Spec: Add a new virtual-customizable `home` attribute (#30917)

* Spec: Add a new virtual-customizable home attribute

* java: Use the new builtin home attribute

* python: Use the new builtin home attribute

11 files changed, 413 insertions, 40 deletions

diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst b/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst
index dcc8f73b5d..3764a54e4b 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst
@@ -2794,6 +2794,256 @@ Suppose a user invokes ``spack install`` like this:
 Spack will fail with a constraint violation, because the version of
 MPICH requested is too low for the ``mpi`` requirement in ``foo``.
 
+.. _custom-attributes:
+
+------------------
+Custom attributes
+------------------
+
+Often a package will need to provide attributes for dependents to query
+various details about what it provides.  While any number of custom defined
+attributes can be implemented by a package, the four specific attributes
+described below are always available on every package with default
+implementations and the ability to customize with alternate implementations
+in the case of virtual packages provided:
+
+=========== =========================================== =====================
+Attribute   Purpose                                     Default
+=========== =========================================== =====================
+``home``    The installation path for the package       ``spec.prefix``
+``command`` An executable command for the package       | ``spec.name`` found
+                                                          in
+                                                        | ``.home.bin``
+``headers`` A list of headers provided by the package   | All headers
+                                                          searched
+                                                        | recursively in
+                                                          ``.home.include``
+``libs``    A list of libraries provided by the package | ``lib{spec.name}``
+                                                          searched
+                                                        | recursively in
+                                                          ``.home`` starting
+                                                        | with ``lib``,
+                                                          ``lib64``, then the
+                                                        | rest of ``.home``
+=========== =========================================== =====================
+
+Each of these can be customized by implementing the relevant attribute
+as a ``@property`` in the package's class:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+   :linenos:
+
+   class Foo(Package):
+       ...
+       @property
+       def libs(self):
+           # The library provided by Foo is libMyFoo.so
+           return find_libraries('libMyFoo', root=self.home, recursive=True)
+
+A package may also provide a custom implementation of each attribute
+for the virtual packages it provides by implementing the
+``virtualpackagename_attributename`` property in the package's class.
+The implementation used is the first one found from:
+
+#. Specialized virtual: ``Package.virtualpackagename_attributename``
+#. Generic package: ``Package.attributename``
+#. Default
+
+The use of customized attributes is demonstrated in the next example.
+
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Example: Customized attributes for virtual packages
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Consider a package ``foo`` that can optionally provide two virtual
+packages ``bar`` and ``baz``.  When both are enabled the installation tree
+appears as follows:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   include/foo.h
+   include/bar/bar.h
+   lib64/libFoo.so
+   lib64/libFooBar.so
+   baz/include/baz/baz.h
+   baz/lib/libFooBaz.so
+
+The install tree shows that ``foo`` is providing the header ``include/foo.h``
+and library ``lib64/libFoo.so`` in it's install prefix.  The virtual
+package ``bar`` is providing ``include/bar/bar.h`` and library
+``lib64/libFooBar.so``, also in ``foo``'s install prefix.  The ``baz``
+package, however, is provided in the ``baz`` subdirectory of ``foo``'s
+prefix with the ``include/baz/baz.h`` header and ``lib/libFooBaz.so``
+library.  Such a package could implement the optional attributes as
+follows:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+   :linenos:
+
+   class Foo(Package):
+       ...
+       variant('bar', default=False, description='Enable the Foo implementation of bar')
+       variant('baz', default=False, description='Enable the Foo implementation of baz')
+       ...
+       provides('bar', when='+bar')
+       provides('baz', when='+baz')
+       ....
+
+       # Just the foo headers
+       @property
+       def headers(self):
+           return find_headers('foo', root=self.home.include, recursive=False)
+
+       # Just the foo libraries
+       @property
+       def libs(self):
+           return find_libraries('libFoo', root=self.home, recursive=True)
+
+       # The header provided by the bar virutal package
+       @property
+       def bar_headers(self):
