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2018-11-21Fetching pipeline updates explained in README.md checklistMohammad Akhlaghi-7/+26
Since working on the pipeline will evolve along with the projects that use it, it can be useful for projects to fetch updates in the pipeline. So the checklist in `README.md' updated to explain how to do this cleanly.
2018-11-21Updated description of Make in README.mdMohammad Akhlaghi-7/+13
Until now, because we didn't build the dependencies internally, it was important for the pipeline to be usable with any version of Make. But because of the new installation of dependencies (including GNU Make), that is no longer the case. So we can safely use GNU Make and this needs to be mentioned in `README.md'.
2018-11-21Modified reproducible paper statement in paperMohammad Akhlaghi-4/+2
Gnuastro is just one of the softwares used in the pipeline, so it is too much to include its version just under the abstract. However, the version of the pipeline is very important as well as the link to it. This change puts more emphasis on these two more important points.
2018-11-20Configure script passes if TeX Live was not finalizedMohammad Akhlaghi-103/+181
When there is a problem in creating the final TeX Live installation, the previous version of the pipeline would not understand and just finish! We would later have problems in building the paper. So the following series of steps were taken: to keep the recipes in a shorter and easier to understand way, the steps to install TeX Live are now one rule (that produce `.local/bin/texlive-ready-tlmgr' when its successful), and the steps to install the necessary packages are in another rule (that produce `.local/bin/texlive-ready' when its successful). When control comes back inside configure, if `.local/bin/texlive-ready' isn't there (something failed during the TeX Live installation, or building packages), then the whole TeX Live installation directory (`.local/texlive') will be deleted along with the two output files. This will help ensure that future steps can check the availablility of a working TeX Live in the pipeline.
2018-11-20Corrected call to nproc in configure scriptMohammad Akhlaghi-1/+1
After installing the basic dependencies, we have access to the internally built `nproc' program (by Coreutils) to find the number of threads we can use for building the high-level batch of dependencies. Unfortunately, I had added an extra `./' before `$instdir' when calling `nproc' so the script failed. This problem is fixed now.
2018-11-20Not including system's libraries in high-level dependenciesMohammad Akhlaghi-6/+10
The system's libraries are no longer used in building the higher-level dependencies. Also, thanks to Raul Infante Sainz, we found out that Bash's build script was still removing the extra directory information (not good!).
2018-11-20GNU Coreutils now built in basic dependenciesMohammad Akhlaghi-52/+52
GNU Coreutils are basic programs that can help in the configuration of higher-level programs. Because of that, it was a dependency of almost all software built in `dependencies.mk'. To make things more clear, easier to read and faster (when building in parallel), the building of Coreutils is now moved to the `dependencies-basic.mk' rules. There, it is built along-side Bash. Since `dependenceis-basic.mk' is run and completed before `dependencies.mk', with this, we can be sure that Coreutils is present by the time we want to build the higher-level programs. Also, Zlib is now added as a dependency of Git also (it is necessary for its build).
2018-11-19Libtool set as Gnuastro dependencyMohammad Akhlaghi-2/+3
Until now, we were building Libtool as a high-level `top-level-programs' software. But all tools that use the `./configure' script already have a version of Libtool in them. So ultimately the `libtool' in the PATH is not used. However, in the case of Gnuastro, we need libtool for running BulidProgram. So in effect, its a dependency of Gnuastro.
2018-11-19Removed GNU Binutils, CMake's built with its own bootstrapMohammad Akhlaghi-123/+132
When the C compiler is not GNU GCC, linking with GNU Binutils is going to cause problems. So until the time that we can include GCC into this pipeline, its best to avoid Binutils also. Also, for building CMake, we were relying on an installed CMake, but now, we are using its own `./bootstrap' script, so it can be built even if the host system doesn't have CMake. Also, for TeX Live, we are now setting a custom file as main target to avoid complications with symbolic links as targets in Make. Finally, when the user says they don't want to re-write an existing configuration file, no extra notices will be printed and the configure script will immediately start building programs.
2018-11-19Minor corrections for easy applying of checklistMohammad Akhlaghi-30/+38
After going through the checklist for starting a new project based on the pipeline, I noticed some parts that could be modified to be more clear. They are now applied.
