path: root/lib/spack/docs/tutorial_modules.rst

.. _modules-tutorial:

=============================
Module Configuration Tutorial
=============================

This tutorial will guide you through the customization of both
content and naming of module files generated by Spack.

Starting from the default Spack settings you will add an increasing
number of directives to the ``modules.yaml`` configuration file to
satisfy a number of constraints that mimic those that you may encounter
in a typical production environment at HPC sites.

Even though the focus will be for the most part on customizing
TCL non-hierarchical module files, everything
you'll see applies also to other kinds of module files generated by Spack.

The generation of Lua hierarchical
module files will be addressed at the end of the tutorial,
and you'll see that with minor modifications
to an existing ``modules.yaml`` written for TCL
non-hierarchical  modules you'll get almost
for free the possibility to try a hierarchical layout.

Let's start!

.. _module_file_tutorial_prerequisites:

-------------
Prerequisites
-------------

Before proceeding further ensure:

- you have LMod or Environment Modules available
- have :ref:`shell support <shell-support>` activated in Spack

If you need to install Lmod or Environment module you can refer
to the documentation :ref:`here <InstallEnvironmentModules>`.


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Add a new compiler
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Spack automatically scans the environment to search for available
compilers on first use. On Ubuntu 14.04, a fresh clone will show
something like this:

.. code-block:: console

  $ uname -a
  Linux nuvolari 4.4.0-45-generic #66~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 19 15:05:38 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  $ spack compilers
  ==> Available compilers
  -- gcc ----------------------------------------------------------
  gcc@4.8

In order to showcase the capabilities of module customization, we will want to
build a limited set of packages with multiple compilers. If you do not already
have multiple compilers listed by ``spack compilers``, you should build one
with Spack:

.. code-block:: console

  $ spack install gcc@6.2.0
  # ...
  # Wait a long time
  # ...

Then we can use shell support for modules to add it to the list of known compilers:

.. code-block:: console

  # The name of the generated module may vary
  $ module load gcc-6.2.0-gcc-4.8-twd5nqg

  $ spack compiler add
  ==> Added 1 new compiler to ~/.spack/linux/compilers.yaml
      gcc@6.2.0

  $ spack compilers
  ==> Available compilers
  -- gcc ----------------------------------------------------------
  gcc@6.2.0  gcc@4.8

Note that the 7-digit hash at the end of the generated module may vary depending
on architecture or package version.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Build software that will be used in the tutorial
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Next you should install a few modules that will be used in the tutorial:

.. code-block:: console

   $ spack install netlib-scalapack ^openmpi ^openblas
   $ spack install netlib-scalapack ^mpich ^openblas
   $ spack install netlib-scalapack ^openmpi ^netlib-lapack
   $ spack install netlib-scalapack ^mpich ^netlib-lapack
   $ spack install py-scipy ^openblas

In the end your environment should look something like:

.. code-block:: console

  $ module avail

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~/spack/share/spack/modules/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     binutils-2.27-gcc-4.8-dz3xevw         libpciaccess-0.13.4-gcc-6.2.0-eo2siet      lzo-2.09-gcc-6.2.0-jcngz72                  netlib-scalapack-2.0.2-gcc-6.2.0-wnimqhw    python-2.7.12-gcc-6.2.0-qu7rc5p
     bzip2-1.0.6-gcc-6.2.0-csoc2mq         libsigsegv-2.10-gcc-4.8-avb6azw            m4-1.4.17-gcc-4.8-iggewke                   netlib-scalapack-2.0.2-gcc-6.2.0-wojunhq    sqlite-3.8.5-gcc-6.2.0-td3zfe7
     cmake-3.5.2-gcc-6.2.0-6poypqg         libsigsegv-2.10-gcc-6.2.0-g3qpmbi          m4-1.4.17-gcc-6.2.0-lhgqa6s                 nettle-3.2-gcc-6.2.0-djdthlh                tcl-8.6.5-gcc-4.8-atddxu7
     curl-7.50.3-gcc-6.2.0-2ffacqm         libtool-2.4.6-gcc-6.2.0-kiepac6            mpc-1.0.3-gcc-4.8-lylv7lk                   openblas-0.2.19-gcc-6.2.0-js33umc           util-macros-1.19.0-gcc-6.2.0-uoukuqk
     expat-2.2.0-gcc-6.2.0-bxqnjar         libxml2-2.9.4-gcc-6.2.0-3k4ykbe            mpfr-3.1.4-gcc-4.8-bldfx3w                  openmpi-2.0.1-gcc-6.2.0-s3qbtby             xz-5.2.2-gcc-6.2.0-t5lk6in
     gcc-6.2.0-gcc-4.8-twd5nqg             lmod-6.4.5-gcc-4.8-7v7bh7b                 mpich-3.2-gcc-6.2.0-5n5xoep                 openssl-1.0.2j-gcc-6.2.0-hibnfda            zlib-1.2.8-gcc-4.8-bds4ies
     gmp-6.1.1-gcc-4.8-uq52e2n             lua-5.3.2-gcc-4.8-xozf2hx                  ncurses-6.0-gcc-4.8-u62fit4                 pkg-config-0.29.1-gcc-6.2.0-rslsgcs         zlib-1.2.8-gcc-6.2.0-asydrba
     gmp-6.1.1-gcc-6.2.0-3cfh3hi           lua-luafilesystem-1_6_3-gcc-4.8-sbzejlz    ncurses-6.0-gcc-6.2.0-7tb426s               py-nose-1.3.7-gcc-6.2.0-4gl5c42
     hwloc-1.11.4-gcc-6.2.0-3ostwel        lua-luaposix-33.4.0-gcc-4.8-xf7y2p5        netlib-lapack-3.6.1-gcc-6.2.0-mirer2l       py-numpy-1.11.1-gcc-6.2.0-i3rpk4e
     isl-0.14-gcc-4.8-cq73t5m              lz4-131-gcc-6.2.0-cagoem4                  netlib-scalapack-2.0.2-gcc-6.2.0-6bqlxqy    py-scipy-0.18.1-gcc-6.2.0-e6uljfi
     libarchive-3.2.1-gcc-6.2.0-2b54aos    lzma-4.32.7-gcc-6.2.0-sfmeynw              netlib-scalapack-2.0.2-gcc-6.2.0-hpqb3dp    py-setuptools-25.2.0-gcc-6.2.0-hkqauaa

