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| author | Adam J. Stewart <ajstewart426@gmail.com> | 2018-05-30 10:36:56 -0500 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2018-05-30 10:36:56 -0500 |
| commit | 87223a531bfb71956b6e8ef36b6ae39323493a27 (patch) | |
| tree | 3323d44fdc5fdf3b5302cccd355ab8bff46f75af /lib | |
| parent | be8077367ddfc6018e2162285497a582156685ec (diff) | |
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Document specs with multiple version ranges (#8284)
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diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst b/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst index b46caa82e9..2d69bb85ed 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst @@ -1565,6 +1565,14 @@ correct way to specify this would be: depends_on('python@2.6.0:2.6.999') +A spec can contain multiple version ranges separated by commas. +For example, if you need Boost 1.59.0 or newer, but there are known +issues with 1.64.0, 1.65.0, and 1.66.0, you can say: + +.. code-block:: python + + depends_on('boost@1.59.0:1.63,1.65.1,1.67.0:') + ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Dependency types |