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Required environment variable CPPFLAGS not found on risc-v while using EESSI-extend#1508

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@hugomeiland
hugomeiland
opened on May 28, 2026

Trying to build HPL through EESSI-extend, but failing with:

== processing EasyBuild easyconfig /cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/EasyBuild/5.3.0/easybuild/easyconfigs/h/HPL/HPL-2.3-foss-2025b.eb
== building and installing HPL/2.3-foss-2025b...
  >> installation prefix: /home/ubuntu/eessi/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/HPL/2.3-foss-2025b
== fetching files and verifying checksums...
== Running pre-fetch hook...
  >> sources:
  >> /tmp/ubuntu/easybuild/sources/h/HPL/hpl-2.3.tar.gz [SHA256: 32c5c17d22330e6f2337b681aded51637fb6008d3f0eb7c277b163fadd612830]
  >> patches:
  >> /cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/EasyBuild/5.3.0/easybuild/easyconfigs/h/HPL/HPL_parallel-make.patch [SHA256: 2a5bf9c4f328049828ddecec7ba3f05a9e25d236f4212747c53bd22fea80c5e6]
== ... (took < 1 sec)
== creating build dir, resetting environment...
  >> build dir: /tmp/ubuntu/easybuild/build/HPL/2.3/foss-2025b
== Running post-ready hook...

WARNING: Deprecated functionality, will no longer work in EasyBuild v6.0: Easyconfig parameter 'parallel' is deprecated, use 'max_parallel' or the parallel property instead.; see https://docs.easybuild.io/deprecated-functionality/ for more information

== ... (took < 1 sec)
== unpacking...
  >> running shell command:
        tar xzf /tmp/ubuntu/easybuild/sources/h/HPL/hpl-2.3.tar.gz
        [started at: 2026-05-28 06:02:28]
        [working dir: /tmp/ubuntu/easybuild/build/HPL/2.3/foss-2025b]
        [output and state saved to /tmp/eb-_rp9ofw5/run-shell-cmd-output/tar-d0y3_hk0]
  >> command completed: exit 0, ran in < 1s
== ... (took < 1 sec)
== patching...
  >> applying patch HPL_parallel-make.patch
== ... (took < 1 sec)
== preparing...
== Running pre-prepare hook...
== Updated rpath_override_dirs (to allow overriding MPI family OpenMPI): 
/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/host_injections/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/rpath_overrides/OpenMPI/system/lib:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/host_injections/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/rpath_overrides/OpenMPI/system/lib64
  >> loading toolchain module: foss/2025b
  >> defining build environment for foss/2025b toolchain
== Running post-prepare hook...
== Resetting rpath_override_dirs to original value: None
== ... (took 3 secs)
== configuring...
== Running pre-configure hook...
  >> running shell command:
        /bin/bash make_generic
        [started at: 2026-05-28 06:02:32]
        [working dir: /tmp/ubuntu/easybuild/build/HPL/2.3/foss-2025b/hpl-2.3/setup]
        [output and state saved to /tmp/eb-_rp9ofw5/run-shell-cmd-output/bash-hvzqsmwt]
  >> command completed: exit 0, ran in < 1s
== ... (took < 1 sec)
== building...
== ... (took < 1 sec)
== FAILED: Installation ended unsuccessfully: Required environment variable CPPFLAGS not found (no toolchain used?). (took 5 secs)
== Results of the build can be found in the log file(s) /tmp/eb-_rp9ofw5/easybuild-HPL-2.3-20260528.060227.yvonl.log
== Running post-easyblock hook...
== Summary:
   * [FAILED]  HPL/2.3-foss-2025b



ERROR: Installation of HPL-2.3-foss-2025b.eb failed: Required environment variable CPPFLAGS not found (no toolchain used?).

building without EESSI-extend works fine...

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  1. hugomeiland commented on May 28, 2026

    @hugomeiland
    hugomeiland
    on May 28, 2026
    Author

    env.sh:

    export CC=mpicc
export CC_SEQ=gcc
export CFLAGS='-O2 -ftree-vectorize -march=rv64imafdc_zaamo_zalrsc_zba_zbb_zca_zcd_zicntr_zicsr_zifencei_zihpm -fno-math-errno'
export CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/OpenSSL/3/lib64
export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/ScaLAPACK/2.2.2-gompi-2025b-fb:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/FFTW.MPI/3.3.10-gompi-2025b:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/FFTW/3.3.10-GCC-14.3.0:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/FlexiBLAS/3.4.5-GCC-14.3.0:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/OpenBLAS/0.3.30-GCC-14.3.0:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/OpenMPI/5.0.8-GCC-14.3.0:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/UCC/1.4.4-GCCcore-14.3.0:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/PRRTE/3.0.11-GCCcore-14.3.0:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/PMIx/5.0.8-GCCcore-14.3.0:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/libfabric/2.1.0-GCCcore-14.3.0:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/UCX/1.19.0-GCCcore-14.3.0:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/libevent/2.1.12-GCCcore-14.3.0:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/OpenSSL/3:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/hwloc/2.12.1-GCCcore-14.3.0:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/libpciaccess/0.18.1-GCCcore-14.3.0:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/libxml2/2.14.3-GCCcore-14.3.0:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/numactl/2.0.19-GCCcore-14.3.0:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/GCCcore/14.3.0:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/EasyBuild/5.3.0
export COLUMNS=254
export CPATH=/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/libxml2/2.14.3-GCCcore-14.3.0/include/libxml2
export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/FFTW.MPI/3.3.10-gompi-2025b/include:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/FFTW/3.3.10-GCC-14.3.0/include:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/FlexiBLAS/3.4.5-GCC-14.3.0/include/flexiblas:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/FlexiBLAS/3.4.5-GCC-14.3.0/include:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/OpenMPI/5.0.8-GCC-14.3.0/include:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/GCCcore/14.3.0/include
export CXX=mpicxx
export CXXFLAGS='-O2 -ftree-vectorize -march=rv64imafdc_zaamo_zalrsc_zba_zbb_zca_zcd_zicntr_zicsr_zifencei_zihpm -fno-math-errno'
export CXX_SEQ=g++
export C_INCLUDE_PATH=/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/FFTW.MPI/3.3.10-gompi-2025b/include:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/FFTW/3.3.10-GCC-14.3.0/include:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/FlexiBLAS/3.4.5-GCC-14.3.0/include/flexiblas:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/FlexiBLAS/3.4.5-GCC-14.3.0/include:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/OpenMPI/5.0.8-GCC-14.3.0/include:/cvmfs/dev.eessi.io/riscv/versions/2025.06-001/software/linux/riscv64/generic/software/GCCcore/14.3.0/include

