zhangyiss/spack
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Actions Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Documentation: Add installation policy to packaging guide (#34878)

Browse Source
This commit is contained in:
Tamara Dahlgren
2023-01-12 11:01:35 -08:00
committed by GitHub
parent deef4177f7
commit c0b458e38a
1 changed files with 9 additions and 0 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

9
lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst
View File

@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ ubiquitous in the scientific software community. Second, it's a modern
language and has many powerful features to help make package writing language and has many powerful features to help make package writing
easy. easy.
.. warning::
As a general rule, packages should install the software *from source*.
The only exception is for proprietary software (e.g., vendor compilers).
If a special build system needs to be added in order to support building
a package from source, then the associated code and recipe need to be added
first.
.. _installation_procedure: .. _installation_procedure: