@branfosj I suppose this is using gompi only because of Boost? If so, what about

--- SOCI-4.0.1-gompi-2020a.eb	2021-01-26 10:19:12.351218377 +0800
+++ SOCI-4.0.1-GCCcore-9.3.0.eb	2021-01-26 10:21:50.369736807 +0800
@@ -7,16 +7,19 @@
 description = """SOCI is a database access library for C++ that makes the illusion of embedding SQL queries in the
  regular C++ code, staying entirely within the Standard C++."""
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'gompi', 'version': '2020a'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '9.3.0'}
 
 source_urls = ['https://github.com/SOCI/soci/archive']
 sources = ['v%(version)s.tar.gz']
 checksums = ['1979b4084ba644125da29dbfbd132798f7742a56caf5a0edb16756a5dbad0f31']
 
-builddependencies = [('CMake', '3.16.4')]
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.34'),
+    ('CMake', '3.16.4'),
+]
 
 dependencies = [
-    ('Boost', '1.72.0'),
+    ('Boost', '1.72.0', '-no_mpi'),
     ('SQLite', '3.31.1'),
     ('PostgreSQL', '12.4'),
 ]

@branfosj I suppose this is using gompi only because of Boost? If so, what about

Yes, that should work. We'll also have to switch the new RStudio-Server (#12044) to use that Boost variant, as this is required as a dependency.

Test report by @branfosj
SUCCESS
Build succeeded for 1 out of 1 (1 easyconfigs in total)
bear-pg0211u03a.bear.cluster - Linux centos linux 7.8.2003, x86_64, Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6248 CPU @ 2.50GHz (cascadelake), Python 3.6.8
See https://gist.github.com/739a480c13d68cb9b5f85bf0519f0551 for a full test report.

Test report by @migueldiascosta
SUCCESS
Build succeeded for 1 out of 1 (1 easyconfigs in total)
sms - Linux centos linux 7.6.1810, x86_64, AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core Processor (zen), Python 2.7.5
See https://gist.github.com/ffdfccf30aa037308286df1a5175945f for a full test report.

@boegelbot please test @ generoso

@migueldiascosta: Request for testing this PR well received on generoso

PR test command 'EB_PR=12045 EB_ARGS= /apps/slurm/default/bin/sbatch --job-name test_PR_12045 --ntasks=4 ~/boegelbot/eb_from_pr_upload_generoso.sh' executed!

• exit code: 0
• output:

Submitted batch job 13712

Test results coming soon (I hope)...

Test report by @boegelbot
SUCCESS
Build succeeded for 2 out of 2 (1 easyconfigs in total)
generoso-x-5 - Linux centos linux 8.2.2004, x86_64, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2667 v3 @ 3.20GHz (haswell), Python 3.6.8
See https://gist.github.com/754629323f40db4efa1d137415aef1dd for a full test report.

Going in, thanks @branfosj!