2018-11-19Gzip's tarball in tar.gz instead of tar.lzMohammad Akhlaghi-59/+73
Until now, we were using a customized `tar.lz' tarball for Gzip. But on systems that don't have GNU Tar, this will cause a problem (non-GNU Tar doesn't recognize `.tar.lz'). So to keep things simple, we are using the customized gzip in `tar.gz' format. After the internal build of GNU Tar and Lzip, the default method of unpacking (`tar xf XXXXX.tar.XX') will work nicely on all the standard compression algorithms and we don't have to modify our commands based on the algorithm (nice feature of GNU Tar).
2018-11-18Building dependencies on single thread for debuggingMohammad Akhlaghi-2/+2
To help in debugging on other systems, the building of dependencies is only done on a single thread.
2018-11-18Updated README and README.md for new dependency building featuresMohammad Akhlaghi-9/+26
The two README files have been updated to explain the new feature of downloading and building dependencies.
2018-11-18Pipeline also installs TeX live and necessary packagesMohammad Akhlaghi-52/+143
Since the final product of the pipeline is a LaTeX-created PDF file, it was necessary to also have LaTeX within the pipeline. With this commit, TeX Live is also built as part of the configuration and all the necessary packages to build the PDF are also installed and mentioned in the paper along with their versions.
2018-11-17TeX Live also built within the pipeline (no extra packages yet)Mohammad Akhlaghi-15/+63
TeX Live is now also downloaded and built by the reproduction pipeline. Currently on the basic (TeX and LaTeX) source is built but no extra packages, so the PDF building will fail. We'll add them in the next commit.
2018-11-17Corrected typo in previous commitMohammad Akhlaghi-1/+1
In the previous commit, for testing the static build, I had added a `-ljunk' option to the compiler. But I had forgot to remove it! It is removed now.
2018-11-16Minor correction in shell's if statementMohammad Akhlaghi-2/+2
If the Makefile `$(static_build)' variable in '/reproduce/src/make/dependencies-build-rules.mk' isn't defined (by mistake), it will default to blank space, then the Shell will complain about a bad formatted operator (needing two operands). So an `x' was added before it and before `yes' which will allow us to safely pass such cases without a terrible crash.
2018-11-16Configure script checks if static libraries will be builtMohammad Akhlaghi-8/+110
The default Mac compiler has problems building static libraries. Since we are not yet building the GNU C Compiler as part of the pipeline, we'll have to rely on the host system's compiler. Therefore, a check is now added a the start of the configure script that will build a minimal program with the `-static' flag and if it fails, it will print a warning. Afterwards, none of the dependencies will be built with the `-static' flag.
2018-11-15Minor corrections in paper's textMohammad Akhlaghi-7/+8
Some minor corrections have been made in the paper's text to make things easier to read and be more formal.
2018-11-15Fixed small typo (missed a semi-colon)Mohammad Akhlaghi-2/+2
A semi-colon was missed in defining the link for `zlib'. It is now added.
2018-11-15Binutils and other compressors also included in pipelineMohammad Akhlaghi-80/+164
To have better control over the build, GNU Binutils, Bzip2, GNU Gzip, and XZ Utils have also been added to the pipeline. Some other minor cleanups and fixes were also implemented throughout the process.
2018-11-15Static linking flag added to LDFLAGS, using special Bash scriptMohammad Akhlaghi-24/+23
Until now, when a package was to be built statically, we were adding the `--static' option to `CFLAGS'. This was the wrong place to put it! It should be in the linking step (thus `LDFLAGS'). Also, based on Bash's configure script, we are now using the more generic form of `-static' (single dash, not double dash). On the other hand, the `--disable-shared' option isn't available in many of the packages and it is highly redundant with the `-static' option, so it has been removed to avoid an extra warning in such packages.
2018-11-14Lzip and Tar also built as basic dependenciesMohammad Akhlaghi-99/+125
To ensure the easy unpacking and building of the programs, Lzip and Tar are now also build during the initial setup phase. Some minor corrections were also applied to make things cleaner and smoother.
