From 39ffef83631463e4e0c546d57a8602199ef13aa2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Axel Huebl Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 01:06:00 -0800 Subject: Doc: config.yaml mention $env (#34905) Add one more note on the $env variable in `config.yaml`. --- etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml b/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml index f42a6525e2..535187a739 100644 --- a/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml +++ b/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml @@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ config: # are that it precludes its use as a system package and its ability to be # pip installable. # + # In Spack environment files, chaining onto existing system Spack + # installations, the $env variable can be used to download, cache and build + # into user-writable paths that are relative to the currently active + # environment. + # # In any case, if the username is not already in the path, Spack will append # the value of `$user` in an attempt to avoid potential conflicts between # users in shared temporary spaces. -- cgit v1.2.3-60-g2f50