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| author | Todd Gamblin <tgamblin@llnl.gov> | 2015-02-23 01:22:49 -0800 |
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| committer | Todd Gamblin <tgamblin@llnl.gov> | 2015-02-23 01:23:30 -0800 |
| commit | 5699cbb597468911c0b34988512ddea8b4c62ecc (patch) | |
| tree | c2a7d57320fafe5bc413b182a83f914cf4c84523 /lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst | |
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Fix SPACK-60: 0.8.15 basic docs.
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diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst b/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst index ec2ca4d099..e5ebdb4cd2 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst @@ -2032,6 +2032,80 @@ to get rid of the install prefix before you build again: spack uninstall -f <spec> +Graphing Dependencies +-------------------------- + +Spack provides the ``spack graph`` command for graphing dependencies. +The command by default generates an ASCII rendering of a spec's +dependency graph. For example:: + + $ spack graph mpileaks + o mpileaks + |\ + | |\ + | o | callpath + |/| | + | |\| + | |\ \ + | | |\ \ + | | | | o adept-utils + | |_|_|/| + |/| | | | + o | | | | mpi + / / / / + | | o | dyninst + | |/| | + |/|/| | + | | |/ + | o | libdwarf + |/ / + o | libelf + / + o boost + +At the top is the root package in the DAG, with dependency edges +emerging from it. On a color terminal, the edges are colored by which +dependency they lead to. + +You can also use ``spack graph`` to generate graphs in the widely used +`Dot <http://www.graphviz.org/doc/info/lang.html>`_ format. For +example:: + + $ spack graph --dot mpileaks + digraph G { + label = "Spack Dependencies" + labelloc = "b" + rankdir = "LR" + ranksep = "5" + + "boost" [label="boost"] + "callpath" [label="callpath"] + "libdwarf" [label="libdwarf"] + "mpileaks" [label="mpileaks"] + "mpi" [label="mpi"] + "adept-utils" [label="adept-utils"] + "dyninst" [label="dyninst"] + "libelf" [label="libelf"] + + "callpath" -> "dyninst" + "callpath" -> "adept-utils" + "callpath" -> "mpi" + "callpath" -> "libelf" + "callpath" -> "libdwarf" + "libdwarf" -> "libelf" + "mpileaks" -> "adept-utils" + "mpileaks" -> "callpath" + "mpileaks" -> "mpi" + "adept-utils" -> "boost" + "adept-utils" -> "mpi" + "dyninst" -> "boost" + "dyninst" -> "libelf" + "dyninst" -> "libdwarf" + } + +This graph can be provided as input to other graphing tools, such as +those in `Graphviz <http://www.graphviz.org>`_. + Interactive Shell Support -------------------------- |