------------------------------------------------
Filter unwanted modifications to the environment
------------------------------------------------

The non-hierarchical TCL module files that have been generated so far
follow the default rules for module generation, which are given
:ref:`here <modules-yaml>` in the reference part of the manual. Taking a
look at the ``gcc`` module you'll see something like:

.. code-block:: console

  $ module show gcc-6.2.0-gcc-4.8-twd5nqg
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     ~/spack/share/spack/modules/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-6.2.0-gcc-4.8-twd5nqg:
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  whatis("gcc @6.2.0 ")
  prepend_path("PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/bin")
  prepend_path("CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/")
  prepend_path("MANPATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/share/man")
  prepend_path("PKG_CONFIG_PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/lib64/pkgconfig")
  prepend_path("LIBRARY_PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/lib64")
  prepend_path("LD_LIBRARY_PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/lib64")
  prepend_path("CPATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/include")
  help([[The GNU Compiler Collection includes front ends for C, C++, Objective-C,
  Fortran, and Java.
  ]])

As expected, a few environment variables representing paths will be modified
by the modules according to the default prefix inspection rules.

Consider now the case that your site has decided that e.g. ``CPATH`` and
``LIBRARY_PATH`` modifications should not be present in module files. What you can
do to abide by the rules is to create a configuration file ``~/.spack/modules.yaml``
with the following content:

.. code-block:: yaml

  modules:
    tcl:
      all:
        filter:
          environment_blacklist: ['CPATH', 'LIBRARY_PATH']

Next you should regenerate all the module files:

.. code-block:: console

  $ spack module refresh --module-type tcl
  ==> You are about to regenerate tcl module files for:

  -- linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64 / gcc@4.8 ------------------------------
  dz3xevw binutils@2.27  uq52e2n gmp@6.1.1  avb6azw libsigsegv@2.10  xozf2hx lua@5.3.2                xf7y2p5 lua-luaposix@33.4.0  lylv7lk mpc@1.0.3   u62fit4 ncurses@6.0  bds4ies zlib@1.2.8
  twd5nqg gcc@6.2.0      cq73t5m isl@0.14   7v7bh7b lmod@6.4.5       sbzejlz lua-luafilesystem@1_6_3  iggewke m4@1.4.17            bldfx3w mpfr@3.1.4  atddxu7 tcl@8.6.5

  ...

  ==> Do you want to proceed? [y/n] y
  ==> Regenerating tcl module files

If you take a look now at the module for ``gcc`` you'll see that the unwanted
paths have disappeared:

.. code-block:: console

  $ module show gcc-6.2.0-gcc-4.8-twd5nqg
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     ~/spack/share/spack/modules/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-6.2.0-gcc-4.8-twd5nqg:
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  whatis("gcc @6.2.0 ")
  prepend_path("PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/bin")
  prepend_path("CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/")
  prepend_path("MANPATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/share/man")
  prepend_path("PKG_CONFIG_PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/lib64/pkgconfig")
  prepend_path("LD_LIBRARY_PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/lib64")
  help([[The GNU Compiler Collection includes front ends for C, C++, Objective-C,
  Fortran, and Java.
  ]])

----------------------------------------------
Prevent some module files from being generated
----------------------------------------------

Another common request at many sites is to avoid exposing software that
is only needed as an intermediate step when building a newer stack.
Let's try to prevent the generation of
module files for anything that is compiled with ``gcc@4.8`` (the OS provided compiler).

To do this you should add a ``blacklist`` keyword to the configuration file:

.. code-block:: yaml
  :emphasize-lines: 3,4

  modules:
    tcl:
      blacklist:
        -  '%gcc@4.8'
      all:
        filter:
          environment_blacklist: ['CPATH', 'LIBRARY_PATH']

and regenerate the module files:

.. code-block:: console

  $ spack module refresh --module-type tcl --delete-tree
  ==> You are about to regenerate tcl module files for:

  -- linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64 / gcc@4.8 ------------------------------
  dz3xevw binutils@2.27  uq52e2n gmp@6.1.1  avb6azw libsigsegv@2.10  xozf2hx lua@5.3.2                xf7y2p5 lua-luaposix@33.4.0  lylv7lk mpc@1.0.3   u62fit4 ncurses@6.0  bds4ies zlib@1.2.8
  twd5nqg gcc@6.2.0      cq73t5m isl@0.14   7v7bh7b lmod@6.4.5       sbzejlz lua-luafilesystem@1_6_3  iggewke m4@1.4.17            bldfx3w mpfr@3.1.4  atddxu7 tcl@8.6.5

