paraview: version 6 for zen2 #267

albestro · 2025-11-06T11:30:04Z

This PR aims at updating the existing recipe for paraview 5.13 to build the new version 6.
I took the chance to update also to the new spack, and consequentially to also use the new stackinator.

Unfortunately it is not clear what are the main changes, but I'll try to point out the main things.

switched to stackinator recipe version 2
packages.yaml: introduced to add requirements (and not just use preferences)
dependencies:
- be more explicit about them, so they are root and end up in the view (it should ease the work when using the uenv to do a custom build)
- bump version
post-install small changes and improvements
env-to-package.py: mainly, updated to deal with the new spack package structure

TODO

Fix launching script
verdict: add shared and pic variants to the package spack/spack-packages#2309
protobuf: fix versioning (i.e. 3.32.1 -> 32.1) spack/spack-packages#2294
abseil-cpp: add new versions, update default cxxstd spack/spack-packages#2220
libcatalyst: fixes +python and drop conduit as internal package spack/spack-packages#2715
Add back reframe configuration

albestro · 2025-11-06T11:34:40Z

cscs-ci run alps;system=eiger;uarch=zen2;uenv=paraview:6.0.1

albestro · 2025-11-06T14:12:11Z

cscs-ci run alps;system=eiger;uarch=zen2;uenv=paraview:6.0.1

forgot to add the custom packages

recipes/paraview/6.0.1/zen2/scripts/rc-submit-pvserver.sh.cmake

recipes/paraview/6.0.1/zen2/config.yaml

recipes/paraview/6.0.1/zen2/post-install

albestro · 2025-11-10T13:00:30Z

cscs-ci run alps;system=eiger;uarch=zen2;uenv=paraview:6.0.1

albestro · 2025-12-09T10:05:42Z

cscs-ci run alps;system=eiger;uarch=zen2;uenv=paraview:6.0.1

just checking if it still works after alignment with gh200 recipe

This is sister PR of #267 Excluding trivial differences (mainly EGL+CUDA vs OSMESA and related), these PRs share a lot, so I'll try to keep them as closest as possible.

albestro · 2026-01-09T08:24:17Z

cscs-ci run alps;system=eiger;uarch=zen2;uenv=paraview:6.0.1

get back working on this, let's see what's the status and what's missing

albestro · 2026-01-14T18:16:26Z

cscs-ci run alps;system=eiger;uarch=zen2;uenv=paraview:6.0.1

there might be a problem with python packages due to spack/spack#51743
let's verify that's the problem, and in case I will dig more and work on a solution

it was relying on PYTHONPATH, that after this spack commit has been removed

albestro · 2026-01-15T16:32:05Z

cscs-ci run alps;system=eiger;uarch=zen2;uenv=paraview:6.0.1

albestro · 2026-01-16T13:45:23Z

cscs-ci run alps;system=eiger;uarch=zen2;uenv=paraview:6.0.1

try again

albestro · 2026-01-19T17:39:43Z

I have tested manually f21e77b and at least basic functionalities seem to work correctly.

The main difference is llvmpipe, but in my little knowledge it should be just an improvement wrt softpipe.

(paraview)[eiger][ialberto@eiger-ln003 paraview]$ srun -n4 -N1 -pdebug pvbatch -- src/coloredSphere.py
(  11.714s) [pvbatch.0       ]         vtkSMProxy.cxx:888   WARN| vtkSMSourceProxy (0x2833560): Proxy (filters, GenerateProcessIds)  has been deprecated in ParaView 5.13 and will be removed by ParaView 6.1.
        This has been replaced by 'ProcessIds'. Please consider using that instead.

