Merge pull request #202 from scheibelp/features/unittest-xml-output-nose

Features/unittest xml output nose

56 files changed, 13906 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/bin/spack b/bin/spack
index cd46cf6180..55b2708875 100755
--- a/bin/spack
+++ b/bin/spack
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ sys.path.insert(0, SPACK_LIB_PATH)
 SPACK_EXTERNAL_LIBS = os.path.join(SPACK_LIB_PATH, "external")
 sys.path.insert(0, SPACK_EXTERNAL_LIBS)
 
+import warnings
+# Avoid warnings when nose is installed with the python exe being used to run 
+# spack. Note this must be done after Spack's external libs directory is added 
+# to sys.path. 
+with warnings.catch_warnings():
+    warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", ".*nose was already imported")
+    import nose
+
 # Quick and dirty check to clean orphaned .pyc files left over from
 # previous revisions.  These files were present in earlier versions of
 # Spack, were removed, but shadow system modules that Spack still
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/LICENSE b/lib/spack/external/nose/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8add30ad59
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@@ -0,0 +1,504 @@
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diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/__init__.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ae1362b7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from nose.core import collector, main, run, run_exit, runmodule
+# backwards compatibility
+from nose.exc import SkipTest, DeprecatedTest
+from nose.tools import with_setup
+
+__author__ = 'Jason Pellerin'
+__versioninfo__ = (1, 3, 7)
+__version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __versioninfo__))
+
+__all__ = [
+    'main', 'run', 'run_exit', 'runmodule', 'with_setup',
+    'SkipTest', 'DeprecatedTest', 'collector'
+    ]
+
+
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/__main__.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b402d9df12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import sys
+
+from nose.core import run_exit
+
+if sys.argv[0].endswith('__main__.py'):
+    sys.argv[0] = '%s -m nose' % sys.executable
+
+run_exit()
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/case.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/case.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cffa4ab4c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/case.py
@@ -0,0 +1,397 @@
+"""nose unittest.TestCase subclasses. It is not necessary to subclass these
+classes when writing tests; they are used internally by nose.loader.TestLoader
+to create test cases from test functions and methods in test classes.
+"""
+import logging
+import sys
+import unittest
+from inspect import isfunction
+from nose.config import Config
+from nose.failure import Failure # for backwards compatibility
+from nose.util import resolve_name, test_address, try_run
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+__all__ = ['Test']
+
+
+class Test(unittest.TestCase):
+    """The universal test case wrapper.
+
+    When a plugin sees a test, it will always see an instance of this
+    class. To access the actual test case that will be run, access the
+    test property of the nose.case.Test instance.
+    """
+    __test__ = False # do not collect
+    def __init__(self, test, config=None, resultProxy=None):
+        # sanity check
+        if not callable(test):
+            raise TypeError("nose.case.Test called with argument %r that "
+                            "is not callable. A callable is required."
+                            % test)
+        self.test = test
+        if config is None:
+            config = Config()
+        self.config = config
+        self.tbinfo = None
+        self.capturedOutput = None
+        self.resultProxy = resultProxy
+        self.plugins = config.plugins
+        self.passed = None
+        unittest.TestCase.__init__(self)
+
+    def __call__(self, *arg, **kwarg):
+        return self.run(*arg, **kwarg)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        name = self.plugins.testName(self)
+        if name is not None:
+            return name
+        return str(self.test)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "Test(%r)" % self.test
+
+    def afterTest(self, result):
+        """Called after test is complete (after result.stopTest)
+        """
+        try:
+            afterTest = result.afterTest
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            afterTest(self.test)
+
+    def beforeTest(self, result):
+        """Called before test is run (before result.startTest)
+        """
+        try:
+            beforeTest = result.beforeTest
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            beforeTest(self.test)
+
+    def exc_info(self):
+        """Extract exception info.
+        """
+        exc, exv, tb = sys.exc_info()
+        return (exc, exv, tb)
+
+    def id(self):
+        """Get a short(er) description of the test
+        """
+        return self.test.id()
+
+    def address(self):
+        """Return a round-trip name for this test, a name that can be
+        fed back as input to loadTestByName and (assuming the same
+        plugin configuration) result in the loading of this test.
+        """
+        if hasattr(self.test, 'address'):
+            return self.test.address()
+        else:
+            # not a nose case
+            return test_address(self.test)
+
+    def _context(self):
+        try:
+            return self.test.context
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+        try:
+            return self.test.__class__
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+        try:
+            return resolve_name(self.test.__module__)
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+        return None
+    context = property(_context, None, None,
+                      """Get the context object of this test (if any).""")
+
+    def run(self, result):
+        """Modified run for the test wrapper.
+
+        From here we don't call result.startTest or stopTest or
+        addSuccess.  The wrapper calls addError/addFailure only if its
+        own setup or teardown fails, or running the wrapped test fails
+        (eg, if the wrapped "test" is not callable).
+
+        Two additional methods are called, beforeTest and
+        afterTest. These give plugins a chance to modify the wrapped
+        test before it is called and do cleanup after it is
+        called. They are called unconditionally.
+        """
+        if self.resultProxy:
+            result = self.resultProxy(result, self)
+        try:
+            try:
+                self.beforeTest(result)
+                self.runTest(result)
+            except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                raise
+            except:
+                err = sys.exc_info()
+                result.addError(self, err)
+        finally:
+            self.afterTest(result)
+
+    def runTest(self, result):
+        """Run the test. Plugins may alter the test by returning a
+        value from prepareTestCase. The value must be callable and
+        must accept one argument, the result instance.
+        """
+        test = self.test
+        plug_test = self.config.plugins.prepareTestCase(self)
+        if plug_test is not None:
+            test = plug_test
+        test(result)
+
+    def shortDescription(self):
+        desc = self.plugins.describeTest(self)
+        if desc is not None:
+            return desc
+        # work around bug in unittest.TestCase.shortDescription
+        # with multiline docstrings.
+        test = self.test
+        try:
+            test._testMethodDoc = test._testMethodDoc.strip()# 2.5
+        except AttributeError:
+            try:
+                # 2.4 and earlier
+                test._TestCase__testMethodDoc = \
+                    test._TestCase__testMethodDoc.strip()
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
+        # 2.7 compat: shortDescription() always returns something
+        # which is a change from 2.6 and below, and breaks the
+        # testName plugin call.
+        try:
+            desc = self.test.shortDescription()
+        except Exception:
+            # this is probably caused by a problem in test.__str__() and is
+            # only triggered by python 3.1's unittest!
+            pass
+        try:
+            if desc == str(self.test):
+                return
+        except Exception:
+            # If str() triggers an exception then ignore it.
+            # see issue 422
+            pass
+        return desc
+
+
+class TestBase(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Common functionality for FunctionTestCase and MethodTestCase.
+    """
+    __test__ = False # do not collect
+
+    def id(self):
+        return str(self)
+
+    def runTest(self):
+        self.test(*self.arg)
+
+    def shortDescription(self):
+        if hasattr(self.test, 'description'):
+            return self.test.description
+        func, arg = self._descriptors()
+        doc = getattr(func, '__doc__', None)
+        if not doc:
+            doc = str(self)
+        return doc.strip().split("\n")[0].strip()
+
+
+class FunctionTestCase(TestBase):
+    """TestCase wrapper for test functions.
+
+    Don't use this class directly; it is used internally in nose to
+    create test cases for test functions.
+    """
+    __test__ = False # do not collect
+
+    def __init__(self, test, setUp=None, tearDown=None, arg=tuple(),
+                 descriptor=None):
+        """Initialize the MethodTestCase.
+
+        Required argument:
+
+        * test -- the test function to call.
+
+        Optional arguments:
+
+        * setUp -- function to run at setup.
+
+        * tearDown -- function to run at teardown.
+
+        * arg -- arguments to pass to the test function. This is to support
+          generator functions that yield arguments.
+
+        * descriptor -- the function, other than the test, that should be used
+          to construct the test name. This is to support generator functions.
+        """
+
+        self.test = test
+        self.setUpFunc = setUp
+        self.tearDownFunc = tearDown
+        self.arg = arg
+        self.descriptor = descriptor
+        TestBase.__init__(self)
+
+    def address(self):
+        """Return a round-trip name for this test, a name that can be
+        fed back as input to loadTestByName and (assuming the same
+        plugin configuration) result in the loading of this test.
+        """
+        if self.descriptor is not None:
+            return test_address(self.descriptor)
+        else:
+            return test_address(self.test)
+
+    def _context(self):
+        return resolve_name(self.test.__module__)
+    context = property(_context, None, None,
+                      """Get context (module) of this test""")
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """Run any setup function attached to the test function
+        """
+        if self.setUpFunc:
+            self.setUpFunc()
+        else:
+            names = ('setup', 'setUp', 'setUpFunc')
+            try_run(self.test, names)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        """Run any teardown function attached to the test function
+        """
+        if self.tearDownFunc:
+            self.tearDownFunc()
+        else:
+            names = ('teardown', 'tearDown', 'tearDownFunc')
+            try_run(self.test, names)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        func, arg = self._descriptors()
+        if hasattr(func, 'compat_func_name'):
+            name = func.compat_func_name
+        else:
+            name = func.__name__
+        name = "%s.%s" % (func.__module__, name)
+        if arg:
+            name = "%s%s" % (name, arg)
+        # FIXME need to include the full dir path to disambiguate
+        # in cases where test module of the same name was seen in
+        # another directory (old fromDirectory)
+        return name
+    __repr__ = __str__
+
+    def _descriptors(self):
+        """Get the descriptors of the test function: the function and
+        arguments that will be used to construct the test name. In
+        most cases, this is the function itself and no arguments. For
+        tests generated by generator functions, the original
+        (generator) function and args passed to the generated function
+        are returned.
+        """
+        if self.descriptor:
+            return self.descriptor, self.arg
+        else:
+            return self.test, self.arg
+
+
+class MethodTestCase(TestBase):
+    """Test case wrapper for test methods.
+
+    Don't use this class directly; it is used internally in nose to
+    create test cases for test methods.
+    """
+    __test__ = False # do not collect
+
+    def __init__(self, method, test=None, arg=tuple(), descriptor=None):
+        """Initialize the MethodTestCase.
+
+        Required argument:
+
+        * method -- the method to call, may be bound or unbound. In either
+          case, a new instance of the method's class will be instantiated to
+	  make the call.  Note: In Python 3.x, if using an unbound method, you
+	  must wrap it using pyversion.unbound_method.
+
+        Optional arguments:
+
+        * test -- the test function to call. If this is passed, it will be
+          called instead of getting a new bound method of the same name as the
+          desired method from the test instance. This is to support generator
+          methods that yield inline functions.
+
+        * arg -- arguments to pass to the test function. This is to support
+          generator methods that yield arguments.
+
+        * descriptor -- the function, other than the test, that should be used
+          to construct the test name. This is to support generator methods.
+        """
+        self.method = method
+        self.test = test
+        self.arg = arg
+        self.descriptor = descriptor
+        if isfunction(method):
+            raise ValueError("Unbound methods must be wrapped using pyversion.unbound_method before passing to MethodTestCase")
+        self.cls = method.im_class
+        self.inst = self.cls()
+        if self.test is None:
+            method_name = self.method.__name__
+            self.test = getattr(self.inst, method_name)
+        TestBase.__init__(self)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        func, arg = self._descriptors()
+        if hasattr(func, 'compat_func_name'):
+            name = func.compat_func_name
+        else:
+            name = func.__name__
+        name = "%s.%s.%s" % (self.cls.__module__,
+                             self.cls.__name__,
+                             name)
+        if arg:
+            name = "%s%s" % (name, arg)
+        return name
+    __repr__ = __str__
+
+    def address(self):
+        """Return a round-trip name for this test, a name that can be
+        fed back as input to loadTestByName and (assuming the same
+        plugin configuration) result in the loading of this test.
+        """
+        if self.descriptor is not None:
+            return test_address(self.descriptor)
+        else:
+            return test_address(self.method)
+
+    def _context(self):
+        return self.cls
+    context = property(_context, None, None,
+                      """Get context (class) of this test""")
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        try_run(self.inst, ('setup', 'setUp'))
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        try_run(self.inst, ('teardown', 'tearDown'))
+
+    def _descriptors(self):
+        """Get the descriptors of the test method: the method and
+        arguments that will be used to construct the test name. In
+        most cases, this is the method itself and no arguments. For
+        tests generated by generator methods, the original
+        (generator) method and args passed to the generated method 
+        or function are returned.
+        """
+        if self.descriptor:
+            return self.descriptor, self.arg
+        else:
+            return self.method, self.arg
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/commands.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/commands.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef0e9caed4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/commands.py
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+"""
+nosetests setuptools command
+----------------------------
+
+The easiest way to run tests with nose is to use the `nosetests` setuptools
+command::
+
+  python setup.py nosetests
+
+This command has one *major* benefit over the standard `test` command: *all
+nose plugins are supported*.
+
+To configure the `nosetests` command, add a [nosetests] section to your
+setup.cfg. The [nosetests] section can contain any command line arguments that
+nosetests supports. The differences between issuing an option on the command
+line and adding it to setup.cfg are:
+
+* In setup.cfg, the -- prefix must be excluded
+* In setup.cfg, command line flags that take no arguments must be given an
+  argument flag (1, T or TRUE for active, 0, F or FALSE for inactive)
+
+Here's an example [nosetests] setup.cfg section::
+
+  [nosetests]
+  verbosity=1
+  detailed-errors=1
+  with-coverage=1
+  cover-package=nose
+  debug=nose.loader
+  pdb=1
+  pdb-failures=1
+
+If you commonly run nosetests with a large number of options, using
+the nosetests setuptools command and configuring with setup.cfg can
+make running your tests much less tedious. (Note that the same options
+and format supported in setup.cfg are supported in all other config
+files, and the nosetests script will also load config files.)
+
+Another reason to run tests with the command is that the command will
+install packages listed in your `tests_require`, as well as doing a
+complete build of your package before running tests. For packages with
+dependencies or that build C extensions, using the setuptools command
+can be more convenient than building by hand and running the nosetests
+script.
+
+Bootstrapping
+-------------
+
+If you are distributing your project and want users to be able to run tests
+without having to install nose themselves, add nose to the setup_requires
+section of your setup()::
+
+  setup(
+      # ...
+      setup_requires=['nose>=1.0']
+      )
+
+This will direct setuptools to download and activate nose during the setup
+process, making the ``nosetests`` command available.
+
+"""
+try:
+    from setuptools import Command
+except ImportError:
+    Command = nosetests = None
+else:
+    from nose.config import Config, option_blacklist, user_config_files, \
+        flag, _bool
+    from nose.core import TestProgram
+    from nose.plugins import DefaultPluginManager
+
+
+    def get_user_options(parser):
+        """convert a optparse option list into a distutils option tuple list"""
+        opt_list = []
+        for opt in parser.option_list:
+            if opt._long_opts[0][2:] in option_blacklist: 
+                continue
+            long_name = opt._long_opts[0][2:]
+            if opt.action not in ('store_true', 'store_false'):
+                long_name = long_name + "="
+            short_name = None
+            if opt._short_opts:
+                short_name =  opt._short_opts[0][1:]
+            opt_list.append((long_name, short_name, opt.help or ""))
+        return opt_list
+
+
+    class nosetests(Command):
+        description = "Run unit tests using nosetests"
+        __config = Config(files=user_config_files(),
+                          plugins=DefaultPluginManager())
+        __parser = __config.getParser()
+        user_options = get_user_options(__parser)
+
+        def initialize_options(self):
+            """create the member variables, but change hyphens to
+            underscores
+            """
+
+            self.option_to_cmds = {}
+            for opt in self.__parser.option_list:
+                cmd_name = opt._long_opts[0][2:]
+                option_name = cmd_name.replace('-', '_')
+                self.option_to_cmds[option_name] = cmd_name
+                setattr(self, option_name, None)
+            self.attr  = None
+
+        def finalize_options(self):
+            """nothing to do here"""
+            pass
+
+        def run(self):
+            """ensure tests are capable of being run, then
+            run nose.main with a reconstructed argument list"""
+            if getattr(self.distribution, 'use_2to3', False):
+                # If we run 2to3 we can not do this inplace:
+
+                # Ensure metadata is up-to-date
+                build_py = self.get_finalized_command('build_py')
+                build_py.inplace = 0
+                build_py.run()
+                bpy_cmd = self.get_finalized_command("build_py")
+                build_path = bpy_cmd.build_lib
+
+                # Build extensions
+                egg_info = self.get_finalized_command('egg_info')
+                egg_info.egg_base = build_path
+                egg_info.run()
+
+                build_ext = self.get_finalized_command('build_ext')
+                build_ext.inplace = 0
+                build_ext.run()
+            else:
+                self.run_command('egg_info')
+
+                # Build extensions in-place
+                build_ext = self.get_finalized_command('build_ext')
+                build_ext.inplace = 1
+                build_ext.run()
+
+            if self.distribution.install_requires:
+                self.distribution.fetch_build_eggs(
+                    self.distribution.install_requires)
+            if self.distribution.tests_require:
+                self.distribution.fetch_build_eggs(
+                    self.distribution.tests_require)
+
+            ei_cmd = self.get_finalized_command("egg_info")
+            argv = ['nosetests', '--where', ei_cmd.egg_base] 
+            for (option_name, cmd_name) in self.option_to_cmds.items():
+                if option_name in option_blacklist:
+                    continue
+                value = getattr(self, option_name)
+                if value is not None:
+                    argv.extend(
+                        self.cfgToArg(option_name.replace('_', '-'), value))
+            TestProgram(argv=argv, config=self.__config)
+
+        def cfgToArg(self, optname, value):
+            argv = []
+            long_optname = '--' + optname
+            opt = self.__parser.get_option(long_optname)
+            if opt.action in ('store_true', 'store_false'):
+                if not flag(value):
+                    raise ValueError("Invalid value '%s' for '%s'" % (
+                        value, optname))
+                if _bool(value):
+                    argv.append(long_optname)
+            else:
+                argv.extend([long_optname, value])
+            return argv
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/config.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..125eb5579d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,661 @@
+import logging
+import optparse
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import ConfigParser
+from optparse import OptionParser
+from nose.util import absdir, tolist
+from nose.plugins.manager import NoPlugins
+from warnings import warn, filterwarnings
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+# not allowed in config files
+option_blacklist = ['help', 'verbose']
+
+config_files = [
+    # Linux users will prefer this
+    "~/.noserc",
+    # Windows users will prefer this
+    "~/nose.cfg"
+    ]
+
+# plaforms on which the exe check defaults to off
+# Windows and IronPython
+exe_allowed_platforms = ('win32', 'cli')
+
+filterwarnings("always", category=DeprecationWarning,
+               module=r'(.*\.)?nose\.config')
+
+class NoSuchOptionError(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        Exception.__init__(self, name)
+        self.name = name
+
+
+class ConfigError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class ConfiguredDefaultsOptionParser(object):
+    """
+    Handler for options from commandline and config files.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, parser, config_section, error=None, file_error=None):
+        self._parser = parser
+        self._config_section = config_section
+        if error is None:
+            error = self._parser.error
+        self._error = error
+        if file_error is None:
+            file_error = lambda msg, **kw: error(msg)
+        self._file_error = file_error
+
+    def _configTuples(self, cfg, filename):
+        config = []
+        if self._config_section in cfg.sections():
+            for name, value in cfg.items(self._config_section):
+                config.append((name, value, filename))
+        return config
+
+    def _readFromFilenames(self, filenames):
+        config = []
+        for filename in filenames:
+            cfg = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
+            try:
+                cfg.read(filename)
+            except ConfigParser.Error, exc:
+                raise ConfigError("Error reading config file %r: %s" %
+                                  (filename, str(exc)))
+            config.extend(self._configTuples(cfg, filename))
+        return config
+
+    def _readFromFileObject(self, fh):
+        cfg = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
+        try:
+            filename = fh.name
+        except AttributeError:
+            filename = '<???>'
+        try:
+            cfg.readfp(fh)
+        except ConfigParser.Error, exc:
+            raise ConfigError("Error reading config file %r: %s" %
+                              (filename, str(exc)))
+        return self._configTuples(cfg, filename)
+
+    def _readConfiguration(self, config_files):
+        try:
+            config_files.readline
+        except AttributeError:
+            filename_or_filenames = config_files
+            if isinstance(filename_or_filenames, basestring):
+                filenames = [filename_or_filenames]
+            else:
+                filenames = filename_or_filenames
+            config = self._readFromFilenames(filenames)
+        else:
+            fh = config_files
+            config = self._readFromFileObject(fh)
+        return config
+
+    def _processConfigValue(self, name, value, values, parser):
+        opt_str = '--' + name
+        option = parser.get_option(opt_str)
+        if option is None:
+            raise NoSuchOptionError(name)
+        else:
+            option.process(opt_str, value, values, parser)
+
+    def _applyConfigurationToValues(self, parser, config, values):
+        for name, value, filename in config:
+            if name in option_blacklist:
+                continue
+            try:
+                self._processConfigValue(name, value, values, parser)
+            except NoSuchOptionError, exc:
+                self._file_error(
+                    "Error reading config file %r: "
+                    "no such option %r" % (filename, exc.name),
+                    name=name, filename=filename)
+            except optparse.OptionValueError, exc:
+                msg = str(exc).replace('--' + name, repr(name), 1)
+                self._file_error("Error reading config file %r: "
+                                 "%s" % (filename, msg),
+                                 name=name, filename=filename)
+
+    def parseArgsAndConfigFiles(self, args, config_files):
+        values = self._parser.get_default_values()
+        try:
+            config = self._readConfiguration(config_files)
+        except ConfigError, exc:
+            self._error(str(exc))
+        else:
+            try:
+                self._applyConfigurationToValues(self._parser, config, values)
+            except ConfigError, exc:
+                self._error(str(exc))
+        return self._parser.parse_args(args, values)
+
+
+class Config(object):
+    """nose configuration.
