Module append text

[pescobar]

with this you can define in your easyconfig whatever text you want to add to the generated modulefile. You have to be aware that the text fits the modulefile syntax.

ex. in module file you add:

modextraappend = """
if [ module-info mode load ] {
    puts stderr     "To execute GATK run: java -jar \$EBROOTGATK/GenomeAnalysisTK.jar"
}
"""

and you will get exactly that text in the modulefile

[boegel]

@pescobar: how is this different from --modules-footer? Is this basically the equivalent of that to define in easyconfigs? Why not call it modules_footer too?

[pescobar]

as @boegel suggested I renamed the option to modextratclfooter, so now the easyconfig would be like this

modextratclfooter = """
if [ module-info mode load ] {
    puts stderr     "To execute GATK run: java -jar \$EBROOTGATK/GenomeAnalysisTK.jar"
}
"""

[boegel]

@pescobar: this parameter certainly has its uses (e.g. via --try-amend), but when people start including Tcl text in their easyconfigs they will run into trouble later when switching to Lmod & Lua module files (they will at some point ;-)).

So, how about adding a generic modextraloadmgs parameter too, which takes a list of strings (messages to print on loading of the module)?
That way, this can be supported in both Tcl & Lua module files by EasyBuild, without having to rewrite easyconfig files when you make the switch...

[pescobar]

@boegel do you prefer a different PR for the modextraloadmsg or I add it to this PR?

[boegel]

@pescobar: feel free to add it in here, it won't make the PR that much bigger (and make it plural, msgs)

[boegel]

@pescobar: ping on the modextraloadmsg? If you're not planning to work on that soon, it can be done via a separate PR.

[boegel]

merged in (via #974), thanks @pescobar!