  2. bedroge commented on May 28, 2026

    @bedroge
    bedroge
    on May 28, 2026
    Collaborator

    The error is raised here: https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyblocks/blob/develop/easybuild/easyblocks/h/hpl.py#L89. That seems related to our EasyBuild CPP search path setting in EESSI-extend, and the HPL easyblock does not seem to support that. We recently switched that setting back to the default, though, so I was surprised why it still doesn't work for you. But then I figured that we haven't rebuilt the EESSI-extend module in the RISC-V repo yet, so it's still using the non-default value. We can fix that by rebuilding EESSI-extend for RISC-V, but it would also be good to fix the easyblock and take the different values for this setting into account there.

  3. hugomeiland commented on May 29, 2026

    @hugomeiland
    hugomeiland
    on May 29, 2026
    Author

    Will this work: EESSI/dev.eessi.io-riscv#124?

  4. bedroge commented on May 29, 2026

    @bedroge
    bedroge
    on May 29, 2026
    Collaborator

    Will this work: EESSI/dev.eessi.io-riscv#124?

    I wasn't completely sure (we usually deploy EESSI-extend from the software-layer-scripts repo: https://github.com/EESSI/software-layer-scripts), but gave it a try anyway, and it failed:

    == FAILED: Installation ended unsuccessfully: Module is already loaded 
(EBROOTEESSIMINEXTEND is set), installation cannot continue. (took 2 secs)

    Instead, we should make a small change to https://github.com/EESSI/software-layer-scripts/blob/main/EESSI-extend-easybuild.eb, and then trigger a build from the corresponding PR in that repo. Or we can combine it with for instance EESSI/software-layer-scripts#235 and make sure that gets built for the RISC-V repo as well. Let me already trigger a build there so we won't forget about it.

  5. julianmorillo commented on May 29, 2026

    @julianmorillo
    julianmorillo
    on May 29, 2026
    Contributor

    I'm getting the same error in EESSI/dev.eessi.io-riscv#125:

    == building...
== ... (took 1 secs)
== FAILED: Installation ended unsuccessfully: Required environment variable
CPPFLAGS not found (no toolchain used?). (took 10 secs)
== Results of the build can be found in the log file(s)
/tmp/eb-bh074w6z/eb-5l_9sjgn/easybuild-HPL-2.3-20260529.121133.gBZxi.log
== Running post-easyblock hook...
== Summary:
   * [FAILED]  HPL/2.3-foss-2025b


ERROR: Installation of HPL-2.3-foss-2025b.eb failed: Required environment variable CPPFLAGS not found (no toolchain used?).

    I'm just trying to install HPL on the RISC-V (generic) report, so no use of EESSI-extend here.

  6. hugomeiland commented on May 29, 2026

    @hugomeiland
    hugomeiland
    on May 29, 2026
    Author

    I'm getting the same error in EESSI/dev.eessi.io-riscv#125:

    == building...
== ... (took 1 secs)
== FAILED: Installation ended unsuccessfully: Required environment variable
CPPFLAGS not found (no toolchain used?). (took 10 secs)
== Results of the build can be found in the log file(s)
/tmp/eb-bh074w6z/eb-5l_9sjgn/easybuild-HPL-2.3-20260529.121133.gBZxi.log
== Running post-easyblock hook...
== Summary:
   * [FAILED]  HPL/2.3-foss-2025b


ERROR: Installation of HPL-2.3-foss-2025b.eb failed: Required environment variable CPPFLAGS not found (no toolchain used?).

    I'm just trying to install HPL on the RISC-V (generic) report, so no use of EESSI-extend here.

    but if this is through the bot: it uses EESSI-extend; so that error is to be expected at this moment....

  7. bedroge commented on May 29, 2026

    @bedroge
    bedroge
    on May 29, 2026
    Collaborator

    Fixing this in EESSI/software-layer-scripts#240.

  8. bedroge commented on Jun 2, 2026

    @bedroge
    bedroge
    on Jun 2, 2026
    Collaborator

    #240 has been ingested, I've triggered a new build in EESSI/dev.eessi.io-riscv#125 to check if HPL can be built now.

  9. hugomeiland commented on Jun 2, 2026

    @hugomeiland
    hugomeiland
    on Jun 2, 2026
    Author

    confirmed this works now!

  10. hugomeiland
    closed this as completedon Jun 2, 2026
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