  -- linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64 / gcc@6.2.0 ----------------------------
  csoc2mq bzip2@1.0.6   2b54aos libarchive@3.2.1     sfmeynw lzma@4.32.7          wnimqhw netlib-scalapack@2.0.2  s3qbtby openmpi@2.0.1      hkqauaa py-setuptools@25.2.0
  6poypqg cmake@3.5.2   eo2siet libpciaccess@0.13.4  jcngz72 lzo@2.09             6bqlxqy netlib-scalapack@2.0.2  hibnfda openssl@1.0.2j     qu7rc5p python@2.7.12
  2ffacqm curl@7.50.3   g3qpmbi libsigsegv@2.10      lhgqa6s m4@1.4.17            wojunhq netlib-scalapack@2.0.2  rslsgcs pkg-config@0.29.1  td3zfe7 sqlite@3.8.5
  bxqnjar expat@2.2.0   kiepac6 libtool@2.4.6        5n5xoep mpich@3.2            hpqb3dp netlib-scalapack@2.0.2  4gl5c42 py-nose@1.3.7      uoukuqk util-macros@1.19.0
  3cfh3hi gmp@6.1.1     3k4ykbe libxml2@2.9.4        7tb426s ncurses@6.0          djdthlh nettle@3.2              i3rpk4e py-numpy@1.11.1    t5lk6in xz@5.2.2
  3ostwel hwloc@1.11.4  cagoem4 lz4@131              mirer2l netlib-lapack@3.6.1  js33umc openblas@0.2.19         e6uljfi py-scipy@0.18.1    asydrba zlib@1.2.8

  ==> Do you want to proceed? [y/n] y

  $ module avail

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~/spack/share/spack/modules/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     bzip2-1.0.6-gcc-6.2.0-csoc2mq            libsigsegv-2.10-gcc-6.2.0-g3qpmbi    ncurses-6.0-gcc-6.2.0-7tb426s               openmpi-2.0.1-gcc-6.2.0-s3qbtby           sqlite-3.8.5-gcc-6.2.0-td3zfe7
     cmake-3.5.2-gcc-6.2.0-6poypqg            libtool-2.4.6-gcc-6.2.0-kiepac6      netlib-lapack-3.6.1-gcc-6.2.0-mirer2l       openssl-1.0.2j-gcc-6.2.0-hibnfda          util-macros-1.19.0-gcc-6.2.0-uoukuqk
     curl-7.50.3-gcc-6.2.0-2ffacqm            libxml2-2.9.4-gcc-6.2.0-3k4ykbe      netlib-scalapack-2.0.2-gcc-6.2.0-6bqlxqy    pkg-config-0.29.1-gcc-6.2.0-rslsgcs       xz-5.2.2-gcc-6.2.0-t5lk6in
     expat-2.2.0-gcc-6.2.0-bxqnjar            lz4-131-gcc-6.2.0-cagoem4            netlib-scalapack-2.0.2-gcc-6.2.0-hpqb3dp    py-nose-1.3.7-gcc-6.2.0-4gl5c42           zlib-1.2.8-gcc-6.2.0-asydrba
     gmp-6.1.1-gcc-6.2.0-3cfh3hi              lzma-4.32.7-gcc-6.2.0-sfmeynw        netlib-scalapack-2.0.2-gcc-6.2.0-wnimqhw    py-numpy-1.11.1-gcc-6.2.0-i3rpk4e
     hwloc-1.11.4-gcc-6.2.0-3ostwel           lzo-2.09-gcc-6.2.0-jcngz72           netlib-scalapack-2.0.2-gcc-6.2.0-wojunhq    py-scipy-0.18.1-gcc-6.2.0-e6uljfi
     libarchive-3.2.1-gcc-6.2.0-2b54aos       m4-1.4.17-gcc-6.2.0-lhgqa6s          nettle-3.2-gcc-6.2.0-djdthlh                py-setuptools-25.2.0-gcc-6.2.0-hkqauaa
     libpciaccess-0.13.4-gcc-6.2.0-eo2siet    mpich-3.2-gcc-6.2.0-5n5xoep          openblas-0.2.19-gcc-6.2.0-js33umc           python-2.7.12-gcc-6.2.0-qu7rc5p

This time it is convenient to pass the option ``--delete-tree`` to the command that
regenerates the module files to instruct it to delete the existing tree and regenerate
a new one instead of overwriting the files in the existing directory.

If you pay careful attention you'll see though that we went too far in blacklisting modules:
the module for ``gcc@6.2.0`` disappeared as it was bootstrapped with ``gcc@4.8``. To specify
exceptions to the blacklist rules you can use ``whitelist``:

.. code-block:: yaml
  :emphasize-lines: 3,4

  modules:
    tcl:
      whitelist:
        -  gcc
      blacklist:
        -  '%gcc@4.8'
      all:
        filter:
          environment_blacklist: ['CPATH', 'LIBRARY_PATH']

``whitelist`` rules always have precedence over ``blacklist`` rules. If you regenerate the modules again:

.. code-block:: console

  $ spack module refresh --module-type tcl -y

you'll see that now the module for ``gcc@6.2.0`` has reappeared:

.. code-block:: console

  $ module avail gcc-6.2.0-gcc-4.8-twd5nqg

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~/spack/share/spack/modules/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     gcc-6.2.0-gcc-4.8-twd5nqg

-------------------------
Change module file naming
-------------------------

The next step in making  module files more user-friendly is to
improve their naming scheme.
To reduce the length of the hash or remove it altogether you can
use the ``hash_length`` keyword in the configuration file:

.. TODO: give reasons to remove hashes if they are not evident enough?