+
+    Instances of Config are used throughout nose to configure
+    behavior, including plugin lists. Here are the default values for
+    all config keys::
+
+      self.env = env = kw.pop('env', {})
+      self.args = ()
+      self.testMatch = re.compile(r'(?:^|[\\b_\\.%s-])[Tt]est' % os.sep)
+      self.addPaths = not env.get('NOSE_NOPATH', False)
+      self.configSection = 'nosetests'
+      self.debug = env.get('NOSE_DEBUG')
+      self.debugLog = env.get('NOSE_DEBUG_LOG')
+      self.exclude = None
+      self.getTestCaseNamesCompat = False
+      self.includeExe = env.get('NOSE_INCLUDE_EXE',
+                                sys.platform in exe_allowed_platforms)
+      self.ignoreFiles = (re.compile(r'^\.'),
+                          re.compile(r'^_'),
+                          re.compile(r'^setup\.py$')
+                          )
+      self.include = None
+      self.loggingConfig = None
+      self.logStream = sys.stderr
+      self.options = NoOptions()
+      self.parser = None
+      self.plugins = NoPlugins()
+      self.srcDirs = ('lib', 'src')
+      self.runOnInit = True
+      self.stopOnError = env.get('NOSE_STOP', False)
+      self.stream = sys.stderr
+      self.testNames = ()
+      self.verbosity = int(env.get('NOSE_VERBOSE', 1))
+      self.where = ()
+      self.py3where = ()
+      self.workingDir = None
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, **kw):
+        self.env = env = kw.pop('env', {})
+        self.args = ()
+        self.testMatchPat = env.get('NOSE_TESTMATCH',
+                                    r'(?:^|[\b_\.%s-])[Tt]est' % os.sep)
+        self.testMatch = re.compile(self.testMatchPat)
+        self.addPaths = not env.get('NOSE_NOPATH', False)
+        self.configSection = 'nosetests'
+        self.debug = env.get('NOSE_DEBUG')
+        self.debugLog = env.get('NOSE_DEBUG_LOG')
+        self.exclude = None
+        self.getTestCaseNamesCompat = False
+        self.includeExe = env.get('NOSE_INCLUDE_EXE',
+                                  sys.platform in exe_allowed_platforms)
+        self.ignoreFilesDefaultStrings = [r'^\.',
+                                          r'^_',
+                                          r'^setup\.py$',
+                                          ]
+        self.ignoreFiles = map(re.compile, self.ignoreFilesDefaultStrings)
+        self.include = None
+        self.loggingConfig = None
+        self.logStream = sys.stderr
+        self.options = NoOptions()
+        self.parser = None
+        self.plugins = NoPlugins()
+        self.srcDirs = ('lib', 'src')
+        self.runOnInit = True
+        self.stopOnError = env.get('NOSE_STOP', False)
+        self.stream = sys.stderr
+        self.testNames = []
+        self.verbosity = int(env.get('NOSE_VERBOSE', 1))
+        self.where = ()
+        self.py3where = ()
+        self.workingDir = os.getcwd()
+        self.traverseNamespace = False
+        self.firstPackageWins = False
+        self.parserClass = OptionParser
+        self.worker = False
+
+        self._default = self.__dict__.copy()
+        self.update(kw)
+        self._orig = self.__dict__.copy()
+
+    def __getstate__(self):
+        state = self.__dict__.copy()
+        del state['stream']
+        del state['_orig']
+        del state['_default']
+        del state['env']
+        del state['logStream']
+        # FIXME remove plugins, have only plugin manager class
+        state['plugins'] = self.plugins.__class__
+        return state
+
+    def __setstate__(self, state):
+        plugincls = state.pop('plugins')
+        self.update(state)
+        self.worker = True
+        # FIXME won't work for static plugin lists
+        self.plugins = plugincls()
+        self.plugins.loadPlugins()
+        # needed so .can_configure gets set appropriately
+        dummy_parser = self.parserClass()
+        self.plugins.addOptions(dummy_parser, {})
+        self.plugins.configure(self.options, self)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        d = self.__dict__.copy()
+        # don't expose env, could include sensitive info
+        d['env'] = {}
+        keys = [ k for k in d.keys()
+                 if not k.startswith('_') ]
+        keys.sort()
+        return "Config(%s)" % ', '.join([ '%s=%r' % (k, d[k])
+                                          for k in keys ])
+    __str__ = __repr__
+
+    def _parseArgs(self, argv, cfg_files):
+        def warn_sometimes(msg, name=None, filename=None):
+            if (hasattr(self.plugins, 'excludedOption') and
+                self.plugins.excludedOption(name)):
+                msg = ("Option %r in config file %r ignored: "
+                       "excluded by runtime environment" %
+                       (name, filename))
+                warn(msg, RuntimeWarning)
+            else:
+                raise ConfigError(msg)
+        parser = ConfiguredDefaultsOptionParser(
+            self.getParser(), self.configSection, file_error=warn_sometimes)
+        return parser.parseArgsAndConfigFiles(argv[1:], cfg_files)
+
+    def configure(self, argv=None, doc=None):
+        """Configure the nose running environment. Execute configure before
+        collecting tests with nose.TestCollector to enable output capture and
+        other features.
+        """
+        env = self.env
+        if argv is None:
+            argv = sys.argv
+
+        cfg_files = getattr(self, 'files', [])
+        options, args = self._parseArgs(argv, cfg_files)
+        # If -c --config has been specified on command line,
+        # load those config files and reparse
+        if getattr(options, 'files', []):
+            options, args = self._parseArgs(argv, options.files)
+
+        self.options = options
+        if args:
+            self.testNames = args
+        if options.testNames is not None:
+            self.testNames.extend(tolist(options.testNames))
+
+        if options.py3where is not None:
+            if sys.version_info >= (3,):
+                options.where = options.py3where
+
+        # `where` is an append action, so it can't have a default value
+        # in the parser, or that default will always be in the list
+        if not options.where:
+            options.where = env.get('NOSE_WHERE', None)
+
+        # include and exclude also
+        if not options.ignoreFiles:
+            options.ignoreFiles = env.get('NOSE_IGNORE_FILES', [])
+        if not options.include:
+            options.include = env.get('NOSE_INCLUDE', [])
+        if not options.exclude:
+            options.exclude = env.get('NOSE_EXCLUDE', [])
+
+        self.addPaths = options.addPaths
+        self.stopOnError = options.stopOnError
+        self.verbosity = options.verbosity
+        self.includeExe = options.includeExe
+        self.traverseNamespace = options.traverseNamespace
+        self.debug = options.debug
+        self.debugLog = options.debugLog
+        self.loggingConfig = options.loggingConfig
+        self.firstPackageWins = options.firstPackageWins
+        self.configureLogging()
+
+        if not options.byteCompile:
+            sys.dont_write_bytecode = True
+
+        if options.where is not None:
+            self.configureWhere(options.where)
+
+        if options.testMatch:
+            self.testMatch = re.compile(options.testMatch)
+
+        if options.ignoreFiles:
+            self.ignoreFiles = map(re.compile, tolist(options.ignoreFiles))
+            log.info("Ignoring files matching %s", options.ignoreFiles)
+        else:
+            log.info("Ignoring files matching %s", self.ignoreFilesDefaultStrings)
+
+        if options.include:
+            self.include = map(re.compile, tolist(options.include))
+            log.info("Including tests matching %s", options.include)
+
+        if options.exclude:
+            self.exclude = map(re.compile, tolist(options.exclude))
+            log.info("Excluding tests matching %s", options.exclude)
+
+        # When listing plugins we don't want to run them
+        if not options.showPlugins:
+            self.plugins.configure(options, self)
+            self.plugins.begin()
+
+    def configureLogging(self):
+        """Configure logging for nose, or optionally other packages. Any logger
+        name may be set with the debug option, and that logger will be set to
+        debug level and be assigned the same handler as the nose loggers, unless
+        it already has a handler.
+        """
+        if self.loggingConfig:
+            from logging.config import fileConfig
+            fileConfig(self.loggingConfig)
+            return
+
+        format = logging.Formatter('%(name)s: %(levelname)s: %(message)s')
+        if self.debugLog:
+            handler = logging.FileHandler(self.debugLog)
+        else:
+            handler = logging.StreamHandler(self.logStream)
+        handler.setFormatter(format)
+
+        logger = logging.getLogger('nose')
+        logger.propagate = 0
+
+        # only add our default handler if there isn't already one there
+        # this avoids annoying duplicate log messages.
+        found = False
+        if self.debugLog:
+            debugLogAbsPath = os.path.abspath(self.debugLog)
+            for h in logger.handlers:
+                if type(h) == logging.FileHandler and \
+                        h.baseFilename == debugLogAbsPath:
+                    found = True
+        else:
+            for h in logger.handlers:
+                if type(h) == logging.StreamHandler and \
+                        h.stream == self.logStream:
+                    found = True
+        if not found:
+            logger.addHandler(handler)
+
+        # default level
+        lvl = logging.WARNING
+        if self.verbosity >= 5:
+            lvl = 0
+        elif self.verbosity >= 4:
+            lvl = logging.DEBUG
+        elif self.verbosity >= 3:
+            lvl = logging.INFO
+        logger.setLevel(lvl)
+
+        # individual overrides
+        if self.debug:
+            # no blanks
+            debug_loggers = [ name for name in self.debug.split(',')
+                              if name ]
+            for logger_name in debug_loggers:
+                l = logging.getLogger(logger_name)
+                l.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+                if not l.handlers and not logger_name.startswith('nose'):
+                    l.addHandler(handler)
+
+    def configureWhere(self, where):
+        """Configure the working directory or directories for the test run.
+        """
+        from nose.importer import add_path
+        self.workingDir = None
+        where = tolist(where)
+        warned = False
+        for path in where:
+            if not self.workingDir:
+                abs_path = absdir(path)
+                if abs_path is None:
+                    raise ValueError("Working directory '%s' not found, or "
+                                     "not a directory" % path)
+                log.info("Set working dir to %s", abs_path)
+                self.workingDir = abs_path
+                if self.addPaths and \
+                       os.path.exists(os.path.join(abs_path, '__init__.py')):
+                    log.info("Working directory %s is a package; "
+                             "adding to sys.path" % abs_path)
+                    add_path(abs_path)
+                continue
+            if not warned:
+                warn("Use of multiple -w arguments is deprecated and "
+                     "support may be removed in a future release. You can "
+                     "get the same behavior by passing directories without "
+                     "the -w argument on the command line, or by using the "
+                     "--tests argument in a configuration file.",
+                     DeprecationWarning)
+                warned = True
+            self.testNames.append(path)
+
+    def default(self):
+        """Reset all config values to defaults.
+        """
+        self.__dict__.update(self._default)
+
+    def getParser(self, doc=None):
+        """Get the command line option parser.
+        """
+        if self.parser:
+            return self.parser
+        env = self.env
+        parser = self.parserClass(doc)
+        parser.add_option(
+            "-V","--version", action="store_true",
+            dest="version", default=False,
+            help="Output nose version and exit")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "-p", "--plugins", action="store_true",
+            dest="showPlugins", default=False,
+            help="Output list of available plugins and exit. Combine with "
+            "higher verbosity for greater detail")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "-v", "--verbose",
+            action="count", dest="verbosity",
+            default=self.verbosity,
+            help="Be more verbose. [NOSE_VERBOSE]")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--verbosity", action="store", dest="verbosity",
+            metavar='VERBOSITY',
+            type="int", help="Set verbosity; --verbosity=2 is "
+            "the same as -v")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "-q", "--quiet", action="store_const", const=0, dest="verbosity",
+            help="Be less verbose")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "-c", "--config", action="append", dest="files",
+            metavar="FILES",
+            help="Load configuration from config file(s). May be specified "
+            "multiple times; in that case, all config files will be "
+            "loaded and combined")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "-w", "--where", action="append", dest="where",
+            metavar="WHERE",
+            help="Look for tests in this directory. "
+            "May be specified multiple times. The first directory passed "
+            "will be used as the working directory, in place of the current "
+            "working directory, which is the default. Others will be added "
+            "to the list of tests to execute. [NOSE_WHERE]"
+            )
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--py3where", action="append", dest="py3where",
+            metavar="PY3WHERE",
+            help="Look for tests in this directory under Python 3.x. "
+            "Functions the same as 'where', but only applies if running under "
+            "Python 3.x or above.  Note that, if present under 3.x, this "
+            "option completely replaces any directories specified with "
+            "'where', so the 'where' option becomes ineffective. "
+            "[NOSE_PY3WHERE]"
+            )
+        parser.add_option(
+            "-m", "--match", "--testmatch", action="store",
+            dest="testMatch", metavar="REGEX",
+            help="Files, directories, function names, and class names "
+            "that match this regular expression are considered tests.  "
+            "Default: %s [NOSE_TESTMATCH]" % self.testMatchPat,
+            default=self.testMatchPat)
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--tests", action="store", dest="testNames", default=None,
+            metavar='NAMES',
+            help="Run these tests (comma-separated list). This argument is "
+            "useful mainly from configuration files; on the command line, "
+            "just pass the tests to run as additional arguments with no "
+            "switch.")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "-l", "--debug", action="store",
+            dest="debug", default=self.debug,
+            help="Activate debug logging for one or more systems. "
+            "Available debug loggers: nose, nose.importer, "
+            "nose.inspector, nose.plugins, nose.result and "
+            "nose.selector. Separate multiple names with a comma.")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--debug-log", dest="debugLog", action="store",
+            default=self.debugLog, metavar="FILE",
+            help="Log debug messages to this file "
+            "(default: sys.stderr)")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--logging-config", "--log-config",
+            dest="loggingConfig", action="store",
+            default=self.loggingConfig, metavar="FILE",
+            help="Load logging config from this file -- bypasses all other"
+            " logging config settings.")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "-I", "--ignore-files", action="append", dest="ignoreFiles",
+            metavar="REGEX",
+            help="Completely ignore any file that matches this regular "
+            "expression. Takes precedence over any other settings or "
+            "plugins. "
+            "Specifying this option will replace the default setting. "
+            "Specify this option multiple times "
+            "to add more regular expressions [NOSE_IGNORE_FILES]")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "-e", "--exclude", action="append", dest="exclude",
+            metavar="REGEX",
+            help="Don't run tests that match regular "
+            "expression [NOSE_EXCLUDE]")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "-i", "--include", action="append", dest="include",
+            metavar="REGEX",
+            help="This regular expression will be applied to files, "
+            "directories, function names, and class names for a chance "
+            "to include additional tests that do not match TESTMATCH.  "
+            "Specify this option multiple times "
+            "to add more regular expressions [NOSE_INCLUDE]")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "-x", "--stop", action="store_true", dest="stopOnError",
+            default=self.stopOnError,
+            help="Stop running tests after the first error or failure")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "-P", "--no-path-adjustment", action="store_false",
+            dest="addPaths",
+            default=self.addPaths,
+            help="Don't make any changes to sys.path when "
+            "loading tests [NOSE_NOPATH]")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--exe", action="store_true", dest="includeExe",
+            default=self.includeExe,
+            help="Look for tests in python modules that are "
+            "executable. Normal behavior is to exclude executable "
+            "modules, since they may not be import-safe "
+            "[NOSE_INCLUDE_EXE]")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--noexe", action="store_false", dest="includeExe",
+            help="DO NOT look for tests in python modules that are "
+            "executable. (The default on the windows platform is to "
+            "do so.)")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--traverse-namespace", action="store_true",
+            default=self.traverseNamespace, dest="traverseNamespace",
+            help="Traverse through all path entries of a namespace package")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--first-package-wins", "--first-pkg-wins", "--1st-pkg-wins",
+            action="store_true", default=False, dest="firstPackageWins",
+            help="nose's importer will normally evict a package from sys."
+            "modules if it sees a package with the same name in a different "
+            "location. Set this option to disable that behavior.")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--no-byte-compile",
+            action="store_false", default=True, dest="byteCompile",
+            help="Prevent nose from byte-compiling the source into .pyc files "
+            "while nose is scanning for and running tests.")
+
+        self.plugins.loadPlugins()
+        self.pluginOpts(parser)
+
+        self.parser = parser
+        return parser
+
+    def help(self, doc=None):
+        """Return the generated help message
+        """
+        return self.getParser(doc).format_help()
+
+    def pluginOpts(self, parser):
+        self.plugins.addOptions(parser, self.env)
+
+    def reset(self):
+        self.__dict__.update(self._orig)
+
+    def todict(self):
+        return self.__dict__.copy()
+
+    def update(self, d):
+        self.__dict__.update(d)
+
+
+class NoOptions(object):
+    """Options container that returns None for all options.
+    """
+    def __getstate__(self):
+        return {}
+
+    def __setstate__(self, state):
+        pass
+
+    def __getnewargs__(self):
+        return ()
+
+    def __nonzero__(self):
+        return False
+
+
+def user_config_files():
+    """Return path to any existing user config files
+    """
+    return filter(os.path.exists,
+                  map(os.path.expanduser, config_files))
+
+
+def all_config_files():
+    """Return path to any existing user config files, plus any setup.cfg
+    in the current working directory.
+    """
+    user = user_config_files()
+    if os.path.exists('setup.cfg'):
+        return user + ['setup.cfg']
+    return user
+
+
+# used when parsing config files
+def flag(val):
+    """Does the value look like an on/off flag?"""
+    if val == 1:
+        return True
+    elif val == 0:
+        return False
+    val = str(val)
+    if len(val) > 5:
+        return False
+    return val.upper() in ('1', '0', 'F', 'T', 'TRUE', 'FALSE', 'ON', 'OFF')
+
+
+def _bool(val):
+    return str(val).upper() in ('1', 'T', 'TRUE', 'ON')
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/core.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/core.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49e7939b98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/core.py
@@ -0,0 +1,341 @@
+"""Implements nose test program and collector.
+"""
+from __future__ import generators
+
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+import unittest
+
+from nose.config import Config, all_config_files
+from nose.loader import defaultTestLoader
+from nose.plugins.manager import PluginManager, DefaultPluginManager, \
+     RestrictedPluginManager
+from nose.result import TextTestResult
+from nose.suite import FinalizingSuiteWrapper
+from nose.util import isclass, tolist
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger('nose.core')
+compat_24 = sys.version_info >= (2, 4)
+
+__all__ = ['TestProgram', 'main', 'run', 'run_exit', 'runmodule', 'collector',
+           'TextTestRunner']
+
+
+class TextTestRunner(unittest.TextTestRunner):
+    """Test runner that uses nose's TextTestResult to enable errorClasses,
+    as well as providing hooks for plugins to override or replace the test
+    output stream, results, and the test case itself.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, stream=sys.stderr, descriptions=1, verbosity=1,
+                 config=None):
+        if config is None:
+            config = Config()
+        self.config = config
+        unittest.TextTestRunner.__init__(self, stream, descriptions, verbosity)
+
+
+    def _makeResult(self):
+        return TextTestResult(self.stream,
+                              self.descriptions,
+                              self.verbosity,
+                              self.config)
+
+    def run(self, test):
+        """Overrides to provide plugin hooks and defer all output to
+        the test result class.
+        """
+        wrapper = self.config.plugins.prepareTest(test)
+        if wrapper is not None:
+            test = wrapper
+
+        # plugins can decorate or capture the output stream
+        wrapped = self.config.plugins.setOutputStream(self.stream)
+        if wrapped is not None:
+            self.stream = wrapped
+
+        result = self._makeResult()
+        start = time.time()
+        try:
+            test(result)
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            pass
+        stop = time.time()
+        result.printErrors()
+        result.printSummary(start, stop)
+        self.config.plugins.finalize(result)
+        return result
+
+
+class TestProgram(unittest.TestProgram):
+    """Collect and run tests, returning success or failure.
+
+    The arguments to TestProgram() are the same as to
+    :func:`main()` and :func:`run()`:
+
+    * module: All tests are in this module (default: None)
+    * defaultTest: Tests to load (default: '.')
+    * argv: Command line arguments (default: None; sys.argv is read)
+    * testRunner: Test runner instance (default: None)
+    * testLoader: Test loader instance (default: None)
+    * env: Environment; ignored if config is provided (default: None;
+      os.environ is read)
+    * config: :class:`nose.config.Config` instance (default: None)
+    * suite: Suite or list of tests to run (default: None). Passing a
+      suite or lists of tests will bypass all test discovery and
+      loading. *ALSO NOTE* that if you pass a unittest.TestSuite
+      instance as the suite, context fixtures at the class, module and
+      package level will not be used, and many plugin hooks will not
+      be called. If you want normal nose behavior, either pass a list
+      of tests, or a fully-configured :class:`nose.suite.ContextSuite`.
+    * exit: Exit after running tests and printing report (default: True)
+    * plugins: List of plugins to use; ignored if config is provided
+      (default: load plugins with DefaultPluginManager)
+    * addplugins: List of **extra** plugins to use. Pass a list of plugin
+      instances in this argument to make custom plugins available while
+      still using the DefaultPluginManager.
+    """
+    verbosity = 1
+
+    def __init__(self, module=None, defaultTest='.', argv=None,
+                 testRunner=None, testLoader=None, env=None, config=None,
+                 suite=None, exit=True, plugins=None, addplugins=None):
+        if env is None:
+            env = os.environ
+        if config is None:
+            config = self.makeConfig(env, plugins)
+        if addplugins:
+            config.plugins.addPlugins(extraplugins=addplugins)
+        self.config = config
+        self.suite = suite
+        self.exit = exit
+        extra_args = {}
+        version = sys.version_info[0:2]
+        if version >= (2,7) and version != (3,0):
+            extra_args['exit'] = exit
+        unittest.TestProgram.__init__(
+            self, module=module, defaultTest=defaultTest,
+            argv=argv, testRunner=testRunner, testLoader=testLoader,
+            **extra_args)
+
+    def getAllConfigFiles(self, env=None):
+        env = env or {}
+        if env.get('NOSE_IGNORE_CONFIG_FILES', False):
+            return []
+        else:
+            return all_config_files()
+
+    def makeConfig(self, env, plugins=None):
+        """Load a Config, pre-filled with user config files if any are
+        found.
+        """
+        cfg_files = self.getAllConfigFiles(env)
+        if plugins:
+            manager = PluginManager(plugins=plugins)
+        else:
+            manager = DefaultPluginManager()
+        return Config(
+            env=env, files=cfg_files, plugins=manager)
+
+    def parseArgs(self, argv):
+        """Parse argv and env and configure running environment.
+        """
+        self.config.configure(argv, doc=self.usage())
+        log.debug("configured %s", self.config)
+
+        # quick outs: version, plugins (optparse would have already
+        # caught and exited on help)
+        if self.config.options.version:
+            from nose import __version__
+            sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__
+            print "%s version %s" % (os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]), __version__)
+            sys.exit(0)
+
+        if self.config.options.showPlugins:
+            self.showPlugins()
+            sys.exit(0)
+
+        if self.testLoader is None:
+            self.testLoader = defaultTestLoader(config=self.config)
+        elif isclass(self.testLoader):
+            self.testLoader = self.testLoader(config=self.config)
+        plug_loader = self.config.plugins.prepareTestLoader(self.testLoader)
+        if plug_loader is not None:
+            self.testLoader = plug_loader
+        log.debug("test loader is %s", self.testLoader)
+
+        # FIXME if self.module is a string, add it to self.testNames? not sure
+
+        if self.config.testNames:
+            self.testNames = self.config.testNames
+        else:
+            self.testNames = tolist(self.defaultTest)
+        log.debug('defaultTest %s', self.defaultTest)
+        log.debug('Test names are %s', self.testNames)
+        if self.config.workingDir is not None:
+            os.chdir(self.config.workingDir)
+        self.createTests()
+
+    def createTests(self):
+        """Create the tests to run. If a self.suite
+        is set, then that suite will be used. Otherwise, tests will be
+        loaded from the given test names (self.testNames) using the
+        test loader.
