If the user sets "ccache: true" in spack's config.yaml, Spack will use an available
ccache executable when compiling c/c++ code. This feature is disabled by default
(i.e. "ccache: false") and the documentation is updated with how to enable
ccache support
- spack.util.lock behaves the same as llnl.util.lock, but Lock._lock and
Lock._unlock do nothing.
- can be disabled with a control variable.
- configuration options can enable/disable locking:
- `locks` option in spack configuration controls whether Spack will use filesystem locks or not.
- `-l` and `-L` command-line options can force-disable or force-enable locking.
- Spack will check for group- and world-writability before disabling
locks, and it will not allow a group- or world-writable instance to
have locks disabled.
- update documentation
* Merged 'purge' command with 'clean'. Deleted 'purge'. fixes#2942
'spack purge' has been merged with 'spack clean'. Documentation has been
updated accordingly. The 'clean' and 'purge' behavior are not mutually
exclusive, and they log brief information to tty while they go.
* Fixed a wrong reference to spack clean in the docs
* Added tests for 'spack clean'. Updated bash completion.
* Add documentation for repositories and namespaces.
* Update and extend repository documentation per review.
- Also add `-N` argument for `spack spec`
