SUSE-RU-2023:3991-1: moderate: Recommended update for spack

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# Recommended update for spack

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2023:3991-1  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  * #1214222

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3

  
  
An update that has one fix can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for spack fixes the following issues:

  * Update to version 0.20.1 with the following changes:
  * Package level fixes:
    * Fix SPACK_ROOT setting in /etc/profile.d/spack.[c]sh (bsc#1214222).
    * Add hwloc-devel and sqlite3 to the packages that trigger a `spack external find`.
    * Make sure, libhwloc and hwloc are installed together when spack is installed.
  * Bug fixes:
    * Fix spec removed from an environment where not actually removed if `--force` was not given.
    * Hotfix for a few recipes that treat CMake as a link dependency.
    * Fix re-running stand-alone test a second time, which was getting a trailing spurious failure.
    * Fix reading JSON manifest on Cray, reporting non-concrete specs.
    * Fix a few bugs when generating Dockerfiles from Spack.
    * Fix a few long-standing bugs when generating module files.
    * Fix issues with building Python extensions when using an external Python.
    * Fix `spack compiler remove`: remove from command line even if they appear in different scopes.
  * Features:
    * Speed-up module file generation.
    * Show external status as `[e]`.
    * Backport `archspec` fixes.
    * Improve a few error messages.

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2023-3991=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-ESPOS-2023-3991=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (noarch)
    * spack-info-0.20.1-150300.5.22.1
    * spack-man-0.20.1-150300.5.22.1
    * spack-recipes-0.20.1-150300.5.22.1
    * spack-0.20.1-150300.5.22.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3 (noarch)
    * spack-info-0.20.1-150300.5.22.1
    * spack-man-0.20.1-150300.5.22.1
    * spack-recipes-0.20.1-150300.5.22.1
    * spack-0.20.1-150300.5.22.1

## References:

  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214222

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