ParaView Version  (6, 0, 1)
rank= 0 / 4
Vendor:   Mesa/X.org
Version:  4.5 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 22.3.5
Renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7, 256 bits)
writing  coloredSphere_v6.0.1.EGL.png

albestro · 2026-01-19T17:40:03Z

cscs-ci run alps;system=eiger;uarch=zen2;uenv=paraview:6.0.1

albestro · 2026-01-21T12:52:23Z

cscs-ci run alps;system=eiger;uarch=zen2;uenv=paraview:6.0.1

albestro · 2026-01-21T12:52:32Z

cscs-ci run alps;system=daint;uarch=gh200;uenv=paraview:6.0.1

unfortunately, the upstream pacakge cannot be used yet due to conduit detection problem by vtk

This is sister PR of eth-cscs#267 Excluding trivial differences (mainly EGL+CUDA vs OSMESA and related), these PRs share a lot, so I'll try to keep them as closest as possible.

albestro · 2026-01-22T13:23:59Z

cscs-ci run alps;system=eiger;uarch=zen2;uenv=paraview:6.0.1

albestro · 2026-01-22T13:24:06Z

cscs-ci run alps;system=daint;uarch=gh200;uenv=paraview:6.0.1

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paraview: version 6 for gh200 #268

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albestro force-pushed the alby/paraview-6-zen2 branch from f2bcc6d to 8a23b84 Compare December 9, 2025 10:10

bcumming pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Dec 15, 2025

paraview: version 6 for gh200 (#268)

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This is sister PR of #267 Excluding trivial differences (mainly EGL+CUDA vs OSMESA and related), these PRs share a lot, so I'll try to keep them as closest as possible.

simonpintarelli pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Dec 19, 2025

paraview: version 6 for gh200 (#268)

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This is sister PR of #267 Excluding trivial differences (mainly EGL+CUDA vs OSMESA and related), these PRs share a lot, so I'll try to keep them as closest as possible.

albestro added 19 commits January 9, 2026 09:00

drop packages pushed upstream

7697d6c

libcatalyst changes about external conduit have been pushed upstream

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a starting point with basic changes

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use last version of spack known to be compatible with stackinator

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remove unused packages and not use scn due to compatibility problems

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minor changes to env-to-package script

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adapt env-to-package for new spack

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drop superfluous scripts

d36de6a

drop gpu wrapper configuration

cf78265

remove hard-coded paths and superfluous steps

521cc88

fix: follow the new spack package model

d86aba7

constraint cdi to avoid cmake problem

f1b9a4b

constrain llvm to just the interesting target

7e4b6b1

add deptype to generated dummy package for paraview

4f0bfc7

nvindex not used on zen2

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add missing dependencies as root (so they end up in the view)

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add packages.yaml to be more strict with requirements

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remove compiler substitution

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drop creation of repo during dummy package creation

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albestro added 10 commits January 9, 2026 09:08

copy libcatalyst package

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libcatalyst: extend python

dcdd730

temporary workaround for python module platlib vs purelib problem

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sync with gh200 changes

dab61f9

drop egl related helper script and its usage in launcher

8f1d0c7

add back basic reframe configuration

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drop unused variable

c0406bb

conduit fix in libcatlayst and other small changes

5d564aa

drop packages pushed upstream

75526b0

cdi package has been fixed upstream

73bb8ea

albestro force-pushed the alby/paraview-6-zen2 branch from 3f01cfd to 73bb8ea Compare January 9, 2026 08:17

avoid spack problem with pvpython

f21e77b

it was relying on PYTHONPATH, that after this spack commit has been removed

albestro force-pushed the alby/paraview-6-zen2 branch from d4267c2 to f21e77b Compare January 15, 2026 16:31

albestro added 3 commits January 20, 2026 18:21

pin spack-packages for better reproducibility

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workaround for CC/CXX enviroment variables

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set also CATALYST_IMPLEMENTATION_NAME to complete the default setup

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albestro force-pushed the alby/paraview-6-zen2 branch from eab2e62 to ad493c3 Compare January 20, 2026 17:22

add myself as paraview codeowner

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libcatalyst: part of the upstream package is needed to make it work

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unfortunately, the upstream pacakge cannot be used yet due to conduit detection problem by vtk

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