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| -rw-r--r-- | etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/docs/config_yaml.rst | 10 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml b/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml index 8525947fbd..8ccf7db535 100644 --- a/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml +++ b/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml @@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ config: # The build stage can be purged with `spack clean --stage`. build_stage: - $tempdir - - /nfs/tmp2/$user - $spack/var/spack/stage diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/config_yaml.rst b/lib/spack/docs/config_yaml.rst index c02929d8c1..aaff130b7d 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/config_yaml.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/config_yaml.rst @@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ By default, Spack's ``build_stage`` is configured like this: build_stage: - $tempdir - - /nfs/tmp2/$user - $spack/var/spack/stage This is an ordered list of paths that Spack should search when trying to @@ -106,11 +105,10 @@ See :ref:`config-file-variables` for more on ``$tempdir`` and ``$spack``. When Spack builds a package, it creates a temporary directory within the ``build_stage``, and it creates a symbolic link to that directory in -``$spack/var/spack/stage``. This is used to track the stage. - -After a package is successfully installed, Spack deletes the temporary -directory it used to build. Unsuccessful builds are not deleted, but you -can manually purge them with :ref:`spack clean --stage +``$spack/var/spack/stage``. This is used to track the temporary +directory. After the package is successfully installed, Spack deletes +the temporary directory it used to build. Unsuccessful builds are not +deleted, but you can manually purge them with :ref:`spack clean --stage <cmd-spack-clean>`. .. note:: |