wip: update uberenv and related configs

.uberenv_config.json

@@ -5,24 +5,7 @@
 "spack_build_mode" : "uberenv-pkg",
 "spack_configs_path": "scripts/uberenv_configs/spack_configs",
 "spack_packages_path": "scripts/uberenv_configs/packages",
+"spack_externals_exclude": "python",
 "spack_url": "https://github.com/spack/spack",
-"spack_commit": "6983d520fa64d8c7343dcc627197b0e6c621d1a6",
-"spack_activate" : {"py-numpy" : ["+python"], 
-                    "py-sphinx": ["+python","+doc"],
-                    "py-docutils": ["+python","+doc"],
-                    "py-pygments": ["+python","+doc"],
-                    "py-babel": ["+python","+doc"],
-                    "py-jinja2": ["+python","+doc"],
-                    "py-packaging": ["+python","+doc"],
-                    "py-snowballstemmer": ["+python","+doc"],
-                    "py-imagesize": ["+python","+doc"],
-                    "py-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp": ["+python","+doc"],
-                    "py-sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml": ["+python","+doc"],
-                    "py-sphinxcontrib-applehelp": ["+python","+doc"],
-                    "py-sphinxcontrib-devhelp": ["+python","+doc"],
-                    "py-sphinxcontrib-qthelp": ["+python","+doc"],
-                    "py-alabaster": ["+python","+doc"],
-                    "py-requests": ["+python","+doc"],
-                    "py-mpi4py" : ["+python", "+mpi"],
-                    "py-sphinx-rtd-theme": ["+python","+doc"] }
+"spack_commit": "e8658d6493887ef702dd38f0e9ee5870a1651c1e"
 }

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -452,7 +452,9 @@ stages:
            echo "SPACK SPEC:"
            echo $SPACK_SPEC
            # run uber to build tpls
-           python3 scripts/uberenv/uberenv.py -k --spack-allow-deprecated --spec "${SPACK_SPEC}" --spack-config-dir=scripts/uberenv_configs/spack_configs/configs/alpinedav/ubuntu_18.04_devel/
+           python3 scripts/uberenv/uberenv.py -k --spack-allow-deprecated --spec "${SPACK_SPEC}"
+           # NOTE: for testing, spack config and use auto external find
+           # --spack-config-dir=scripts/uberenv_configs/spack_configs/configs/alpinedav/ubuntu_18.04_devel/
         displayName: 'Spack Build Tpls'
 
       - script: |