Re: [fluka-discuss]: FLUKA2020 distributions : gfortran8 available

From: Paola Sala <paola.sala_at_mi.infn.it>
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2020 13:43:45 +0100

Dear Pavel, dear All

There is a new tar file on the web site, compiled with gfortran 8.3 and
glibc 2.2

Regards
Paola
> Dear developers and experts,
>
> We have a problem compiling the new 2020 distribution on our machines,
> most of which use the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. I guess many research
> centers like us are forced to use the older versions of Linux for
> stability. In RHEL7 "gfortran" compiler is the only possibility (no g77).
> The gcc and gfortran upgrades to the latest releases are possible; up to
> now we were able to install them locally, compile and run FLUKA. However,
> the latest release also includes the need to compile against the new
> version of glibc. The new library (libmvec.so) is needed in the
> distribution, and it is absent in RHEL7. The update to, and use of the new
> glibc is generally impossible in Linux, as it is the basic system package.
> Upgrades to RHEL8 are not yet planned, and use of Fedora is strongly
> discouraged in the centralized computing environment.
>
> In that respect, may we ask if you think it's possible to create FLUKA
> builds made for such conservative systems. It would be great if you could
> have an equivalent CentOS 7 machine (glibc-2.17) with the
> "devtoolset-9" package installed (to allow the gcc/gfortran version bump
> to 9.1, presently), and make the FLUKA2020 distribution in such
> environment.
>
> With my best regards,
> Pavel Degtiarenko, Jefferson Lab
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> Paola Sala
> INFN Milano
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> tel. CERN +41-227679148
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