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shield Feature update for spack
SUSE-SLE-Module-HPC-15-SP6-2025-323

This update for spack fixes the following issues: spack was updated from version 0.21.3 to 0.23.0: - Improved documentation generation (bsc#1235144) - Version v0.23.0: * New features: + Spec splicing + Broader variant propagation + Ability to query specs by namespace + `spack spec` now respects environment settings and `unify:true` + Improved and polished `spack spec` and `spack find -c` output + The command `spack -C <env>` allows to use an environment's configuration without activation * New commands, options, and directives: + The new `spack env track` command takes a non-managed Spack environment and adds a symlink to Spack's `$environments_root` directory. + Added `-t` short option for `spack --backtrace` to output backtrace errors + `gc` now allows to garbage-collect specific packages through the command line + `oci buildcaches` now supports the option `--only=package` * Highlighted bugfixes: + Externals no longer override the preferred provider + Composable `cflags` + Fixed concretizer Unification for included environments * Deprecations, removals, and syntax changes: + The old concretizer has been removed from Spack, along with the `config:concretizer` config option + Best-effort expansion of spec matrices has been removed + The old Cray `platform` (based on Cray PE modules) has been removed, and `platform=cray` is no longer supported + The `config:install_missing_compilers` config option has beendeprecated + Config options that deprecated in `v0.21` have been removed + Spack's old test interface has been removed + The `spack versions --safe-only` option, deprecated since `v0.21.0`, has been removed + The `--dependencies` and `--optimize` arguments to `spack ci` have been deprecated - Version 0.22.2: * Bugs fixed: + Bumped vendored `archspec` for better aarch64 support + Fixed regression in `{variants.X}` and `{variants.X.value}` format strings + Ensure shell escaping of environment variable values in load and activate commands + Fixed an issue where `spec[pkg]` considers specs outside the current DAG + Do not halt concretization on unknown variants in externals + Improved validation of `develop` config section/ + Explicitly disable `ccache` if turned off in config, to avoid cache pollution + Improved backwards compatibility in `include_concrete` + Fixed issue where package tags were sometimes repeated + Make `setup-env.sh` "sourced only" by dropping execution bits + Make certain source/binary fetch errors recoverable instead of a hard error + Do not initialize previous store state in `use_store` - Update to 0.22.1. * Bugs fixed: + Fix reuse of externals on Linux + Ensure parent gcc-runtime version >= child + Ensure the latest gcc-runtime is rpath'ed when multiple exist among link deps + Improve version detection of glibc + Improve heuristics for solver + Make strong preferences override reuse + Reduce verbosity when C compiler is missing + Make missing ccache executable an error when required + Make every environment view containing `python` a `venv` + Fix external detection for compilers with os but no target. + Fix version optimization for roots. + Handle common implementations of pagination of tags in OCI build caches. + Apply fetched patches to develop specs + Avoid Windows wrappers for filesystem utilities on non-Windows + Fix formatting issue in `spack audit` * Other changes: + Give 'site' scope a lower precedence than 'system' scope - Version 0.22.0: * New features: + Compiler dependencies are moving from `compilers.yaml` to `packages.yaml` + Improved spack find UI for Environments + Improved command-line string quoting + Revert default spack install behavior to `--reuse` + The `install` command now offers three options + More control over reused specs + New `conflict:` and `prefer:` syntax for package preferences + `include_concrete` in environments + `python-venv` isolation + Packages can now specify whether they may be distributed in source or binary form * Removals, deprecations, and syntax changes: + Removed `dpcpp` compiler and package + `spack load`: removed `--only` argument * Bugs fixed: + repo.py: drop deleted packages from provider cache + Allow `+` in module file names + `cmd/python`: use runpy to allow multiprocessing in scripts + Show extension commands with `spack -h` + Support environment variable expansion inside module projections + Alert user to failed concretizations + `shell`: fix `zsh` color formatting for PS1 in environments + `spack mirror create --all`: include patches

  • Release Date
    Feb 3 2025
  • References
    Bugzilla: 1235144
  • Type
    feature
  • Severity
    moderate

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HPC Module 15.6 x86_64
  • Packages
    spack
    Package manager for HPC systems
    0.23.0-150400.21.1 lock rpm lock src
    spack-info
    Info Page for Spack - Package manager for HPC systems
    0.23.0-150400.21.1 lock rpm
    spack-man
    Man Page for Spack - Package manager for HPC systems
    0.23.0-150400.21.1 lock rpm
    spack-recipes
    Spack built-in package recipes
    0.23.0-150400.21.1 lock rpm
HPC Module 15.6 aarch64
  • Packages
    spack
    Package manager for HPC systems
    0.23.0-150400.21.1 lock rpm lock src
    spack-info
    Info Page for Spack - Package manager for HPC systems
    0.23.0-150400.21.1 lock rpm
    spack-man
    Man Page for Spack - Package manager for HPC systems
    0.23.0-150400.21.1 lock rpm
    spack-recipes
    Spack built-in package recipes
    0.23.0-150400.21.1 lock rpm