+        """
+        log.debug("createTests called with %s", self.suite)
+        if self.suite is not None:
+            # We were given an explicit suite to run. Make sure it's
+            # loaded and wrapped correctly.
+            self.test = self.testLoader.suiteClass(self.suite)
+        else:
+            self.test = self.testLoader.loadTestsFromNames(self.testNames)
+
+    def runTests(self):
+        """Run Tests. Returns true on success, false on failure, and sets
+        self.success to the same value.
+        """
+        log.debug("runTests called")
+        if self.testRunner is None:
+            self.testRunner = TextTestRunner(stream=self.config.stream,
+                                             verbosity=self.config.verbosity,
+                                             config=self.config)
+        plug_runner = self.config.plugins.prepareTestRunner(self.testRunner)
+        if plug_runner is not None:
+            self.testRunner = plug_runner
+        result = self.testRunner.run(self.test)
+        self.success = result.wasSuccessful()
+        if self.exit:
+            sys.exit(not self.success)
+        return self.success
+
+    def showPlugins(self):
+        """Print list of available plugins.
+        """
+        import textwrap
+
+        class DummyParser:
+            def __init__(self):
+                self.options = []
+            def add_option(self, *arg, **kw):
+                self.options.append((arg, kw.pop('help', '')))
+
+        v = self.config.verbosity
+        self.config.plugins.sort()
+        for p in self.config.plugins:
+            print "Plugin %s" % p.name
+            if v >= 2:
+                print "  score: %s" % p.score
+                print '\n'.join(textwrap.wrap(p.help().strip(),
+                                              initial_indent='  ',
+                                              subsequent_indent='  '))
+                if v >= 3:
+                    parser = DummyParser()
+                    p.addOptions(parser)
+                    if len(parser.options):
+                        print
+                        print "  Options:"
+                        for opts, help in parser.options:
+                            print '  %s' % (', '.join(opts))
+                            if help:
+                                print '\n'.join(
+                                    textwrap.wrap(help.strip(),
+                                                  initial_indent='    ',
+                                                  subsequent_indent='    '))
+                print
+
+    def usage(cls):
+        import nose
+        try:
+            ld = nose.__loader__
+            text = ld.get_data(os.path.join(
+                os.path.dirname(__file__), 'usage.txt'))
+        except AttributeError:
+            f = open(os.path.join(
+                os.path.dirname(__file__), 'usage.txt'), 'r')
+            try:
+                text = f.read()
+            finally:
+                f.close()
+        # Ensure that we return str, not bytes.
+        if not isinstance(text, str):
+            text = text.decode('utf-8')
+        return text
+    usage = classmethod(usage)
+
+# backwards compatibility
+run_exit = main = TestProgram
+
+
+def run(*arg, **kw):
+    """Collect and run tests, returning success or failure.
+
+    The arguments to `run()` are the same as to `main()`:
+
+    * module: All tests are in this module (default: None)
+    * defaultTest: Tests to load (default: '.')
+    * argv: Command line arguments (default: None; sys.argv is read)
+    * testRunner: Test runner instance (default: None)
+    * testLoader: Test loader instance (default: None)
+    * env: Environment; ignored if config is provided (default: None;
+      os.environ is read)
+    * config: :class:`nose.config.Config` instance (default: None)
+    * suite: Suite or list of tests to run (default: None). Passing a
+      suite or lists of tests will bypass all test discovery and
+      loading. *ALSO NOTE* that if you pass a unittest.TestSuite
+      instance as the suite, context fixtures at the class, module and
+      package level will not be used, and many plugin hooks will not
+      be called. If you want normal nose behavior, either pass a list
+      of tests, or a fully-configured :class:`nose.suite.ContextSuite`.
+    * plugins: List of plugins to use; ignored if config is provided
+      (default: load plugins with DefaultPluginManager)
+    * addplugins: List of **extra** plugins to use. Pass a list of plugin
+      instances in this argument to make custom plugins available while
+      still using the DefaultPluginManager.
+
+    With the exception that the ``exit`` argument is always set
+    to False.
+    """
+    kw['exit'] = False
+    return TestProgram(*arg, **kw).success
+
+
+def runmodule(name='__main__', **kw):
+    """Collect and run tests in a single module only. Defaults to running
+    tests in __main__. Additional arguments to TestProgram may be passed
+    as keyword arguments.
+    """
+    main(defaultTest=name, **kw)
+
+
+def collector():
+    """TestSuite replacement entry point. Use anywhere you might use a
+    unittest.TestSuite. The collector will, by default, load options from
+    all config files and execute loader.loadTestsFromNames() on the
+    configured testNames, or '.' if no testNames are configured.
+    """
+    # plugins that implement any of these methods are disabled, since
+    # we don't control the test runner and won't be able to run them
+    # finalize() is also not called, but plugins that use it aren't disabled,
+    # because capture needs it.
+    setuptools_incompat = ('report', 'prepareTest',
+                           'prepareTestLoader', 'prepareTestRunner',
+                           'setOutputStream')
+
+    plugins = RestrictedPluginManager(exclude=setuptools_incompat)
+    conf = Config(files=all_config_files(),
+                  plugins=plugins)
+    conf.configure(argv=['collector'])
+    loader = defaultTestLoader(conf)
+
+    if conf.testNames:
+        suite = loader.loadTestsFromNames(conf.testNames)
+    else:
+        suite = loader.loadTestsFromNames(('.',))
+    return FinalizingSuiteWrapper(suite, plugins.finalize)
+
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/exc.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/exc.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b780db0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/exc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"""Exceptions for marking tests as skipped or deprecated.
+
+This module exists to provide backwards compatibility with previous
+versions of nose where skipped and deprecated tests were core
+functionality, rather than being provided by plugins. It may be
+removed in a future release.
+"""
+from nose.plugins.skip import SkipTest
+from nose.plugins.deprecated import DeprecatedTest
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/ext/__init__.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/ext/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5fd1516a09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/ext/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"""
+External or vendor files
+"""
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/ext/dtcompat.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/ext/dtcompat.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..332cf08c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/ext/dtcompat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2272 @@
+# Module doctest.
+# Released to the public domain 16-Jan-2001, by Tim Peters (tim@python.org).
+# Major enhancements and refactoring by:
+#     Jim Fulton
+#     Edward Loper
+
+# Provided as-is; use at your own risk; no warranty; no promises; enjoy!
+#
+# Modified for inclusion in nose to provide support for DocFileTest in
+# python 2.3:
+#
+# - all doctests removed from module (they fail under 2.3 and 2.5) 
+# - now handles the $py.class extension when ran under Jython
+
+r"""Module doctest -- a framework for running examples in docstrings.
+
+In simplest use, end each module M to be tested with:
+
+def _test():
+    import doctest
+    doctest.testmod()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    _test()
+
+Then running the module as a script will cause the examples in the
+docstrings to get executed and verified:
+
+python M.py
+
+This won't display anything unless an example fails, in which case the
+failing example(s) and the cause(s) of the failure(s) are printed to stdout
+(why not stderr? because stderr is a lame hack <0.2 wink>), and the final
+line of output is "Test failed.".
+
+Run it with the -v switch instead:
+
+python M.py -v
+
+and a detailed report of all examples tried is printed to stdout, along
+with assorted summaries at the end.
+
+You can force verbose mode by passing "verbose=True" to testmod, or prohibit
+it by passing "verbose=False".  In either of those cases, sys.argv is not
+examined by testmod.
+
+There are a variety of other ways to run doctests, including integration
+with the unittest framework, and support for running non-Python text
+files containing doctests.  There are also many ways to override parts
+of doctest's default behaviors.  See the Library Reference Manual for
+details.
+"""
+
+__docformat__ = 'reStructuredText en'
+
+__all__ = [
+    # 0, Option Flags
+    'register_optionflag',
+    'DONT_ACCEPT_TRUE_FOR_1',
+    'DONT_ACCEPT_BLANKLINE',
+    'NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE',
+    'ELLIPSIS',
+    'IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL',
+    'COMPARISON_FLAGS',
+    'REPORT_UDIFF',
+    'REPORT_CDIFF',
+    'REPORT_NDIFF',
+    'REPORT_ONLY_FIRST_FAILURE',
+    'REPORTING_FLAGS',
+    # 1. Utility Functions
+    'is_private',
+    # 2. Example & DocTest
+    'Example',
+    'DocTest',
+    # 3. Doctest Parser
+    'DocTestParser',
+    # 4. Doctest Finder
+    'DocTestFinder',
+    # 5. Doctest Runner
+    'DocTestRunner',
+    'OutputChecker',
+    'DocTestFailure',
+    'UnexpectedException',
+    'DebugRunner',
+    # 6. Test Functions
+    'testmod',
+    'testfile',
+    'run_docstring_examples',
+    # 7. Tester
+    'Tester',
+    # 8. Unittest Support
+    'DocTestSuite',
+    'DocFileSuite',
+    'set_unittest_reportflags',
+    # 9. Debugging Support
+    'script_from_examples',
+    'testsource',
+    'debug_src',
+    'debug',
+]
+
+import __future__
+
+import sys, traceback, inspect, linecache, os, re
+import unittest, difflib, pdb, tempfile
+import warnings
+from StringIO import StringIO
+
+# Don't whine about the deprecated is_private function in this
+# module's tests.
+warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", "is_private", DeprecationWarning,
+                        __name__, 0)
+
+# There are 4 basic classes:
+#  - Example: a <source, want> pair, plus an intra-docstring line number.
+#  - DocTest: a collection of examples, parsed from a docstring, plus
+#    info about where the docstring came from (name, filename, lineno).
+#  - DocTestFinder: extracts DocTests from a given object's docstring and
+#    its contained objects' docstrings.
+#  - DocTestRunner: runs DocTest cases, and accumulates statistics.
+#
+# So the basic picture is:
+#
+#                             list of:
+# +------+                   +---------+                   +-------+
+# |object| --DocTestFinder-> | DocTest | --DocTestRunner-> |results|
+# +------+                   +---------+                   +-------+
+#                            | Example |
+#                            |   ...   |
+#                            | Example |
+#                            +---------+
+
+# Option constants.
+
+OPTIONFLAGS_BY_NAME = {}
+def register_optionflag(name):
+    # Create a new flag unless `name` is already known.
+    return OPTIONFLAGS_BY_NAME.setdefault(name, 1 << len(OPTIONFLAGS_BY_NAME))
+
+DONT_ACCEPT_TRUE_FOR_1 = register_optionflag('DONT_ACCEPT_TRUE_FOR_1')
+DONT_ACCEPT_BLANKLINE = register_optionflag('DONT_ACCEPT_BLANKLINE')
+NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE = register_optionflag('NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE')
+ELLIPSIS = register_optionflag('ELLIPSIS')
+IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL = register_optionflag('IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL')
+
+COMPARISON_FLAGS = (DONT_ACCEPT_TRUE_FOR_1 |
+                    DONT_ACCEPT_BLANKLINE |
+                    NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE |
+                    ELLIPSIS |
+                    IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL)
+
+REPORT_UDIFF = register_optionflag('REPORT_UDIFF')
+REPORT_CDIFF = register_optionflag('REPORT_CDIFF')
+REPORT_NDIFF = register_optionflag('REPORT_NDIFF')
+REPORT_ONLY_FIRST_FAILURE = register_optionflag('REPORT_ONLY_FIRST_FAILURE')
+
+REPORTING_FLAGS = (REPORT_UDIFF |
+                   REPORT_CDIFF |
+                   REPORT_NDIFF |
+                   REPORT_ONLY_FIRST_FAILURE)
+
+# Special string markers for use in `want` strings:
+BLANKLINE_MARKER = '<BLANKLINE>'
+ELLIPSIS_MARKER = '...'
+
+######################################################################
+## Table of Contents
+######################################################################
+#  1. Utility Functions
+#  2. Example & DocTest -- store test cases
+#  3. DocTest Parser -- extracts examples from strings
+#  4. DocTest Finder -- extracts test cases from objects
+#  5. DocTest Runner -- runs test cases
+#  6. Test Functions -- convenient wrappers for testing
+#  7. Tester Class -- for backwards compatibility
+#  8. Unittest Support
+#  9. Debugging Support
+# 10. Example Usage
+
+######################################################################
+## 1. Utility Functions
+######################################################################
+
+def is_private(prefix, base):
+    """prefix, base -> true iff name prefix + "." + base is "private".
+
+    Prefix may be an empty string, and base does not contain a period.
+    Prefix is ignored (although functions you write conforming to this
+    protocol may make use of it).
+    Return true iff base begins with an (at least one) underscore, but
+    does not both begin and end with (at least) two underscores.
+    """
+    warnings.warn("is_private is deprecated; it wasn't useful; "
+                  "examine DocTestFinder.find() lists instead",
+                  DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+    return base[:1] == "_" and not base[:2] == "__" == base[-2:]
+
+def _extract_future_flags(globs):
+    """
+    Return the compiler-flags associated with the future features that
+    have been imported into the given namespace (globs).
+    """
+    flags = 0
+    for fname in __future__.all_feature_names:
+        feature = globs.get(fname, None)
+        if feature is getattr(__future__, fname):
+            flags |= feature.compiler_flag
+    return flags
+
+def _normalize_module(module, depth=2):
+    """
+    Return the module specified by `module`.  In particular:
+      - If `module` is a module, then return module.
+      - If `module` is a string, then import and return the
+        module with that name.
+      - If `module` is None, then return the calling module.
+        The calling module is assumed to be the module of
+        the stack frame at the given depth in the call stack.
+    """
+    if inspect.ismodule(module):
+        return module
+    elif isinstance(module, (str, unicode)):
+        return __import__(module, globals(), locals(), ["*"])
+    elif module is None:
+        return sys.modules[sys._getframe(depth).f_globals['__name__']]
+    else:
+        raise TypeError("Expected a module, string, or None")
+
+def _indent(s, indent=4):
+    """
+    Add the given number of space characters to the beginning every
+    non-blank line in `s`, and return the result.
+    """
+    # This regexp matches the start of non-blank lines:
+    return re.sub('(?m)^(?!$)', indent*' ', s)
+
+def _exception_traceback(exc_info):
+    """
+    Return a string containing a traceback message for the given
+    exc_info tuple (as returned by sys.exc_info()).
+    """
+    # Get a traceback message.
+    excout = StringIO()
+    exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb = exc_info
+    traceback.print_exception(exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb, file=excout)
+    return excout.getvalue()
+
+# Override some StringIO methods.
+class _SpoofOut(StringIO):
+    def getvalue(self):
+        result = StringIO.getvalue(self)
+        # If anything at all was written, make sure there's a trailing
+        # newline.  There's no way for the expected output to indicate
+        # that a trailing newline is missing.
+        if result and not result.endswith("\n"):
+            result += "\n"
+        # Prevent softspace from screwing up the next test case, in
+        # case they used print with a trailing comma in an example.
+        if hasattr(self, "softspace"):
+            del self.softspace
+        return result
+
+    def truncate(self,   size=None):
+        StringIO.truncate(self, size)
+        if hasattr(self, "softspace"):
+            del self.softspace
+
+# Worst-case linear-time ellipsis matching.
+def _ellipsis_match(want, got):
+    if ELLIPSIS_MARKER not in want:
+        return want == got
+
+    # Find "the real" strings.
+    ws = want.split(ELLIPSIS_MARKER)
+    assert len(ws) >= 2
+
+    # Deal with exact matches possibly needed at one or both ends.
+    startpos, endpos = 0, len(got)
+    w = ws[0]
+    if w:   # starts with exact match
+        if got.startswith(w):
+            startpos = len(w)
+            del ws[0]
+        else:
+            return False
+    w = ws[-1]
+    if w:   # ends with exact match
+        if got.endswith(w):
+            endpos -= len(w)
+            del ws[-1]
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    if startpos > endpos:
+        # Exact end matches required more characters than we have, as in
+        # _ellipsis_match('aa...aa', 'aaa')
+        return False
+
+    # For the rest, we only need to find the leftmost non-overlapping
+    # match for each piece.  If there's no overall match that way alone,
+    # there's no overall match period.
+    for w in ws:
+        # w may be '' at times, if there are consecutive ellipses, or
+        # due to an ellipsis at the start or end of `want`.  That's OK.
+        # Search for an empty string succeeds, and doesn't change startpos.
+        startpos = got.find(w, startpos, endpos)
+        if startpos < 0:
+            return False
+        startpos += len(w)
+
+    return True
+
+def _comment_line(line):
+    "Return a commented form of the given line"
+    line = line.rstrip()
+    if line:
+        return '# '+line
+    else:
+        return '#'
+
+class _OutputRedirectingPdb(pdb.Pdb):
+    """
+    A specialized version of the python debugger that redirects stdout
+    to a given stream when interacting with the user.  Stdout is *not*
+    redirected when traced code is executed.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, out):
+        self.__out = out
+        pdb.Pdb.__init__(self)
+
+    def trace_dispatch(self, *args):
+        # Redirect stdout to the given stream.
+        save_stdout = sys.stdout
+        sys.stdout = self.__out
+        # Call Pdb's trace dispatch method.
+        try:
+            return pdb.Pdb.trace_dispatch(self, *args)
+        finally:
+            sys.stdout = save_stdout
+
+# [XX] Normalize with respect to os.path.pardir?
+def _module_relative_path(module, path):
+    if not inspect.ismodule(module):
+        raise TypeError, 'Expected a module: %r' % module
+    if path.startswith('/'):
+        raise ValueError, 'Module-relative files may not have absolute paths'
+
+    # Find the base directory for the path.
+    if hasattr(module, '__file__'):
+        # A normal module/package
+        basedir = os.path.split(module.__file__)[0]
+    elif module.__name__ == '__main__':
+        # An interactive session.
+        if len(sys.argv)>0 and sys.argv[0] != '':
+            basedir = os.path.split(sys.argv[0])[0]
+        else:
+            basedir = os.curdir
+    else:
+        # A module w/o __file__ (this includes builtins)
+        raise ValueError("Can't resolve paths relative to the module " +
+                         module + " (it has no __file__)")
+
+    # Combine the base directory and the path.
+    return os.path.join(basedir, *(path.split('/')))
+
+######################################################################
+## 2. Example & DocTest
+######################################################################
+## - An "example" is a <source, want> pair, where "source" is a
+##   fragment of source code, and "want" is the expected output for
+##   "source."  The Example class also includes information about
+##   where the example was extracted from.
+##
+## - A "doctest" is a collection of examples, typically extracted from
+##   a string (such as an object's docstring).  The DocTest class also
+##   includes information about where the string was extracted from.
+
+class Example:
+    """
+    A single doctest example, consisting of source code and expected
+    output.  `Example` defines the following attributes:
+
+      - source: A single Python statement, always ending with a newline.
+        The constructor adds a newline if needed.
+
+      - want: The expected output from running the source code (either
+        from stdout, or a traceback in case of exception).  `want` ends
+        with a newline unless it's empty, in which case it's an empty
+        string.  The constructor adds a newline if needed.
+
+      - exc_msg: The exception message generated by the example, if
+        the example is expected to generate an exception; or `None` if
+        it is not expected to generate an exception.  This exception
+        message is compared against the return value of
+        `traceback.format_exception_only()`.  `exc_msg` ends with a
+        newline unless it's `None`.  The constructor adds a newline
+        if needed.
+
+      - lineno: The line number within the DocTest string containing
+        this Example where the Example begins.  This line number is
+        zero-based, with respect to the beginning of the DocTest.
+
+      - indent: The example's indentation in the DocTest string.
+        I.e., the number of space characters that preceed the
+        example's first prompt.
+
+      - options: A dictionary mapping from option flags to True or
+        False, which is used to override default options for this
+        example.  Any option flags not contained in this dictionary
+        are left at their default value (as specified by the
+        DocTestRunner's optionflags).  By default, no options are set.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, source, want, exc_msg=None, lineno=0, indent=0,
+                 options=None):
+        # Normalize inputs.
+        if not source.endswith('\n'):
+            source += '\n'
+        if want and not want.endswith('\n'):
+            want += '\n'
+        if exc_msg is not None and not exc_msg.endswith('\n'):
+            exc_msg += '\n'
+        # Store properties.
+        self.source = source
+        self.want = want
+        self.lineno = lineno
+        self.indent = indent
+        if options is None: options = {}
+        self.options = options
+        self.exc_msg = exc_msg
+
+class DocTest:
+    """
+    A collection of doctest examples that should be run in a single
+    namespace.  Each `DocTest` defines the following attributes:
+
+      - examples: the list of examples.
+
+      - globs: The namespace (aka globals) that the examples should
+        be run in.
+
+      - name: A name identifying the DocTest (typically, the name of
+        the object whose docstring this DocTest was extracted from).
+
+      - filename: The name of the file that this DocTest was extracted
+        from, or `None` if the filename is unknown.
+
+      - lineno: The line number within filename where this DocTest
+        begins, or `None` if the line number is unavailable.  This
+        line number is zero-based, with respect to the beginning of
+        the file.
+
+      - docstring: The string that the examples were extracted from,
+        or `None` if the string is unavailable.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, examples, globs, name, filename, lineno, docstring):
+        """
+        Create a new DocTest containing the given examples.  The
+        DocTest's globals are initialized with a copy of `globs`.
+        """
+        assert not isinstance(examples, basestring), \
+               "DocTest no longer accepts str; use DocTestParser instead"
+        self.examples = examples
+        self.docstring = docstring
+        self.globs = globs.copy()
+        self.name = name
+        self.filename = filename
+        self.lineno = lineno
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        if len(self.examples) == 0:
+            examples = 'no examples'
+        elif len(self.examples) == 1:
+            examples = '1 example'
+        else:
+            examples = '%d examples' % len(self.examples)
+        return ('<DocTest %s from %s:%s (%s)>' %
+                (self.name, self.filename, self.lineno, examples))
+
+
+    # This lets us sort tests by name:
+    def __cmp__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, DocTest):
+            return -1
+        return cmp((self.name, self.filename, self.lineno, id(self)),
+                   (other.name, other.filename, other.lineno, id(other)))
+
+######################################################################
+## 3. DocTestParser
+######################################################################
+
+class DocTestParser:
+    """
+    A class used to parse strings containing doctest examples.
+    """
+    # This regular expression is used to find doctest examples in a
+    # string.  It defines three groups: `source` is the source code
+    # (including leading indentation and prompts); `indent` is the
+    # indentation of the first (PS1) line of the source code; and
+    # `want` is the expected output (including leading indentation).
+    _EXAMPLE_RE = re.compile(r'''
+        # Source consists of a PS1 line followed by zero or more PS2 lines.
