Modulefile command to hide a given module from avail/search results

[xdelaruelle]

Following this discussion it would be nice to get a modulefile command to order that a given module should not be mentioned from avail/search/whatis results. Modulefiles could already be hidden by prefixing their name by a dot character (.), but a command would help to hide dynamically depending on the situation.

This should be a rc file command (ie. used from .modulerc files) as true modulefile are not evaluated during avail command.

We may even extend this "hidding" concept to a "hide if criteria met" concept, for instance:

• hide modulefile if not part of group
• hide modulefile if some expiry date is over

[wenzler]

Please also consider modules that are to be phased out/deleted.
They should not appear in module avail already but be addable with a warning :>

[fthommen]

A hiding mechanism - especially the "hiding if criteria met" - would solve lots of issues also on our side. Our use case: We have a common software stack for multiple distributions but not all packages are provided for all distros. Currently we have to provide a different $MODULESPATH for each distribution which leads to lots of redundancies (all the common packages). A hiding mechanism would be an elegant solution for this situation.

[xdelaruelle]

Please also consider modules that are to be phased out/deleted.
They should not appear in module avail already but be addable with a warning :>

Exactly, this is what I meant with hide modulefile if some expiry date is over