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-# documentation: https://help.github.com/en/articles/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions
-name: test EasyBuild bootstrap script
-on: [push, pull_request]
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read # to fetch code (actions/checkout)
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{format('{0}:{1}:{2}', github.repository, github.ref, github.workflow)}}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  setup:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    outputs:
-        lmod7: Lmod-7.8.22
-        lmod8: Lmod-8.7.6
-        modulesTcl: modules-tcl-1.147
-        modules3: modules-3.2.10
-        modules4: modules-4.1.4
-    steps:
-      - run: "true"
-  build:
-    needs: setup
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        # Don't run for Python 3.8, 3.9 , people should just use `pip install easybuild`
-        python: [2.7, 3.6, 3.7]
-        modules_tool:
-          # use variables defined by 'setup' job above, see also
-          # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/context-and-expression-syntax-for-github-actions#needs-context
-          - ${{needs.setup.outputs.lmod7}}
-          - ${{needs.setup.outputs.lmod8}}
-        module_syntax: [Lua]
-        lc_all: [""]
-        include:
-          # also test with module tools other than Lmod (only Tcl syntax)
-          - modules_tool: ${{needs.setup.outputs.modulesTcl}}
-            module_syntax: Tcl
-            python: 2.7
-          - modules_tool: ${{needs.setup.outputs.modulesTcl}}
-            module_syntax: Tcl
-            python: 3.6
-          - modules_tool: ${{needs.setup.outputs.modules3}}
-            module_syntax: Tcl
-            python: 2.7
-          - modules_tool: ${{needs.setup.outputs.modules3}}
-            module_syntax: Tcl
-            python: 3.6
-          - modules_tool: ${{needs.setup.outputs.modules4}}
-            module_syntax: Tcl
-            python: 2.7
-          - modules_tool: ${{needs.setup.outputs.modules4}}
-            module_syntax: Tcl
-            python: 3.6
-          # There may be encoding errors in Python 3 which are hidden when an UTF-8 encoding is set
-          # Hence run the tests (again) with LC_ALL=C and Python 3.6 (or any < 3.7)
-          - python: 3.6
-            modules_tool: ${{needs.setup.outputs.lmod8}}
-            module_syntax: Lua
-            lc_all: C
-      fail-fast: false
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-    - name: set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{matrix.python}}
-        architecture: x64
-
-    - name: install OS & Python packages
-      run: |
-        # for modules tool
-        APT_PKGS="lua5.2 liblua5.2-dev lua-filesystem lua-posix tcl tcl-dev"
-
-        # Avoid apt-get update, as we don't really need it,
-        # and it does more harm than good (it's fairly expensive, and it results in flaky test runs)
-        if ! sudo apt-get install $APT_PKGS; then
-          # Try to update cache, then try again to resolve 404s of old packages
-          sudo apt-get update -yqq || true
-          sudo apt-get install $APT_PKGS
-        fi
-
-        # fix for lua-posix packaging issue, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lua-posix/+bug/1752082
-        # needed for Ubuntu 18.04, but not for Ubuntu 20.04, so skipping symlinking if posix.so already exists
-        if [ ! -e /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lua/5.2/posix.so ] ; then
-            sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lua/5.2/posix_c.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lua/5.2/posix.so
-        fi
-
-    - name: install modules tool
-      run: |
-          # avoid downloading modules tool sources into easybuild-framework dir
-          cd $HOME
-          export INSTALL_DEP=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/easybuild/scripts/install_eb_dep.sh
-          # install Lmod
-          source $INSTALL_DEP ${{matrix.modules_tool}} $HOME
-          # changes in environment are not passed to other steps, so need to create files...
-          echo $MOD_INIT > mod_init
-          echo $PATH > path
-          if [ ! -z $MODULESHOME ]; then echo $MODULESHOME > moduleshome; fi
-
-    - name: test bootstrap script
-      run: |
-          # (re)initialize environment for modules tool
-          if [ -f $HOME/moduleshome ]; then export MODULESHOME=$(cat $HOME/moduleshome); fi
-          source $(cat $HOME/mod_init); type module
-          # also pick up changes to $PATH set by sourcing $HOME/mod_init
-          export PATH=$(cat $HOME/path)
-
-          # define $EASYBUILD_MODULES_TOOL only for oldest module tools
-          # (for Lmod and EnvironmentModules 4.x the bootstrap script should correctly auto-detect the modules tool)
-          if [[ ${{matrix.modules_tool}} =~ ^modules-tcl- ]]; then
-            export EASYBUILD_MODULES_TOOL=EnvironmentModulesTcl
-          elif [[ ${{matrix.modules_tool}} =~ ^modules-3 ]]; then
-            export EASYBUILD_MODULES_TOOL=EnvironmentModulesC
-          fi
-
-          # version and SHA256 checksum are hardcoded below to avoid forgetting to update the version in the script along with contents
-          EB_BOOTSTRAP_VERSION=$(grep '^EB_BOOTSTRAP_VERSION' easybuild/scripts/bootstrap_eb.py | sed 's/[^0-9.]//g')
-          EB_BOOTSTRAP_SHA256SUM=$(sha256sum easybuild/scripts/bootstrap_eb.py | cut -f1 -d' ')
-          EB_BOOTSTRAP_FOUND="$EB_BOOTSTRAP_VERSION $EB_BOOTSTRAP_SHA256SUM"
-          EB_BOOTSTRAP_EXPECTED="20210715.01 935979de3a4c30b24c3617ff7cd7c40cbd4d815cee5be0c99810cc21f21182f1"
-          test "$EB_BOOTSTRAP_FOUND" = "$EB_BOOTSTRAP_EXPECTED" || (echo "Version check on bootstrap script failed $EB_BOOTSTRAP_FOUND" && exit 1)
-
-          # test bootstrap script
-          export PREFIX=/tmp/$USER/$GITHUB_SHA/eb_bootstrap
-          export EASYBUILD_BOOTSTRAP_DEPRECATED=1
-          python easybuild/scripts/bootstrap_eb.py $PREFIX
-          unset EASYBUILD_BOOTSTRAP_DEPRECATED
-          # unset $PYTHONPATH to avoid mixing two EasyBuild 'installations' when testing bootstrapped EasyBuild module
-          unset PYTHONPATH
-          # simple sanity check on bootstrapped EasyBuild module
-          module use $PREFIX/modules/all
-          module load EasyBuild
-          eb --version