Error compiling a simple model with read-only access to CmdStan
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Description
Summary:
I cannot compile Stan models if I only have read permissions to CmdStan.
Description:
I work in a large highly-regulated company with a centrally-maintained computing environment. Users are discouraged from installing their own software because of validation requirements. Our devops team installed a copy of CmdStan 2.32.2, and I cannot compile models with it because I only have read permissions.
Reproducible Steps:
With an instance of CmdStan installed by a different user, a simple make ~/bernoulli fails with the output below, where bernoulli.stan comes from the example files in CmdStan.
Current Output:
The full output is too long to include in this thread, but all the relevant output is at the beginning:
hpc /CENSORED_DIRECTORY/apps/cmdstan/cmdstan-2.32.2 make /home/CENSORED_USER/bernoulli
g++ -std=c++1y -pthread -D_REENTRANT -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-ignored-attributes -I stan/lib/stan_math/lib/tbb_2020.3/include -O3 -I src -I stan/src -I stan/lib/rapidjson_1.1.0/ -I lib/CLI11-1.9.1/ -I stan/lib/stan_math/ -I stan/lib/stan_math/lib/eigen_3.4.0 -I stan/lib/stan_math/lib/boost_1.78.0 -I stan/lib/stan_math/lib/sundials_6.1.1/include -I stan/lib/stan_math/lib/sundials_6.1.1/src/sundials -DBOOST_DISABLE_ASSERTS -c -MT stan/src/stan/model/model_header.hpp.gch -MT stan/src/stan/model/model_header.d -MM -E -MG -MP -MF stan/src/stan/model/model_header.d stan/src/stan/model/model_header.hpp
<built-in>:0:0: fatal error: opening dependency file stan/src/stan/model/model_header.d: Permission denied
compilation terminated.
g++ -std=c++1y -pthread -D_REENTRANT -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-ignored-attributes -I stan/lib/stan_math/lib/tbb_2020.3/include -O3 -I src -I stan/src -I stan/lib/rapidjson_1.1.0/ -I lib/CLI11-1.9.1/ -I stan/lib/stan_math/ -I stan/lib/stan_math/lib/eigen_3.4.0 -I stan/lib/stan_math/lib/boost_1.78.0 -I stan/lib/stan_math/lib/sundials_6.1.1/include -I stan/lib/stan_math/lib/sundials_6.1.1/src/sundials -DBOOST_DISABLE_ASSERTS -c -MT src/cmdstan/main.o -MM -E -MG -MP -MF src/cmdstan/main.d src/cmdstan/main.cpp
<built-in>:0:0: fatal error: opening dependency file src/cmdstan/main.d: Permission denied
compilation terminated.\
Expected Output:
I expected the model to compile successfully.
Current Version:
v2.32.2
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Research direction
Reproduce the read-only installation case with CmdStan 2.32.2 using the make ~/bernoulli entry point. Read the build rules involved with stan/src/stan/model/model_header.hpp, src/cmdstan/main.cpp, and their .d dependency files. Done means the example model compiles successfully when CmdStan is readable but not writable.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- build-system, cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100