Remove removal step from bot/build.sh

EESSI-extend-easybuild.eb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# test
 easyblock = 'Bundle'
 
 name = 'EESSI-extend'

EESSI-install-software.sh

@@ -390,11 +390,7 @@ else
             echo_green "Feeding easystack file ${easystack_file} to EasyBuild..."
 
             if [[ ${easystack_file} == *"/rebuilds/"* ]]; then
-                # the removal script should have removed the original directory and created a new and empty one
-                # to work around permission issues:
-                # https://github.com/EESSI/software-layer/issues/556
-                echo_yellow "This is a rebuild, so using --try-amend=keeppreviousinstall=True to reuse the already created directory"
-                ${EB} --easystack ${easystack_file} --robot --try-amend=keeppreviousinstall=True
+                ${EB} --easystack ${easystack_file} --rebuild
             else
                 ${EB} --easystack ${easystack_file} --robot
             fi

bot/build.sh

@@ -204,65 +204,18 @@ COMMON_ARGS+=("--pass-through" "--contain")
 # make sure to use the same parent dir for storing tarballs of tmp
 PREVIOUS_TMP_DIR=${PWD}/previous_tmp
 
-# prepare arguments to install_software_layer.sh (specific to build step)
-declare -a BUILD_STEP_ARGS=()
-declare -a INSTALL_SCRIPT_ARGS=()
-declare -a REMOVAL_SCRIPT_ARGS=()
-if [[ ${EESSI_SOFTWARE_SUBDIR_OVERRIDE} =~ .*/generic$ ]]; then
-    INSTALL_SCRIPT_ARGS+=("--generic")
-    REMOVAL_SCRIPT_ARGS+=("--generic")
-fi
-[[ ! -z ${BUILD_LOGS_DIR} ]] && INSTALL_SCRIPT_ARGS+=("--build-logs-dir" "${BUILD_LOGS_DIR}")
-[[ ! -z ${SHARED_FS_PATH} ]] && INSTALL_SCRIPT_ARGS+=("--shared-fs-path" "${SHARED_FS_PATH}")
-
 # Skip CUDA installation for riscv.eessi.io
 if [[ "${REPOSITORY_NAME}" == "riscv.eessi.io" ]]; then
     echo "bot/build.sh: disabling CUDA installation for RISC-V repository (${REPOSITORY_NAME})"
     INSTALL_SCRIPT_ARGS+=("--skip-cuda-install")
 fi
 
-# determine if the removal step has to be run
-# assume there's only one diff file that corresponds to the PR patch file
-pr_diff=$(ls [0-9]*.diff | head -1)
-# the true at the end of the next command is important: grep will expectedly return 1 if there is no easystack file being added under rebuilds,
-# but due to "set -e" the entire script would otherwise fail
-changed_easystacks_rebuilds=$(cat ${pr_diff} | grep '^+++' | cut -f2 -d' ' | sed 's@^[a-z]/@@g' | grep 'easystacks/.*yml$' | (grep "/rebuilds/" || true))
-if [[ -z "${changed_easystacks_rebuilds}" ]]; then
-    echo "This PR does not add any easystack files in a rebuilds subdirectory, so let's skip the removal step."
-else
-    # prepare directory to store tarball of tmp for removal and build steps
-    TARBALL_TMP_REMOVAL_STEP_DIR=${PREVIOUS_TMP_DIR}/removal_step
-    mkdir -p ${TARBALL_TMP_REMOVAL_STEP_DIR}
-
-    # prepare arguments to eessi_container.sh specific to remove step
-    declare -a REMOVAL_STEP_ARGS=()
-    REMOVAL_STEP_ARGS+=("--save" "${TARBALL_TMP_REMOVAL_STEP_DIR}")
-    REMOVAL_STEP_ARGS+=("--storage" "${STORAGE}")
-
-    # add fakeroot option in order to be able to remove software, see:
-    # https://github.com/EESSI/software-layer/issues/312
-    REMOVAL_STEP_ARGS+=("--fakeroot")
-
-    # create tmp file for output of removal step
-    removal_outerr=$(mktemp remove.outerr.XXXX)
-
-    echo "Executing command to remove software:"
-    echo "$software_layer_dir/eessi_container.sh ${COMMON_ARGS[@]} ${REMOVAL_STEP_ARGS[@]}"
-    echo "                     -- $software_layer_dir/EESSI-remove-software.sh \"${REMOVAL_SCRIPT_ARGS[@]}\" \"$@\" 2>&1 | tee -a ${removal_outerr}"
-    $software_layer_dir/eessi_container.sh "${COMMON_ARGS[@]}" "${REMOVAL_STEP_ARGS[@]}" \
-                         -- $software_layer_dir/EESSI-remove-software.sh "${REMOVAL_SCRIPT_ARGS[@]}" "$@" 2>&1 | tee -a ${removal_outerr}
-
-    # make sure that the build step resumes from the same temporary directory
-    # this is important, as otherwise the removed software will still be there
-    REMOVAL_TMPDIR=$(grep ' as tmp directory ' ${removal_outerr} | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
-    BUILD_STEP_ARGS+=("--resume" "${REMOVAL_TMPDIR}")
-fi
-
 # prepare directory to store tarball of tmp for build step
 TARBALL_TMP_BUILD_STEP_DIR=${PREVIOUS_TMP_DIR}/build_step
 mkdir -p ${TARBALL_TMP_BUILD_STEP_DIR}
 
