Merge branch 'features/external-packages' of github.com:mplegendre/spack into features/external-packages

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openmpi@1.6.5%intel@10.1=chaos_5_x86_64_ib: /opt/openmpi-1.6.5-intel
This example lists three installations of OpenMPI, one built with gcc,
one built with gcc and debug information, and another built with OpenMPI.
one built with gcc and debug information, and another built with Intel.
If Spack is asked to build a package that uses one of these MPIs as a
dependency, it will use the the pre-installed OpenMPI in
the given directory. This example also specifies that Spack should never
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The addition of the ``nobuild`` flag tells Spack that it should never build
its own version of OpenMPI, and it will instead always rely on a pre-built
OpenMPI. Similar to ``path``, ``nobuild`` is specified as a property under
OpenMPI. Similar to ``paths``, ``nobuild`` is specified as a property under
a package name.
The ``nobuild`` does not need to be paired with external packages.