Environment Modules Updates

Modulepath rc file

by Xavier Delaruelle
A .modulerc file found at the root of an enabled modulepath directory is now evaluated when modulepath is walked through to locate modulefiles. This modulepath rc file gives for instance the ability to define a module alias whose name...
new feature
v4.3

MODULES_SITECONFIG

by Xavier Delaruelle
The ability to define an additional site-specific configuration file has just been added. The MODULES_SITECONFIG environment variable has been introduced for this purpose. When set, the script file pointed by the variable is sourced (if...
new feature
v4.3

Further I/O operations optimization

by Xavier Delaruelle
After an initial work on this topic in version 4.0, I/O operations have been further optimized (to save a significant number of filesystem I/O operations made to search and evaluate modulefiles. When fully read, the content of a...
new feature
v4.3

End of 4.2 strengthening work, road to 4.3

by Xavier Delaruelle
Version 4.2 of Modules was released in October last year with new capabilities to automatically handle dependencies between modulefiles. With these new automated mechanisms, corner cases were found which led to a more substantial bugfix...
testing
v4.2

Modules 4.2.0 released

by Xavier Delaruelle
After 6 months of development, it is a my great pleasure to announce the release of Modules version 4.2.0. This new version brings a specific focus on the dependency management between modulefiles with a push forward consistency and...
release
new feature
v4.2

Improved module message report

by Xavier Delaruelle
Module sub-commands like load, unload or switch, may perform multiple load or unload modulefile evaluations in a row. Also these kind of evaluation modes may sometimes trigger additional load or unload evaluations, when for instance a...
new feature
v4.2

Consistency of module load/unload commands in modulefile

by Xavier Delaruelle
With the module load modulefile command, a given modulefile can automatically load a modulefile it pre-requires. Similarly with the module unload modulefile command, a given modulefile can automatically unload a modulefile it conflicts...
new feature
v4.2

More small changes for 4.2

by Xavier Delaruelle
I would like to let you known about 4 small improvements made following to discussions that occurred few months ago on the mailing-list or on bug trackers. New --with-bin-search-path configure option New ./configure option added to get...
new feature
v4.2

Modulefile alias and symbolic modulefile name consistency

by Xavier Delaruelle
With the module-alias and module-version modulefile commands, alternative names can be given to a modulefile. When these names are used to load for instance a modulefile, they are resolved to the modulefile they target which is then...
new feature
v4.2