env path foward? spack install with yaml file on command line

[cyrush]

you can pass a yaml file with an environment spec directly to spack.

spack install ./spack.yaml

This path may open up a much easier way to use envs than spack shell support.

[cyrush]

@white238 FYI

[cyrush]

Or maybe I am just very confused -- simple example isn't working as I expected:

spack/spack#31168

[adrienbernede]

I’d like to also bring this to your attention:
https://spack.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html?highlight=user_cache_path#overriding-local-configuration
I’ve add success using that.

[cyrush]

Turns out I hopefully imagined or misunderstood this.

You can't build envs by just handing a spack.yaml over on the command line. You do have to use the shell, or -e