.. code-block:: yaml
  :emphasize-lines: 3

  modules:
    tcl:
      hash_length: 0
      whitelist:
        -  gcc
      blacklist:
        -  '%gcc@4.8'
      all:
        filter:
          environment_blacklist: ['CPATH', 'LIBRARY_PATH']

If you try to regenerate the module files now you will get an error:

.. code-block:: console

  $ spack module refresh --module-type tcl --delete-tree -y
  ==> Error: Name clashes detected in module files:

  file : ~/spack/share/spack/modules/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/netlib-scalapack-2.0.2-gcc-6.2.0
  spec : netlib-scalapack@2.0.2%gcc@6.2.0~fpic+shared arch=linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64
  spec : netlib-scalapack@2.0.2%gcc@6.2.0~fpic+shared arch=linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64
  spec : netlib-scalapack@2.0.2%gcc@6.2.0~fpic+shared arch=linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64
  spec : netlib-scalapack@2.0.2%gcc@6.2.0~fpic+shared arch=linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64

  ==> Error: Operation aborted

.. note::
  We try to check for errors upfront!
   In Spack we check for errors upfront whenever possible, so don't worry about your module files:
   as a name clash was detected nothing has been changed on disk.

The problem here is that without
the hashes the four different flavors of ``netlib-scalapack`` map to the same module file
name. We have the possibility to add suffixes to differentiate them:

.. code-block:: yaml
 :emphasize-lines: 9-11,14-17

  modules:
    tcl:
      hash_length: 0
      whitelist:
        -  gcc
      blacklist:
        -  '%gcc@4.8'
      all:
        suffixes:
          '^openblas': openblas
          '^netlib-lapack': netlib
        filter:
          environment_blacklist: ['CPATH', 'LIBRARY_PATH']
      netlib-scalapack:
        suffixes:
          '^openmpi': openmpi
          '^mpich': mpich

As you can see it is possible to specify rules that applies only to a
restricted set of packages using :ref:`anonymous specs <anonymous_specs>`.
Regenerating module files now we obtain:

.. code-block:: console

  $ spack module refresh --module-type tcl --delete-tree -y
  ==> Regenerating tcl module files
  $ module avail

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~/spack/share/spack/modules/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     bzip2-1.0.6-gcc-6.2.0         libpciaccess-0.13.4-gcc-6.2.0    mpich-3.2-gcc-6.2.0                                  openblas-0.2.19-gcc-6.2.0             python-2.7.12-gcc-6.2.0
     cmake-3.5.2-gcc-6.2.0         libsigsegv-2.10-gcc-6.2.0        ncurses-6.0-gcc-6.2.0                                openmpi-2.0.1-gcc-6.2.0               sqlite-3.8.5-gcc-6.2.0
     curl-7.50.3-gcc-6.2.0         libtool-2.4.6-gcc-6.2.0          netlib-lapack-3.6.1-gcc-6.2.0                        openssl-1.0.2j-gcc-6.2.0              util-macros-1.19.0-gcc-6.2.0
     expat-2.2.0-gcc-6.2.0         libxml2-2.9.4-gcc-6.2.0          netlib-scalapack-2.0.2-gcc-6.2.0-netlib-mpich        pkg-config-0.29.1-gcc-6.2.0           xz-5.2.2-gcc-6.2.0
     gcc-6.2.0-gcc-4.8             lz4-131-gcc-6.2.0                netlib-scalapack-2.0.2-gcc-6.2.0-netlib-openmpi      py-nose-1.3.7-gcc-6.2.0               zlib-1.2.8-gcc-6.2.0
     gmp-6.1.1-gcc-6.2.0           lzma-4.32.7-gcc-6.2.0            netlib-scalapack-2.0.2-gcc-6.2.0-openblas-mpich      py-numpy-1.11.1-gcc-6.2.0-openblas
     hwloc-1.11.4-gcc-6.2.0        lzo-2.09-gcc-6.2.0               netlib-scalapack-2.0.2-gcc-6.2.0-openblas-openmpi    py-scipy-0.18.1-gcc-6.2.0-openblas
     libarchive-3.2.1-gcc-6.2.0    m4-1.4.17-gcc-6.2.0              nettle-3.2-gcc-6.2.0                                 py-setuptools-25.2.0-gcc-6.2.0

Finally we can set a ``naming_scheme`` to prevent users from loading
modules that refer to different flavors of the same library/application:

.. code-block:: yaml
  :emphasize-lines: 4,10,11

  modules:
    tcl:
      hash_length: 0
      naming_scheme: '${PACKAGE}/${VERSION}-${COMPILERNAME}-${COMPILERVER}'
      whitelist:
        -  gcc
      blacklist:
        -  '%gcc@4.8'
      all:
        conflict:
          - '${PACKAGE}'
        suffixes:
          '^openblas': openblas
          '^netlib-lapack': netlib
        filter:
          environment_blacklist: ['CPATH', 'LIBRARY_PATH']
      netlib-scalapack:
        suffixes:
          '^openmpi': openmpi
          '^mpich': mpich

The final result should look like:

.. code-block:: console

  $ module avail

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~/spack/share/spack/modules/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     bzip2/1.0.6-gcc-6.2.0         libpciaccess/0.13.4-gcc-6.2.0    mpich/3.2-gcc-6.2.0                                      openblas/0.2.19-gcc-6.2.0             python/2.7.12-gcc-6.2.0
     cmake/3.5.2-gcc-6.2.0         libsigsegv/2.10-gcc-6.2.0        ncurses/6.0-gcc-6.2.0                                    openmpi/2.0.1-gcc-6.2.0               sqlite/3.8.5-gcc-6.2.0
     curl/7.50.3-gcc-6.2.0         libtool/2.4.6-gcc-6.2.0          netlib-lapack/3.6.1-gcc-6.2.0                            openssl/1.0.2j-gcc-6.2.0              util-macros/1.19.0-gcc-6.2.0
     expat/2.2.0-gcc-6.2.0         libxml2/2.9.4-gcc-6.2.0          netlib-scalapack/2.0.2-gcc-6.2.0-netlib-mpich            pkg-config/0.29.1-gcc-6.2.0           xz/5.2.2-gcc-6.2.0
     gcc/6.2.0-gcc-4.8             lz4/131-gcc-6.2.0                netlib-scalapack/2.0.2-gcc-6.2.0-netlib-openmpi          py-nose/1.3.7-gcc-6.2.0               zlib/1.2.8-gcc-6.2.0
     gmp/6.1.1-gcc-6.2.0           lzma/4.32.7-gcc-6.2.0            netlib-scalapack/2.0.2-gcc-6.2.0-openblas-mpich          py-numpy/1.11.1-gcc-6.2.0-openblas
     hwloc/1.11.4-gcc-6.2.0        lzo/2.09-gcc-6.2.0               netlib-scalapack/2.0.2-gcc-6.2.0-openblas-openmpi (D)    py-scipy/0.18.1-gcc-6.2.0-openblas
     libarchive/3.2.1-gcc-6.2.0    m4/1.4.17-gcc-6.2.0              nettle/3.2-gcc-6.2.0                                     py-setuptools/25.2.0-gcc-6.2.0

.. note::
  TCL specific directive
    The directives ``naming_scheme`` and ``conflict`` are TCL specific and do not apply
    to the ``dotkit`` or ``lmod`` sections in the configuration file.

------------------------------------
Add custom environment modifications
------------------------------------

At many sites it is customary to set an environment variable in a
package's module file that points to the folder in which the package
is installed. You can achieve this with Spack by adding an
``environment`` directive to the configuration file:

.. code-block:: yaml
  :emphasize-lines: 17-19

  modules:
    tcl:
      hash_length: 0
      naming_scheme: '${PACKAGE}/${VERSION}-${COMPILERNAME}-${COMPILERVER}'
      whitelist:
        -  gcc
      blacklist:
        -  '%gcc@4.8'
      all:
        conflict:
          - '${PACKAGE}'
        suffixes:
          '^openblas': openblas
          '^netlib-lapack': netlib
        filter:
          environment_blacklist: ['CPATH', 'LIBRARY_PATH']
        environment:
          set:
            '${PACKAGE}_ROOT': '${PREFIX}'
      netlib-scalapack:
        suffixes:
          '^openmpi': openmpi
          '^mpich': mpich

There are many variable tokens available to use in the ``environment``
and ``naming_scheme`` directives, such as ``${PACKAGE}``,
``${VERSION}``, etc. (see the :meth:`~spack.spec.Spec.format` API
documentation for the complete list).

Regenerating the module files should result in something like:

.. code-block:: console
  :emphasize-lines: 14

  $ spack module refresh -y --module-type tcl
  ==> Regenerating tcl module files

  $ module show gcc
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     ~/spack/share/spack/modules/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc/6.2.0-gcc-4.8:
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  whatis("gcc @6.2.0 ")
  prepend_path("PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/bin")
  prepend_path("CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/")
  prepend_path("MANPATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/share/man")
  prepend_path("PKG_CONFIG_PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/lib64/pkgconfig")
  prepend_path("LD_LIBRARY_PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/lib64")
  setenv("GCC_ROOT","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u")
  conflict("gcc")
  help([[The GNU Compiler Collection includes front ends for C, C++, Objective-C,
  Fortran, and Java.
  ]])

As you can see, the ``gcc`` module has the environment variable ``GCC_ROOT`` set.

Sometimes it's also useful to apply environment modifications selectively and target
only certain packages. You can, for instance set the common variables ``CC``, ``CXX``,
etc. in the ``gcc`` module file and apply other custom modifications to the
``openmpi`` modules as follows:

.. code-block:: yaml
  :emphasize-lines: 20-32

  modules:
    tcl:
      hash_length: 0
      naming_scheme: '${PACKAGE}/${VERSION}-${COMPILERNAME}-${COMPILERVER}'
      whitelist:
        - gcc
      blacklist:
        - '%gcc@4.8'
      all:
        conflict:
          - '${PACKAGE}'
        suffixes:
          '^openblas': openblas
          '^netlib-lapack': netlib
        filter:
          environment_blacklist: ['CPATH', 'LIBRARY_PATH']
        environment:
          set:
            '${PACKAGE}_ROOT': '${PREFIX}'
      gcc:
        environment:
          set:
            CC: gcc
            CXX: g++
            FC: gfortran
            F90: gfortran
            F77: gfortran
      openmpi:
        environment:
          set:
            SLURM_MPI_TYPE: pmi2
            OMPI_MCA_btl_openib_warn_default_gid_prefix: '0'
      netlib-scalapack:
        suffixes:
          '^openmpi': openmpi
          '^mpich': mpich

This time we will be more selective and regenerate only the ``gcc`` and
``openmpi`` module files:

.. code-block:: console

  $ spack module refresh -y --module-type tcl gcc
  ==> Regenerating tcl module files

  $ spack module refresh -y --module-type tcl openmpi
  ==> Regenerating tcl module files

  $ module show gcc
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     ~/spack/share/spack/modules/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc/6.2.0-gcc-4.8:
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  whatis("gcc @6.2.0 ")
  prepend_path("PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/bin")
  prepend_path("CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/")
  prepend_path("MANPATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/share/man")
  prepend_path("PKG_CONFIG_PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/lib64/pkgconfig")
  prepend_path("LD_LIBRARY_PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u/lib64")
  setenv("GCC_ROOT","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-4.8/gcc-6.2.0-twd5nqg33hrrssqclcfi5k42eccwxz5u")
  setenv("CC","gcc")
  setenv("CXX","g++")
  setenv("F90","gfortran")
  setenv("FC","gfortran")
  setenv("F77","gfortran")
  conflict("gcc")
  help([[The GNU Compiler Collection includes front ends for C, C++, Objective-C,
  Fortran, and Java.
  ]])