2018-11-14Configuration stops if a dependency cannot be builtMohammad Akhlaghi-49/+103
Until now, we used semicolons in Make's Call function definitions to build the programs with GNU build system or CMake. Therefore, if any step of the process failed, the rest would be ignorant to it and pass. Now, we use `&&' to separate the different processing steps. In this way, we can be sure that if any of them fails (during configuration, or building for example), the pipeline will also stop and not continue to the next command (in the same recipe). Since the two Make Call functions were identical in the two `dependencies-basic.mk' and `dependencies.mk', they are now in one file to be imported in both. This bug was found by Raul Infante Sainz.
2018-11-14All used software with versions, acknowledgedMohammad Akhlaghi-3/+35
All the used software are now acknowledged in the template paper along with their versions. This section is also mentioned in the check list, so users don't delete it by mistake.
2018-11-14./configure and building of Bash and Make with more basic toolsMohammad Akhlaghi-262/+410
After a test by Raúl Infante Sainz, we found out that the configure script and the Make script for Bash and Make are making too many assumptions on more recent versions of both. As a result, it couldn't be built. Therefore, the `configure' script was modified to not use more recent tools like `readlink' (to find the absolute address of a relative one). It was also re-organized to not have to read the configuration parameters from a text file. The parameters are directly read from the command-line and are written into the proper file afterwards. This removes the need to opening a text editor by the user (which also caused problems on Raúl's system). To fix the Make version issue, the building of Bash and Make are now done in a new Makefile (`reproduce/src/make/dependencies-basic.mk'). This file doesn't make many of the assumptions that were made in `dependencies.mk'. So it should hopefully work on any version of Make. To help in debugging, for now, the Makefile of configure, are asked to work on one thread (the `-j' option is commented in the `configure'). But after checks, we'll fix this.
2018-11-13Most library versions are now also checkedMohammad Akhlaghi-52/+89
All the libraries that define their version string as a macro in their headers are now also checked in `reproduce/src/make/initialize.mk'. Also, the CFITSIO tarball now follows the same versioning style as the rest of the tarballs: a script is added to convert the version string into what is included in the tarball.
2018-11-13Version of programs checked on each run of pipelineMohammad Akhlaghi-26/+44
The version of all programs is now checked in `reproduce/make/src/initialize.mk' and the pipeline won't complete if any of the program versions change from those listed in `reproduce/config/pipeline/dependency-versions.mk'. Since the pipeline is systematically checking all program versions, we don't need Gnuastro's `--onlyversion' option any more. So it (and all references to it) have been removed.
2018-11-12System's environment (including PATH) only available for LaTeXMohammad Akhlaghi-5/+12
The system's environment is now removed from the internal processing of the pipeline, except for LaTeX.
2018-11-12Corrected CFITSIO building recipeMohammad Akhlaghi-1/+1
We were mistakenly using GSL's name for the unpacked tarball.
2018-11-12Libcurl, Git, CMake, TIFF, Zlib also built at configure timeMohammad Akhlaghi-126/+188
During the configuration step several new programs that were necessary for a more complete controlled environment are now also downloaded and built statically.
2018-11-12Added tarball host webp addresses for downloadMohammad Akhlaghi-12/+15
The host web address of most of the necessary packages was blank (filled with `WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW' as a place holder). They now point to the correct webpages.
2018-11-12Dependencies built at the start of the pipelineMohammad Akhlaghi-486/+671
To enable easy/proper reproduction of results, all the high-level dependencies are now built within the pipeline and installed in a fixed directory that is added to the PATH of the Makefile. This includes GNU Bash and GNU Make, which are then used to run the pipeline. The `./configure' script will first build Bash and Make within itself, then it will build All the dependencies are also built to be static. So after they are built, changing of the system's low-level libraries (like C library) won't change the tarballs. Currently the C library and C compiler aren't built within the pipeline, but we'll hopefully add them to the build process also. With this change, we now have full control of the shell and Make that will be used in the pipeline, so we can safely remove some of the generalities we had before.
2018-08-24Minor editsMohammad Akhlaghi-10/+13
After a full trial of the checklist, some further minor edits were made to make it more clear.
2018-08-24Minor corrections in README.mdMohammad Akhlaghi-7/+7
Some minor changes were made to be more clear.
2018-08-24Minor edits in README.mdMohammad Akhlaghi-11/+18
A few minor points were corrected in README.md.
2018-08-24Step to check pipeline added in README.md checklistMohammad Akhlaghi-4/+21
A step was added close to the top of the checklist to remind people to check the pipeline before making any changes. Also, the `--origin' option was removed from the `git clone' command into a separate command to rename the origin branch. This helps in readability.