+        (?P<source>
+            (?:^(?P<indent> [ ]*) >>>    .*)    # PS1 line
+            (?:\n           [ ]*  \.\.\. .*)*)  # PS2 lines
+        \n?
+        # Want consists of any non-blank lines that do not start with PS1.
+        (?P<want> (?:(?![ ]*$)    # Not a blank line
+                     (?![ ]*>>>)  # Not a line starting with PS1
+                     .*$\n?       # But any other line
+                  )*)
+        ''', re.MULTILINE | re.VERBOSE)
+
+    # A regular expression for handling `want` strings that contain
+    # expected exceptions.  It divides `want` into three pieces:
+    #    - the traceback header line (`hdr`)
+    #    - the traceback stack (`stack`)
+    #    - the exception message (`msg`), as generated by
+    #      traceback.format_exception_only()
+    # `msg` may have multiple lines.  We assume/require that the
+    # exception message is the first non-indented line starting with a word
+    # character following the traceback header line.
+    _EXCEPTION_RE = re.compile(r"""
+        # Grab the traceback header.  Different versions of Python have
+        # said different things on the first traceback line.
+        ^(?P<hdr> Traceback\ \(
+            (?: most\ recent\ call\ last
+            |   innermost\ last
+            ) \) :
+        )
+        \s* $                # toss trailing whitespace on the header.
+        (?P<stack> .*?)      # don't blink: absorb stuff until...
+        ^ (?P<msg> \w+ .*)   #     a line *starts* with alphanum.
+        """, re.VERBOSE | re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL)
+
+    # A callable returning a true value iff its argument is a blank line
+    # or contains a single comment.
+    _IS_BLANK_OR_COMMENT = re.compile(r'^[ ]*(#.*)?$').match
+
+    def parse(self, string, name='<string>'):
+        """
+        Divide the given string into examples and intervening text,
+        and return them as a list of alternating Examples and strings.
+        Line numbers for the Examples are 0-based.  The optional
+        argument `name` is a name identifying this string, and is only
+        used for error messages.
+        """
+        string = string.expandtabs()
+        # If all lines begin with the same indentation, then strip it.
+        min_indent = self._min_indent(string)
+        if min_indent > 0:
+            string = '\n'.join([l[min_indent:] for l in string.split('\n')])
+
+        output = []
+        charno, lineno = 0, 0
+        # Find all doctest examples in the string:
+        for m in self._EXAMPLE_RE.finditer(string):
+            # Add the pre-example text to `output`.
+            output.append(string[charno:m.start()])
+            # Update lineno (lines before this example)
+            lineno += string.count('\n', charno, m.start())
+            # Extract info from the regexp match.
+            (source, options, want, exc_msg) = \
+                     self._parse_example(m, name, lineno)
+            # Create an Example, and add it to the list.
+            if not self._IS_BLANK_OR_COMMENT(source):
+                output.append( Example(source, want, exc_msg,
+                                    lineno=lineno,
+                                    indent=min_indent+len(m.group('indent')),
+                                    options=options) )
+            # Update lineno (lines inside this example)
+            lineno += string.count('\n', m.start(), m.end())
+            # Update charno.
+            charno = m.end()
+        # Add any remaining post-example text to `output`.
+        output.append(string[charno:])
+        return output
+
+    def get_doctest(self, string, globs, name, filename, lineno):
+        """
+        Extract all doctest examples from the given string, and
+        collect them into a `DocTest` object.
+
+        `globs`, `name`, `filename`, and `lineno` are attributes for
+        the new `DocTest` object.  See the documentation for `DocTest`
+        for more information.
+        """
+        return DocTest(self.get_examples(string, name), globs,
+                       name, filename, lineno, string)
+
+    def get_examples(self, string, name='<string>'):
+        """
+        Extract all doctest examples from the given string, and return
+        them as a list of `Example` objects.  Line numbers are
+        0-based, because it's most common in doctests that nothing
+        interesting appears on the same line as opening triple-quote,
+        and so the first interesting line is called \"line 1\" then.
+
+        The optional argument `name` is a name identifying this
+        string, and is only used for error messages.
+        """
+        return [x for x in self.parse(string, name)
+                if isinstance(x, Example)]
+
+    def _parse_example(self, m, name, lineno):
+        """
+        Given a regular expression match from `_EXAMPLE_RE` (`m`),
+        return a pair `(source, want)`, where `source` is the matched
+        example's source code (with prompts and indentation stripped);
+        and `want` is the example's expected output (with indentation
+        stripped).
+
+        `name` is the string's name, and `lineno` is the line number
+        where the example starts; both are used for error messages.
+        """
+        # Get the example's indentation level.
+        indent = len(m.group('indent'))
+
+        # Divide source into lines; check that they're properly
+        # indented; and then strip their indentation & prompts.
+        source_lines = m.group('source').split('\n')
+        self._check_prompt_blank(source_lines, indent, name, lineno)
+        self._check_prefix(source_lines[1:], ' '*indent + '.', name, lineno)
+        source = '\n'.join([sl[indent+4:] for sl in source_lines])
+
+        # Divide want into lines; check that it's properly indented; and
+        # then strip the indentation.  Spaces before the last newline should
+        # be preserved, so plain rstrip() isn't good enough.
+        want = m.group('want')
+        want_lines = want.split('\n')
+        if len(want_lines) > 1 and re.match(r' *$', want_lines[-1]):
+            del want_lines[-1]  # forget final newline & spaces after it
+        self._check_prefix(want_lines, ' '*indent, name,
+                           lineno + len(source_lines))
+        want = '\n'.join([wl[indent:] for wl in want_lines])
+
+        # If `want` contains a traceback message, then extract it.
+        m = self._EXCEPTION_RE.match(want)
+        if m:
+            exc_msg = m.group('msg')
+        else:
+            exc_msg = None
+
+        # Extract options from the source.
+        options = self._find_options(source, name, lineno)
+
+        return source, options, want, exc_msg
+
+    # This regular expression looks for option directives in the
+    # source code of an example.  Option directives are comments
+    # starting with "doctest:".  Warning: this may give false
+    # positives for string-literals that contain the string
+    # "#doctest:".  Eliminating these false positives would require
+    # actually parsing the string; but we limit them by ignoring any
+    # line containing "#doctest:" that is *followed* by a quote mark.
+    _OPTION_DIRECTIVE_RE = re.compile(r'#\s*doctest:\s*([^\n\'"]*)$',
+                                      re.MULTILINE)
+
+    def _find_options(self, source, name, lineno):
+        """
+        Return a dictionary containing option overrides extracted from
+        option directives in the given source string.
+
+        `name` is the string's name, and `lineno` is the line number
+        where the example starts; both are used for error messages.
+        """
+        options = {}
+        # (note: with the current regexp, this will match at most once:)
+        for m in self._OPTION_DIRECTIVE_RE.finditer(source):
+            option_strings = m.group(1).replace(',', ' ').split()
+            for option in option_strings:
+                if (option[0] not in '+-' or
+                    option[1:] not in OPTIONFLAGS_BY_NAME):
+                    raise ValueError('line %r of the doctest for %s '
+                                     'has an invalid option: %r' %
+                                     (lineno+1, name, option))
+                flag = OPTIONFLAGS_BY_NAME[option[1:]]
+                options[flag] = (option[0] == '+')
+        if options and self._IS_BLANK_OR_COMMENT(source):
+            raise ValueError('line %r of the doctest for %s has an option '
+                             'directive on a line with no example: %r' %
+                             (lineno, name, source))
+        return options
+
+    # This regular expression finds the indentation of every non-blank
+    # line in a string.
+    _INDENT_RE = re.compile('^([ ]*)(?=\S)', re.MULTILINE)
+
+    def _min_indent(self, s):
+        "Return the minimum indentation of any non-blank line in `s`"
+        indents = [len(indent) for indent in self._INDENT_RE.findall(s)]
+        if len(indents) > 0:
+            return min(indents)
+        else:
+            return 0
+
+    def _check_prompt_blank(self, lines, indent, name, lineno):
+        """
+        Given the lines of a source string (including prompts and
+        leading indentation), check to make sure that every prompt is
+        followed by a space character.  If any line is not followed by
+        a space character, then raise ValueError.
+        """
+        for i, line in enumerate(lines):
+            if len(line) >= indent+4 and line[indent+3] != ' ':
+                raise ValueError('line %r of the docstring for %s '
+                                 'lacks blank after %s: %r' %
+                                 (lineno+i+1, name,
+                                  line[indent:indent+3], line))
+
+    def _check_prefix(self, lines, prefix, name, lineno):
+        """
+        Check that every line in the given list starts with the given
+        prefix; if any line does not, then raise a ValueError.
+        """
+        for i, line in enumerate(lines):
+            if line and not line.startswith(prefix):
+                raise ValueError('line %r of the docstring for %s has '
+                                 'inconsistent leading whitespace: %r' %
+                                 (lineno+i+1, name, line))
+
+
+######################################################################
+## 4. DocTest Finder
+######################################################################
+
+class DocTestFinder:
+    """
+    A class used to extract the DocTests that are relevant to a given
+    object, from its docstring and the docstrings of its contained
+    objects.  Doctests can currently be extracted from the following
+    object types: modules, functions, classes, methods, staticmethods,
+    classmethods, and properties.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, verbose=False, parser=DocTestParser(),
+                 recurse=True, _namefilter=None, exclude_empty=True):
+        """
+        Create a new doctest finder.
+
+        The optional argument `parser` specifies a class or
+        function that should be used to create new DocTest objects (or
+        objects that implement the same interface as DocTest).  The
+        signature for this factory function should match the signature
+        of the DocTest constructor.
+
+        If the optional argument `recurse` is false, then `find` will
+        only examine the given object, and not any contained objects.
+
+        If the optional argument `exclude_empty` is false, then `find`
+        will include tests for objects with empty docstrings.
+        """
+        self._parser = parser
+        self._verbose = verbose
+        self._recurse = recurse
+        self._exclude_empty = exclude_empty
+        # _namefilter is undocumented, and exists only for temporary backward-
+        # compatibility support of testmod's deprecated isprivate mess.
+        self._namefilter = _namefilter
+
+    def find(self, obj, name=None, module=None, globs=None,
+             extraglobs=None):
+        """
+        Return a list of the DocTests that are defined by the given
+        object's docstring, or by any of its contained objects'
+        docstrings.
+
+        The optional parameter `module` is the module that contains
+        the given object.  If the module is not specified or is None, then
+        the test finder will attempt to automatically determine the
+        correct module.  The object's module is used:
+
+            - As a default namespace, if `globs` is not specified.
+            - To prevent the DocTestFinder from extracting DocTests
+              from objects that are imported from other modules.
+            - To find the name of the file containing the object.
+            - To help find the line number of the object within its
+              file.
+
+        Contained objects whose module does not match `module` are ignored.
+
+        If `module` is False, no attempt to find the module will be made.
+        This is obscure, of use mostly in tests:  if `module` is False, or
+        is None but cannot be found automatically, then all objects are
+        considered to belong to the (non-existent) module, so all contained
+        objects will (recursively) be searched for doctests.
+
+        The globals for each DocTest is formed by combining `globs`
+        and `extraglobs` (bindings in `extraglobs` override bindings
+        in `globs`).  A new copy of the globals dictionary is created
+        for each DocTest.  If `globs` is not specified, then it
+        defaults to the module's `__dict__`, if specified, or {}
+        otherwise.  If `extraglobs` is not specified, then it defaults
+        to {}.
+
+        """
+        # If name was not specified, then extract it from the object.
+        if name is None:
+            name = getattr(obj, '__name__', None)
+            if name is None:
+                raise ValueError("DocTestFinder.find: name must be given "
+                        "when obj.__name__ doesn't exist: %r" %
+                                 (type(obj),))
+
+        # Find the module that contains the given object (if obj is
+        # a module, then module=obj.).  Note: this may fail, in which
+        # case module will be None.
+        if module is False:
+            module = None
+        elif module is None:
+            module = inspect.getmodule(obj)
+
+        # Read the module's source code.  This is used by
+        # DocTestFinder._find_lineno to find the line number for a
+        # given object's docstring.
+        try:
+            file = inspect.getsourcefile(obj) or inspect.getfile(obj)
+            source_lines = linecache.getlines(file)
+            if not source_lines:
+                source_lines = None
+        except TypeError:
+            source_lines = None
+
+        # Initialize globals, and merge in extraglobs.
+        if globs is None:
+            if module is None:
+                globs = {}
+            else:
+                globs = module.__dict__.copy()
+        else:
+            globs = globs.copy()
+        if extraglobs is not None:
+            globs.update(extraglobs)
+
+        # Recursively expore `obj`, extracting DocTests.
+        tests = []
+        self._find(tests, obj, name, module, source_lines, globs, {})
+        # Sort the tests by alpha order of names, for consistency in
+        # verbose-mode output.  This was a feature of doctest in Pythons
+        # <= 2.3 that got lost by accident in 2.4.  It was repaired in
+        # 2.4.4 and 2.5.
+        tests.sort()
+        return tests
+
+    def _filter(self, obj, prefix, base):
+        """
+        Return true if the given object should not be examined.
+        """
+        return (self._namefilter is not None and
+                self._namefilter(prefix, base))
+
+    def _from_module(self, module, object):
+        """
+        Return true if the given object is defined in the given
+        module.
+        """
+        if module is None:
+            return True
+        elif inspect.isfunction(object):
+            return module.__dict__ is object.func_globals
+        elif inspect.isclass(object):
+            # Some jython classes don't set __module__
+            return module.__name__ == getattr(object, '__module__', None)
+        elif inspect.getmodule(object) is not None:
+            return module is inspect.getmodule(object)
+        elif hasattr(object, '__module__'):
+            return module.__name__ == object.__module__
+        elif isinstance(object, property):
+            return True # [XX] no way not be sure.
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("object must be a class or function")
+
+    def _find(self, tests, obj, name, module, source_lines, globs, seen):
+        """
+        Find tests for the given object and any contained objects, and
+        add them to `tests`.
+        """
+        if self._verbose:
+            print 'Finding tests in %s' % name
+
+        # If we've already processed this object, then ignore it.
+        if id(obj) in seen:
+            return
+        seen[id(obj)] = 1
+
+        # Find a test for this object, and add it to the list of tests.
+        test = self._get_test(obj, name, module, globs, source_lines)
+        if test is not None:
+            tests.append(test)
+
+        # Look for tests in a module's contained objects.
+        if inspect.ismodule(obj) and self._recurse:
+            for valname, val in obj.__dict__.items():
+                # Check if this contained object should be ignored.
+                if self._filter(val, name, valname):
+                    continue
+                valname = '%s.%s' % (name, valname)
+                # Recurse to functions & classes.
+                if ((inspect.isfunction(val) or inspect.isclass(val)) and
+                    self._from_module(module, val)):
+                    self._find(tests, val, valname, module, source_lines,
+                               globs, seen)
+
+        # Look for tests in a module's __test__ dictionary.
+        if inspect.ismodule(obj) and self._recurse:
+            for valname, val in getattr(obj, '__test__', {}).items():
+                if not isinstance(valname, basestring):
+                    raise ValueError("DocTestFinder.find: __test__ keys "
+                                     "must be strings: %r" %
+                                     (type(valname),))
+                if not (inspect.isfunction(val) or inspect.isclass(val) or
+                        inspect.ismethod(val) or inspect.ismodule(val) or
+                        isinstance(val, basestring)):
+                    raise ValueError("DocTestFinder.find: __test__ values "
+                                     "must be strings, functions, methods, "
+                                     "classes, or modules: %r" %
+                                     (type(val),))
+                valname = '%s.__test__.%s' % (name, valname)
+                self._find(tests, val, valname, module, source_lines,
+                           globs, seen)
+
+        # Look for tests in a class's contained objects.
+        if inspect.isclass(obj) and self._recurse:
+            for valname, val in obj.__dict__.items():
+                # Check if this contained object should be ignored.
+                if self._filter(val, name, valname):
+                    continue
+                # Special handling for staticmethod/classmethod.
+                if isinstance(val, staticmethod):
+                    val = getattr(obj, valname)
+                if isinstance(val, classmethod):
+                    val = getattr(obj, valname).im_func
+
+                # Recurse to methods, properties, and nested classes.
+                if ((inspect.isfunction(val) or inspect.isclass(val) or
+                      isinstance(val, property)) and
+                      self._from_module(module, val)):
+                    valname = '%s.%s' % (name, valname)
+                    self._find(tests, val, valname, module, source_lines,
+                               globs, seen)
+
+    def _get_test(self, obj, name, module, globs, source_lines):
+        """
+        Return a DocTest for the given object, if it defines a docstring;
+        otherwise, return None.
+        """
+        # Extract the object's docstring.  If it doesn't have one,
+        # then return None (no test for this object).
+        if isinstance(obj, basestring):
+            docstring = obj
+        else:
+            try:
+                if obj.__doc__ is None:
+                    docstring = ''
+                else:
+                    docstring = obj.__doc__
+                    if not isinstance(docstring, basestring):
+                        docstring = str(docstring)
+            except (TypeError, AttributeError):
+                docstring = ''
+
+        # Find the docstring's location in the file.
+        lineno = self._find_lineno(obj, source_lines)
+
+        # Don't bother if the docstring is empty.
+        if self._exclude_empty and not docstring:
+            return None
+
+        # Return a DocTest for this object.
+        if module is None:
+            filename = None
+        else:
+            filename = getattr(module, '__file__', module.__name__)
+            if filename[-4:] in (".pyc", ".pyo"):
+                filename = filename[:-1]
+            elif sys.platform.startswith('java') and \
+                    filename.endswith('$py.class'):
+                filename = '%s.py' % filename[:-9]
+        return self._parser.get_doctest(docstring, globs, name,
+                                        filename, lineno)
+
+    def _find_lineno(self, obj, source_lines):
+        """
+        Return a line number of the given object's docstring.  Note:
+        this method assumes that the object has a docstring.
+        """
+        lineno = None
+
+        # Find the line number for modules.
+        if inspect.ismodule(obj):
+            lineno = 0
+
+        # Find the line number for classes.
+        # Note: this could be fooled if a class is defined multiple
+        # times in a single file.
+        if inspect.isclass(obj):
+            if source_lines is None:
+                return None
+            pat = re.compile(r'^\s*class\s*%s\b' %
+                             getattr(obj, '__name__', '-'))
+            for i, line in enumerate(source_lines):
+                if pat.match(line):
+                    lineno = i
+                    break
+
+        # Find the line number for functions & methods.
+        if inspect.ismethod(obj): obj = obj.im_func
+        if inspect.isfunction(obj): obj = obj.func_code
+        if inspect.istraceback(obj): obj = obj.tb_frame
+        if inspect.isframe(obj): obj = obj.f_code
+        if inspect.iscode(obj):
+            lineno = getattr(obj, 'co_firstlineno', None)-1
+
+        # Find the line number where the docstring starts.  Assume
+        # that it's the first line that begins with a quote mark.
+        # Note: this could be fooled by a multiline function
+        # signature, where a continuation line begins with a quote
+        # mark.
+        if lineno is not None:
+            if source_lines is None:
+                return lineno+1
+            pat = re.compile('(^|.*:)\s*\w*("|\')')
+            for lineno in range(lineno, len(source_lines)):
+                if pat.match(source_lines[lineno]):
+                    return lineno
+
+        # We couldn't find the line number.
+        return None
+
+######################################################################
+## 5. DocTest Runner
+######################################################################
+
+class DocTestRunner:
+    # This divider string is used to separate failure messages, and to
+    # separate sections of the summary.
+    DIVIDER = "*" * 70
+
+    def __init__(self, checker=None, verbose=None, optionflags=0):
+        """
+        Create a new test runner.
+
+        Optional keyword arg `checker` is the `OutputChecker` that
+        should be used to compare the expected outputs and actual
+        outputs of doctest examples.
+
+        Optional keyword arg 'verbose' prints lots of stuff if true,
+        only failures if false; by default, it's true iff '-v' is in
+        sys.argv.
+
+        Optional argument `optionflags` can be used to control how the
+        test runner compares expected output to actual output, and how
+        it displays failures.  See the documentation for `testmod` for
+        more information.
+        """
+        self._checker = checker or OutputChecker()
+        if verbose is None:
+            verbose = '-v' in sys.argv
+        self._verbose = verbose
+        self.optionflags = optionflags
+        self.original_optionflags = optionflags
+
+        # Keep track of the examples we've run.
+        self.tries = 0
+        self.failures = 0
+        self._name2ft = {}
+
+        # Create a fake output target for capturing doctest output.
+        self._fakeout = _SpoofOut()
+
+    #/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    # Reporting methods
+    #/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    def report_start(self, out, test, example):
+        """
+        Report that the test runner is about to process the given
+        example.  (Only displays a message if verbose=True)
+        """
+        if self._verbose:
+            if example.want:
+                out('Trying:\n' + _indent(example.source) +
+                    'Expecting:\n' + _indent(example.want))
+            else:
+                out('Trying:\n' + _indent(example.source) +
+                    'Expecting nothing\n')
+
+    def report_success(self, out, test, example, got):
+        """
+        Report that the given example ran successfully.  (Only
+        displays a message if verbose=True)
+        """
+        if self._verbose:
+            out("ok\n")
+
+    def report_failure(self, out, test, example, got):
+        """
+        Report that the given example failed.
+        """
+        out(self._failure_header(test, example) +
+            self._checker.output_difference(example, got, self.optionflags))
+
+    def report_unexpected_exception(self, out, test, example, exc_info):
+        """
+        Report that the given example raised an unexpected exception.
+        """
+        out(self._failure_header(test, example) +
+            'Exception raised:\n' + _indent(_exception_traceback(exc_info)))
+
+    def _failure_header(self, test, example):
+        out = [self.DIVIDER]
+        if test.filename:
+            if test.lineno is not None and example.lineno is not None:
+                lineno = test.lineno + example.lineno + 1
+            else:
+                lineno = '?'
+            out.append('File "%s", line %s, in %s' %
+                       (test.filename, lineno, test.name))
+        else:
+            out.append('Line %s, in %s' % (example.lineno+1, test.name))
+        out.append('Failed example:')
+        source = example.source
+        out.append(_indent(source))
+        return '\n'.join(out)
+
+    #/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    # DocTest Running
+    #/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    def __run(self, test, compileflags, out):
+        """
+        Run the examples in `test`.  Write the outcome of each example
+        with one of the `DocTestRunner.report_*` methods, using the
+        writer function `out`.  `compileflags` is the set of compiler
+        flags that should be used to execute examples.  Return a tuple
+        `(f, t)`, where `t` is the number of examples tried, and `f`
+        is the number of examples that failed.  The examples are run
+        in the namespace `test.globs`.
+        """
+        # Keep track of the number of failures and tries.