  $ module show openmpi
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     ~/spack/share/spack/modules/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/openmpi/2.0.1-gcc-6.2.0:
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  whatis("openmpi @2.0.1 ")
  prepend_path("PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-6.2.0/openmpi-2.0.1-s3qbtbyh3y5y4gkchmhcuak7th44l53w/bin")
  prepend_path("CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-6.2.0/openmpi-2.0.1-s3qbtbyh3y5y4gkchmhcuak7th44l53w/")
  prepend_path("LD_LIBRARY_PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-6.2.0/openmpi-2.0.1-s3qbtbyh3y5y4gkchmhcuak7th44l53w/lib")
  prepend_path("PKG_CONFIG_PATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-6.2.0/openmpi-2.0.1-s3qbtbyh3y5y4gkchmhcuak7th44l53w/lib/pkgconfig")
  prepend_path("MANPATH","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-6.2.0/openmpi-2.0.1-s3qbtbyh3y5y4gkchmhcuak7th44l53w/share/man")
  setenv("SLURM_MPI_TYPE","pmi2")
  setenv("OMPI_MCA_BTL_OPENIB_WARN_DEFAULT_GID_PREFIX","0")
  setenv("OPENMPI_ROOT","~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-6.2.0/openmpi-2.0.1-s3qbtbyh3y5y4gkchmhcuak7th44l53w")
  conflict("openmpi")
  help([[The Open MPI Project is an open source Message Passing Interface
  implementation that is developed and maintained by a consortium of
  academic, research, and industry partners. Open MPI is therefore able to
  combine the expertise, technologies, and resources from all across the
  High Performance Computing community in order to build the best MPI
  library available. Open MPI offers advantages for system and software
  vendors, application developers and computer science researchers.
  ]])


---------------------
Autoload dependencies
---------------------

Spack can also generate module files that contain code to load the
dependencies automatically. You can, for instance generate python
modules that load their dependencies by adding the ``autoload``
directive and assigning it the value ``direct``:

.. code-block:: yaml
  :emphasize-lines: 3,38,39

  modules:
    tcl:
      verbose: True
      hash_length: 0
      naming_scheme: '${PACKAGE}/${VERSION}-${COMPILERNAME}-${COMPILERVER}'
      whitelist:
        - gcc
      blacklist:
        - '%gcc@4.8'
      all:
        conflict:
          - '${PACKAGE}'
        suffixes:
          '^openblas': openblas
          '^netlib-lapack': netlib
        filter:
          environment_blacklist: ['CPATH', 'LIBRARY_PATH']
        environment:
          set:
            '${PACKAGE}_ROOT': '${PREFIX}'
      gcc:
        environment:
          set:
            CC: gcc
            CXX: g++
            FC: gfortran
            F90: gfortran
            F77: gfortran
      openmpi:
        environment:
          set:
            SLURM_MPI_TYPE: pmi2
            OMPI_MCA_btl_openib_warn_default_gid_prefix: '0'
      netlib-scalapack:
        suffixes:
          '^openmpi': openmpi
          '^mpich': mpich
      ^python:
        autoload:  'direct'

and regenerating the module files for every package that depends on ``python``:

.. code-block:: console

  $ spack module refresh -y --module-type tcl ^python
  ==> Regenerating tcl module files

Now the ``py-scipy`` module will be:

.. code-block:: tcl

  #%Module1.0
  ## Module file created by spack (https://github.com/LLNL/spack) on 2016-11-02 20:53:21.283547
  ##
  ## py-scipy@0.18.1%gcc@6.2.0 arch=linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64-e6uljfi
  ##
  module-whatis "py-scipy @0.18.1"

  proc ModulesHelp { } {
  puts stderr "SciPy (pronounced "Sigh Pie") is a Scientific Library for Python. It"
  puts stderr "provides many user-friendly and efficient numerical routines such as"
  puts stderr "routines for numerical integration and optimization."
  }

  if ![ is-loaded python/2.7.12-gcc-6.2.0 ] {
      puts stderr "Autoloading python/2.7.12-gcc-6.2.0"
      module load python/2.7.12-gcc-6.2.0
  }

  if ![ is-loaded openblas/0.2.19-gcc-6.2.0 ] {
      puts stderr "Autoloading openblas/0.2.19-gcc-6.2.0"
      module load openblas/0.2.19-gcc-6.2.0
  }

  if ![ is-loaded py-numpy/1.11.1-gcc-6.2.0-openblas ] {
      puts stderr "Autoloading py-numpy/1.11.1-gcc-6.2.0-openblas"
      module load py-numpy/1.11.1-gcc-6.2.0-openblas
  }

  prepend-path CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-6.2.0/py-scipy-0.18.1-e6uljfiffgym4xvj6wveevqxfqnfb3gh/"
  prepend-path LD_LIBRARY_PATH "~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-6.2.0/py-scipy-0.18.1-e6uljfiffgym4xvj6wveevqxfqnfb3gh/lib"
  prepend-path PYTHONPATH "~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-6.2.0/py-scipy-0.18.1-e6uljfiffgym4xvj6wveevqxfqnfb3gh/lib/python2.7/site-packages"
  setenv PY_SCIPY_ROOT "~/spack/opt/spack/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc-6.2.0/py-scipy-0.18.1-e6uljfiffgym4xvj6wveevqxfqnfb3gh"
  conflict py-scipy

and will contain code to autoload all the dependencies:

.. code-block:: console

  $ module load py-scipy
  Autoloading python/2.7.12-gcc-6.2.0
  Autoloading openblas/0.2.19-gcc-6.2.0
  Autoloading py-numpy/1.11.1-gcc-6.2.0-openblas

In case messages are unwanted during the autoload procedure, it will be
sufficient to omit the line setting ``verbose: True`` in the configuration file above.