2018-08-24Checklist modified to keep pipeline historyMohammad Akhlaghi-34/+55
Until now, in the check list of `README.md', we were recommending to delete the history of the pipeline and start your own history from that. But this disables users of the pipeline to keep it up to date with new features that are added to it. With this commit, the main branch is now called `pipeline' (to allow users to use `master' for their own research) and in the clone command, the pipeline's remote is now called `pipeline-origin' (to allow the user to use `origin' for their own remote).
2018-08-11Emphasized correcting name in copyright notice in checklistMohammad Akhlaghi-4/+5
While trying the checklist, I noticed that I had forgot to add my name after the copyright year and that `reproduce/src/make/paper.mk' still had my own name on it, the copyright notice also said `script' instead of `Makefile' which is now corrected.
2018-08-11Minor edits in README.md after some testsMohammad Akhlaghi-21/+7
While testing the reproduction pipeline on a small project, I noticed some parts of the checklist that were either repetative or needed to be corrected. This is done with this commit.
2018-08-11Shell to run configure script set to /bin/shMohammad Akhlaghi-1/+1
We had previously started the `configure' script with `/bin/bash'. But this script is meant to check for Bash inside of it. So to be run-able (on a system which may not have Bash), the `configure' script has to be run by `/bin/sh'.
2018-08-11Single quote corrected in README.mdMohammad Akhlaghi-1/+1
In the previous commit, ` was mistakenly written as '. This was only noticed after pushing and rendering the Markup on the webpage.
2018-08-11Minor edit in README.mdMohammad Akhlaghi-3/+4
A minor edit was made in the copyright correction part of the checklist.
2018-08-11Corrected copyright notice correction description in checklistMohammad Akhlaghi-5/+12
To be more generic (and avoid listing file names in `README.md'), a command is now used to find the files where the name has to be added to the copyright notice. Also, I noticed that `reproduce/src/make/paper.mk' lacked a placeholder name/email, so one was added.
2018-08-11Minor edits in comments of .dir-locals.elMohammad Akhlaghi-5/+8
To be more easy to read/understand, the comments in `.dir-locals.el' were edited and made a little more elaborate.
2018-08-11Problem with tabs in .mk file corrected in dir-locals.elMohammad Akhlaghi-11/+9
Previously we had tried to corrected the problem that `.mk' files use space instead of TAB by setting them to be read into makefile-mode at the start. However, for some reason, this caused a problem in reading the maximum line length (the value of 75 wasn't read by Emacs). So after some playing around, I found out that the problem is that the `nil' setting (for all other files) must be defined in the end, not the start of the basic settings and this solved this problem.
2018-08-11Not using random distribution in demonstration plotMohammad Akhlaghi-12/+13
Different implementations of AWK may use different random number generators, so even setting the seed will not ensure a reproducible result. Because of this, the random plot may be different when the pipeline runs on different systems and this can confuse early users (its contrary to the exact reproducibility that is the whole purpose of this pipeline). The plot is just a simple X^2 plot, showing the squared value of the X axis on the Y axis. It is very simple, but atleast it will be identical on all systems. Also, there may be too many complicated things in the pipeline already for an early user, and its just a demonstration, so the easier/simpler, the better.
2018-08-11Added bash as a dependency to be checked at configure timeMohammad Akhlaghi-5/+5
While we had set the default Makefile SHELL to be bash, we weren't actually checking if `bash' is available on the system. With this commit, it is also checked at configure time.
2018-07-27SHELL has been explicitly set to /bin/bashMohammad Akhlaghi-0/+13
On some systems, the default shell `/bin/sh' doesn't point to Bash and this can cause problems and failures when the designer uses its features. Bash (and its extra features) make things very easy and it is very ubiquitous, so it is safe to assume users will have it. This problem was reported by Alejandro Serrano Borlaff.
2018-07-08Files with .mk suffix as Makefiles in EmacsMohammad Akhlaghi-0/+4
Since version 26.1, apparently Emacs doesn't tream `.mk' files in Makefile-mode. So thanks to Mosè Giordano, a line was added in the `.dir-locals.el' file so we can be sure they are always treated as Makefiles and make things more convenient for Emacs users.