+        failures = tries = 0
+
+        # Save the option flags (since option directives can be used
+        # to modify them).
+        original_optionflags = self.optionflags
+
+        SUCCESS, FAILURE, BOOM = range(3) # `outcome` state
+
+        check = self._checker.check_output
+
+        # Process each example.
+        for examplenum, example in enumerate(test.examples):
+
+            # If REPORT_ONLY_FIRST_FAILURE is set, then supress
+            # reporting after the first failure.
+            quiet = (self.optionflags & REPORT_ONLY_FIRST_FAILURE and
+                     failures > 0)
+
+            # Merge in the example's options.
+            self.optionflags = original_optionflags
+            if example.options:
+                for (optionflag, val) in example.options.items():
+                    if val:
+                        self.optionflags |= optionflag
+                    else:
+                        self.optionflags &= ~optionflag
+
+            # Record that we started this example.
+            tries += 1
+            if not quiet:
+                self.report_start(out, test, example)
+
+            # Use a special filename for compile(), so we can retrieve
+            # the source code during interactive debugging (see
+            # __patched_linecache_getlines).
+            filename = '<doctest %s[%d]>' % (test.name, examplenum)
+
+            # Run the example in the given context (globs), and record
+            # any exception that gets raised.  (But don't intercept
+            # keyboard interrupts.)
+            try:
+                # Don't blink!  This is where the user's code gets run.
+                exec compile(example.source, filename, "single",
+                             compileflags, 1) in test.globs
+                self.debugger.set_continue() # ==== Example Finished ====
+                exception = None
+            except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                raise
+            except:
+                exception = sys.exc_info()
+                self.debugger.set_continue() # ==== Example Finished ====
+
+            got = self._fakeout.getvalue()  # the actual output
+            self._fakeout.truncate(0)
+            outcome = FAILURE   # guilty until proved innocent or insane
+
+            # If the example executed without raising any exceptions,
+            # verify its output.
+            if exception is None:
+                if check(example.want, got, self.optionflags):
+                    outcome = SUCCESS
+
+            # The example raised an exception:  check if it was expected.
+            else:
+                exc_info = sys.exc_info()
+                exc_msg = traceback.format_exception_only(*exc_info[:2])[-1]
+                if not quiet:
+                    got += _exception_traceback(exc_info)
+
+                # If `example.exc_msg` is None, then we weren't expecting
+                # an exception.
+                if example.exc_msg is None:
+                    outcome = BOOM
+
+                # We expected an exception:  see whether it matches.
+                elif check(example.exc_msg, exc_msg, self.optionflags):
+                    outcome = SUCCESS
+
+                # Another chance if they didn't care about the detail.
+                elif self.optionflags & IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL:
+                    m1 = re.match(r'[^:]*:', example.exc_msg)
+                    m2 = re.match(r'[^:]*:', exc_msg)
+                    if m1 and m2 and check(m1.group(0), m2.group(0),
+                                           self.optionflags):
+                        outcome = SUCCESS
+
+            # Report the outcome.
+            if outcome is SUCCESS:
+                if not quiet:
+                    self.report_success(out, test, example, got)
+            elif outcome is FAILURE:
+                if not quiet:
+                    self.report_failure(out, test, example, got)
+                failures += 1
+            elif outcome is BOOM:
+                if not quiet:
+                    self.report_unexpected_exception(out, test, example,
+                                                     exc_info)
+                failures += 1
+            else:
+                assert False, ("unknown outcome", outcome)
+
+        # Restore the option flags (in case they were modified)
+        self.optionflags = original_optionflags
+
+        # Record and return the number of failures and tries.
+        self.__record_outcome(test, failures, tries)
+        return failures, tries
+
+    def __record_outcome(self, test, f, t):
+        """
+        Record the fact that the given DocTest (`test`) generated `f`
+        failures out of `t` tried examples.
+        """
+        f2, t2 = self._name2ft.get(test.name, (0,0))
+        self._name2ft[test.name] = (f+f2, t+t2)
+        self.failures += f
+        self.tries += t
+
+    __LINECACHE_FILENAME_RE = re.compile(r'<doctest '
+                                         r'(?P<name>[\w\.]+)'
+                                         r'\[(?P<examplenum>\d+)\]>$')
+    def __patched_linecache_getlines(self, filename):
+        m = self.__LINECACHE_FILENAME_RE.match(filename)
+        if m and m.group('name') == self.test.name:
+            example = self.test.examples[int(m.group('examplenum'))]
+            return example.source.splitlines(True)
+        else:
+            return self.save_linecache_getlines(filename)
+
+    def run(self, test, compileflags=None, out=None, clear_globs=True):
+        """
+        Run the examples in `test`, and display the results using the
+        writer function `out`.
+
+        The examples are run in the namespace `test.globs`.  If
+        `clear_globs` is true (the default), then this namespace will
+        be cleared after the test runs, to help with garbage
+        collection.  If you would like to examine the namespace after
+        the test completes, then use `clear_globs=False`.
+
+        `compileflags` gives the set of flags that should be used by
+        the Python compiler when running the examples.  If not
+        specified, then it will default to the set of future-import
+        flags that apply to `globs`.
+
+        The output of each example is checked using
+        `DocTestRunner.check_output`, and the results are formatted by
+        the `DocTestRunner.report_*` methods.
+        """
+        self.test = test
+
+        if compileflags is None:
+            compileflags = _extract_future_flags(test.globs)
+
+        save_stdout = sys.stdout
+        if out is None:
+            out = save_stdout.write
+        sys.stdout = self._fakeout
+
+        # Patch pdb.set_trace to restore sys.stdout during interactive
+        # debugging (so it's not still redirected to self._fakeout).
+        # Note that the interactive output will go to *our*
+        # save_stdout, even if that's not the real sys.stdout; this
+        # allows us to write test cases for the set_trace behavior.
+        save_set_trace = pdb.set_trace
+        self.debugger = _OutputRedirectingPdb(save_stdout)
+        self.debugger.reset()
+        pdb.set_trace = self.debugger.set_trace
+
+        # Patch linecache.getlines, so we can see the example's source
+        # when we're inside the debugger.
+        self.save_linecache_getlines = linecache.getlines
+        linecache.getlines = self.__patched_linecache_getlines
+
+        try:
+            return self.__run(test, compileflags, out)
+        finally:
+            sys.stdout = save_stdout
+            pdb.set_trace = save_set_trace
+            linecache.getlines = self.save_linecache_getlines
+            if clear_globs:
+                test.globs.clear()
+
+    #/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    # Summarization
+    #/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    def summarize(self, verbose=None):
+        """
+        Print a summary of all the test cases that have been run by
+        this DocTestRunner, and return a tuple `(f, t)`, where `f` is
+        the total number of failed examples, and `t` is the total
+        number of tried examples.
+
+        The optional `verbose` argument controls how detailed the
+        summary is.  If the verbosity is not specified, then the
+        DocTestRunner's verbosity is used.
+        """
+        if verbose is None:
+            verbose = self._verbose
+        notests = []
+        passed = []
+        failed = []
+        totalt = totalf = 0
+        for x in self._name2ft.items():
+            name, (f, t) = x
+            assert f <= t
+            totalt += t
+            totalf += f
+            if t == 0:
+                notests.append(name)
+            elif f == 0:
+                passed.append( (name, t) )
+            else:
+                failed.append(x)
+        if verbose:
+            if notests:
+                print len(notests), "items had no tests:"
+                notests.sort()
+                for thing in notests:
+                    print "   ", thing
+            if passed:
+                print len(passed), "items passed all tests:"
+                passed.sort()
+                for thing, count in passed:
+                    print " %3d tests in %s" % (count, thing)
+        if failed:
+            print self.DIVIDER
+            print len(failed), "items had failures:"
+            failed.sort()
+            for thing, (f, t) in failed:
+                print " %3d of %3d in %s" % (f, t, thing)
+        if verbose:
+            print totalt, "tests in", len(self._name2ft), "items."
+            print totalt - totalf, "passed and", totalf, "failed."
+        if totalf:
+            print "***Test Failed***", totalf, "failures."
+        elif verbose:
+            print "Test passed."
+        return totalf, totalt
+
+    #/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    # Backward compatibility cruft to maintain doctest.master.
+    #/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    def merge(self, other):
+        d = self._name2ft
+        for name, (f, t) in other._name2ft.items():
+            if name in d:
+                print "*** DocTestRunner.merge: '" + name + "' in both" \
+                    " testers; summing outcomes."
+                f2, t2 = d[name]
+                f = f + f2
+                t = t + t2
+            d[name] = f, t
+
+class OutputChecker:
+    """
+    A class used to check the whether the actual output from a doctest
+    example matches the expected output.  `OutputChecker` defines two
+    methods: `check_output`, which compares a given pair of outputs,
+    and returns true if they match; and `output_difference`, which
+    returns a string describing the differences between two outputs.
+    """
+    def check_output(self, want, got, optionflags):
+        """
+        Return True iff the actual output from an example (`got`)
+        matches the expected output (`want`).  These strings are
+        always considered to match if they are identical; but
+        depending on what option flags the test runner is using,
+        several non-exact match types are also possible.  See the
+        documentation for `TestRunner` for more information about
+        option flags.
+        """
+        # Handle the common case first, for efficiency:
+        # if they're string-identical, always return true.
+        if got == want:
+            return True
+
+        # The values True and False replaced 1 and 0 as the return
+        # value for boolean comparisons in Python 2.3.
+        if not (optionflags & DONT_ACCEPT_TRUE_FOR_1):
+            if (got,want) == ("True\n", "1\n"):
+                return True
+            if (got,want) == ("False\n", "0\n"):
+                return True
+
+        # <BLANKLINE> can be used as a special sequence to signify a
+        # blank line, unless the DONT_ACCEPT_BLANKLINE flag is used.
+        if not (optionflags & DONT_ACCEPT_BLANKLINE):
+            # Replace <BLANKLINE> in want with a blank line.
+            want = re.sub('(?m)^%s\s*?$' % re.escape(BLANKLINE_MARKER),
+                          '', want)
+            # If a line in got contains only spaces, then remove the
+            # spaces.
+            got = re.sub('(?m)^\s*?$', '', got)
+            if got == want:
+                return True
+
+        # This flag causes doctest to ignore any differences in the
+        # contents of whitespace strings.  Note that this can be used
+        # in conjunction with the ELLIPSIS flag.
+        if optionflags & NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE:
+            got = ' '.join(got.split())
+            want = ' '.join(want.split())
+            if got == want:
+                return True
+
+        # The ELLIPSIS flag says to let the sequence "..." in `want`
+        # match any substring in `got`.
+        if optionflags & ELLIPSIS:
+            if _ellipsis_match(want, got):
+                return True
+
+        # We didn't find any match; return false.
+        return False
+
+    # Should we do a fancy diff?
+    def _do_a_fancy_diff(self, want, got, optionflags):
+        # Not unless they asked for a fancy diff.
+        if not optionflags & (REPORT_UDIFF |
+                              REPORT_CDIFF |
+                              REPORT_NDIFF):
+            return False
+
+        # If expected output uses ellipsis, a meaningful fancy diff is
+        # too hard ... or maybe not.  In two real-life failures Tim saw,
+        # a diff was a major help anyway, so this is commented out.
+        # [todo] _ellipsis_match() knows which pieces do and don't match,
+        # and could be the basis for a kick-ass diff in this case.
+        ##if optionflags & ELLIPSIS and ELLIPSIS_MARKER in want:
+        ##    return False
+
+        # ndiff does intraline difference marking, so can be useful even
+        # for 1-line differences.
+        if optionflags & REPORT_NDIFF:
+            return True
+
+        # The other diff types need at least a few lines to be helpful.
+        return want.count('\n') > 2 and got.count('\n') > 2
+
+    def output_difference(self, example, got, optionflags):
+        """
+        Return a string describing the differences between the
+        expected output for a given example (`example`) and the actual
+        output (`got`).  `optionflags` is the set of option flags used
+        to compare `want` and `got`.
+        """
+        want = example.want
+        # If <BLANKLINE>s are being used, then replace blank lines
+        # with <BLANKLINE> in the actual output string.
+        if not (optionflags & DONT_ACCEPT_BLANKLINE):
+            got = re.sub('(?m)^[ ]*(?=\n)', BLANKLINE_MARKER, got)
+
+        # Check if we should use diff.
+        if self._do_a_fancy_diff(want, got, optionflags):
+            # Split want & got into lines.
+            want_lines = want.splitlines(True)  # True == keep line ends
+            got_lines = got.splitlines(True)
+            # Use difflib to find their differences.
+            if optionflags & REPORT_UDIFF:
+                diff = difflib.unified_diff(want_lines, got_lines, n=2)
+                diff = list(diff)[2:] # strip the diff header
+                kind = 'unified diff with -expected +actual'
+            elif optionflags & REPORT_CDIFF:
+                diff = difflib.context_diff(want_lines, got_lines, n=2)
+                diff = list(diff)[2:] # strip the diff header
+                kind = 'context diff with expected followed by actual'
+            elif optionflags & REPORT_NDIFF:
+                engine = difflib.Differ(charjunk=difflib.IS_CHARACTER_JUNK)
+                diff = list(engine.compare(want_lines, got_lines))
+                kind = 'ndiff with -expected +actual'
+            else:
+                assert 0, 'Bad diff option'
+            # Remove trailing whitespace on diff output.
+            diff = [line.rstrip() + '\n' for line in diff]
+            return 'Differences (%s):\n' % kind + _indent(''.join(diff))
+
+        # If we're not using diff, then simply list the expected
+        # output followed by the actual output.
+        if want and got:
+            return 'Expected:\n%sGot:\n%s' % (_indent(want), _indent(got))
+        elif want:
+            return 'Expected:\n%sGot nothing\n' % _indent(want)
+        elif got:
+            return 'Expected nothing\nGot:\n%s' % _indent(got)
+        else:
+            return 'Expected nothing\nGot nothing\n'
+
+class DocTestFailure(Exception):
+    """A DocTest example has failed in debugging mode.
+
+    The exception instance has variables:
+
+    - test: the DocTest object being run
+
+    - excample: the Example object that failed
+
+    - got: the actual output
+    """
+    def __init__(self, test, example, got):
+        self.test = test
+        self.example = example
+        self.got = got
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return str(self.test)
+
+class UnexpectedException(Exception):
+    """A DocTest example has encountered an unexpected exception
+
+    The exception instance has variables:
+
+    - test: the DocTest object being run
+
+    - excample: the Example object that failed
+
+    - exc_info: the exception info
+    """
+    def __init__(self, test, example, exc_info):
+        self.test = test
+        self.example = example
+        self.exc_info = exc_info
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return str(self.test)
+
+class DebugRunner(DocTestRunner):
+
+    def run(self, test, compileflags=None, out=None, clear_globs=True):
+        r = DocTestRunner.run(self, test, compileflags, out, False)
+        if clear_globs:
+            test.globs.clear()
+        return r
+
+    def report_unexpected_exception(self, out, test, example, exc_info):
+        raise UnexpectedException(test, example, exc_info)
+
+    def report_failure(self, out, test, example, got):
+        raise DocTestFailure(test, example, got)
+
+######################################################################
+## 6. Test Functions
+######################################################################
+# These should be backwards compatible.
+
+# For backward compatibility, a global instance of a DocTestRunner
+# class, updated by testmod.
+master = None
+
+def testmod(m=None, name=None, globs=None, verbose=None, isprivate=None,
+            report=True, optionflags=0, extraglobs=None,
+            raise_on_error=False, exclude_empty=False):
+    """m=None, name=None, globs=None, verbose=None, isprivate=None,
+       report=True, optionflags=0, extraglobs=None, raise_on_error=False,
+       exclude_empty=False
+
+    Test examples in docstrings in functions and classes reachable
+    from module m (or the current module if m is not supplied), starting
+    with m.__doc__.  Unless isprivate is specified, private names
+    are not skipped.
+
+    Also test examples reachable from dict m.__test__ if it exists and is
+    not None.  m.__test__ maps names to functions, classes and strings;
+    function and class docstrings are tested even if the name is private;
+    strings are tested directly, as if they were docstrings.
+
+    Return (#failures, #tests).
+
+    See doctest.__doc__ for an overview.
+
+    Optional keyword arg "name" gives the name of the module; by default
+    use m.__name__.
+
+    Optional keyword arg "globs" gives a dict to be used as the globals
+    when executing examples; by default, use m.__dict__.  A copy of this
+    dict is actually used for each docstring, so that each docstring's
+    examples start with a clean slate.
+
+    Optional keyword arg "extraglobs" gives a dictionary that should be
+    merged into the globals that are used to execute examples.  By
+    default, no extra globals are used.  This is new in 2.4.
+
+    Optional keyword arg "verbose" prints lots of stuff if true, prints
+    only failures if false; by default, it's true iff "-v" is in sys.argv.
+
+    Optional keyword arg "report" prints a summary at the end when true,
+    else prints nothing at the end.  In verbose mode, the summary is
+    detailed, else very brief (in fact, empty if all tests passed).
+
+    Optional keyword arg "optionflags" or's together module constants,
+    and defaults to 0.  This is new in 2.3.  Possible values (see the
+    docs for details):
+
+        DONT_ACCEPT_TRUE_FOR_1
+        DONT_ACCEPT_BLANKLINE
+        NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
+        ELLIPSIS
+        IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL
+        REPORT_UDIFF
+        REPORT_CDIFF
+        REPORT_NDIFF
+        REPORT_ONLY_FIRST_FAILURE
+
+    Optional keyword arg "raise_on_error" raises an exception on the
+    first unexpected exception or failure. This allows failures to be
+    post-mortem debugged.
+
+    Deprecated in Python 2.4:
+    Optional keyword arg "isprivate" specifies a function used to
+    determine whether a name is private.  The default function is
+    treat all functions as public.  Optionally, "isprivate" can be
+    set to doctest.is_private to skip over functions marked as private
+    using the underscore naming convention; see its docs for details.
+
+    Advanced tomfoolery:  testmod runs methods of a local instance of
+    class doctest.Tester, then merges the results into (or creates)
+    global Tester instance doctest.master.  Methods of doctest.master
+    can be called directly too, if you want to do something unusual.
+    Passing report=0 to testmod is especially useful then, to delay
+    displaying a summary.  Invoke doctest.master.summarize(verbose)
+    when you're done fiddling.
+    """
+    global master
+
+    if isprivate is not None:
+        warnings.warn("the isprivate argument is deprecated; "
+                      "examine DocTestFinder.find() lists instead",
+                      DeprecationWarning)
+
+    # If no module was given, then use __main__.
+    if m is None:
+        # DWA - m will still be None if this wasn't invoked from the command
+        # line, in which case the following TypeError is about as good an error
+        # as we should expect
+        m = sys.modules.get('__main__')
+
+    # Check that we were actually given a module.
+    if not inspect.ismodule(m):
+        raise TypeError("testmod: module required; %r" % (m,))
+
+    # If no name was given, then use the module's name.
+    if name is None:
+        name = m.__name__
+
+    # Find, parse, and run all tests in the given module.
+    finder = DocTestFinder(_namefilter=isprivate, exclude_empty=exclude_empty)
+
+    if raise_on_error:
+        runner = DebugRunner(verbose=verbose, optionflags=optionflags)
+    else:
+        runner = DocTestRunner(verbose=verbose, optionflags=optionflags)
+
+    for test in finder.find(m, name, globs=globs, extraglobs=extraglobs):
+        runner.run(test)
+
+    if report:
+        runner.summarize()
+
+    if master is None:
+        master = runner
+    else:
+        master.merge(runner)
+
+    return runner.failures, runner.tries
+
+def testfile(filename, module_relative=True, name=None, package=None,
+             globs=None, verbose=None, report=True, optionflags=0,
+             extraglobs=None, raise_on_error=False, parser=DocTestParser()):
+    """
+    Test examples in the given file.  Return (#failures, #tests).
+
+    Optional keyword arg "module_relative" specifies how filenames
+    should be interpreted:
+
+      - If "module_relative" is True (the default), then "filename"
+         specifies a module-relative path.  By default, this path is
+         relative to the calling module's directory; but if the
+         "package" argument is specified, then it is relative to that
+         package.  To ensure os-independence, "filename" should use
+         "/" characters to separate path segments, and should not
+         be an absolute path (i.e., it may not begin with "/").
+
+      - If "module_relative" is False, then "filename" specifies an
+        os-specific path.  The path may be absolute or relative (to
+        the current working directory).
+
+    Optional keyword arg "name" gives the name of the test; by default
+    use the file's basename.
+
+    Optional keyword argument "package" is a Python package or the
+    name of a Python package whose directory should be used as the
+    base directory for a module relative filename.  If no package is
+    specified, then the calling module's directory is used as the base
+    directory for module relative filenames.  It is an error to
+    specify "package" if "module_relative" is False.
+
+    Optional keyword arg "globs" gives a dict to be used as the globals
+    when executing examples; by default, use {}.  A copy of this dict
+    is actually used for each docstring, so that each docstring's
+    examples start with a clean slate.
+
+    Optional keyword arg "extraglobs" gives a dictionary that should be
+    merged into the globals that are used to execute examples.  By
+    default, no extra globals are used.
+
+    Optional keyword arg "verbose" prints lots of stuff if true, prints
+    only failures if false; by default, it's true iff "-v" is in sys.argv.
+
+    Optional keyword arg "report" prints a summary at the end when true,
+    else prints nothing at the end.  In verbose mode, the summary is
+    detailed, else very brief (in fact, empty if all tests passed).
+
+    Optional keyword arg "optionflags" or's together module constants,
+    and defaults to 0.  Possible values (see the docs for details):
+
+        DONT_ACCEPT_TRUE_FOR_1
+        DONT_ACCEPT_BLANKLINE
+        NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
+        ELLIPSIS
+        IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL
+        REPORT_UDIFF
+        REPORT_CDIFF
+        REPORT_NDIFF
+        REPORT_ONLY_FIRST_FAILURE
+
+    Optional keyword arg "raise_on_error" raises an exception on the
+    first unexpected exception or failure. This allows failures to be
+    post-mortem debugged.
+
+    Optional keyword arg "parser" specifies a DocTestParser (or
+    subclass) that should be used to extract tests from the files.
+
+    Advanced tomfoolery:  testmod runs methods of a local instance of
+    class doctest.Tester, then merges the results into (or creates)
+    global Tester instance doctest.master.  Methods of doctest.master
+    can be called directly too, if you want to do something unusual.
+    Passing report=0 to testmod is especially useful then, to delay
+    displaying a summary.  Invoke doctest.master.summarize(verbose)
+    when you're done fiddling.
+    """
+    global master
+
+    if package and not module_relative:
+        raise ValueError("Package may only be specified for module-"
+                         "relative paths.")
