Add minor clarifications and cautions to INSTALLATION.md #237
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Pull request overview
This PR adds helpful clarifications and warnings to INSTALLATION.md to improve the user experience when following the installation instructions. The changes provide more context about customization options, command execution time, and configuration file formatting requirements.
Key changes:
- Added inline comment noting the PHLEX_WORK_DIR path can be adjusted
- Clarified that
spack bootstrap nowboth creates and properly populates the.spackdirectory, and noted the command's execution time - Added warning about YAML's sensitivity to indentation and spacing
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Jan 8, 2026
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Add minor clarifications and cautions to INSTALLATION.md