+           return find_headers('bar/bar.h', root=self.home.include, recursive=False)
+
+       # The libary provided by the bar virtual package
+       @property
+       def bar_libs(self):
+           return find_libraries('libFooBar', root=sef.home, recursive=True)
+
+       # The baz virtual package home
+       @property
+       def baz_home(self):
+           return self.prefix.baz
+
+       # The header provided by the baz virtual package
+       @property
+       def baz_headers(self):
+           return find_headers('baz/baz', root=self.baz_home.include, recursive=False)
+
+       # The library provided by the baz virtual package
+       @property
+       def baz_libs(self):
+           return find_libraries('libFooBaz', root=self.baz_home, recursive=True)
+
+Now consider another package, ``foo-app``, depending on all three:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+   :linenos:
+
+   class FooApp(CMakePackage):
+       ...
+       depends_on('foo')
+       depends_on('bar')
+       depends_on('baz')
+
+The resulting spec objects for it's dependencies shows the result of
+the above attribute implementations:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   # The core headers and libraries of the foo package
+
+   >>> spec['foo']
+   foo@1.0%gcc@11.3.1+bar+baz arch=linux-fedora35-haswell
+   >>> spec['foo'].prefix
+   '/opt/spack/linux-fedora35-haswell/gcc-11.3.1/foo-1.0-ca3rczp5omy7dfzoqw4p7oc2yh3u7lt6'
+
+   # home defaults to the package install prefix without an explicit implementation
+   >>> spec['foo'].home
+   '/opt/spack/linux-fedora35-haswell/gcc-11.3.1/foo-1.0-ca3rczp5omy7dfzoqw4p7oc2yh3u7lt6'
+
+   # foo headers from the foo prefix
+   >>> spec['foo'].headers
+   HeaderList([
+       '/opt/spack/linux-fedora35-haswell/gcc-11.3.1/foo-1.0-ca3rczp5omy7dfzoqw4p7oc2yh3u7lt6/include/foo.h',
+   ])
+
+   # foo include directories from the foo prefix
+   >>> spec['foo'].headers.directories
+   ['/opt/spack/linux-fedora35-haswell/gcc-11.3.1/foo-1.0-ca3rczp5omy7dfzoqw4p7oc2yh3u7lt6/include']
+
+   # foo libraries from the foo prefix
+   >>> spec['foo'].libs
+   LibraryList([
+       '/opt/spack/linux-fedora35-haswell/gcc-11.3.1/foo-1.0-ca3rczp5omy7dfzoqw4p7oc2yh3u7lt6/lib64/libFoo.so',
+   ])
+
+   # foo library directories from the foo prefix
+   >>> spec['foo'].libs.directories
+   ['/opt/spack/linux-fedora35-haswell/gcc-11.3.1/foo-1.0-ca3rczp5omy7dfzoqw4p7oc2yh3u7lt6/lib64']
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   # The virtual bar package in the same prefix as foo
+
+   # bar resolves to the foo package
+   >>> spec['bar']
+   foo@1.0%gcc@11.3.1+bar+baz arch=linux-fedora35-haswell
+   >>> spec['bar'].prefix
+   '/opt/spack/linux-fedora35-haswell/gcc-11.3.1/foo-1.0-ca3rczp5omy7dfzoqw4p7oc2yh3u7lt6'
+
+   # home defaults to the foo prefix without either a Foo.bar_home
+   # or Foo.home implementation
+   >>> spec['bar'].home
+   '/opt/spack/linux-fedora35-haswell/gcc-11.3.1/foo-1.0-ca3rczp5omy7dfzoqw4p7oc2yh3u7lt6'
+
+   # bar header in the foo prefix
+   >>> spec['bar'].headers
+   HeaderList([
+       '/opt/spack/linux-fedora35-haswell/gcc-11.3.1/foo-1.0-ca3rczp5omy7dfzoqw4p7oc2yh3u7lt6/include/bar/bar.h'
+   ])
+
+   # bar include dirs from the foo prefix
+   >>> spec['bar'].headers.directories
+   ['/opt/spack/linux-fedora35-haswell/gcc-11.3.1/foo-1.0-ca3rczp5omy7dfzoqw4p7oc2yh3u7lt6/include']
+
+   # bar library from the foo prefix
+   >>> spec['bar'].libs
+   LibraryList([
+       '/opt/spack/linux-fedora35-haswell/gcc-11.3.1/foo-1.0-ca3rczp5omy7dfzoqw4p7oc2yh3u7lt6/lib64/libFooBar.so'
+   ])
+
+   # bar library directories from the foo prefix
+   >>> spec['bar'].libs.directories
+   ['/opt/spack/linux-fedora35-haswell/gcc-11.3.1/foo-1.0-ca3rczp5omy7dfzoqw4p7oc2yh3u7lt6/lib64']
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   # The virtual baz package in a subdirectory of foo's prefix
+
+   # baz resolves to the foo package
+   >>> spec['baz']
+   foo@1.0%gcc@11.3.1+bar+baz arch=linux-fedora35-haswell
+   >>> spec['baz'].prefix
+   '/opt/spack/linux-fedora35-haswell/gcc-11.3.1/foo-1.0-ca3rczp5omy7dfzoqw4p7oc2yh3u7lt6'
+
+   # baz_home implementation provides the subdirectory inside the foo prefix
+   >>> spec['baz'].home
+   '/opt/spack/linux-fedora35-haswell/gcc-11.3.1/foo-1.0-ca3rczp5omy7dfzoqw4p7oc2yh3u7lt6/baz'
+
+   # baz headers in the baz subdirectory of the foo prefix
+   >>> spec['baz'].headers
+   HeaderList([
+       '/opt/spack/linux-fedora35-haswell/gcc-11.3.1/foo-1.0-ca3rczp5omy7dfzoqw4p7oc2yh3u7lt6/baz/include/baz/baz.h'
+   ])
+
+   # baz include directories in the baz subdirectory of the foo prefix
+   >>> spec['baz'].headers.directories
+   [
+       '/opt/spack/linux-fedora35-haswell/gcc-11.3.1/foo-1.0-ca3rczp5omy7dfzoqw4p7oc2yh3u7lt6/baz/include'
+   ]
+
+   # baz libraries in the baz subdirectory of the foo prefix
+   >>> spec['baz'].libs
+   LibraryList([
+       '/opt/spack/linux-fedora35-haswell/gcc-11.3.1/foo-1.0-ca3rczp5omy7dfzoqw4p7oc2yh3u7lt6/baz/lib/libFooBaz.so'
+   ])
+
+   # baz library directories in the baz subdirectory of the foo porefix
+   >>> spec['baz'].libs.directories
+   [
+       '/opt/spack/linux-fedora35-haswell/gcc-11.3.1/foo-1.0-ca3rczp5omy7dfzoqw4p7oc2yh3u7lt6/baz/lib'
+   ]
+    
 .. _abstract-and-concrete:
 
