compilation error in release v0.96.2 - cannot find -lhdf5-static

[pescobar]

I could compile previous versions fine but when trying to compile the latest release 0.96.2 I get this error:

[ 94%] Built target propagator_gpu
[ 94%] Building CXX object main/src/sphexa/CMakeFiles/sphexa.dir/sphexa.cpp.o
[ 94%] Linking CXX executable sphexa
/cvmfs/software.eessi.io/versions/2023.06/compat/linux/x86_64/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lhdf5-static: No such file or directory
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [main/src/sphexa/CMakeFiles/sphexa.dir/build.make:111: main/src/sphexa/sphexa] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:3567: main/src/sphexa/CMakeFiles/sphexa.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:146: all] Error 2

My hdf5 installation provides many static libraries but none of them is named hdf5-static

ls /cvmfs/software.eessi.io/versions/2023.06/software/linux/x86_64/amd/zen2/software/HDF5/1.14.3-gompi-2023b/lib/*.a
/cvmfs/software.eessi.io/versions/2023.06/software/linux/x86_64/amd/zen2/software/HDF5/1.14.3-gompi-2023b/lib/libhdf5.a
/cvmfs/software.eessi.io/versions/2023.06/software/linux/x86_64/amd/zen2/software/HDF5/1.14.3-gompi-2023b/lib/libhdf5_cpp.a
/cvmfs/software.eessi.io/versions/2023.06/software/linux/x86_64/amd/zen2/software/HDF5/1.14.3-gompi-2023b/lib/libhdf5_fortran.a
/cvmfs/software.eessi.io/versions/2023.06/software/linux/x86_64/amd/zen2/software/HDF5/1.14.3-gompi-2023b/lib/libhdf5_hl.a
/cvmfs/software.eessi.io/versions/2023.06/software/linux/x86_64/amd/zen2/software/HDF5/1.14.3-gompi-2023b/lib/libhdf5_hl_cpp.a
/cvmfs/software.eessi.io/versions/2023.06/software/linux/x86_64/amd/zen2/software/HDF5/1.14.3-gompi-2023b/lib/libhdf5_hl_fortran.a
/cvmfs/software.eessi.io/versions/2023.06/software/linux/x86_64/amd/zen2/software/HDF5/1.14.3-gompi-2023b/lib/libhdf5hl_fortran.a

[ocaisa]

The code pulls in the cmake branch from https://github.com/eth-cscs/h5hut at build time, recent changes triggered this issue.

[pescobar]

thanks @ocaisa for pointing out where the problem is.

The commit that breaks the build is eth-cscs/h5hut@0269c70

I could workaround the issue building SPH-EXA with cmake -DH5hut_VERSION=git.30ff892 .. so cmake downloads the previous commit eth-cscs/h5hut@30ff892 from the h5hut repo

[pescobar]

I forgot to mention this patch for CMakeLists.txt in the sphexa project is also required

https://github.com/pescobar/easybuild-easyconfigs/blob/012f3c2d5180e862521565698f58726cba31d4ee/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SPH-EXA/sph-exa-h5hut-version.patch