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 # Spack 0.21.2 Container Image
 ![Redistributable](https://img.shields.io/badge/Redistributable-Yes-green)
 
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 ## Description
 Spack is a package manager for supercomputers. It provides build recipes
 for more than 6000 software components, and it allows to build entire
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+Mon Jun 10 15:11:25 UTC 2024 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>
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+- update README; reduce unnecessary newlines
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 Wed Jun  5 15:13:27 UTC 2024 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>