Update WCOSS2 Modules

[DavidHuber-NOAA]

The UFS now uses the hpc-stack suite of libraries built in /apps/test/hpc-stack/i-19.1.3.304__m-8.1.12__h-1.14.0__n-4.9.2__p-2.5.10__e-8.4.2. The GSI should be updated to point to the same stack.

[RussTreadon-NOAA]

@DavidHuber-NOAA , can the work to be done in this issue be combined with the work to be done in GSI issue #665?

[DavidHuber-NOAA]

Probably not as I am planning on tackling this in the next 2 months and the LLVM compilers have some requirements that need to be met first. I will add these to #665 as a checklist.

[RussTreadon-NOAA]

Got it. The sequential approach you outline makes sense. Thank you for the clarification.

[DavidHuber-NOAA]

This is blocked pending an installation of ncio/1.12 built with netcdf-B/4.9.2. Also, this should not be built with /apps/test/hpc-stack/i-19.1.3.304__m-8.1.12__h-1.14.0__n-4.9.2__p-2.5.10__e-8.4.2 modules. Instead, it should be built with libraries in /apps/ops/para/libs and /apps/prod/lmodules. The UFS is updating its own modulefiles to do this as well in ufs-community/ufs-weather-model#2013.

[RussTreadon-NOAA]

@DavidHuber-NOAA : what is the status of this issue?

[DavidHuber-NOAA]

@RussTreadon-NOAA For the time being, this has been descoped by @aerorahul. It may be tackled later when the global workflow moves to using the same modules for all submodules. This may happen with spack-stack 1.8.0, which is anticipated to be released in August.

[RussTreadon-NOAA]

OK. I did not know this. Thanks for the update @DavidHuber-NOAA . Do you or @CatherineThomas-NOAA know if GFS v17 will eventually be built on WCOSS2 using spack-stack?

[DavidHuber-NOAA]

@RussTreadon-NOAA the short answer is maybe. Spack-stack may be used in the future, but there are some challenges to overcome, including approvals to upgrade models to Intel 2021+ and LLVM compilers and selecting a stable version of spack-stack to work with for all installations. I think it will be some time before that happens.

[RussTreadon-NOAA]

Got it. I will not, for the time being, add this issue to the GFS v17 milestone.

[RussTreadon-NOAA]

@DavidHuber-NOAA , what is the status of this issue?

[DavidHuber-NOAA]

@aerorahul I'm not sure of the priority of this issue. Should we try and update the libraries soon-ish or wait for compiler and/or spack-stack installations on WCOSS2?

[RussTreadon-NOAA]

Thank you @DavidHuber-NOAA for cross checking with @aerorahul . We periodically sweep through GSI issues to see where things stand. We sometimes find closed PRs actually addressed open issues. In other cases we discover that open issues are no longer relevant.

[aerorahul]

This is on hold till a spack-stack provided installation is available on WCOSS2.

[RussTreadon-NOAA]

@aerorahul , any idea when we might see a spack-stack installation on WCOSS2?

[aerorahul]

No

[RussTreadon-NOAA]

OK. Seems we need to elevate this to EMC management.