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diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst b/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst index aa56890847..f0ee86eb72 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst @@ -271,9 +271,10 @@ Compiler configuration ---------------------- Spack has the ability to build packages with multiple compilers and -compiler versions. Spack searches for compilers on your machine -automatically the first time it is run. It does this by inspecting -your ``PATH``. +compiler versions. Compilers can be made available to Spack by +specifying them manually in ``compilers.yaml``, or automatically by +running ``spack compiler find``, but for convenience Spack will +automatically detect compilers the first time it needs them. .. _cmd-spack-compilers: @@ -281,7 +282,7 @@ your ``PATH``. ``spack compilers`` ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -You can see which compilers spack has found by running ``spack +You can see which compilers are available to Spack by running ``spack compilers`` or ``spack compiler list``: .. code-block:: console @@ -320,9 +321,10 @@ An alias for ``spack compiler find``. ``spack compiler find`` ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -If you do not see a compiler in this list, but you want to use it with -Spack, you can simply run ``spack compiler find`` with the path to -where the compiler is installed. For example: +Lists the compilers currently available to Spack. If you do not see +a compiler in this list, but you want to use it with Spack, you can +simply run ``spack compiler find`` with the path to where the +compiler is installed. For example: .. code-block:: console |