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Spack added support in #24639 for ad-hoc Git-commit-hash-based versions: A user can install a package x@hash, where X is a package that stores its source code in a Git repository, and the hash refers to a commit in that repository which is not recorded as an explicit version in the package.py file for X. A couple issues were found relating to this: * If an environment defines an alternative package repo (i.e. with repos.yaml), and spack.yaml contains user Specs with ad-hoc Git-commit-hash-based versions for packages in that repo, then as part of retrieving the data needed for version comparisons it will attempt to retrieve the package before the environment's configuration is instantiated. * The bookkeeping information added to compare ad-hoc git versions was being stripped from Specs during concretization (such that user Specs which succeeded before concretizing would then fail after) This addresses the issues: * The first issue is resolved by deferring access to the associated Package until the versions are actually compared to one another. * The second issue is resolved by ensuring that the Git bookkeeping information is explicitly applied to Specs after they are concretized. This also: * Resolves an ambiguity in the mock_git_version_info fixture used to create a tree of Git commits and provide a list where each index maps to a known commit. * Isolates the cache used for Git repositories in tests using the mock_git_version_info fixture * Adds a TODO which points out that if the remote Git repository overwrites tags, that Spack will then fail when using ad-hoc Git-commit-hash-based versions |
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SECURITY.md |
Spack
Spack is a multi-platform package manager that builds and installs multiple versions and configurations of software. It works on Linux, macOS, and many supercomputers. Spack is non-destructive: installing a new version of a package does not break existing installations, so many configurations of the same package can coexist.
Spack offers a simple "spec" syntax that allows users to specify versions and configuration options. Package files are written in pure Python, and specs allow package authors to write a single script for many different builds of the same package. With Spack, you can build your software all the ways you want to.
See the Feature Overview for examples and highlights.
To install spack and your first package, make sure you have Python. Then:
$ git clone -c feature.manyFiles=true https://github.com/spack/spack.git
$ cd spack/bin
$ ./spack install zlib
Documentation
Full documentation is available, or
run spack help
or spack help --all
.
For a cheat sheet on Spack syntax, run spack help --spec
.
Tutorial
We maintain a hands-on tutorial. It covers basic to advanced usage, packaging, developer features, and large HPC deployments. You can do all of the exercises on your own laptop using a Docker container.
Feel free to use these materials to teach users at your organization about Spack.
Community
Spack is an open source project. Questions, discussion, and contributions are welcome. Contributions can be anything from new packages to bugfixes, documentation, or even new core features.
Resources:
- Slack workspace: spackpm.slack.com. To get an invitation, visit slack.spack.io.
- Mailing list: groups.google.com/d/forum/spack
- Twitter: @spackpm. Be sure to
@mention
us!
Contributing
Contributing to Spack is relatively easy. Just send us a
pull request.
When you send your request, make develop
the destination branch on the
Spack repository.
Your PR must pass Spack's unit tests and documentation tests, and must be PEP 8 compliant. We enforce these guidelines with our CI process. To run these tests locally, and for helpful tips on git, see our Contribution Guide.
Spack's develop
branch has the latest contributions. Pull requests
should target develop
, and users who want the latest package versions,
features, etc. can use develop
.
Releases
For multi-user site deployments or other use cases that need very stable software installations, we recommend using Spack's stable releases.
Each Spack release series also has a corresponding branch, e.g.
releases/v0.14
has 0.14.x
versions of Spack, and releases/v0.13
has
0.13.x
versions. We backport important bug fixes to these branches but
we do not advance the package versions or make other changes that would
change the way Spack concretizes dependencies within a release branch.
So, you can base your Spack deployment on a release branch and git pull
to get fixes, without the package churn that comes with develop
.
The latest release is always available with the releases/latest
tag.
See the docs on releases for more details.
Code of Conduct
Please note that Spack has a Code of Conduct. By participating in the Spack community, you agree to abide by its rules.
Authors
Many thanks go to Spack's contributors.
Spack was created by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov.
Citing Spack
If you are referencing Spack in a publication, please cite the following paper:
- Todd Gamblin, Matthew P. LeGendre, Michael R. Collette, Gregory L. Lee, Adam Moody, Bronis R. de Supinski, and W. Scott Futral. The Spack Package Manager: Bringing Order to HPC Software Chaos. In Supercomputing 2015 (SC’15), Austin, Texas, November 15-20 2015. LLNL-CONF-669890.
On GitHub, you can copy this citation in APA or BibTeX format via the "Cite this repository"
button. Or, see the comments in CITATION.cff
for the raw BibTeX.
License
Spack is distributed under the terms of both the MIT license and the Apache License (Version 2.0). Users may choose either license, at their option.
All new contributions must be made under both the MIT and Apache-2.0 licenses.
See LICENSE-MIT, LICENSE-APACHE, COPYRIGHT, and NOTICE for details.
SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
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