Remove /nfs/tmp2 from default build_stage locations (#10170)

* Remove /nfs/tmp2 from default configuration
* /nfs/tmp2 is going away from LC... and doesn’t exist for the rest of the world.
* update documentation to remove /nfs/tmp2 as well
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Elsa Gonsiorowski, PhD 2018-12-21 02:03:54 -08:00 committed by Todd Gamblin
parent 36ab7be406
commit 74a5d92f07
2 changed files with 4 additions and 7 deletions

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@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ config:
# The build stage can be purged with `spack clean --stage`.
build_stage:
- $tempdir
- /nfs/tmp2/$user
- $spack/var/spack/stage

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@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ By default, Spack's ``build_stage`` is configured like this:
build_stage:
- $tempdir
- /nfs/tmp2/$user
- $spack/var/spack/stage
This is an ordered list of paths that Spack should search when trying to
@ -106,11 +105,10 @@ See :ref:`config-file-variables` for more on ``$tempdir`` and ``$spack``.
When Spack builds a package, it creates a temporary directory within the
``build_stage``, and it creates a symbolic link to that directory in
``$spack/var/spack/stage``. This is used to track the stage.
After a package is successfully installed, Spack deletes the temporary
directory it used to build. Unsuccessful builds are not deleted, but you
can manually purge them with :ref:`spack clean --stage
``$spack/var/spack/stage``. This is used to track the temporary
directory. After the package is successfully installed, Spack deletes
the temporary directory it used to build. Unsuccessful builds are not
deleted, but you can manually purge them with :ref:`spack clean --stage
<cmd-spack-clean>`.
.. note::