use clean_dir instead of remove_dir on installation directory is custom easyblock for Tkinter

[smoors]

(created using eb --new-pr)

requires:

• add clean_dir function, use it to try to empty install dir if removing it fails easybuild-framework#4932

[smoors]

Test report by @smoors

Overview of tested easyconfigs (in order)

• SUCCESS Tkinter-3.12.3-GCCcore-13.3.0.eb

Build succeeded for 1 out of 1 (1 easyconfigs in total)
node600.hydra.os - Linux Rocky Linux 9.6, x86_64, AMD EPYC 9384X 32-Core Processor (zen4), Python 3.9.21
See https://gist.github.com/smoors/c68130a4cdde4bac18de300b633543cc for a full test report.

[smoors]

Test report by @smoors

Overview of tested easyconfigs (in order)

• SUCCESS Tkinter-3.11.3-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb

Build succeeded for 1 out of 1 (1 easyconfigs in total)
node600.hydra.os - Linux Rocky Linux 9.6, x86_64, AMD EPYC 9384X 32-Core Processor (zen4), Python 3.9.21
See https://gist.github.com/smoors/c09879b93912e42f7fb3421bc8ce3b60 for a full test report.

[boegel]

@boegelbot please test @ jsc-zen3
EB_ARGS="--installpath /tmp/boegelbot/pr3929 Tkinter-2.7.18-GCCcore-11.2.0.eb Tkinter-3.10.8-GCCcore-12.2.0.eb Tkinter-3.13.5-GCCcore-14.3.0.eb"

[boegelbot]

@boegel: Request for testing this PR well received on jsczen3l1.int.jsc-zen3.fz-juelich.de

PR test command 'if [[ develop != 'develop' ]]; then EB_BRANCH=develop ./easybuild_develop.sh 2> /dev/null 1>&2; EB_PREFIX=/home/boegelbot/easybuild/develop source init_env_easybuild_develop.sh; fi; EB_PR=3929 EB_ARGS="--installpath /tmp/boegelbot/pr3929 Tkinter-2.7.18-GCCcore-11.2.0.eb Tkinter-3.10.8-GCCcore-12.2.0.eb Tkinter-3.13.5-GCCcore-14.3.0.eb" EB_CONTAINER= EB_REPO=easybuild-easyblocks EB_BRANCH=develop /opt/software/slurm/bin/sbatch --job-name test_PR_3929 --ntasks=8 ~/boegelbot/eb_from_pr_upload_jsc-zen3.sh' executed!

• exit code: 0
• output:

Submitted batch job 10052

Test results coming soon (I hope)...

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[boegel]

lgtm

[boegelbot]

Test report by @boegelbot

Overview of tested easyconfigs (in order)

• SUCCESS Tkinter-2.7.18-GCCcore-11.2.0.eb

• SUCCESS Tkinter-3.10.8-GCCcore-12.2.0.eb

• SUCCESS Tkinter-3.13.5-GCCcore-14.3.0.eb

Build succeeded for 3 out of 3 (total: 28 mins 26 secs) (3 easyconfigs in total)
jsczen3c1.int.jsc-zen3.fz-juelich.de - Linux Rocky Linux 9.7, x86_64, AMD EPYC-Milan Processor (zen3), Python 3.9.25
See https://gist.github.com/boegelbot/407cfbbf3e8d50b3952ba6ab84d762ac for a full test report.