Fix long-standing multimethod test error.

- New inclusive version ranges from git-fetching branch enable a fix.
- Can now write :1 to include 1.3, 1.4, etc.
  - couldn't do this before so provides() was weird.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/multimethod.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/multimethod.py
index d773113426..cd5d9e625e 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/multimethod.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/multimethod.py
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ class MultiMethodTest(MockPackagesTest):
 
 
     def test_undefined_mpi_version(self):
-        # This currently fails because provides() doesn't do
-        # the right thing undefined version ranges.
-        # TODO: fix this.
         pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod^mpich@0.4')
-        self.assertEqual(pkg.mpi_version(), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(pkg.mpi_version(), 1)
+
+        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod^mpich@1.4')
+        self.assertEqual(pkg.mpi_version(), 1)
 
 
     def test_default_works(self):
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/mpich/package.py b/var/spack/mock_packages/mpich/package.py
index e86c1a68ac..75a939a892 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/mpich/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/mock_packages/mpich/package.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class Mpich(Package):
     version('3.0', 'foobarbaz')
 
     provides('mpi@:3', when='@3:')
-    provides('mpi@:1', when='@1:')
+    provides('mpi@:1', when='@:1')
 
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
         pass