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| -rw-r--r-- | var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/p4est/package.py | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/p4est/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/p4est/package.py index 017c4e3fbf..c059632079 100644 --- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/p4est/package.py +++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/p4est/package.py @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ class P4est(Package): version('1.1', '37ba7f4410958cfb38a2140339dbf64f') + variant('tests', default=True, description='Run small tests') + # build dependencies depends_on('automake') depends_on('autoconf') @@ -33,5 +35,11 @@ class P4est(Package): configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix, *options) make() - make("check") + # Make tests optional as sometimes mpiexec can't be run with an error: + # mpiexec has detected an attempt to run as root. + # Running at root is *strongly* discouraged as any mistake (e.g., in + # defining TMPDIR) or bug can result in catastrophic damage to the OS + # file system, leaving your system in an unusable state. + if '+tests' in self.spec: + make("check") make("install") |