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docs: add note about compilers with modules (#9520)

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compilers.yaml can track a module that is needed for a compiler, but
Spack does not fill this in automatically. This adds a note to the
documentation informing the user how to do this.
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Mark W. Krentel 2018-10-16 17:34:22 -05:00 committed by Peter Scheibel
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@ -202,6 +202,13 @@ installed, but you know that new compilers have been added to your
This loads the environment module for gcc-4.9.0 to add it to
``PATH``, and then it adds the compiler to Spack.
.. note::
By default, spack does not fill in the ``modules:`` field in the
``compilers.yaml`` file. If you are using a compiler from a
module, then you should add this field manually.
See the section on :ref:`compilers-requiring-modules`.
.. _cmd-spack-compiler-info:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@ -320,6 +327,7 @@ by adding the following to your ``packages.yaml`` file:
all:
compiler: [gcc@4.9.3]
.. _compilers-requiring-modules:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Compilers Requiring Modules