From c9978067fc21c8469680b4c840f990def059358c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jmcarcell Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:27:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update the README --- README.md | 18 ++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ecaf6308..87d071fd 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# [Spack](https://github.com/spack/spack) package repo for Key4HEP software packaging +# [Spack](https://github.com/spack/spack) package repo for Key4hep software packaging This repository holds a set of Spack recipes for key4hep software. @@ -6,11 +6,17 @@ Consult the the [key4hep documentation website](https://cern.ch/key4hep) and the [spack documentation](https://spack.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) for more details. ## Spack Versions -The spack recipes in this repository should work with any version of spack (0.19 -is known to work and it's possible older versions work too, newer than 0.19 -works). Some of the environments require spack 0.20 or newer since they use (or -they include a file that uses) the `require` keyword which was introduced in -[spack 0.20](https://github.com/spack/spack/releases/tag/v0.20.0). +The spack recipes in this repository should work with any recent version of +spack (at least 0.20 is needed because they use the `require` keyword which was +introduced in [spack +0.20](https://github.com/spack/spack/releases/tag/v0.20.0)). The nightlies are +currently built against the commit of spack that is in the +[`.latest-commit`](https://github.com/key4hep/key4hep-spack/blob/main/.latest-commit) +file in this repository. From time to time the most recent commit is picked to +get the latest version of the spack recipes. The commit of spack that was used +to build a stack can be found in the file `.spack-commit` that is shipped with +every stack on cvmfs. + ## Repository Contents