 -------------------------
@@ -5495,6 +5745,24 @@ Version Lists
 
 Spack packages should list supported versions with the newest first.
 
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+Using ``home`` vs ``prefix``
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+``home`` and ``prefix`` are both attributes that can be queried on a
+package's dependencies, often when passing configure arguments pointing to the
+location of a dependency.  The difference is that while ``prefix`` is the
+location on disk where a concrete package resides, ``home`` is the `logical`
+location that a package resides, which may be different than ``prefix`` in
+the case of virtual packages or other special circumstances.  For most use
+cases inside a package, it's dependency locations can be accessed via either
+``self.spec['foo'].home`` or ``self.spec['foo'].prefix``.  Specific packages
+that should be consumed by dependents via ``.home`` instead of ``.prefix``
+should be noted in their respective documentation.
+
+See :ref:`custom-attributes` for more details and an example implementing
+a custom ``home`` attribute.
+
 ---------------------------
 Packaging workflow commands
 ---------------------------
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/package_base.py b/lib/spack/spack/package_base.py
index 0760f832f7..9153310bd2 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/package_base.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/package_base.py
@@ -1447,6 +1447,10 @@ class PackageBase(six.with_metaclass(PackageMeta, PackageViewMixin, object)):
         """Get the prefix into which this package should be installed."""
         return self.spec.prefix
 
+    @property
+    def home(self):
+        return self.prefix
+
     @property  # type: ignore[misc]
     @memoized
     def compiler(self):
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
index 1952ed1a50..602dcb09e8 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ class _EdgeMap(Mapping):
 def _command_default_handler(descriptor, spec, cls):
     """Default handler when looking for the 'command' attribute.
 
