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diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst b/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst index 3cf910cc8d..6f3340b18b 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst @@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ shell integration for :ref:`certain commands <packaging-shell-support>`, If you do not want to use Spack's shell support, you can always just run the ``spack`` command directly from ``spack/bin/spack``. +When the ``spack`` command is executed it searches for an appropriate +Python interpreter to use, which can be explicitly overridden by setting +the ``SPACK_PYTHON`` environment variable. When sourcing the appropriate shell +setup script, ``SPACK_PYTHON`` will be set to the interpreter found at +sourcing time, ensuring future invocations of the ``spack`` command will +continue to use the same consistent python version regardless of changes in +the environment. + ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Check Installation |