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@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ image, or to set up a proper entrypoint to run the image. These tasks are
usually both necessary and repetitive, so Spack comes with a command
to generate recipes for container images starting from a ``spack.yaml``.
+.. seealso::
+
+ This page is a reference for generating recipes to build container images.
+ It means that your environment is built from scratch inside the container
+ runtime.
+
+ Since v0.21, Spack can also create container images from existing package installations
+ on your host system. See :ref:`binary_caches_oci` for more information on
+ that topic.
+
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A Quick Introduction
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