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Modules 4.5.1 released
by Xavier Delaruelle
Version 4.5.1 of Modules has just been released. It provides fixes for the few issues recently spotted. The changes introduced in this bugfix release are: Install: consistently output Makefile warning messages on stderr. Script: add...timestamp1586322120001
Modules@latest (aka 4.5.0) released
by Xavier Delaruelle
This is it. After 3 months of development, version 4.5.0 of Modules is available. It is as always backward-compatible with previous version 4 releases and primarily adds features and fixes bugs. Major new features introduced in v4.5.0...timestamp1586245140001
Automatic default and latest symbolic versions
by Xavier Delaruelle
When the implicit default mechanism and the advanced module version specifiers are both enabled, a default and a latest symbolic versions are automatically defined for each module name. This new feature gives the ability to select the...timestamp1585660800001
Error stack trace
by Xavier Delaruelle
Error messages will now embed a stack trace for unknown errors to help localize the root cause of issues. This change applies to modulefile evaluation: Loading foo/1.2 Module ERROR: add-path cannot handle path equals to...timestamp1583817780001
Improved Windows support
by Xavier Delaruelle
A new option to the ./configure script named --enable-windows-support is introduced to install additional files relative to the enablement of Modules on the Windows platform. When set, this option installs module.cmd, ml.cmd and envml...timestamp1580283960001
JSON format output
by Xavier Delaruelle
The -j and --json command line switches are added for the avail, list, savelist, whatis and search module sub-commands. When set, the output result of these sub-commands is rendered in JSON format: $ module avail --json bar | python...timestamp1579157700001
ml command
by Xavier Delaruelle
The ml command is added to Modules. ml is a frontend to the module command that reduces the number of characters to type to trigger module actions. With no argument provided ml is equivalent to module list, ml foo corresponds to module...timestamp1573715400001
Extended default
by Xavier Delaruelle
The extended default mechanism has been introduced to help selecting a module when only the first numbers in its version are specified. Starting portion of the version, part separated from the rest of the version string by a . character...timestamp1573462620001
Specify modules in a case insensitive manner
by Xavier Delaruelle
The ability to match module name in a case insensitive manner has been added. This feature can be enabled at different level with the following values set to the icase configuration option: never: a case sensitive match is applied in...