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update docs for new compiler whatever greg you know what i mean
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Expand Up @@ -373,9 +373,7 @@ Spack can also use compilers built by Spack to compile later packages.
.. literalinclude:: outputs/basics/compilers-2.out
:language: spec

Because this compiler is a newer version than the external compilers Spack knows about, it will be the new default compiler.
We will discuss changing these defaults in a later section.
We can check that this compiler is preferred by looking at the install plan for a package that isn't being reused from binary.
Now ``gcc@12`` is immediately available to use.

.. literalinclude:: outputs/basics/spec-zziplib.out
:language: spec
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