 # prepare arguments to eessi_container.sh specific to build step
+declare -a BUILD_STEP_ARGS=()
 BUILD_STEP_ARGS+=("--save" "${TARBALL_TMP_BUILD_STEP_DIR}")
 BUILD_STEP_ARGS+=("--storage" "${STORAGE}")
 
@@ -293,6 +246,14 @@ if [[ ! -z ${SHARED_FS_PATH} ]]; then
     BUILD_STEP_ARGS+=("--host-injections" "${SHARED_FS_PATH}/host-injections")
 fi
 
+# prepare arguments to install_software_layer.sh (specific to build step)
+declare -a INSTALL_SCRIPT_ARGS=()
+if [[ ${EESSI_SOFTWARE_SUBDIR_OVERRIDE} =~ .*/generic$ ]]; then
+    INSTALL_SCRIPT_ARGS+=("--generic")
+fi
+[[ ! -z ${BUILD_LOGS_DIR} ]] && INSTALL_SCRIPT_ARGS+=("--build-logs-dir" "${BUILD_LOGS_DIR}")
+[[ ! -z ${SHARED_FS_PATH} ]] && INSTALL_SCRIPT_ARGS+=("--shared-fs-path" "${SHARED_FS_PATH}")
+
 # create tmp file for output of build step
 build_outerr=$(mktemp build.outerr.XXXX)
 
@@ -314,14 +275,8 @@ declare -a TARBALL_STEP_ARGS=()
 TARBALL_STEP_ARGS+=("--save" "${TARBALL_TMP_TARBALL_STEP_DIR}")
 
 # determine temporary directory to resume from
-if [[ -z ${REMOVAL_TMPDIR} ]]; then
-    # no rebuild step was done, so the tarball step should resume from the build directory
-    BUILD_TMPDIR=$(grep ' as tmp directory ' ${build_outerr} | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
-    TARBALL_STEP_ARGS+=("--resume" "${BUILD_TMPDIR}")
-else
-    # a removal step was done, so resume from its temporary directory (which was also used for the build step)
-    TARBALL_STEP_ARGS+=("--resume" "${REMOVAL_TMPDIR}")
-fi
+BUILD_TMPDIR=$(grep ' as tmp directory ' ${build_outerr} | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
+TARBALL_STEP_ARGS+=("--resume" "${BUILD_TMPDIR}")
 
 timestamp=$(date +%s)
 # to set EESSI_VERSION we need to source init/eessi_defaults now

easystacks/software.eessi.io/2023.06/eessi-2023.06-eb-5.1.1-2023b.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+easyconfigs:
+  - file-5.43-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb

easystacks/software.eessi.io/2023.06/rebuilds/20250708-eb-5.1.1-rebuild-test.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# 2025.07.08
+# dummy file for testing rebuild procedure
+easyconfigs:
+  - buildenv-default-foss-2023b.eb:
+      options:
+        # see https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyblocks/pull/3743
+        include-easyblocks-from-commit: 4875615107fd46541e5cf1b83f092dda5284aa95