Introduce 'check_readelf_rpath' easyconfig parameter to optionally skip RPATH checks

easybuild/framework/easyblock.py

@@ -3350,13 +3350,24 @@ def _sanity_check_step_multi_deps(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.cfg['builddependencies'] = builddeps
         self.cfg.iterating = False
 
-    def sanity_check_rpath(self, rpath_dirs=None, check_readelf_rpath=True):
+    def sanity_check_rpath(self, rpath_dirs=None, check_readelf_rpath=None):
         """Sanity check binaries/libraries w.r.t. RPATH linking."""
 
         self.log.info("Checking RPATH linkage for binaries/libraries...")
 
         fails = []
 
+        # Configure RPATH checking by readelf using easyconfig variable 'check_readelf_rpath' (default True)
+        if check_readelf_rpath is None:
+            check_readelf_rpath = self.cfg["check_readelf_rpath"]
+            (
+                self.log.info("RPATH checking by readelf is enabled")
+                if check_readelf_rpath
+                else self.log.info("RPATH checking by readelf is disabled")
+            )
+
+        # hard reset $LD_LIBRARY_PATH before running RPATH sanity check
+        orig_env = env.unset_env_vars(['LD_LIBRARY_PATH'])
         if build_option('strict_rpath_sanity_check'):
             self.log.info("Unsetting $LD_LIBRARY_PATH since strict RPATH sanity check is enabled...")
             # hard reset $LD_LIBRARY_PATH before running RPATH sanity check

easybuild/framework/easyconfig/default.py

@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@
                           "and will be archived in the next major release of EasyBuild", OTHER],
     'build_info_msg': [None, "String with information to be printed to stdout and logged during the building "
                              "of the easyconfig", OTHER],
+    'check_readelf_rpath': [True, "If False, it won't check the RPATH by readelf even with the --rpath flag", OTHER],
 }
 
 

test/framework/toy_build.py

@@ -3026,6 +3026,15 @@ def grab_gcc_rpath_wrapper_args():
             with self.mocked_stdout_stderr():
                 self._test_toy_build(ec_file=toy_ec, extra_args=['--rpath'], raise_error=True)
 
+        # test check_readelf_rpath easyconfig parameter
+        test_ecs = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'easyconfigs', 'test_ecs')
+        toy_ec_txt = read_file(os.path.join(test_ecs, 't', 'toy', 'toy-0.0.eb'))
+        toy_ec_txt += "\ncheck_readelf_rpath = False\n"
+        toy_ec = os.path.join(self.test_prefix, 'toy.eb')
+        write_file(toy_ec, toy_ec_txt)
+        with self.mocked_stdout_stderr():
+            self._test_toy_build(ec_file=toy_ec, extra_args=['--rpath'], raise_error=True)
+
     def test_toy_filter_rpath_sanity_libs(self):
         """Test use of --filter-rpath-sanity-libs."""