I tried to install mathematica from the builtin recipe using a fresh installation of spack v0.13.0 with all default settings on Ubuntu 18.04. First, I got an error when spack was trying to copy the log file.
$ spack -d install mathematica
...
lib/spack/spack/fetch_strategy.py:312 ==> [2019-11-13-11:32:44.728155] Fetching file:///home/ubuntu/downloads/Mathematica_12.0.0_LINUX.sh [150/811]
lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py:159 ==> [2019-11-13-11:32:44.728941] '/usr/bin/curl' '-C' '-' '-o' '/tmp/ubuntu/spack-stage/spack-stage-mathematica-12.0.0-qn3v7car65i6g3dtjgcbha5giejbjpgu/Mathematica_12.0.0_LINUX.sh.part' '-f' '-D' '-' '-L' 'file:///home/ubunt
u/downloads/Mathematica_12.0.0_LINUX.sh' '-#'
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lib/spack/spack/fetch_strategy.py:404 ==> [2019-11-13-11:34:42.632324] Staging unexpanded archive /tmp/ubuntu/spack-stage/spack-stage-mathematica-12.0.0-qn3v7car65i6g3dtjgcbha5giejbjpgu/Mathematica_12.0.0_LINUX.sh in /tmp/ubuntu/spack-stage/spack-stage-mathematic
a-12.0.0-qn3v7car65i6g3dtjgcbha5giejbjpgu/spack-src
lib/spack/spack/stage.py:517 ==> [2019-11-13-11:34:42.633283] Created stage in /tmp/ubuntu/spack-stage/spack-stage-mathematica-12.0.0-qn3v7car65i6g3dtjgcbha5giejbjpgu
lib/spack/spack/package.py:1129 ==> [2019-11-13-11:34:42.633872] No patches needed for mathematica
lib/spack/spack/package.py:1667 ==> [2019-11-13-11:34:42.634350] Building mathematica [Package]
lib/spack/llnl/util/lock.py:334 ==> [2019-11-13-11:34:42.635159] WRITE LOCK: /tmp/ubuntu/spack-stage/.lock[992830639569496916:1] [Acquiring]
lib/spack/llnl/util/lock.py:334 ==> [2019-11-13-11:34:42.635983] WRITE LOCK: /tmp/ubuntu/spack-stage/.lock[992830639569496916:1] [Acquired]
lib/spack/llnl/util/lock.py:334 ==> [2019-11-13-11:34:42.636686] WRITE LOCK: /sapps/spack/opt/spack/.spack-db/prefix_lock[4736572689609369841:1] [Acquiring]
lib/spack/llnl/util/lock.py:334 ==> [2019-11-13-11:34:42.637375] WRITE LOCK: /sapps/spack/opt/spack/.spack-db/prefix_lock[4736572689609369841:1] [Acquired]
lib/spack/spack/package.py:1708 ==> [2019-11-13-11:34:42.641480] Executing phase: 'install'
lib/spack/spack/package.py:1883 ==> [2019-11-13-11:38:51.887352] FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/sapps/spack/opt/spack/linux-ubuntu18.04-haswell/gcc-7.4.0/mathematica-12.0.0-qn3v7car65i6g3dtjgcbha5giejbjpgu/.spack/repos'
lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py:353 ==> [2019-11-13-11:38:51.914965] Installing /tmp/ubuntu/spack-stage/spack-stage-mathematica-12.0.0-qn3v7car65i6g3dtjgcbha5giejbjpgu/spack-build-out.txt to /sapps/spack/opt/spack/linux-ubuntu18.04-haswell/gcc-7.4.0/mathematica
-12.0.0-qn3v7car65i6g3dtjgcbha5giejbjpgu/.spack/spack-build-out.txt
lib/spack/llnl/util/lock.py:334 ==> [2019-11-13-11:38:51.917088] WRITE LOCK: /sapps/spack/opt/spack/.spack-db/prefix_lock[4736572689609369841:1] [Released]
lib/spack/llnl/util/lock.py:334 ==> [2019-11-13-11:38:51.917919] WRITE LOCK: /tmp/ubuntu/spack-stage/.lock[992830639569496916:1] [Released]
lib/spack/spack/error.py:55 ==> [2019-11-13-11:38:51.964598] Error: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/sapps/spack/opt/spack/linux-ubuntu18.04-haswell/gcc-7.4.0/mathematica-12.0.0-qn3v7car65i6g3dtjgcbha5giejbjpgu/.spack/spack-build-out.txt'
/sapps/spack/lib/spack/spack/package.py:1885, in log:
1882 # FIXME : this potentially catches too many things...
1883 tty.debug(e)
1884
>> 1885 # Archive the whole stdout + stderr for the package
1886 install(self.log_path, self.install_log_path)
1887
1888 # Archive the environment used for the build
See build log for details:
/tmp/ubuntu/spack-stage/spack-stage-mathematica-12.0.0-qn3v7car65i6g3dtjgcbha5giejbjpgu/spack-build-out.txtIf I create the .spack directory manually in the recipe, i.e.,
install_spack_dir = os.path.dirname(self.install_log_path)
os.makedirs(install_spack_dir, exist_ok=True)
the installation is successful but the package is not registered because spec.yaml is not present in the installation directory.
$ spack -d install mathematica
...
==> [2019-11-13-13:19:55.052692] Warning: Dependency missing: may be deprecated or corrupted:
/sapps/spack/opt/spack/linux-ubuntu18.04-haswell/gcc-7.4.0/mathematica-12.0.0-qn3v7car65i6g3dtjgcbha5giejbjpgu
Install prefix exists but contains no spec.yaml:
/sapps/spack/opt/spack/linux-ubuntu18.04-haswell/gcc-7.4.0/mathematica-12.0.0-qn3v7car65i6g3dtjgcbha5giejbjpgu
==> [2019-11-13-13:19:55.053337] WRITE LOCK: /sapps/spack/opt/spack/.spack-db/lock[0:0] [Released]
$ spack uninstall mathematica
==> Error: mathematica does not match any installed packages.Interestingly, the problems do not occur if I use a dummy installation script that simply creates the prefix. Then everything works as expected.
I tried to install mathematica from the builtin recipe using a fresh installation of spack v0.13.0 with all default settings on Ubuntu 18.04. First, I got an error when spack was trying to copy the log file.
If I create the
.spackdirectory manually in the recipe, i.e.,the installation is successful but the package is not registered because
spec.yamlis not present in the installation directory.Interestingly, the problems do not occur if I use a dummy installation script that simply creates the prefix. Then everything works as expected.