-----------------------------
Lua hierarchical module files
-----------------------------

In the final part of this tutorial you will modify ``modules.yaml`` to generate
Lua hierarchical module files. You will see that most of the directives used before
are also valid in the ``lmod`` context.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Core/Compiler/MPI
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. warning::
  Only LMod supports Lua hierarchical module files
    For this part of the tutorial you need to be using LMod to
    manage your environment.

The most common hierarchy is the so called ``Core/Compiler/MPI``. To have an idea
how a hierarchy is organized you may refer to the
`Lmod guide <http://lmod.readthedocs.io/en/latest/080_hierarchy.html>`_.
Since ``lmod`` is not enabled by default, you need to add it to the list of
enabled module file generators. The other things you need to do are:

- change the ``tcl`` tag to ``lmod``
- remove ``tcl`` specific directives (``naming_scheme`` and ``conflict``)
- set which compilers are considered ``core``
- remove the ``mpi`` related suffixes (as they will be substituted by hierarchies)

After modifications the configuration file will be:

.. code-block:: yaml
  :emphasize-lines: 2-8

  modules:
    enable::
      - lmod
    lmod:
      core_compilers:
        - 'gcc@4.8'
      hierarchy:
        - mpi
      hash_length: 0
      whitelist:
        - gcc
      blacklist:
        - '%gcc@4.8'
      all:
        suffixes:
          '^openblas': openblas
          '^netlib-lapack': netlib
        filter:
          environment_blacklist: ['CPATH', 'LIBRARY_PATH']
        environment:
          set:
            '${PACKAGE}_ROOT': '${PREFIX}'
      gcc:
        environment:
          set:
            CC: gcc
            CXX: g++
            FC: gfortran
            F90: gfortran
            F77: gfortran
      openmpi:
        environment:
          set:
            SLURM_MPI_TYPE: pmi2
            OMPI_MCA_btl_openib_warn_default_gid_prefix: '0'


.. note::
  The double colon
    The double colon after ``enable`` is intentional and it serves the
    purpose of overriding the default list of enabled generators so
    that only ``lmod`` will be active (see :ref:`the reference
    manual <config-overrides>` for a more detailed explanation of
    config scopes). If a single colon is used, it will append instead
    of override.

The directive ``core_compilers`` accepts a list of compilers; everything built
using these compilers will create a module in the ``Core`` part of the hierarchy. It is
common practice to put the OS provided compilers in the list and only build common utilities
and other compilers in ``Core``.

If you regenerate the module files

.. code-block:: console

  $ spack module refresh --module-type lmod --delete-tree -y

and update ``MODULEPATH`` to point to the ``Core`` folder, and
list the available modules, you'll see:

.. code-block:: console

  $ module unuse ~/spack/share/spack/modules/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64
  $ module use ~/spack/share/spack/lmod/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/Core
  $ module avail

  ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ~/spack/share/spack/lmod/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/Core -----------------------------------------------------------------------
     gcc/6.2.0

The only module visible now is ``gcc``. Loading that you will make
visible the ``Compiler`` part of the software stack that was built with ``gcc/6.2.0``:

.. code-block:: console

  $ module load gcc
  $ module avail

  -------------------------------------------------------------------- ~/spack/share/spack/lmod/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc/6.2.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
     binutils/2.27    curl/7.50.3    hwloc/1.11.4           libtool/2.4.6    lzo/2.09       netlib-lapack/3.6.1    openssl/1.0.2j              py-scipy/0.18.1-openblas    util-macros/1.19.0
     bison/3.0.4      expat/2.2.0    libarchive/3.2.1       libxml2/2.9.4    m4/1.4.17      nettle/3.2             pkg-config/0.29.1           py-setuptools/25.2.0        xz/5.2.2
     bzip2/1.0.6      flex/2.6.0     libpciaccess/0.13.4    lz4/131          mpich/3.2      openblas/0.2.19        py-nose/1.3.7               python/2.7.12               zlib/1.2.8
     cmake/3.6.1      gmp/6.1.1      libsigsegv/2.10        lzma/4.32.7      ncurses/6.0    openmpi/2.0.1          py-numpy/1.11.1-openblas    sqlite/3.8.5

  ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ~/spack/share/spack/lmod/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/Core -----------------------------------------------------------------------
     gcc/6.2.0 (L)

The same holds true for the ``MPI`` part of the stack, that you can enable by loading
either ``mpich`` or ``openmpi``. The nice features of LMod will become evident
once you'll try switching among different stacks:

.. code-block:: console

  $ module load mpich
  $ module avail

  ----------------------------------------------------------- ~/spack/share/spack/lmod/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/mpich/3.2-5n5xoep/gcc/6.2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------
     netlib-scalapack/2.0.2-netlib    netlib-scalapack/2.0.2-openblas (D)

  -------------------------------------------------------------------- ~/spack/share/spack/lmod/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc/6.2.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
     binutils/2.27    curl/7.50.3    hwloc/1.11.4           libtool/2.4.6    lzo/2.09           netlib-lapack/3.6.1    openssl/1.0.2j              py-scipy/0.18.1-openblas    util-macros/1.19.0
     bison/3.0.4      expat/2.2.0    libarchive/3.2.1       libxml2/2.9.4    m4/1.4.17          nettle/3.2             pkg-config/0.29.1           py-setuptools/25.2.0        xz/5.2.2
     bzip2/1.0.6      flex/2.6.0     libpciaccess/0.13.4    lz4/131          mpich/3.2   (L)    openblas/0.2.19        py-nose/1.3.7               python/2.7.12               zlib/1.2.8
     cmake/3.6.1      gmp/6.1.1      libsigsegv/2.10        lzma/4.32.7      ncurses/6.0        openmpi/2.0.1          py-numpy/1.11.1-openblas    sqlite/3.8.5

  ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ~/spack/share/spack/lmod/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/Core -----------------------------------------------------------------------
     gcc/6.2.0 (L)

  $ module load openblas netlib-scalapack/2.0.2-openblas
  $ module list

  Currently Loaded Modules:
    1) gcc/6.2.0   2) mpich/3.2   3) openblas/0.2.19   4) netlib-scalapack/2.0.2-openblas

  $ module load openmpi

  Lmod is automatically replacing "mpich/3.2" with "openmpi/2.0.1"


  Due to MODULEPATH changes the following have been reloaded:
    1) netlib-scalapack/2.0.2-openblas

This layout is already a great improvement over the usual non-hierarchical layout,
but it still has an asymmetry: ``LAPACK`` providers are semantically the same as ``MPI``
providers, but they are still not part of the hierarchy.  We'll see a possible solution
next.

.. Activate lmod and turn the previous modifications into lmod:
   Add core compilers

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Extend the hierarchy to other virtual providers
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. warning::
  This is an experimental feature
    Having a hierarchy deeper than ``Core``/``Compiler``/``MPI`` is an experimental
    feature, still not fully supported by ``module spider``,
    see `here <https://github.com/TACC/Lmod/issues/114>`_. Furthermore its use
    with hierarchies more complex than ``Core``/``Compiler``/``MPI``/``LAPACK``
    has not been thoroughly tested in production environments.

Spack permits you to generate Lua hierarchical module files where users
can add an arbitrary list of virtual providers to the triplet
``Core``/``Compiler``/``MPI``. A configuration file like:

.. code-block:: yaml
  :emphasize-lines: 9

  modules:
    enable::
      - lmod
    lmod:
      core_compilers:
        - 'gcc@4.8'
      hierarchy:
        - mpi
        - lapack
      hash_length: 0
      whitelist:
        - gcc
      blacklist:
        - '%gcc@4.8'
        - readline
      all:
        filter:
          environment_blacklist: ['CPATH', 'LIBRARY_PATH']
        environment:
          set:
            '${PACKAGE}_ROOT': '${PREFIX}'
      gcc:
        environment:
          set:
            CC: gcc
            CXX: g++
            FC: gfortran
            F90: gfortran
            F77: gfortran
      openmpi:
        environment:
          set:
            SLURM_MPI_TYPE: pmi2
            OMPI_MCA_btl_openib_warn_default_gid_prefix: '0'

will add ``lapack`` providers to the mix. After the usual regeneration of module files:

.. code-block:: console

  $ module purge
  $ spack module refresh --module-type lmod --delete-tree -y
  ==> Regenerating lmod module files

you will have something like:

.. code-block:: console

  $ module load gcc
  $ module load openblas
  $ module load openmpi
  $ module avail

  --------------------------------------------- ~/spack/share/spack/lmod/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/openblas/0.2.19-js33umc/openmpi/2.0.1-s3qbtby/gcc/6.2.0 ----------------------------------------------
     netlib-scalapack/2.0.2

  -------------------------------------------------------- ~/spack/share/spack/lmod/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/openblas/0.2.19-js33umc/gcc/6.2.0 ---------------------------------------------------------
     py-numpy/1.11.1    py-scipy/0.18.1

  -------------------------------------------------------------------- ~/spack/share/spack/lmod/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/gcc/6.2.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
     binutils/2.27    curl/7.50.3    hwloc/1.11.4           libtool/2.4.6    lzo/2.09       netlib-lapack/3.6.1        openssl/1.0.2j          python/2.7.12         zlib/1.2.8
     bison/3.0.4      expat/2.2.0    libarchive/3.2.1       libxml2/2.9.4    m4/1.4.17      nettle/3.2                 pkg-config/0.29.1       sqlite/3.8.5
     bzip2/1.0.6      flex/2.6.0     libpciaccess/0.13.4    lz4/131          mpich/3.2      openblas/0.2.19     (L)    py-nose/1.3.7           util-macros/1.19.0
     cmake/3.6.1      gmp/6.1.1      libsigsegv/2.10        lzma/4.32.7      ncurses/6.0    openmpi/2.0.1       (L)    py-setuptools/25.2.0    xz/5.2.2

  ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ~/spack/share/spack/lmod/linux-Ubuntu14-x86_64/Core -----------------------------------------------------------------------
     gcc/6.2.0 (L)

Now both the ``MPI`` and the ``LAPACK`` providers are handled by LMod as hierarchies:

.. code-block:: console

  $ module load py-numpy netlib-scalapack
  $ module load mpich

  Lmod is automatically replacing "openmpi/2.0.1" with "mpich/3.2"


  Due to MODULEPATH changes the following have been reloaded:
    1) netlib-scalapack/2.0.2

  $ module load netlib-lapack

  Lmod is automatically replacing "openblas/0.2.19" with "netlib-lapack/3.6.1"


  Inactive Modules:
    1) py-numpy

  Due to MODULEPATH changes the following have been reloaded:
    1) netlib-scalapack/2.0.2

making the use of tags to differentiate them unnecessary.
Note that because we only compiled ``py-numpy`` with ``openblas`` the module
is made inactive when we switch the ``LAPACK`` provider. The user
environment will now be consistent by design!