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@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ problems if you encounter them.
Spack does not seem to respect ``packages.yaml``
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-A common problem in Spack v0.18 and above is that package, compiler and target
+.. note::
+
+ This issue is **resolved** as of v0.19.0.dev0 commit
+ `8281a0c5feabfc4fe180846d6fe95cfe53420bc5`, through the introduction of package
+ requirements. See :ref:`package-requirements`.
+
+A common problem in Spack v0.18.0 up to v0.19.0.dev0 is that package, compiler and target
preferences specified in ``packages.yaml`` do not seem to be respected. Spack picks the
"wrong" compilers and their versions, package versions and variants, and
micro-architectures.