Create Run Directory Problem with 14.2.2 and 14.2.3 container

[computermechanic]

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Name: Edward So Institution: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, ITSC, Research Computing Team

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I have follow the following containers guide to setup the environment to run GCHP: https://gchp.readthedocs.io/en/stable/supplement/containers.html

Everythings is fine in both 14.2.0 and 14.2.1 but I got a problem when using 14.2.2 and 14.2.3. After I use the containers to create the run directory, I found that the run directory is not well setup. Most of the .rc files (GCHP.rc,ExtData.rc,HEMCO_Config.rc, etc.) is not present in the run directory. Also the setCommonRunSettings.sh script is a blank script. Is there any way to solved the problem of the run directory created by 14.2.2 and 14.2.3 container?

[lizziel]

Hi @computermechanic, thanks for reporting this. @yidant, could you look into whether there is a bug in the 14.2.2 and 14.2.3 containers?

[computermechanic]

Is there any upate or any work around for the issue?

[yidant]

Hi @computermechanic ! Thanks for following up! The bug probably results from the lack of a package 'gettext'. It affects some of the users. I'm currently facing another issue with a module. I'll update the containers after I solve it and let you know.

If you want to use 14.2.2 and 14.2.3 right now, you can pull 14.3.0 containers instead and build the 14.2.2/14.2.3 GCHP with the environment. The containers later than 14.3.0 have this package installed.

[lizziel]

I will close out this issue now since using newer GCHP version containers fixes the problem.