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document download_instructions enhancements in EasyBuild 5.0 #243

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14 changes: 14 additions & 0 deletions docs/easybuild-v5/enhancements.md
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Expand Up @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Various significant enhancements are included in EasyBuild v5.0, including:
* [`run_shell_cmd` function][run_shell_cmd]
* [Enable RPATH linking by default][rpath]
* [Enable `--trace` by default][trace]
* [Require `download_instructions` to be specified][require_download_instructions]

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[override]
trace=0
```

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## Require `download_instructions` to be specified {: require_download_instructions }

[`download_instructions`][download_instructions] is used in easyconfigs to specify instructions, or information, on
how to obtain sources that are not directly downloadable. In EasyBuild 5, we've updated the testsuite for the `easybuild-easyconfigs`
repository to require that all easyconfig PR specify these (see [easybuild-easyconfigs PR #19881](https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/pull/19881)).
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As part of this enhancement we also added `download_instructions` to all easyconfigs that require them (see the PRs linked from
[easybuild-easyconfigs PR #19881](https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/pull/19881)). In addition to the
`download_instructions` we also clearly specify the active source path (see
[easybuild-framework PR #4459](https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-framework/pull/4459)).
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs/writing-easyconfig-files.md
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Expand Up @@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ sources = [{
in favour of the Python dictionary format described above; see also
[Specifying source files as 2-element tuples to provide a custom extraction command][depr_sources_2_element_tuple].

#### Using `download_instructions` for user-side part of installation
#### Using `download_instructions` for user-side part of installation {: download_instructions }

In some cases, getting some of the files required for an installation
cannot be automated. Reasons for this include:
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