update mirror config documentation.

- mirrors.yaml uses Spack's OrderedDict rather than lists.
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Todd Gamblin 2016-01-31 12:21:04 -08:00
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@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ Each mirror has a name so that you can refer to it again later.
``spack mirror list``
----------------------------
If you want to see all the mirrors Spack knows about you can run ``spack mirror list``::
To see all the mirrors Spack knows about, run ``spack mirror list``::
$ spack mirror list
local_filesystem file:///Users/gamblin2/spack-mirror-2014-06-24
@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ If you want to see all the mirrors Spack knows about you can run ``spack mirror
``spack mirror remove``
----------------------------
And, if you want to remove a mirror, just remove it by name::
To remove a mirror by name::
$ spack mirror remove local_filesystem
$ spack mirror list
@ -205,11 +205,11 @@ And, if you want to remove a mirror, just remove it by name::
Mirror precedence
----------------------------
Adding a mirror really just adds a section in ``~/.spack/mirrors.yaml``::
Adding a mirror really adds a line in ``~/.spack/mirrors.yaml``::
mirrors:
- local_filesystem: file:///Users/gamblin2/spack-mirror-2014-06-24
- remote_server: https://example.com/some/web-hosted/directory/spack-mirror-2014-06-24
local_filesystem: file:///Users/gamblin2/spack-mirror-2014-06-24
remote_server: https://example.com/some/web-hosted/directory/spack-mirror-2014-06-24
If you want to change the order in which mirrors are searched for
packages, you can edit this file and reorder the sections. Spack will