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diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/site_configuration.rst b/lib/spack/docs/site_configuration.rst index 7ae541d4a3..3abfa21a9d 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/site_configuration.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/site_configuration.rst @@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ This example lists three installations of OpenMPI, one built with gcc, one built with gcc and debug information, and another built with Intel. If Spack is asked to build a package that uses one of these MPIs as a dependency, it will use the the pre-installed OpenMPI in -the given directory. This example also specifies that Spack should never -build its own OpenMPI via the ``nobuild: True`` option. +the given directory. Each ``packages.yaml`` begins with a ``packages:`` token, followed by a list of package names. To specify externals, add a ``paths`` @@ -111,16 +110,16 @@ be: paths: openmpi@1.4.3%gcc@4.4.7=chaos_5_x86_64_ib: /opt/openmpi-1.4.3 openmpi@1.4.3%gcc@4.4.7=chaos_5_x86_64_ib+debug: /opt/openmpi-1.4.3-debug - openmpi@1.6.5%intel@10.1=chaos_5_x86_64_ib: /opt/openmpi-1.6.5-intel - nobuild: True + openmpi@1.6.5%intel@10.1=chaos_5_x86_64_ib: /opt/openmpi-1.6.5-intel + buildable: False -The addition of the ``nobuild`` flag tells Spack that it should never build +The addition of the ``buildable`` flag tells Spack that it should never build its own version of OpenMPI, and it will instead always rely on a pre-built -OpenMPI. Similar to ``paths``, ``nobuild`` is specified as a property under +OpenMPI. Similar to ``paths``, ``buildable`` is specified as a property under a package name. -The ``nobuild`` does not need to be paired with external packages. -It could also be used alone to forbid packages that may be +The ``buildable`` does not need to be paired with external packages. +It could also be used alone to forbid packages that may be buggy or otherwise undesirable. |