+
+    # Relativize the path
+    if module_relative:
+        package = _normalize_module(package)
+        filename = _module_relative_path(package, filename)
+
+    # If no name was given, then use the file's name.
+    if name is None:
+        name = os.path.basename(filename)
+
+    # Assemble the globals.
+    if globs is None:
+        globs = {}
+    else:
+        globs = globs.copy()
+    if extraglobs is not None:
+        globs.update(extraglobs)
+
+    if raise_on_error:
+        runner = DebugRunner(verbose=verbose, optionflags=optionflags)
+    else:
+        runner = DocTestRunner(verbose=verbose, optionflags=optionflags)
+
+    # Read the file, convert it to a test, and run it.
+    s = open(filename).read()
+    test = parser.get_doctest(s, globs, name, filename, 0)
+    runner.run(test)
+
+    if report:
+        runner.summarize()
+
+    if master is None:
+        master = runner
+    else:
+        master.merge(runner)
+
+    return runner.failures, runner.tries
+
+def run_docstring_examples(f, globs, verbose=False, name="NoName",
+                           compileflags=None, optionflags=0):
+    """
+    Test examples in the given object's docstring (`f`), using `globs`
+    as globals.  Optional argument `name` is used in failure messages.
+    If the optional argument `verbose` is true, then generate output
+    even if there are no failures.
+
+    `compileflags` gives the set of flags that should be used by the
+    Python compiler when running the examples.  If not specified, then
+    it will default to the set of future-import flags that apply to
+    `globs`.
+
+    Optional keyword arg `optionflags` specifies options for the
+    testing and output.  See the documentation for `testmod` for more
+    information.
+    """
+    # Find, parse, and run all tests in the given module.
+    finder = DocTestFinder(verbose=verbose, recurse=False)
+    runner = DocTestRunner(verbose=verbose, optionflags=optionflags)
+    for test in finder.find(f, name, globs=globs):
+        runner.run(test, compileflags=compileflags)
+
+######################################################################
+## 7. Tester
+######################################################################
+# This is provided only for backwards compatibility.  It's not
+# actually used in any way.
+
+class Tester:
+    def __init__(self, mod=None, globs=None, verbose=None,
+                 isprivate=None, optionflags=0):
+
+        warnings.warn("class Tester is deprecated; "
+                      "use class doctest.DocTestRunner instead",
+                      DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+        if mod is None and globs is None:
+            raise TypeError("Tester.__init__: must specify mod or globs")
+        if mod is not None and not inspect.ismodule(mod):
+            raise TypeError("Tester.__init__: mod must be a module; %r" %
+                            (mod,))
+        if globs is None:
+            globs = mod.__dict__
+        self.globs = globs
+
+        self.verbose = verbose
+        self.isprivate = isprivate
+        self.optionflags = optionflags
+        self.testfinder = DocTestFinder(_namefilter=isprivate)
+        self.testrunner = DocTestRunner(verbose=verbose,
+                                        optionflags=optionflags)
+
+    def runstring(self, s, name):
+        test = DocTestParser().get_doctest(s, self.globs, name, None, None)
+        if self.verbose:
+            print "Running string", name
+        (f,t) = self.testrunner.run(test)
+        if self.verbose:
+            print f, "of", t, "examples failed in string", name
+        return (f,t)
+
+    def rundoc(self, object, name=None, module=None):
+        f = t = 0
+        tests = self.testfinder.find(object, name, module=module,
+                                     globs=self.globs)
+        for test in tests:
+            (f2, t2) = self.testrunner.run(test)
+            (f,t) = (f+f2, t+t2)
+        return (f,t)
+
+    def rundict(self, d, name, module=None):
+        import new
+        m = new.module(name)
+        m.__dict__.update(d)
+        if module is None:
+            module = False
+        return self.rundoc(m, name, module)
+
+    def run__test__(self, d, name):
+        import new
+        m = new.module(name)
+        m.__test__ = d
+        return self.rundoc(m, name)
+
+    def summarize(self, verbose=None):
+        return self.testrunner.summarize(verbose)
+
+    def merge(self, other):
+        self.testrunner.merge(other.testrunner)
+
+######################################################################
+## 8. Unittest Support
+######################################################################
+
+_unittest_reportflags = 0
+
+def set_unittest_reportflags(flags):
+    global _unittest_reportflags
+
+    if (flags & REPORTING_FLAGS) != flags:
+        raise ValueError("Only reporting flags allowed", flags)
+    old = _unittest_reportflags
+    _unittest_reportflags = flags
+    return old
+
+
+class DocTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def __init__(self, test, optionflags=0, setUp=None, tearDown=None,
+                 checker=None):
+
+        unittest.TestCase.__init__(self)
+        self._dt_optionflags = optionflags
+        self._dt_checker = checker
+        self._dt_test = test
+        self._dt_setUp = setUp
+        self._dt_tearDown = tearDown
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        test = self._dt_test
+
+        if self._dt_setUp is not None:
+            self._dt_setUp(test)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        test = self._dt_test
+
+        if self._dt_tearDown is not None:
+            self._dt_tearDown(test)
+
+        test.globs.clear()
+
+    def runTest(self):
+        test = self._dt_test
+        old = sys.stdout
+        new = StringIO()
+        optionflags = self._dt_optionflags
+
+        if not (optionflags & REPORTING_FLAGS):
+            # The option flags don't include any reporting flags,
+            # so add the default reporting flags
+            optionflags |= _unittest_reportflags
+
+        runner = DocTestRunner(optionflags=optionflags,
+                               checker=self._dt_checker, verbose=False)
+
+        try:
+            runner.DIVIDER = "-"*70
+            failures, tries = runner.run(
+                test, out=new.write, clear_globs=False)
+        finally:
+            sys.stdout = old
+
+        if failures:
+            raise self.failureException(self.format_failure(new.getvalue()))
+
+    def format_failure(self, err):
+        test = self._dt_test
+        if test.lineno is None:
+            lineno = 'unknown line number'
+        else:
+            lineno = '%s' % test.lineno
+        lname = '.'.join(test.name.split('.')[-1:])
+        return ('Failed doctest test for %s\n'
+                '  File "%s", line %s, in %s\n\n%s'
+                % (test.name, test.filename, lineno, lname, err)
+                )
+
+    def debug(self):
+        self.setUp()
+        runner = DebugRunner(optionflags=self._dt_optionflags,
+                             checker=self._dt_checker, verbose=False)
+        runner.run(self._dt_test)
+        self.tearDown()
+
+    def id(self):
+        return self._dt_test.name
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        name = self._dt_test.name.split('.')
+        return "%s (%s)" % (name[-1], '.'.join(name[:-1]))
+
+    __str__ = __repr__
+
+    def shortDescription(self):
+        return "Doctest: " + self._dt_test.name
+
+def DocTestSuite(module=None, globs=None, extraglobs=None, test_finder=None,
+                 **options):
+    """
+    Convert doctest tests for a module to a unittest test suite.
+
+    This converts each documentation string in a module that
+    contains doctest tests to a unittest test case.  If any of the
+    tests in a doc string fail, then the test case fails.  An exception
+    is raised showing the name of the file containing the test and a
+    (sometimes approximate) line number.
+
+    The `module` argument provides the module to be tested.  The argument
+    can be either a module or a module name.
+
+    If no argument is given, the calling module is used.
+
+    A number of options may be provided as keyword arguments:
+
+    setUp
+      A set-up function.  This is called before running the
+      tests in each file. The setUp function will be passed a DocTest
+      object.  The setUp function can access the test globals as the
+      globs attribute of the test passed.
+
+    tearDown
+      A tear-down function.  This is called after running the
+      tests in each file.  The tearDown function will be passed a DocTest
+      object.  The tearDown function can access the test globals as the
+      globs attribute of the test passed.
+
+    globs
+      A dictionary containing initial global variables for the tests.
+
+    optionflags
+       A set of doctest option flags expressed as an integer.
+    """
+
+    if test_finder is None:
+        test_finder = DocTestFinder()
+
+    module = _normalize_module(module)
+    tests = test_finder.find(module, globs=globs, extraglobs=extraglobs)
+    if globs is None:
+        globs = module.__dict__
+    if not tests:
+        # Why do we want to do this? Because it reveals a bug that might
+        # otherwise be hidden.
+        raise ValueError(module, "has no tests")
+
+    tests.sort()
+    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
+    for test in tests:
+        if len(test.examples) == 0:
+            continue
+        if not test.filename:
+            filename = module.__file__
+            if filename[-4:] in (".pyc", ".pyo"):
+                filename = filename[:-1]
+            elif sys.platform.startswith('java') and \
+                    filename.endswith('$py.class'):
+                filename = '%s.py' % filename[:-9]
+            test.filename = filename
+        suite.addTest(DocTestCase(test, **options))
+
+    return suite
+
+class DocFileCase(DocTestCase):
+
+    def id(self):
+        return '_'.join(self._dt_test.name.split('.'))
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return self._dt_test.filename
+    __str__ = __repr__
+
+    def format_failure(self, err):
+        return ('Failed doctest test for %s\n  File "%s", line 0\n\n%s'
+                % (self._dt_test.name, self._dt_test.filename, err)
+                )
+
+def DocFileTest(path, module_relative=True, package=None,
+                globs=None, parser=DocTestParser(), **options):
+    if globs is None:
+        globs = {}
+
+    if package and not module_relative:
+        raise ValueError("Package may only be specified for module-"
+                         "relative paths.")
+
+    # Relativize the path.
+    if module_relative:
+        package = _normalize_module(package)
+        path = _module_relative_path(package, path)
+
+    # Find the file and read it.
+    name = os.path.basename(path)
+    doc = open(path).read()
+
+    # Convert it to a test, and wrap it in a DocFileCase.
+    test = parser.get_doctest(doc, globs, name, path, 0)
+    return DocFileCase(test, **options)
+
+def DocFileSuite(*paths, **kw):
+    """A unittest suite for one or more doctest files.
+
+    The path to each doctest file is given as a string; the
+    interpretation of that string depends on the keyword argument
+    "module_relative".
+
+    A number of options may be provided as keyword arguments:
+
+    module_relative
+      If "module_relative" is True, then the given file paths are
+      interpreted as os-independent module-relative paths.  By
+      default, these paths are relative to the calling module's
+      directory; but if the "package" argument is specified, then
+      they are relative to that package.  To ensure os-independence,
+      "filename" should use "/" characters to separate path
+      segments, and may not be an absolute path (i.e., it may not
+      begin with "/").
+
+      If "module_relative" is False, then the given file paths are
+      interpreted as os-specific paths.  These paths may be absolute
+      or relative (to the current working directory).
+
+    package
+      A Python package or the name of a Python package whose directory
+      should be used as the base directory for module relative paths.
+      If "package" is not specified, then the calling module's
+      directory is used as the base directory for module relative
+      filenames.  It is an error to specify "package" if
+      "module_relative" is False.
+
+    setUp
+      A set-up function.  This is called before running the
+      tests in each file. The setUp function will be passed a DocTest
+      object.  The setUp function can access the test globals as the
+      globs attribute of the test passed.
+
+    tearDown
+      A tear-down function.  This is called after running the
+      tests in each file.  The tearDown function will be passed a DocTest
+      object.  The tearDown function can access the test globals as the
+      globs attribute of the test passed.
+
+    globs
+      A dictionary containing initial global variables for the tests.
+
+    optionflags
+      A set of doctest option flags expressed as an integer.
+
+    parser
+      A DocTestParser (or subclass) that should be used to extract
+      tests from the files.
+    """
+    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
+
+    # We do this here so that _normalize_module is called at the right
+    # level.  If it were called in DocFileTest, then this function
+    # would be the caller and we might guess the package incorrectly.
+    if kw.get('module_relative', True):
+        kw['package'] = _normalize_module(kw.get('package'))
+
+    for path in paths:
+        suite.addTest(DocFileTest(path, **kw))
+
+    return suite
+
+######################################################################
+## 9. Debugging Support
+######################################################################
+
+def script_from_examples(s):
+    output = []
+    for piece in DocTestParser().parse(s):
+        if isinstance(piece, Example):
+            # Add the example's source code (strip trailing NL)
+            output.append(piece.source[:-1])
+            # Add the expected output:
+            want = piece.want
+            if want:
+                output.append('# Expected:')
+                output += ['## '+l for l in want.split('\n')[:-1]]
+        else:
+            # Add non-example text.
+            output += [_comment_line(l)
+                       for l in piece.split('\n')[:-1]]
+
+    # Trim junk on both ends.
+    while output and output[-1] == '#':
+        output.pop()
+    while output and output[0] == '#':
+        output.pop(0)
+    # Combine the output, and return it.
+    # Add a courtesy newline to prevent exec from choking (see bug #1172785)
+    return '\n'.join(output) + '\n'
+
+def testsource(module, name):
+    """Extract the test sources from a doctest docstring as a script.
+
+    Provide the module (or dotted name of the module) containing the
+    test to be debugged and the name (within the module) of the object
+    with the doc string with tests to be debugged.
+    """
+    module = _normalize_module(module)
+    tests = DocTestFinder().find(module)
+    test = [t for t in tests if t.name == name]
+    if not test:
+        raise ValueError(name, "not found in tests")
+    test = test[0]
+    testsrc = script_from_examples(test.docstring)
+    return testsrc
+
+def debug_src(src, pm=False, globs=None):
+    """Debug a single doctest docstring, in argument `src`'"""
+    testsrc = script_from_examples(src)
+    debug_script(testsrc, pm, globs)
+
+def debug_script(src, pm=False, globs=None):
+    "Debug a test script.  `src` is the script, as a string."
+    import pdb
+
+    # Note that tempfile.NameTemporaryFile() cannot be used.  As the
+    # docs say, a file so created cannot be opened by name a second time
+    # on modern Windows boxes, and execfile() needs to open it.
+    srcfilename = tempfile.mktemp(".py", "doctestdebug")
+    f = open(srcfilename, 'w')
+    f.write(src)
+    f.close()
+
+    try:
+        if globs:
+            globs = globs.copy()
+        else:
+            globs = {}
+
+        if pm:
+            try:
+                execfile(srcfilename, globs, globs)
+            except:
+                print sys.exc_info()[1]
+                pdb.post_mortem(sys.exc_info()[2])
+        else:
+            # Note that %r is vital here.  '%s' instead can, e.g., cause
+            # backslashes to get treated as metacharacters on Windows.
+            pdb.run("execfile(%r)" % srcfilename, globs, globs)
+
+    finally:
+        os.remove(srcfilename)
+
+def debug(module, name, pm=False):
+    """Debug a single doctest docstring.
+
+    Provide the module (or dotted name of the module) containing the
+    test to be debugged and the name (within the module) of the object
+    with the docstring with tests to be debugged.
+    """
+    module = _normalize_module(module)
+    testsrc = testsource(module, name)
+    debug_script(testsrc, pm, module.__dict__)
+
+
+__test__ = {}
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/failure.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/failure.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5fabfda5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/failure.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import logging
+import unittest
+from traceback import format_tb
+from nose.pyversion import is_base_exception
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+__all__ = ['Failure']
+
+
+class Failure(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Unloadable or unexecutable test.
+
+    A Failure case is placed in a test suite to indicate the presence of a
+    test that could not be loaded or executed. A common example is a test
+    module that fails to import.
+    
+    """
+    __test__ = False # do not collect
+    def __init__(self, exc_class, exc_val, tb=None, address=None):
+        log.debug("A failure! %s %s %s", exc_class, exc_val, format_tb(tb))
+        self.exc_class = exc_class
+        self.exc_val = exc_val
+        self.tb = tb
+        self._address = address
+        unittest.TestCase.__init__(self)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "Failure: %s (%s)" % (
+            getattr(self.exc_class, '__name__', self.exc_class), self.exc_val)
+
+    def address(self):
+        return self._address
+    
+    def runTest(self):
+        if self.tb is not None:
+            if is_base_exception(self.exc_val):
+                raise self.exc_val, None, self.tb
+            raise self.exc_class, self.exc_val, self.tb
+        else:
+            raise self.exc_class(self.exc_val)
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/importer.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/importer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e677658ce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/importer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+"""Implements an importer that looks only in specific path (ignoring
+sys.path), and uses a per-path cache in addition to sys.modules. This is
+necessary because test modules in different directories frequently have the
+same names, which means that the first loaded would mask the rest when using
+the builtin importer.
+"""
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+from nose.config import Config
+
+from imp import find_module, load_module, acquire_lock, release_lock
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+try:
+    _samefile = os.path.samefile
+except AttributeError:
+    def _samefile(src, dst):
+        return (os.path.normcase(os.path.realpath(src)) ==
+                os.path.normcase(os.path.realpath(dst)))
+
+
+class Importer(object):
+    """An importer class that does only path-specific imports. That
+    is, the given module is not searched for on sys.path, but only at
+    the path or in the directory specified.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, config=None):
+        if config is None:
+            config = Config()
+        self.config = config
+
+    def importFromPath(self, path, fqname):
+        """Import a dotted-name package whose tail is at path. In other words,
+        given foo.bar and path/to/foo/bar.py, import foo from path/to/foo then
+        bar from path/to/foo/bar, returning bar.
+        """
+        # find the base dir of the package
+        path_parts = os.path.normpath(os.path.abspath(path)).split(os.sep)
+        name_parts = fqname.split('.')
+        if path_parts[-1] == '__init__.py':
+            path_parts.pop()
+        path_parts = path_parts[:-(len(name_parts))]
+        dir_path = os.sep.join(path_parts)
+        # then import fqname starting from that dir
+        return self.importFromDir(dir_path, fqname)
+
+    def importFromDir(self, dir, fqname):
+        """Import a module *only* from path, ignoring sys.path and
+        reloading if the version in sys.modules is not the one we want.
+        """
+        dir = os.path.normpath(os.path.abspath(dir))
+        log.debug("Import %s from %s", fqname, dir)
+
+        # FIXME reimplement local per-dir cache?
+
+        # special case for __main__
+        if fqname == '__main__':
+            return sys.modules[fqname]
+
+        if self.config.addPaths:
+            add_path(dir, self.config)
+
+        path = [dir]
+        parts = fqname.split('.')
+        part_fqname = ''
+        mod = parent = fh = None
+
+        for part in parts:
+            if part_fqname == '':
+                part_fqname = part
+            else:
+                part_fqname = "%s.%s" % (part_fqname, part)
+            try:
+                acquire_lock()
+                log.debug("find module part %s (%s) in %s",
+                          part, part_fqname, path)
+                fh, filename, desc = find_module(part, path)
+                old = sys.modules.get(part_fqname)
+                if old is not None:
+                    # test modules frequently have name overlap; make sure
+                    # we get a fresh copy of anything we are trying to load
+                    # from a new path
+                    log.debug("sys.modules has %s as %s", part_fqname, old)
+                    if (self.sameModule(old, filename)
+                        or (self.config.firstPackageWins and
+                            getattr(old, '__path__', None))):
+                        mod = old
+                    else:
+                        del sys.modules[part_fqname]
+                        mod = load_module(part_fqname, fh, filename, desc)
+                else:
+                    mod = load_module(part_fqname, fh, filename, desc)
+            finally:
+                if fh:
+                    fh.close()
+                release_lock()
+            if parent:
+                setattr(parent, part, mod)
+            if hasattr(mod, '__path__'):
+                path = mod.__path__
+            parent = mod
+        return mod
+
+    def _dirname_if_file(self, filename):
+        # We only take the dirname if we have a path to a non-dir,
+        # because taking the dirname of a symlink to a directory does not
+        # give the actual directory parent.
+        if os.path.isdir(filename):
+            return filename
+        else:
+            return os.path.dirname(filename)
+
+    def sameModule(self, mod, filename):
+        mod_paths = []
+        if hasattr(mod, '__path__'):
+            for path in mod.__path__:
+                mod_paths.append(self._dirname_if_file(path))
+        elif hasattr(mod, '__file__'):
+            mod_paths.append(self._dirname_if_file(mod.__file__))
+        else:
+            # builtin or other module-like object that
+            # doesn't have __file__; must be new
+            return False
+        new_path = self._dirname_if_file(filename)
+        for mod_path in mod_paths:
+            log.debug(
+                "module already loaded? mod: %s new: %s",
+                mod_path, new_path)
+            if _samefile(mod_path, new_path):
+                return True
+        return False
+
+
+def add_path(path, config=None):
+    """Ensure that the path, or the root of the current package (if
+    path is in a package), is in sys.path.
+    """
+
+    # FIXME add any src-looking dirs seen too... need to get config for that
+
+    log.debug('Add path %s' % path)
+    if not path:
+        return []
+    added = []
+    parent = os.path.dirname(path)
+    if (parent
+        and os.path.exists(os.path.join(path, '__init__.py'))):
+        added.extend(add_path(parent, config))
+    elif not path in sys.path:
+        log.debug("insert %s into sys.path", path)
+        sys.path.insert(0, path)
+        added.append(path)
+    if config and config.srcDirs:
+        for dirname in config.srcDirs:
+            dirpath = os.path.join(path, dirname)
+            if os.path.isdir(dirpath):
+                sys.path.insert(0, dirpath)
+                added.append(dirpath)
+    return added
+
+
+def remove_path(path):
+    log.debug('Remove path %s' % path)
+    if path in sys.path:
+        sys.path.remove(path)
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/inspector.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/inspector.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6c4a3e3b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/inspector.py
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+"""Simple traceback introspection. Used to add additional information to
+AssertionErrors in tests, so that failure messages may be more informative.
+"""
+import inspect
+import logging
+import re
+import sys
+import textwrap
+import tokenize
+
+try:
+    from cStringIO import StringIO
+except ImportError:
+    from StringIO import StringIO
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+def inspect_traceback(tb):
+    """Inspect a traceback and its frame, returning source for the expression
+    where the exception was raised, with simple variable replacement performed
+    and the line on which the exception was raised marked with '>>'
+    """
+    log.debug('inspect traceback %s', tb)
+
+    # we only want the innermost frame, where the exception was raised
+    while tb.tb_next:
+        tb = tb.tb_next
+        
+    frame = tb.tb_frame
+    lines, exc_line = tbsource(tb)
+        
+    # figure out the set of lines to grab.
+    inspect_lines, mark_line = find_inspectable_lines(lines, exc_line)
+    src = StringIO(textwrap.dedent(''.join(inspect_lines)))
+    exp = Expander(frame.f_locals, frame.f_globals)
+
+    while inspect_lines:
+        try:
+            for tok in tokenize.generate_tokens(src.readline):
+                exp(*tok)
+        except tokenize.TokenError, e:
+            # this can happen if our inspectable region happens to butt up
+            # against the end of a construct like a docstring with the closing
+            # """ on separate line
+            log.debug("Tokenizer error: %s", e)
+            inspect_lines.pop(0)
+            mark_line -= 1
+            src = StringIO(textwrap.dedent(''.join(inspect_lines)))
+            exp = Expander(frame.f_locals, frame.f_globals)
+            continue
+        break
+    padded = []
+    if exp.expanded_source:
+        exp_lines = exp.expanded_source.split('\n')
+        ep = 0
+        for line in exp_lines:
+            if ep == mark_line:
+                padded.append('>>  ' + line)
+            else:
+                padded.append('    ' + line)
+            ep += 1
+    return '\n'.join(padded)
+
+
+def tbsource(tb, context=6):
+    """Get source from  a traceback object.
