINK_LIBRARIES}
+-  ${HTSLIB_LINK_LIBRARIES}
++  hts
++  tabixpp
++  fastahack
++  sw
++  fsom
++  filevercmp
+ )
+ 
+ if (ZIG)
+@@ -510,7 +513,7 @@
+     NAME zigvcf
+     COMMAND zig build test
+     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/zig
+-    )
++  )
+ endfunction()
+ 
+   add_zigtest()
+@@ -576,7 +579,7 @@
+ 
+ # ---- Install
+ 
+-install(TARGETS vcflib ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
++install(TARGETS vcflib ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+ 
+ install(FILES ${INCLUDES} DESTINATION include)
+ 
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/w/WFA2/WFA2-2.3.3-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/w/WFA2/WFA2-2.3.3-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b8942ec8b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/w/WFA2/WFA2-2.3.3-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+easyblock = 'CMakeMake'
+
+name = 'WFA2'
+version = '2.3.3'
+
+homepage = 'https://github.com/smarco/WFA2-lib'
+description = """The wavefront alignment (WFA) algorithm is an exact
+ gap-affine algorithm that takes advantage of homologous regions
+ between the sequences to accelerate the alignment process."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '11.3.0'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://github.com/smarco/WFA2-lib/archive/refs/tags/']
+sources = ['v%(version)s.tar.gz']
+checksums = ['2569650cdba395f42513a4d2c9175724a736047bb7da99a162c0abdbd651698f']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.38'),
+    ('CMake', '3.24.3'),
+    ('pkgconf', '1.8.0'),
+]
+
+configopts = "-DOPENMP=ON"
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['lib/libwfa2.a'],
+    'dirs': ['include/wfa2lib'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'bio'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/x/XZ/XZ-5.4.4-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/x/XZ/XZ-5.4.4-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f905a1885ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/x/XZ/XZ-5.4.4-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'XZ'
+version = '5.4.4'
+
+homepage = 'https://tukaani.org/xz/'
+description = "xz: XZ utilities"
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://tukaani.org/xz/']
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_BZ2]
+checksums = ['0b6fcde1ac38e90433a2556f500c065950b9bcd2d602006efc334782bdfe6296']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    # use gettext built with system toolchain as build dep to avoid cyclic dependency (XZ -> gettext -> libxml2 -> XZ)
+    ('gettext', '0.22', '', SYSTEM),
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+]
+
+# may become useful in non-x86 archs
+# configopts = ' --disable-assembler '
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/lzmainfo', 'bin/unxz', 'bin/xz'],
+    'dirs': []
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = [
+    "xz --help",
+    "unxz --help",
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'tools'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/x/xorg-macros/xorg-macros-1.20.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/x/xorg-macros/xorg-macros-1.20.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14bbf928bbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/x/xorg-macros/xorg-macros-1.20.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'xorg-macros'
+version = '1.20.0'
+
+homepage = 'https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/util/macros'
+description = """X.org macros utilities."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/util/macros/-/archive/util-macros-%(version)s']
+sources = ['macros-util-macros-%(version)s.tar.gz']
+checksums = ['efd8eefab568981e47dd64d3e9b5ee2b7165a30d4feca105770f249f9b59979c']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+    ('Autotools', '20220317'),
+]
+
+preconfigopts = './autogen.sh && '
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['share/pkgconfig/xorg-macros.pc'],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/test/easyconfigs/easyconfigs.py b/test/easyconfigs/easyconfigs.py
index 34a7f346a85..b3142f30505 100644
--- a/test/easyconfigs/easyconfigs.py
+++ b/test/easyconfigs/easyconfigs.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
+import stat
 import sys
 import tempfile
 from collections import defaultdict
@@ -1226,6 +1227,29 @@ def check_https_url(http_url):
         if failing_checks:
             self.fail('\n'.join(failing_checks))
 
+    @skip_if_not_pr_to_non_main_branch()
+    def test_ec_file_permissions(self):
+        """Make sure correct access rights are set for easyconfigs."""
+
+        failing_checks = []
+        for ec in self.changed_ecs:
+            ec_fn = os.path.basename(ec.path)
+            st = os.stat(ec.path)
+            read_perms = stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IRGRP | stat.S_IROTH
+            exec_perms = stat.S_IXUSR | stat.S_IXGRP | stat.S_IXOTH
+            wrong_perms = []
+            if (st.st_mode & read_perms) != read_perms:
+                wrong_perms.append("readable (owner, group, other)")
+            if st.st_mode & exec_perms:
+                wrong_perms.append("not executable")
+            if not (st.st_mode & stat.S_IWUSR):
+                wrong_perms.append("at least owner writable")
+            if wrong_perms:
+                failing_checks.append("%s must be %s, is: %s" % (ec_fn, ", ".join(wrong_perms), oct(st.st_mode)))
+
+        if failing_checks:
+            self.fail('\n'.join(failing_checks))
+
     @skip_if_not_pr_to_non_main_branch()
     def test_pr_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE(self):
         """Make sure -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE is no longer used (replaced by build_type)"""