-    Tries to search for ``spec.name`` in the ``spec.prefix.bin`` directory.
+    Tries to search for ``spec.name`` in the ``spec.home.bin`` directory.
 
     Parameters:
         descriptor (ForwardQueryToPackage): descriptor that triggered the call
@@ -910,20 +910,21 @@ def _command_default_handler(descriptor, spec, cls):
     Raises:
         RuntimeError: If the command is not found
     """
-    path = os.path.join(spec.prefix.bin, spec.name)
+    home = getattr(spec.package, 'home')
+    path = os.path.join(home.bin, spec.name)
 
     if fs.is_exe(path):
         return spack.util.executable.Executable(path)
     else:
         msg = 'Unable to locate {0} command in {1}'
-        raise RuntimeError(msg.format(spec.name, spec.prefix.bin))
+        raise RuntimeError(msg.format(spec.name, home.bin))
 
 
 def _headers_default_handler(descriptor, spec, cls):
     """Default handler when looking for the 'headers' attribute.
 
     Tries to search for ``*.h`` files recursively starting from
-    ``spec.prefix.include``.
+    ``spec.package.home.include``.
 
     Parameters:
         descriptor (ForwardQueryToPackage): descriptor that triggered the call
@@ -937,21 +938,22 @@ def _headers_default_handler(descriptor, spec, cls):
     Raises:
         NoHeadersError: If no headers are found
     """
-    headers = fs.find_headers('*', root=spec.prefix.include, recursive=True)
+    home = getattr(spec.package, 'home')
+    headers = fs.find_headers('*', root=home.include, recursive=True)
 
     if headers:
         return headers
     else:
         msg = 'Unable to locate {0} headers in {1}'
         raise spack.error.NoHeadersError(
-            msg.format(spec.name, spec.prefix.include))
+            msg.format(spec.name, home))
 
 
 def _libs_default_handler(descriptor, spec, cls):
     """Default handler when looking for the 'libs' attribute.
 
     Tries to search for ``lib{spec.name}`` recursively starting from
-    ``spec.prefix``. If ``spec.name`` starts with ``lib``, searches for
+    ``spec.package.home``. If ``spec.name`` starts with ``lib``, searches for
     ``{spec.name}`` instead.
 
     Parameters:
@@ -978,6 +980,7 @@ def _libs_default_handler(descriptor, spec, cls):
     # get something like 'libabcXabc.so, but for now we consider this
     # unlikely).
     name = spec.name.replace('-', '?')
+    home = getattr(spec.package, 'home')
 
     # Avoid double 'lib' for packages whose names already start with lib
     if not name.startswith('lib'):
@@ -990,12 +993,12 @@ def _libs_default_handler(descriptor, spec, cls):
 
     for shared in search_shared:
         libs = fs.find_libraries(
-            name, spec.prefix, shared=shared, recursive=True)
+            name, home, shared=shared, recursive=True)
         if libs:
             return libs
 
     msg = 'Unable to recursively locate {0} libraries in {1}'
-    raise spack.error.NoLibrariesError(msg.format(spec.name, spec.prefix))
+    raise spack.error.NoLibrariesError(msg.format(spec.name, home))
 
 
 class ForwardQueryToPackage(object):
@@ -1116,6 +1119,9 @@ QueryState = collections.namedtuple(
 
 
 class SpecBuildInterface(lang.ObjectWrapper):
+    # home is available in the base Package so no default is needed
+    home = ForwardQueryToPackage('home', default_handler=None)
+
     command = ForwardQueryToPackage(
         'command',
         default_handler=_command_default_handler
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/install.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/install.py
index d1f11aa4f4..c8c697fb7e 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/install.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/install.py
@@ -53,6 +53,50 @@ def test_install_and_uninstall(install_mockery, mock_fetch, monkeypatch):
         raise
 
