Environment Modules Updates

Symbolic version to designate module loaded version

by Xavier Delaruelle
When the Advanced module version specifiers is enabled, the loaded symbolic version may be used to designate the currently loaded version of specified module. $ ml display foo@loaded...
new feature
v4.7

Determining module implementation and version

by Xavier Delaruelle
New Modules variables are introduced to determine during the evaluation of a modulefile or a modulerc what module implementation is currently in use. The ModuleTool variable corresponds to the name of the module implementation and is set...
new feature
v4.7

Modules 4.5.3 released

by Xavier Delaruelle
Version 4.5.3 of Modules has just been released. It provides fixes for the few issues recently spotted. The changes introduced in this bugfix release are: Install: take into account the --build, --host, --target, --enable-dependency...
release
bugfix
v4.5

Modules 4.5.2 released

by Xavier Delaruelle
Version 4.5.2 of Modules has just been released. It provides fixes for the few issues recently spotted. The changes introduced in this bugfix release are: Init: list and source sub-commands do not take available modules as argument in...
release
v4.5
bugfix

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...
release
v4.5
bugfix

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...
release
v4.5

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...
v4.5
new feature

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...
v4.5
new feature

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...
new feature
v4.5