Documented linker default

2016-07-20 12:04:00 -07:00 · 2016-07-20 12:04:00 -07:00 · 6983c1d30d
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@ -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
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~