 
+def test_pkg_attributes(install_mockery, mock_fetch, monkeypatch):
+    # Get a basic concrete spec for the dummy package.
+    spec = Spec('attributes-foo-app ^attributes-foo')
+    spec.concretize()
+    assert spec.concrete
+
+    pkg = spec.package
+    pkg.do_install()
+    foo = 'attributes-foo'
+    assert spec['bar'].prefix == spec[foo].prefix
+    assert spec['baz'].prefix == spec[foo].prefix
+
+    assert spec[foo].home == spec[foo].prefix
+    assert spec['bar'].home == spec[foo].home
+    assert spec['baz'].home == spec[foo].prefix.baz
+
+    foo_headers = spec[foo].headers
+    # assert foo_headers.basenames == ['foo.h']
+    assert foo_headers.directories == [spec[foo].home.include]
+    bar_headers = spec['bar'].headers
+    # assert bar_headers.basenames == ['bar.h']
+    assert bar_headers.directories == [spec['bar'].home.include]
+    baz_headers = spec['baz'].headers
+    # assert baz_headers.basenames == ['baz.h']
+    assert baz_headers.directories == [spec['baz'].home.include]
+
+    if 'platform=windows' in spec:
+        lib_suffix = '.lib'
+    elif 'platform=darwin' in spec:
+        lib_suffix = '.dylib'
+    else:
+        lib_suffix = '.so'
+
+    foo_libs = spec[foo].libs
+    assert foo_libs.basenames == ['libFoo' + lib_suffix]
+    assert foo_libs.directories == [spec[foo].home.lib64]
+    bar_libs = spec['bar'].libs
+    assert bar_libs.basenames == ['libFooBar' + lib_suffix]
+    assert bar_libs.directories == [spec['bar'].home.lib64]
+    baz_libs = spec['baz'].libs
+    assert baz_libs.basenames == ['libFooBaz' + lib_suffix]
+    assert baz_libs.directories == [spec['baz'].home.lib]
+
+
 def mock_remove_prefix(*args):
     raise MockInstallError(
         "Intentional error",
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/attributes-foo-app/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/attributes-foo-app/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4f9ef14ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/attributes-foo-app/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Copyright 2013-2022 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack.package import *
+
+
+class AttributesFooApp(BundlePackage):
+    version('1.0')
+    depends_on('bar')
+    depends_on('baz')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/attributes-foo/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/attributes-foo/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf68c96a53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/attributes-foo/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# Copyright 2013-2022 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack.package import *
+
+
+class AttributesFoo(BundlePackage):
+    phases = ['install']
+    version('1.0')
+
+    provides('bar')
+    provides('baz')
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        if 'platform=windows' in spec:
+            lib_suffix = '.lib'
+        elif 'platform=darwin' in spec:
+            lib_suffix = '.dylib'
+        else:
+            lib_suffix = '.so'
+
+        mkdirp(prefix.include)
+        touch(prefix.include.join('foo.h'))
+        mkdirp(prefix.include.bar)
+        touch(prefix.include.bar.join('bar.h'))
+        mkdirp(prefix.lib64)
+        touch(prefix.lib64.join('libFoo' + lib_suffix))
+        touch(prefix.lib64.join('libFooBar' + lib_suffix))
+        mkdirp(prefix.baz.include.baz)
+        touch(prefix.baz.include.baz.join('baz.h'))
+        mkdirp(prefix.baz.lib)
+        touch(prefix.baz.lib.join('libFooBaz' + lib_suffix))
+
+    # Headers provided by Foo
+    @property
+    def headers(self):
+        return find_headers('foo', root=self.home.include, recursive=False)
+
+    # Libraries provided by Foo
+    @property
+    def libs(self):
+        return find_libraries('libFoo', root=self.home, recursive=True)
+
+    # Header provided by the bar virutal package
+    @property
+    def bar_headers(self):
+        return find_headers('bar/bar', root=self.home.include, recursive=False)
+
+    # Libary provided by the bar virtual package
+    @property
+    def bar_libs(self):
+        return find_libraries('libFooBar', root=self.home, recursive=True)
+
+    # The baz virtual package home
+    @property
+    def baz_home(self):
+        return self.home.baz
+
+    # Header provided by the baz virtual package
+    @property
+    def baz_headers(self):
+        return find_headers('baz/baz', root=self.baz_home.include, recursive=False)
+
+    # Library provided by the baz virtual package
+    @property
+    def baz_libs(self):
+        return find_libraries('libFooBaz', root=self.baz_home, recursive=True)
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ibm-java/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ibm-java/package.py
index c2c65c27a8..2a936fe850 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ibm-java/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ibm-java/package.py
@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@ class IbmJava(Package):
         return url
 
