[SOLVED] waf install failure on linux-ppc64le

maychiew · 2021-12-13 12:35:48

Hello, today I tried to install current unstable code_aster on a linux ppc64le system (ubuntu 20.04, gfortran, python 3.9.5, med 4.1.0 etc).

waf build

finishes successfully. However,

waf install

fails as follows:

...
- install /opt/aster/share/locale/aster/en-US/LC_MESSAGES/aster_messages.mo (from build/std/release/i18n/en-US/aster_messages.mo)                                                                             [53/1885]
- install /opt/aster/share/locale/aster/ja-JP/LC_MESSAGES/aster_messages.mo (from build/std/release/i18n/ja-JP/aster_messages.mo)
- install /opt/aster/share/locale/aster/ro-RO/LC_MESSAGES/aster_messages.mo (from build/std/release/i18n/ro-RO/aster_messages.mo)
Waf: Leaving directory `/home/may/aster/codeaster/src/build/std/release'
+ build the elements catalog elem.1 using installed aster (from cata_ele.ojb)
stdout:
 ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
 ║ <F> <JEVEUX_1>                                                                                 ║
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 ║ La limite mémoire demandée de 4294967296 octets est supérieure                                 ║
 ║ au maximum adressable sur cette plate-forme (-1 octets).                                       ║
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 ║ Conseil :                                                                                      ║
 ║     Diminuez la mémoire totale demandée pour le calcul.                                        ║
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 ║ Cette erreur est fatale. Le code s'arrête.                                                     ║
 ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝

How can I investigate this issue? The configuration log on this system is attached.

Last edited by maychiew (2021-12-17 00:02:23)

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maychiew · 2021-12-14 20:53:59

Today I found one problem. The platform name is:

$ uname -p
ppc64le

but the waf file wscript (line 348) contains:

    if self.env.DEST_CPU.endswith('64'):
        os_name += '64'
        self.define('ASTER_HAVE_64_BITS', 1)

because "ppc64le" contains, but does not end with "64", the platform is misconfigured as a 32-bit platform.

Can wscript:348 be changed to, for example:

    if self.env.DEST_CPU.find('64'):

Can people in the community make changes to code_aster?

Last edited by maychiew (2021-12-14 20:54:51)

maychiew · 2021-12-17 00:04:21

This has been solved. The problem was the configuration not understanding it is a 64-bit platform, and editing the run_aster and catalo scripts to use a larger memory limit (e.g. 32GB) so the catalog can be built. Then the install completed successfully and aster seems to work.

mathieu.courtois · 2021-12-22 18:47:38

Here is a patch (on head of default branch) that:
- detect ppc64le as a 64bits platform,
- add option --disable-proc-status not to control VmSize during execution to be passed at configure step.

Should be integrated soon in development branch.

For a quick fix, you can undefined ASTER_ENABLE_PROC_STATUS in generated build/*/*/asterc_config.h files.

MC

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#1 2021-12-13 12:35:48

[SOLVED] waf install failure on linux-ppc64le

#2 2021-12-14 20:53:59

Re: [SOLVED] waf install failure on linux-ppc64le

#3 2021-12-17 00:04:21

Re: [SOLVED] waf install failure on linux-ppc64le

#4 2021-12-22 18:47:38

Re: [SOLVED] waf install failure on linux-ppc64le

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