How to disable writting annoying buildstats into easyconfigs in my repo

[mayeths]

I notice that when building packages from the official repo easybuild-easyconfigs, easybuild won't write buildstats into the package config file. However, when I use my own repo, easybuild always generates annoying buildstats to my package config file. I checked the official website, GitHub issues, and source code, but I can't find any clear instructions to disable it. How can I do it? Thanks

[mayeths]

When I mean "no clear instructions", that is I checked the following code that writes buildstats into repo:

easybuild-framework/easybuild/framework/easyblock.py

Lines 4342 to 4355 in d450a80

	try:
	# upload easyconfig (and patch files) to central repository
	currentbuildstats = app.cfg['buildstats']
	repo = init_repository(get_repository(), get_repositorypath())
	if 'original_spec' in ecdict:
	block = det_full_ec_version(app.cfg) + ".block"
	repo.add_easyconfig(ecdict['original_spec'], app.name, block, buildstats, currentbuildstats)
	repo.add_easyconfig(spec, app.name, det_full_ec_version(app.cfg), buildstats, currentbuildstats)
	for patch in app.patches:
	repo.add_patch(patch['path'], app.name)
	repo.commit("Built %s" % app.full_mod_name)
	del repo
	except EasyBuildError as err:
	_log.warning("Unable to commit easyconfig to repository: %s", err)

I can't find any possible condition checks like if app.cfg['no_buildstats']:. How can I disable such writing?

[casparvl]

Hm, I have to admit, I have little experience with this part of EasyBuild. The documentation on this particular features says

If access to the easyconfigs repository fails for some reason (e.g., no network or a missing required Python module), EasyBuild will issue a warning.

So I guess if you are really annoyed by it, you could specify an EASYBUILD_REPOSITORYPATH that doesn't exist. Or is the only thing you want to get rid of the # Build statistics section in the EasyConfigs that EasyBuild copies to the EASYBUILD_REPOSITORYPATH?