From be3e6a0e9b8c243a4aec2a550b6512fe32553c13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: loulawrence <72574166+loulawrence@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 04:30:25 -0400
Subject: document config option "url_fetch_method"  (#24638)

- Change config from the undocumented `use_curl: true/false` to `url_fetch_method: urllib/curl`.
- Documentation of `url_fetch_method` in `defaults/config.yaml`
- Default fetch option explicitly set to `urllib` for users who may not have curl on their system

To upgrade from `use_curl` to `url_fetch_method`, run `spack config update config`
---
 etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

(limited to 'etc')

diff --git a/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml b/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml
index 2400686e60..64a50cc805 100644
--- a/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml
+++ b/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ config:
   # enabling locks.
   locks: true
 
+  # The default url fetch method to use. 
+  # If set to 'curl', Spack will require curl on the user's system
+  # If set to 'urllib', Spack will use python built-in libs to fetch
+  url_fetch_method: urllib
 
   # The maximum number of jobs to use for the build system (e.g. `make`), when
   # the -j flag is not given on the command line. Defaults to 16 when not set.
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