@wpoely86: can you give this a spin on Debian, and let me whether the build also works without this?

I'm confused why this is required on some systems...

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https://jenkins1.ugent.be/job/easybuild-easyconfigs-pr-builder/3619/
Easyconfigs unit test suite PASSed (see https://jenkins1.ugent.be/job/easybuild-easyconfigs-pr-builder/3619/console for more details).

This pull request is now ready for review/testing.

Please try and find someone who can tackle this; contact @boegel if you're not sure what to do.

Test report by @boegel
SUCCESS
Build succeeded for 1 out of 1 (1 easyconfigs in this PR)
Linux RHEL 6.6, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz, Python 2.6.6
See https://gist.github.com/5f1bea74f7210942104f for a full test report.

With the current develop: https://gist.github.com/7ac2b869229b0ee50c31

Test report by @wpoely86
SUCCESS
Build succeeded for 6 out of 6 (1 easyconfigs in this PR)
Linux debian 7.8, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5130 @ 2.00GHz, Python 2.7.3
See https://gist.github.com/7705a457f48548b28548 for a full test report.

Test report by @boegel
SUCCESS
Build succeeded for 1 out of 1 (1 easyconfigs in this PR)
Linux SL 6.6, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz, Python 2.6.6
See https://gist.github.com/16a60eae6a499c19d65e for a full test report.

OK, going in, thanks @wpoely86!