+
+    A tuple of two things is returned: a list of lines of context from
+    the source code, and the index of the current line within that list.
+    The optional second argument specifies the number of lines of context
+    to return, which are centered around the current line.
+
+    .. Note ::
+       This is adapted from inspect.py in the python 2.4 standard library, 
+       since a bug in the 2.3 version of inspect prevents it from correctly
+       locating source lines in a traceback frame.
+    """
+    
+    lineno = tb.tb_lineno
+    frame = tb.tb_frame
+
+    if context > 0:
+        start = lineno - 1 - context//2
+        log.debug("lineno: %s start: %s", lineno, start)
+        
+        try:
+            lines, dummy = inspect.findsource(frame)
+        except IOError:
+            lines, index = [''], 0
+        else:
+            all_lines = lines
+            start = max(start, 1)
+            start = max(0, min(start, len(lines) - context))
+            lines = lines[start:start+context]
+            index = lineno - 1 - start
+            
+            # python 2.5 compat: if previous line ends in a continuation,
+            # decrement start by 1 to match 2.4 behavior                
+            if sys.version_info >= (2, 5) and index > 0:
+                while lines[index-1].strip().endswith('\\'):
+                    start -= 1
+                    lines = all_lines[start:start+context]
+    else:
+        lines, index = [''], 0
+    log.debug("tbsource lines '''%s''' around index %s", lines, index)
+    return (lines, index)    
+
+    
+def find_inspectable_lines(lines, pos):
+    """Find lines in home that are inspectable.
+    
+    Walk back from the err line up to 3 lines, but don't walk back over
+    changes in indent level.
+
+    Walk forward up to 3 lines, counting \ separated lines as 1. Don't walk
+    over changes in indent level (unless part of an extended line)
+    """
+    cnt = re.compile(r'\\[\s\n]*$')
+    df = re.compile(r':[\s\n]*$')
+    ind = re.compile(r'^(\s*)')
+    toinspect = []
+    home = lines[pos]
+    home_indent = ind.match(home).groups()[0]
+    
+    before = lines[max(pos-3, 0):pos]
+    before.reverse()
+    after = lines[pos+1:min(pos+4, len(lines))]
+
+    for line in before:
+        if ind.match(line).groups()[0] == home_indent:
+            toinspect.append(line)
+        else:
+            break
+    toinspect.reverse()
+    toinspect.append(home)
+    home_pos = len(toinspect)-1
+    continued = cnt.search(home)
+    for line in after:
+        if ((continued or ind.match(line).groups()[0] == home_indent)
+            and not df.search(line)):
+            toinspect.append(line)
+            continued = cnt.search(line)
+        else:
+            break
+    log.debug("Inspecting lines '''%s''' around %s", toinspect, home_pos)
+    return toinspect, home_pos
+
+
+class Expander:
+    """Simple expression expander. Uses tokenize to find the names and
+    expands any that can be looked up in the frame.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, locals, globals):
+        self.locals = locals
+        self.globals = globals
+        self.lpos = None
+        self.expanded_source = ''
+         
+    def __call__(self, ttype, tok, start, end, line):
+        # TODO
+        # deal with unicode properly
+        
+        # TODO
+        # Dealing with instance members
+        #   always keep the last thing seen  
+        #   if the current token is a dot,
+        #      get ready to getattr(lastthing, this thing) on the
+        #      next call.
+        
+        if self.lpos is not None:
+            if start[1] >= self.lpos:
+                self.expanded_source += ' ' * (start[1]-self.lpos)
+            elif start[1] < self.lpos:
+                # newline, indent correctly
+                self.expanded_source += ' ' * start[1]
+        self.lpos = end[1]
+      
+        if ttype == tokenize.INDENT:
+            pass
+        elif ttype == tokenize.NAME:
+            # Clean this junk up
+            try:
+                val = self.locals[tok]
+                if callable(val):
+                    val = tok
+                else:
+                    val = repr(val)
+            except KeyError:
+                try:
+                    val = self.globals[tok]
+                    if callable(val):
+                        val = tok
+                    else:
+                        val = repr(val)
+
+                except KeyError:
+                    val = tok
+            # FIXME... not sure how to handle things like funcs, classes
+            # FIXME this is broken for some unicode strings
+            self.expanded_source += val
+        else:
+            self.expanded_source += tok
+        # if this is the end of the line and the line ends with
+        # \, then tack a \ and newline onto the output
+        # print line[end[1]:]
+        if re.match(r'\s+\\\n', line[end[1]:]):
+            self.expanded_source += ' \\\n'
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/loader.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/loader.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3744e54ff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/loader.py
@@ -0,0 +1,623 @@
+"""
+Test Loader
+-----------
+
+nose's test loader implements the same basic functionality as its
+superclass, unittest.TestLoader, but extends it by more liberal
+interpretations of what may be a test and how a test may be named.
+"""
+from __future__ import generators
+
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+import unittest
+import types
+from inspect import isfunction
+from nose.pyversion import unbound_method, ismethod
+from nose.case import FunctionTestCase, MethodTestCase
+from nose.failure import Failure
+from nose.config import Config
+from nose.importer import Importer, add_path, remove_path
+from nose.selector import defaultSelector, TestAddress
+from nose.util import func_lineno, getpackage, isclass, isgenerator, \
+    ispackage, regex_last_key, resolve_name, transplant_func, \
+    transplant_class, test_address
+from nose.suite import ContextSuiteFactory, ContextList, LazySuite
+from nose.pyversion import sort_list, cmp_to_key
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+#log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+# for efficiency and easier mocking
+op_normpath = os.path.normpath
+op_abspath = os.path.abspath
+op_join = os.path.join
+op_isdir = os.path.isdir
+op_isfile = os.path.isfile
+
+
+__all__ = ['TestLoader', 'defaultTestLoader']
+
+
+class TestLoader(unittest.TestLoader):
+    """Test loader that extends unittest.TestLoader to:
+
+    * Load tests from test-like functions and classes that are not
+      unittest.TestCase subclasses
+    * Find and load test modules in a directory
+    * Support tests that are generators
+    * Support easy extensions of or changes to that behavior through plugins
+    """
+    config = None
+    importer = None
+    workingDir = None
+    selector = None
+    suiteClass = None
+
+    def __init__(self, config=None, importer=None, workingDir=None,
+                 selector=None):
+        """Initialize a test loader.
+
+        Parameters (all optional):
+
+        * config: provide a `nose.config.Config`_ or other config class
+          instance; if not provided a `nose.config.Config`_ with
+          default values is used.
+        * importer: provide an importer instance that implements
+          `importFromPath`. If not provided, a
+          `nose.importer.Importer`_ is used.
+        * workingDir: the directory to which file and module names are
+          relative. If not provided, assumed to be the current working
+          directory.
+        * selector: a selector class or instance. If a class is
+          provided, it will be instantiated with one argument, the
+          current config. If not provided, a `nose.selector.Selector`_
+          is used.
+        """
+        if config is None:
+            config = Config()
+        if importer is None:
+            importer = Importer(config=config)
+        if workingDir is None:
+            workingDir = config.workingDir
+        if selector is None:
+            selector = defaultSelector(config)
+        elif isclass(selector):
+            selector = selector(config)
+        self.config = config
+        self.importer = importer
+        self.workingDir = op_normpath(op_abspath(workingDir))
+        self.selector = selector
+        if config.addPaths:
+            add_path(workingDir, config)
+        self.suiteClass = ContextSuiteFactory(config=config)
+
+        self._visitedPaths = set([])
+
+        unittest.TestLoader.__init__(self)
+
+    def getTestCaseNames(self, testCaseClass):
+        """Override to select with selector, unless
+        config.getTestCaseNamesCompat is True
+        """
+        if self.config.getTestCaseNamesCompat:
+            return unittest.TestLoader.getTestCaseNames(self, testCaseClass)
+
+        def wanted(attr, cls=testCaseClass, sel=self.selector):
+            item = getattr(cls, attr, None)
+            if isfunction(item):
+                item = unbound_method(cls, item)
+            elif not ismethod(item):
+                return False
+            return sel.wantMethod(item)
+
+        cases = filter(wanted, dir(testCaseClass))
+
+        # add runTest if nothing else picked
+        if not cases and hasattr(testCaseClass, 'runTest'):
+            cases = ['runTest']
+        if self.sortTestMethodsUsing:
+            sort_list(cases, cmp_to_key(self.sortTestMethodsUsing))
+        return cases
+
+    def _haveVisited(self, path):
+        # For cases where path is None, we always pretend we haven't visited
+        # them.
+        if path is None:
+            return False
+
+        return path in self._visitedPaths
+
+    def _addVisitedPath(self, path):
+        if path is not None:
+            self._visitedPaths.add(path)
+
+    def loadTestsFromDir(self, path):
+        """Load tests from the directory at path. This is a generator
+        -- each suite of tests from a module or other file is yielded
+        and is expected to be executed before the next file is
+        examined.
+        """
+        log.debug("load from dir %s", path)
+        plugins = self.config.plugins
+        plugins.beforeDirectory(path)
+        if self.config.addPaths:
+            paths_added = add_path(path, self.config)
+
+        entries = os.listdir(path)
+        sort_list(entries, regex_last_key(self.config.testMatch))
+        for entry in entries:
+            # this hard-coded initial-dot test will be removed:
+            # http://code.google.com/p/python-nose/issues/detail?id=82
+            if entry.startswith('.'):
+                continue
+            entry_path = op_abspath(op_join(path, entry))
+            is_file = op_isfile(entry_path)
+            wanted = False
+            if is_file:
+                is_dir = False
+                wanted = self.selector.wantFile(entry_path)
+            else:
+                is_dir = op_isdir(entry_path)
+                if is_dir:
+                    # this hard-coded initial-underscore test will be removed:
+                    # http://code.google.com/p/python-nose/issues/detail?id=82
+                    if entry.startswith('_'):
+                        continue
+                    wanted = self.selector.wantDirectory(entry_path)
+            is_package = ispackage(entry_path)
+
+            # Python 3.3 now implements PEP 420: Implicit Namespace Packages.
+            # As a result, it's now possible that parent paths that have a
+            # segment with the same basename as our package ends up
+            # in module.__path__.  So we have to keep track of what we've
+            # visited, and not-revisit them again.
+            if wanted and not self._haveVisited(entry_path):
+                self._addVisitedPath(entry_path)
+                if is_file:
+                    plugins.beforeContext()
+                    if entry.endswith('.py'):
+                        yield self.loadTestsFromName(
+                            entry_path, discovered=True)
+                    else:
+                        yield self.loadTestsFromFile(entry_path)
+                    plugins.afterContext()
+                elif is_package:
+                    # Load the entry as a package: given the full path,
+                    # loadTestsFromName() will figure it out
+                    yield self.loadTestsFromName(
+                        entry_path, discovered=True)
+                else:
+                    # Another test dir in this one: recurse lazily
+                    yield self.suiteClass(
+                        lambda: self.loadTestsFromDir(entry_path))
+        tests = []
+        for test in plugins.loadTestsFromDir(path):
+            tests.append(test)
+        # TODO: is this try/except needed?
+        try:
+            if tests:
+                yield self.suiteClass(tests)
+        except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
+            raise
+        except:
+            yield self.suiteClass([Failure(*sys.exc_info())])
+
+        # pop paths
+        if self.config.addPaths:
+            for p in paths_added:
+              remove_path(p)
+        plugins.afterDirectory(path)
+
+    def loadTestsFromFile(self, filename):
+        """Load tests from a non-module file. Default is to raise a
+        ValueError; plugins may implement `loadTestsFromFile` to
+        provide a list of tests loaded from the file.
+        """
+        log.debug("Load from non-module file %s", filename)
+        try:
+            tests = [test for test in
+                     self.config.plugins.loadTestsFromFile(filename)]
+            if tests:
+                # Plugins can yield False to indicate that they were
+                # unable to load tests from a file, but it was not an
+                # error -- the file just had no tests to load.
+                tests = filter(None, tests)
+                return self.suiteClass(tests)
+            else:
+                # Nothing was able to even try to load from this file
+                open(filename, 'r').close() # trigger os error
+                raise ValueError("Unable to load tests from file %s"
+                                 % filename)
+        except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
+            raise
+        except:
+            exc = sys.exc_info()
+            return self.suiteClass(
+                [Failure(exc[0], exc[1], exc[2],
+                         address=(filename, None, None))])
+
+    def loadTestsFromGenerator(self, generator, module):
+        """Lazy-load tests from a generator function. The generator function
+        may yield either:
+
+        * a callable, or
+        * a function name resolvable within the same module
+        """
+        def generate(g=generator, m=module):
+            try:
+                for test in g():
+                    test_func, arg = self.parseGeneratedTest(test)
+                    if not callable(test_func):
+                        test_func = getattr(m, test_func)
+                    yield FunctionTestCase(test_func, arg=arg, descriptor=g)
+            except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                raise
+            except:
+                exc = sys.exc_info()
+                yield Failure(exc[0], exc[1], exc[2],
+                              address=test_address(generator))
+        return self.suiteClass(generate, context=generator, can_split=False)
+
+    def loadTestsFromGeneratorMethod(self, generator, cls):
+        """Lazy-load tests from a generator method.
+
+        This is more complicated than loading from a generator function,
+        since a generator method may yield:
+
+        * a function
+        * a bound or unbound method, or
+        * a method name
+        """
+        # convert the unbound generator method
+        # into a bound method so it can be called below
+        if hasattr(generator, 'im_class'):
+            cls = generator.im_class
+        inst = cls()
+        method = generator.__name__
+        generator = getattr(inst, method)
+
+        def generate(g=generator, c=cls):
+            try:
+                for test in g():
+                    test_func, arg = self.parseGeneratedTest(test)
+                    if not callable(test_func):
+                        test_func = unbound_method(c, getattr(c, test_func))
+                    if ismethod(test_func):
+                        yield MethodTestCase(test_func, arg=arg, descriptor=g)
+                    elif callable(test_func):
+                        # In this case we're forcing the 'MethodTestCase'
+                        # to run the inline function as its test call,
+                        # but using the generator method as the 'method of
+                        # record' (so no need to pass it as the descriptor)
+                        yield MethodTestCase(g, test=test_func, arg=arg)
+                    else:
+                        yield Failure(
+                            TypeError,
+                            "%s is not a callable or method" % test_func)
+            except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                raise
+            except:
+                exc = sys.exc_info()
+                yield Failure(exc[0], exc[1], exc[2],
+                              address=test_address(generator))
+        return self.suiteClass(generate, context=generator, can_split=False)
+
+    def loadTestsFromModule(self, module, path=None, discovered=False):
+        """Load all tests from module and return a suite containing
+        them. If the module has been discovered and is not test-like,
+        the suite will be empty by default, though plugins may add
+        their own tests.
+        """
+        log.debug("Load from module %s", module)
+        tests = []
+        test_classes = []
+        test_funcs = []
+        # For *discovered* modules, we only load tests when the module looks
+        # testlike. For modules we've been directed to load, we always
+        # look for tests. (discovered is set to True by loadTestsFromDir)
+        if not discovered or self.selector.wantModule(module):
+            for item in dir(module):
+                test = getattr(module, item, None)
+                # print "Check %s (%s) in %s" % (item, test, module.__name__)
+                if isclass(test):
+                    if self.selector.wantClass(test):
+                        test_classes.append(test)
+                elif isfunction(test) and self.selector.wantFunction(test):
+                    test_funcs.append(test)
+            sort_list(test_classes, lambda x: x.__name__)
+            sort_list(test_funcs, func_lineno)
+            tests = map(lambda t: self.makeTest(t, parent=module),
+                        test_classes + test_funcs)
+
+        # Now, descend into packages
+        # FIXME can or should this be lazy?
+        # is this syntax 2.2 compatible?
+        module_paths = getattr(module, '__path__', [])
+
+        if path:
+            path = os.path.normcase(os.path.realpath(path))
+
+        for module_path in module_paths:
+            log.debug("Load tests from module path %s?", module_path)
+            log.debug("path: %s os.path.realpath(%s): %s",
+                      path, os.path.normcase(module_path),
+                      os.path.realpath(os.path.normcase(module_path)))
+            if (self.config.traverseNamespace or not path) or \
+                    os.path.realpath(
+                        os.path.normcase(module_path)).startswith(path):
+                # Egg files can be on sys.path, so make sure the path is a
+                # directory before trying to load from it.
+                if os.path.isdir(module_path):
+                    tests.extend(self.loadTestsFromDir(module_path))
+
+        for test in self.config.plugins.loadTestsFromModule(module, path):
+            tests.append(test)
+
+        return self.suiteClass(ContextList(tests, context=module))
+
+    def loadTestsFromName(self, name, module=None, discovered=False):
+        """Load tests from the entity with the given name.
+
+        The name may indicate a file, directory, module, or any object
+        within a module. See `nose.util.split_test_name` for details on
+        test name parsing.
+        """
+        # FIXME refactor this method into little bites?
+        log.debug("load from %s (%s)", name, module)
+
+        suite = self.suiteClass
+
+        # give plugins first crack
+        plug_tests = self.config.plugins.loadTestsFromName(name, module)
+        if plug_tests:
+            return suite(plug_tests)
+
+        addr = TestAddress(name, workingDir=self.workingDir)
+        if module:
+            # Two cases:
+            #  name is class.foo
+            #    The addr will be incorrect, since it thinks class.foo is
+            #    a dotted module name. It's actually a dotted attribute
+            #    name. In this case we want to use the full submitted
+            #    name as the name to load from the module.
+            #  name is module:class.foo
+            #    The addr will be correct. The part we want is the part after
+            #    the :, which is in addr.call.
+            if addr.call:
+                name = addr.call
+            parent, obj = self.resolve(name, module)
+            if (isclass(parent)
+                and getattr(parent, '__module__', None) != module.__name__
+                and not isinstance(obj, Failure)):
+                parent = transplant_class(parent, module.__name__)
+                obj = getattr(parent, obj.__name__)
+            log.debug("parent %s obj %s module %s", parent, obj, module)
+            if isinstance(obj, Failure):
+                return suite([obj])
+            else:
+                return suite(ContextList([self.makeTest(obj, parent)],
+                                         context=parent))
+        else:
+            if addr.module:
+                try:
+                    if addr.filename is None:
+                        module = resolve_name(addr.module)
+                    else:
+                        self.config.plugins.beforeImport(
+                            addr.filename, addr.module)
+                        # FIXME: to support module.name names,
+                        # do what resolve-name does and keep trying to
+                        # import, popping tail of module into addr.call,
+                        # until we either get an import or run out of
+                        # module parts
+                        try:
+                            module = self.importer.importFromPath(
+                                addr.filename, addr.module)
+                        finally:
+                            self.config.plugins.afterImport(
+                                addr.filename, addr.module)
+                except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
+                    raise
+                except:
+                    exc = sys.exc_info()
+                    return suite([Failure(exc[0], exc[1], exc[2],
+                                          address=addr.totuple())])
+                if addr.call:
+                    return self.loadTestsFromName(addr.call, module)
+                else:
+                    return self.loadTestsFromModule(
+                        module, addr.filename,
+                        discovered=discovered)
+            elif addr.filename:
+                path = addr.filename
+                if addr.call:
+                    package = getpackage(path)
+                    if package is None:
+                        return suite([
+                            Failure(ValueError,
+                                    "Can't find callable %s in file %s: "
+                                    "file is not a python module" %
+                                    (addr.call, path),
+                                    address=addr.totuple())])
+                    return self.loadTestsFromName(addr.call, module=package)
+                else:
+                    if op_isdir(path):
+                        # In this case we *can* be lazy since we know
+                        # that each module in the dir will be fully
+                        # loaded before its tests are executed; we
+                        # also know that we're not going to be asked
+                        # to load from . and ./some_module.py *as part
+                        # of this named test load*
+                        return LazySuite(
+                            lambda: self.loadTestsFromDir(path))
+                    elif op_isfile(path):
+                        return self.loadTestsFromFile(path)
+                    else:
+                        return suite([
+                                Failure(OSError, "No such file %s" % path,
+                                        address=addr.totuple())])
+            else:
+                # just a function? what to do? I think it can only be
+                # handled when module is not None
+                return suite([
+                    Failure(ValueError, "Unresolvable test name %s" % name,
+                            address=addr.totuple())])
+
+    def loadTestsFromNames(self, names, module=None):
+        """Load tests from all names, returning a suite containing all
+        tests.
+        """
+        plug_res = self.config.plugins.loadTestsFromNames(names, module)
+        if plug_res:
+            suite, names = plug_res
+            if suite:
+                return self.suiteClass([
+                    self.suiteClass(suite),
+                    unittest.TestLoader.loadTestsFromNames(self, names, module)
+                    ])
+        return unittest.TestLoader.loadTestsFromNames(self, names, module)
+
+    def loadTestsFromTestCase(self, testCaseClass):
+        """Load tests from a unittest.TestCase subclass.
+        """
+        cases = []
+        plugins = self.config.plugins
+        for case in plugins.loadTestsFromTestCase(testCaseClass):
+            cases.append(case)
+        # For efficiency in the most common case, just call and return from
+        # super. This avoids having to extract cases and rebuild a context
+        # suite when there are no plugin-contributed cases.
+        if not cases:
+            return super(TestLoader, self).loadTestsFromTestCase(testCaseClass)
+        cases.extend(
+            [case for case in
+             super(TestLoader, self).loadTestsFromTestCase(testCaseClass)])
+        return self.suiteClass(cases)
+
+    def loadTestsFromTestClass(self, cls):
+        """Load tests from a test class that is *not* a unittest.TestCase
+        subclass.
+
+        In this case, we can't depend on the class's `__init__` taking method
+        name arguments, so we have to compose a MethodTestCase for each
+        method in the class that looks testlike.
+        """
+        def wanted(attr, cls=cls, sel=self.selector):
+            item = getattr(cls, attr, None)
+            if isfunction(item):
+                item = unbound_method(cls, item)
+            elif not ismethod(item):
+                return False
+            return sel.wantMethod(item)
+        cases = [self.makeTest(getattr(cls, case), cls)
+                 for case in filter(wanted, dir(cls))]
+        for test in self.config.plugins.loadTestsFromTestClass(cls):
+            cases.append(test)
+        return self.suiteClass(ContextList(cases, context=cls))
+
+    def makeTest(self, obj, parent=None):
+        try:
+            return self._makeTest(obj, parent)
+        except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
+            raise
+        except:
+            exc = sys.exc_info()
+            try:
+                addr = test_address(obj)
+            except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                raise
+            except:
+                addr = None
+            return Failure(exc[0], exc[1], exc[2], address=addr)
+
+    def _makeTest(self, obj, parent=None):
+        """Given a test object and its parent, return a test case
+        or test suite.