     @property
-    def home(self):
-        return self.prefix
-
-    @property
     def libs(self):
         return find_libraries(['libjvm'], root=self.home, recursive=True)
 
@@ -74,9 +70,6 @@ class IbmJava(Package):
     def setup_dependent_build_environment(self, env, dependent_spec):
         env.set('JAVA_HOME', self.home)
 
-    def setup_dependent_package(self, module, dependent_spec):
-        self.spec.home = self.home
-
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
         archive = os.path.basename(self.stage.archive_file)
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/icedtea/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/icedtea/package.py
index 1cfac3640b..445c82f95d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/icedtea/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/icedtea/package.py
@@ -118,12 +118,6 @@ class Icedtea(AutotoolsPackage):
     #    can symlink all *.jar files to `prefix.lib.ext`
     extendable = True
 
-    @property
-    def home(self):
-        """For compatibility with the ``jdk`` package, so that other packages
-        can say ``spec['java'].home`` regardless of the Java provider."""
-        return self.prefix
-
     def configure_args(self):
         os.environ['POTENTIAL_CXX'] = os.environ['CXX']
         os.environ['POTENTIAL_CC'] = os.environ['CC']
@@ -155,7 +149,7 @@ class Icedtea(AutotoolsPackage):
             '--with-nashorn-checksum=no', '--disable-maintainer-mode'
             '--disable-downloading', '--disable-system-pcsc',
             '--disable-system-sctp', '--disable-system-kerberos',
-            '--with-jdk-home=' + self.spec['jdk'].prefix
+            '--with-jdk-home=' + self.spec['jdk'].home
         ]
         return args
 
@@ -191,8 +185,3 @@ class Icedtea(AutotoolsPackage):
             class_paths = find(dependent_spec.prefix, '*.jar')
             classpath = os.pathsep.join(class_paths)
             env.prepend_path('CLASSPATH', classpath)
-
-    def setup_dependent_package(self, module, dependent_spec):
-        """Allows spec['java'].home to work."""
-
-        self.spec.home = self.home
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jdk/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jdk/package.py
index 506df98ec9..a9356f17f6 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jdk/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jdk/package.py
@@ -202,8 +202,3 @@ and adding entries for each installation:
             class_paths = find(dependent_spec.prefix, '*.jar')
             classpath = os.pathsep.join(class_paths)
             env.prepend_path('CLASSPATH', classpath)
-
-    def setup_dependent_package(self, module, dependent_spec):
-        """Allows spec['java'].home to work."""
-
-        self.spec.home = self.home
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openjdk/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openjdk/package.py
index 7be8df6835..fa478c2078 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openjdk/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openjdk/package.py
@@ -207,8 +207,3 @@ class Openjdk(Package):
             class_paths = find(dependent_spec.prefix, '*.jar')
             classpath = os.pathsep.join(class_paths)
             env.prepend_path('CLASSPATH', classpath)
-
-    def setup_dependent_package(self, module, dependent_spec):
-        """Allows spec['java'].home to work."""
-
-        self.spec.home = self.home
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/python/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/python/package.py
index 44c364b652..d0d18b4de0 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/python/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/python/package.py
@@ -1300,8 +1300,6 @@ config.update(get_paths())
         module.python_platlib = join_path(dependent_spec.prefix, self.platlib)
         module.python_purelib = join_path(dependent_spec.prefix, self.purelib)
 
-        self.spec.home = self.home
-
         # Make the site packages directory for extensions
         if dependent_spec.package.is_extension:
             mkdirp(module.python_platlib)