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diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/mirrors.rst b/lib/spack/docs/mirrors.rst index d732a3dd54..dad04d053b 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/mirrors.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/mirrors.rst @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ contains tarballs for each package, named after each package. .. note:: - Archives are **not** named exactly they were in the package's fetch + Archives are **not** named exactly the way they were in the package's fetch URL. They have the form ``<name>-<version>.<extension>``, where ``<name>`` is Spack's name for the package, ``<version>`` is the version of the tarball, and ``<extension>`` is whatever format the @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ Each mirror has a name so that you can refer to it again later. ``spack mirror list`` ---------------------------- -If you want to see all the mirrors Spack knows about you can run ``spack mirror list``:: +To see all the mirrors Spack knows about, run ``spack mirror list``:: $ spack mirror list local_filesystem file:///Users/gamblin2/spack-mirror-2014-06-24 @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ If you want to see all the mirrors Spack knows about you can run ``spack mirror ``spack mirror remove`` ---------------------------- -And, if you want to remove a mirror, just remove it by name:: +To remove a mirror by name:: $ spack mirror remove local_filesystem $ spack mirror list @@ -205,12 +205,11 @@ And, if you want to remove a mirror, just remove it by name:: Mirror precedence ---------------------------- -Adding a mirror really just adds a section in ``~/.spackconfig``:: +Adding a mirror really adds a line in ``~/.spack/mirrors.yaml``:: - [mirror "local_filesystem"] - url = file:///Users/gamblin2/spack-mirror-2014-06-24 - [mirror "remote_server"] - url = https://example.com/some/web-hosted/directory/spack-mirror-2014-06-24 + mirrors: + local_filesystem: file:///Users/gamblin2/spack-mirror-2014-06-24 + remote_server: https://example.com/some/web-hosted/directory/spack-mirror-2014-06-24 If you want to change the order in which mirrors are searched for packages, you can edit this file and reorder the sections. Spack will |