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diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/chain.rst b/lib/spack/docs/chain.rst index c76b53a488..ca6d0d4779 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/chain.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/chain.rst @@ -11,16 +11,15 @@ Chaining Spack Installations You can point your Spack installation to another installation to use any packages that are installed there. To register the other Spack instance, -you can add it as an entry to ``config.yaml``: +you can add it as an entry to ``upstreams.yaml``: .. code-block:: yaml - config: - upstreams: - spack-instance-1: - install_tree: /path/to/other/spack/opt/spack - spack-instance-2: - install_tree: /path/to/another/spack/opt/spack + upstreams: + spack-instance-1: + install_tree: /path/to/other/spack/opt/spack + spack-instance-2: + install_tree: /path/to/another/spack/opt/spack ``install_tree`` must point to the ``opt/spack`` directory inside of the Spack base directory. @@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ Using Multiple Upstream Spack Instances A single Spack instance can use multiple upstream Spack installations. Spack will search upstream instances in the order you list them in your configuration. If your installation refers to instances X and Y, in that order, -then instance X must list Y as an upstream in its own ``config.yaml``. +then instance X must list Y as an upstream in its own ``upstreams.yaml``. ----------------------------------- Using Modules for Upstream Packages @@ -80,12 +79,11 @@ configuration: .. code-block:: yaml - config: - upstreams: - spack-instance-1: - install_tree: /path/to/other/spack/opt/spack - modules: - tcl: /path/to/other/spack/share/spack/modules + upstreams: + spack-instance-1: + install_tree: /path/to/other/spack/opt/spack + modules: + tcl: /path/to/other/spack/share/spack/modules Each time new packages are installed in the upstream Spack instance, the upstream Spack maintainer should run ``spack module tcl refresh`` (or the |