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@@ -1234,6 +1234,8 @@ add a version specifier to the spec:
Notice that the package versions that provide insufficient MPI
versions are now filtered out.
+.. _extensions:
+
---------------------------
Extensions & Python support
---------------------------
@@ -1241,8 +1243,7 @@ Extensions & Python support
Spack's installation model assumes that each package will live in its
own install prefix. However, certain packages are typically installed
*within* the directory hierarchy of other packages. For example,
-modules in interpreted languages like `Python
-<https://www.python.org>`_ are typically installed in the
+`Python <https://www.python.org>`_ packages are typically installed in the
``$prefix/lib/python-2.7/site-packages`` directory.
Spack has support for this type of installation as well. In Spack,