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-rw-r--r--etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml b/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml
index 85019ede61..4e02d0973d 100644
--- a/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml
+++ b/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ config:
# A value of $spack/var/spack/stage indicates that Spack should run
# builds directly inside its install directory without staging them in
# temporary space.
+ #
+ # The build stage can be purged with `spack purge --stage`.
build_stage:
- $tempdir
- /nfs/tmp2/$user
@@ -42,11 +44,12 @@ config:
# Cache directory already downloaded source tarballs and archived
- # repositories. This can be purged with spack purge
+ # repositories. This can be purged with `spack purge --downloads`.
source_cache: $spack/var/spack/cache
# Cache directory for miscellaneous files, like the package index.
+ # This can be purged with `spack purge --misc-cache`
misc_cache: ~/.spack/cache