From 6983c1d30d6e4f93ee8d8a0df87e3c9ea8cde103 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gregory Becker Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:04:00 -0700 Subject: Documented linker default --- lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'lib') diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst b/lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst index 50a161a175..948092047b 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/basic_usage.rst @@ -1866,6 +1866,10 @@ to call the Cray compiler wrappers during build time. For more on compiler configuration, check out :ref:`compiler-config`. +Spack sets the default Cray link type to dynamic, to better match other +other platforms. Individual packages can enable static linking (which is the +default outside of Spack on cray systems) using the -static flag. + Setting defaults and using Cray modules ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- cgit v1.2.3-60-g2f50