+        """
+        plug_tests = []
+        try:
+            addr = test_address(obj)
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            raise
+        except:
+            addr = None
+        for test in self.config.plugins.makeTest(obj, parent):
+            plug_tests.append(test)
+        # TODO: is this try/except needed?
+        try:
+            if plug_tests:
+                return self.suiteClass(plug_tests)
+        except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
+            raise
+        except:
+            exc = sys.exc_info()
+            return Failure(exc[0], exc[1], exc[2], address=addr)
+
+        if isfunction(obj) and parent and not isinstance(parent, types.ModuleType):
+	    # This is a Python 3.x 'unbound method'.  Wrap it with its
+	    # associated class..
+            obj = unbound_method(parent, obj)
+
+        if isinstance(obj, unittest.TestCase):
+            return obj
+        elif isclass(obj):
+            if parent and obj.__module__ != parent.__name__:
+                obj = transplant_class(obj, parent.__name__)
+            if issubclass(obj, unittest.TestCase):
+                return self.loadTestsFromTestCase(obj)
+            else:
+                return self.loadTestsFromTestClass(obj)
+        elif ismethod(obj):
+            if parent is None:
+                parent = obj.__class__
+            if issubclass(parent, unittest.TestCase):
+                return parent(obj.__name__)
+            else:
+                if isgenerator(obj):
+                    return self.loadTestsFromGeneratorMethod(obj, parent)
+                else:
+                    return MethodTestCase(obj)
+        elif isfunction(obj):
+            if parent and obj.__module__ != parent.__name__:
+                obj = transplant_func(obj, parent.__name__)
+            if isgenerator(obj):
+                return self.loadTestsFromGenerator(obj, parent)
+            else:
+                return FunctionTestCase(obj)
+        else:
+            return Failure(TypeError,
+                           "Can't make a test from %s" % obj,
+                           address=addr)
+
+    def resolve(self, name, module):
+        """Resolve name within module
+        """
+        obj = module
+        parts = name.split('.')
+        for part in parts:
+            parent, obj = obj, getattr(obj, part, None)
+        if obj is None:
+            # no such test
+            obj = Failure(ValueError, "No such test %s" % name)
+        return parent, obj
+
+    def parseGeneratedTest(self, test):
+        """Given the yield value of a test generator, return a func and args.
+
+        This is used in the two loadTestsFromGenerator* methods.
+
+        """
+        if not isinstance(test, tuple):         # yield test
+            test_func, arg = (test, tuple())
+        elif len(test) == 1:                    # yield (test,)
+            test_func, arg = (test[0], tuple())
+        else:                                   # yield test, foo, bar, ...
+            assert len(test) > 1 # sanity check
+            test_func, arg = (test[0], test[1:])
+        return test_func, arg
+
+defaultTestLoader = TestLoader
+
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/__init__.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08ee8f3230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+"""
+Writing Plugins
+---------------
+
+nose supports plugins for test collection, selection, observation and
+reporting. There are two basic rules for plugins:
+
+* Plugin classes should subclass :class:`nose.plugins.Plugin`.
+
+* Plugins may implement any of the methods described in the class
+  :doc:`IPluginInterface <interface>` in nose.plugins.base. Please note that
+  this class is for documentary purposes only; plugins may not subclass
+  IPluginInterface.
+
+Hello World
+===========
+
+Here's a basic plugin.  It doesn't do much so read on for more ideas or dive
+into the :doc:`IPluginInterface <interface>` to see all available hooks.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    import logging
+    import os
+
+    from nose.plugins import Plugin
+
+    log = logging.getLogger('nose.plugins.helloworld')
+
+    class HelloWorld(Plugin):
+        name = 'helloworld'
+
+        def options(self, parser, env=os.environ):
+            super(HelloWorld, self).options(parser, env=env)
+
+        def configure(self, options, conf):
+            super(HelloWorld, self).configure(options, conf)
+            if not self.enabled:
+                return
+
+        def finalize(self, result):
+            log.info('Hello pluginized world!')
+
+Registering
+===========
+
+.. Note::
+  Important note: the following applies only to the default
+  plugin manager. Other plugin managers may use different means to
+  locate and load plugins.
+
+For nose to find a plugin, it must be part of a package that uses
+setuptools_, and the plugin must be included in the entry points defined
+in the setup.py for the package:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    setup(name='Some plugin',
+        # ...
+        entry_points = {
+            'nose.plugins.0.10': [
+                'someplugin = someplugin:SomePlugin'
+                ]
+            },
+        # ...
+        )
+
+Once the package is installed with install or develop, nose will be able
+to load the plugin.
+
+.. _setuptools: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools
+
+Registering a plugin without setuptools
+=======================================
+
+It is currently possible to register a plugin programmatically by
+creating a custom nose runner like this :
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    import nose
+    from yourplugin import YourPlugin
+
+    if __name__ == '__main__':
+        nose.main(addplugins=[YourPlugin()])
+
+Defining options
+================
+
+All plugins must implement the methods ``options(self, parser, env)``
+and ``configure(self, options, conf)``. Subclasses of nose.plugins.Plugin
+that want the standard options should call the superclass methods.
+
+nose uses optparse.OptionParser from the standard library to parse
+arguments. A plugin's ``options()`` method receives a parser
+instance. It's good form for a plugin to use that instance only to add
+additional arguments that take only long arguments (--like-this). Most
+of nose's built-in arguments get their default value from an environment
+variable.
+
+A plugin's ``configure()`` method receives the parsed ``OptionParser`` options
+object, as well as the current config object. Plugins should configure their
+behavior based on the user-selected settings, and may raise exceptions
+if the configured behavior is nonsensical.
+
+Logging
+=======
+
+nose uses the logging classes from the standard library. To enable users
+to view debug messages easily, plugins should use ``logging.getLogger()`` to
+acquire a logger in the ``nose.plugins`` namespace.
+
+Recipes
+=======
+
+* Writing a plugin that monitors or controls test result output
+
+  Implement any or all of ``addError``, ``addFailure``, etc., to monitor test
+  results. If you also want to monitor output, implement
+  ``setOutputStream`` and keep a reference to the output stream. If you
+  want to prevent the builtin ``TextTestResult`` output, implement
+  ``setOutputSteam`` and *return a dummy stream*. The default output will go
+  to the dummy stream, while you send your desired output to the real stream.
+
+  Example: `examples/html_plugin/htmlplug.py`_
+
+* Writing a plugin that handles exceptions
+
+  Subclass :doc:`ErrorClassPlugin <errorclasses>`.
+
+  Examples: :doc:`nose.plugins.deprecated <deprecated>`,
+  :doc:`nose.plugins.skip <skip>`
+
+* Writing a plugin that adds detail to error reports
+
+  Implement ``formatError`` and/or ``formatFailure``. The error tuple
+  you return (error class, error message, traceback) will replace the
+  original error tuple.
+
+  Examples: :doc:`nose.plugins.capture <capture>`,
+  :doc:`nose.plugins.failuredetail <failuredetail>`
+
+* Writing a plugin that loads tests from files other than python modules
+
+  Implement ``wantFile`` and ``loadTestsFromFile``. In ``wantFile``,
+  return True for files that you want to examine for tests. In
+  ``loadTestsFromFile``, for those files, return an iterable
+  containing TestCases (or yield them as you find them;
+  ``loadTestsFromFile`` may also be a generator).
+
+  Example: :doc:`nose.plugins.doctests <doctests>`
+
+* Writing a plugin that prints a report
+
+  Implement ``begin`` if you need to perform setup before testing
+  begins. Implement ``report`` and output your report to the provided stream.
+
+  Examples: :doc:`nose.plugins.cover <cover>`, :doc:`nose.plugins.prof <prof>`
+
+* Writing a plugin that selects or rejects tests
+
+  Implement any or all ``want*``  methods. Return False to reject the test
+  candidate, True to accept it -- which  means that the test candidate
+  will pass through the rest of the system, so you must be prepared to
+  load tests from it if tests can't be loaded by the core loader or
+  another plugin -- and None if you don't care.
+
+  Examples: :doc:`nose.plugins.attrib <attrib>`,
+  :doc:`nose.plugins.doctests <doctests>`, :doc:`nose.plugins.testid <testid>`
+
+
+More Examples
+=============
+
+See any builtin plugin or example plugin in the examples_ directory in
+the nose source distribution. There is a list of third-party plugins
+`on jottit`_.
+
+.. _examples/html_plugin/htmlplug.py: http://python-nose.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/examples/html_plugin/htmlplug.py
+.. _examples: http://python-nose.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/examples
+.. _on jottit: http://nose-plugins.jottit.com/
+
+"""
+from nose.plugins.base import Plugin
+from nose.plugins.manager import *
+from nose.plugins.plugintest import PluginTester
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import doctest
+    doctest.testmod()
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/allmodules.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/allmodules.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ccd7773a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/allmodules.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+"""Use the AllModules plugin by passing ``--all-modules`` or setting the
+NOSE_ALL_MODULES environment variable to enable collection and execution of
+tests in all python modules. Normal nose behavior is to look for tests only in
+modules that match testMatch.
+
+More information: :doc:`../doc_tests/test_allmodules/test_allmodules`
+
+.. warning ::
+
+   This plugin can have surprising interactions with plugins that load tests
+   from what nose normally considers non-test modules, such as
+   the :doc:`doctest plugin <doctests>`. This is because any given
+   object in a module can't be loaded both by a plugin and the normal nose
+   :class:`test loader <nose.loader.TestLoader>`. Also, if you have functions
+   or classes in non-test modules that look like tests but aren't, you will
+   likely see errors as nose attempts to run them as tests.
+
+"""
+
+import os
+from nose.plugins.base import Plugin
+
+class AllModules(Plugin):
+    """Collect tests from all python modules.
+    """
+    def options(self, parser, env):
+        """Register commandline options.
+        """
+        env_opt = 'NOSE_ALL_MODULES'
+        parser.add_option('--all-modules',
+                          action="store_true",
+                          dest=self.enableOpt,
+                          default=env.get(env_opt),
+                          help="Enable plugin %s: %s [%s]" %
+                          (self.__class__.__name__, self.help(), env_opt))
+
+    def wantFile(self, file):
+        """Override to return True for all files ending with .py"""
+        # always want .py files
+        if file.endswith('.py'):
+            return True
+
+    def wantModule(self, module):
+        """Override return True for all modules"""
+        return True
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/attrib.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/attrib.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d4422a23a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/attrib.py
@@ -0,0 +1,286 @@
+"""Attribute selector plugin.
+
+Oftentimes when testing you will want to select tests based on
+criteria rather then simply by filename. For example, you might want
+to run all tests except for the slow ones. You can do this with the
+Attribute selector plugin by setting attributes on your test methods.
+Here is an example:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    def test_big_download():
+        import urllib
+        # commence slowness...
+
+    test_big_download.slow = 1
+
+Once you've assigned an attribute ``slow = 1`` you can exclude that
+test and all other tests having the slow attribute by running ::
+
+    $ nosetests -a '!slow'
+
+There is also a decorator available for you that will set attributes.
+Here's how to set ``slow=1`` like above with the decorator:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from nose.plugins.attrib import attr
+    @attr('slow')
+    def test_big_download():
+        import urllib
+        # commence slowness...
+
+And here's how to set an attribute with a specific value:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from nose.plugins.attrib import attr
+    @attr(speed='slow')
+    def test_big_download():
+        import urllib
+        # commence slowness...
+
+This test could be run with ::
+
+    $ nosetests -a speed=slow
+
+In Python 2.6 and higher, ``@attr`` can be used on a class to set attributes
+on all its test methods at once.  For example:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from nose.plugins.attrib import attr
+    @attr(speed='slow')
+    class MyTestCase:
+        def test_long_integration(self):
+            pass
+        def test_end_to_end_something(self):
+            pass
+
+Below is a reference to the different syntaxes available.
+
+Simple syntax
+-------------
+
+Examples of using the ``-a`` and ``--attr`` options:
+
+* ``nosetests -a status=stable``
+   Only runs tests with attribute "status" having value "stable"
+
+* ``nosetests -a priority=2,status=stable``
+   Runs tests having both attributes and values
+
+* ``nosetests -a priority=2 -a slow``
+   Runs tests that match either attribute
+
+* ``nosetests -a tags=http``
+   If a test's ``tags`` attribute was a list and it contained the value
+   ``http`` then it would be run
+
+* ``nosetests -a slow``
+   Runs tests with the attribute ``slow`` if its value does not equal False
+   (False, [], "", etc...)
+
+* ``nosetests -a '!slow'``
+   Runs tests that do NOT have the attribute ``slow`` or have a ``slow``
+   attribute that is equal to False
+   **NOTE**:
+   if your shell (like bash) interprets '!' as a special character make sure to
+   put single quotes around it.
+
+Expression Evaluation
+---------------------
+
+Examples using the ``-A`` and ``--eval-attr`` options:
+
+* ``nosetests -A "not slow"``
+  Evaluates the Python expression "not slow" and runs the test if True
+
+* ``nosetests -A "(priority > 5) and not slow"``
+  Evaluates a complex Python expression and runs the test if True
+
+"""
+import inspect
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+from inspect import isfunction
+from nose.plugins.base import Plugin
+from nose.util import tolist
+
+log = logging.getLogger('nose.plugins.attrib')
+compat_24 = sys.version_info >= (2, 4)
+
+def attr(*args, **kwargs):
+    """Decorator that adds attributes to classes or functions
+    for use with the Attribute (-a) plugin.
+    """
+    def wrap_ob(ob):
+        for name in args:
+            setattr(ob, name, True)
+        for name, value in kwargs.iteritems():
+            setattr(ob, name, value)
+        return ob
+    return wrap_ob
+
+def get_method_attr(method, cls, attr_name, default = False):
+    """Look up an attribute on a method/ function. 
+    If the attribute isn't found there, looking it up in the
+    method's class, if any.
+    """
+    Missing = object()
+    value = getattr(method, attr_name, Missing)
+    if value is Missing and cls is not None:
+        value = getattr(cls, attr_name, Missing)
+    if value is Missing:
+        return default
+    return value
+
+
+class ContextHelper:
+    """Object that can act as context dictionary for eval and looks up
+    names as attributes on a method/ function and its class. 
+    """
+    def __init__(self, method, cls):
+        self.method = method
+        self.cls = cls
+
+    def __getitem__(self, name):
+        return get_method_attr(self.method, self.cls, name)
+
+
+class AttributeSelector(Plugin):
+    """Selects test cases to be run based on their attributes.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        Plugin.__init__(self)
+        self.attribs = []
+
+    def options(self, parser, env):
+        """Register command line options"""
+        parser.add_option("-a", "--attr",
+                          dest="attr", action="append",
+                          default=env.get('NOSE_ATTR'),
+                          metavar="ATTR",
+                          help="Run only tests that have attributes "
+                          "specified by ATTR [NOSE_ATTR]")
+        # disable in < 2.4: eval can't take needed args
+        if compat_24:
+            parser.add_option("-A", "--eval-attr",
+                              dest="eval_attr", metavar="EXPR", action="append",
+                              default=env.get('NOSE_EVAL_ATTR'),
+                              help="Run only tests for whose attributes "
+                              "the Python expression EXPR evaluates "
+                              "to True [NOSE_EVAL_ATTR]")
+
+    def configure(self, options, config):
+        """Configure the plugin and system, based on selected options.
+
+        attr and eval_attr may each be lists.
+
+        self.attribs will be a list of lists of tuples. In that list, each
+        list is a group of attributes, all of which must match for the rule to
+        match.
+        """
+        self.attribs = []
+
+        # handle python eval-expression parameter
+        if compat_24 and options.eval_attr:
+            eval_attr = tolist(options.eval_attr)
+            for attr in eval_attr:
+                # "<python expression>"
+                # -> eval(expr) in attribute context must be True
+                def eval_in_context(expr, obj, cls):
+                    return eval(expr, None, ContextHelper(obj, cls))
+                self.attribs.append([(attr, eval_in_context)])
+
+        # attribute requirements are a comma separated list of
+        # 'key=value' pairs
+        if options.attr:
+            std_attr = tolist(options.attr)
+            for attr in std_attr:
+                # all attributes within an attribute group must match
+                attr_group = []
+                for attrib in attr.strip().split(","):
+                    # don't die on trailing comma
+                    if not attrib:
+                        continue
+                    items = attrib.split("=", 1)
+                    if len(items) > 1:
+                        # "name=value"
+                        # -> 'str(obj.name) == value' must be True
+                        key, value = items
+                    else:
+                        key = items[0]
+                        if key[0] == "!":
+                            # "!name"
+                            # 'bool(obj.name)' must be False
+                            key = key[1:]
+                            value = False
+                        else:
+                            # "name"
+                            # -> 'bool(obj.name)' must be True
+                            value = True
+                    attr_group.append((key, value))
+                self.attribs.append(attr_group)
+        if self.attribs:
+            self.enabled = True
+
+    def validateAttrib(self, method, cls = None):
+        """Verify whether a method has the required attributes
+        The method is considered a match if it matches all attributes
+        for any attribute group.
+        ."""
+        # TODO: is there a need for case-sensitive value comparison?
+        any = False
+        for group in self.attribs:
+            match = True
+            for key, value in group:
+                attr = get_method_attr(method, cls, key)
+                if callable(value):
+                    if not value(key, method, cls):
+                        match = False
+                        break
+                elif value is True:
+                    # value must exist and be True
+                    if not bool(attr):
+                        match = False
+                        break
+                elif value is False:
+                    # value must not exist or be False
+                    if bool(attr):
+                        match = False
+                        break
+                elif type(attr) in (list, tuple):
+                    # value must be found in the list attribute
+                    if not str(value).lower() in [str(x).lower()
+                                                  for x in attr]:
+                        match = False
+                        break
+                else:
+                    # value must match, convert to string and compare
+                    if (value != attr
+                        and str(value).lower() != str(attr).lower()):
+                        match = False
+                        break
+            any = any or match
+        if any:
+            # not True because we don't want to FORCE the selection of the
+            # item, only say that it is acceptable
+            return None
+        return False
+
+    def wantFunction(self, function):
+        """Accept the function if its attributes match.
+        """
+        return self.validateAttrib(function)
+
+    def wantMethod(self, method):
+        """Accept the method if its attributes match.
+        """
+        try:
+            cls = method.im_class
+        except AttributeError:
+            return False
+        return self.validateAttrib(method, cls)
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/base.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f09beb696f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,725 @@
+import os
+import textwrap
+from optparse import OptionConflictError
+from warnings import warn
+from nose.util import tolist
+
+class Plugin(object):
+    """Base class for nose plugins. It's recommended but not *necessary* to
+    subclass this class to create a plugin, but all plugins *must* implement
+    `options(self, parser, env)` and `configure(self, options, conf)`, and
+    must have the attributes `enabled`, `name` and `score`.  The `name`
+    attribute may contain hyphens ('-').
+
+    Plugins should not be enabled by default.
+
+    Subclassing Plugin (and calling the superclass methods in
+    __init__, configure, and options, if you override them) will give
+    your plugin some friendly default behavior:
+
+    * A --with-$name option will be added to the command line interface
+      to enable the plugin, and a corresponding environment variable
+      will be used as the default value. The plugin class's docstring
+      will be used as the help for this option.
+    * The plugin will not be enabled unless this option is selected by
+      the user.
+    """
+    can_configure = False
+    enabled = False
+    enableOpt = None
+    name = None
+    score = 100
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        if self.name is None:
+            self.name = self.__class__.__name__.lower()
+        if self.enableOpt is None:
+            self.enableOpt = "enable_plugin_%s" % self.name.replace('-', '_')
+
+    def addOptions(self, parser, env=None):
+        """Add command-line options for this plugin.
+
+        The base plugin class adds --with-$name by default, used to enable the
+        plugin.
+
+        .. warning :: Don't implement addOptions unless you want to override
+                      all default option handling behavior, including
+                      warnings for conflicting options. Implement
+                      :meth:`options
+                      <nose.plugins.base.IPluginInterface.options>`
+                      instead.
+        """
+        self.add_options(parser, env)
+
+    def add_options(self, parser, env=None):
+        """Non-camel-case version of func name for backwards compatibility.
+
+        .. warning ::
+
+           DEPRECATED: Do not use this method,
+           use :meth:`options <nose.plugins.base.IPluginInterface.options>`
+           instead.
+
+        """
+        # FIXME raise deprecation warning if wasn't called by wrapper
+        if env is None:
+            env = os.environ
+        try:
+            self.options(parser, env)
+            self.can_configure = True
+        except OptionConflictError, e:
+            warn("Plugin %s has conflicting option string: %s and will "
+                 "be disabled" % (self, e), RuntimeWarning)
+            self.enabled = False
+            self.can_configure = False
+
+    def options(self, parser, env):
+        """Register commandline options.
+
+        Implement this method for normal options behavior with protection from
+        OptionConflictErrors. If you override this method and want the default
+        --with-$name option to be registered, be sure to call super().
+        """
+        env_opt = 'NOSE_WITH_%s' % self.name.upper()
+        env_opt = env_opt.replace('-', '_')
+        parser.add_option("--with-%s" % self.name,
+                          action="store_true",
+                          dest=self.enableOpt,
+                          default=env.get(env_opt),
+                          help="Enable plugin %s: %s [%s]" %
+                          (self.__class__.__name__, self.help(), env_opt))
+
+    def configure(self, options, conf):
+        """Configure the plugin and system, based on selected options.
+
+        The base plugin class sets the plugin to enabled if the enable option
+        for the plugin (self.enableOpt) is true.
+        """
+        if not self.can_configure:
+            return
+        self.conf = conf
+        if hasattr(options, self.enableOpt):
+            self.enabled = getattr(options, self.enableOpt)
+
+    def help(self):
+        """Return help for this plugin. This will be output as the help
+        section of the --with-$name option that enables the plugin.
+        """
+        if self.__class__.__doc__:
+            # doc sections are often indented; compress the spaces
+            return textwrap.dedent(self.__class__.__doc__)
+        return "(no help available)"
+
+    # Compatiblity shim
+    def tolist(self, val):
+        warn("Plugin.tolist is deprecated. Use nose.util.tolist instead",
+             DeprecationWarning)
+        return tolist(val)
+
+
+class IPluginInterface(object):
+    """
+    IPluginInterface describes the plugin API. Do not subclass or use this
+    class directly.
+    """
+    def __new__(cls, *arg, **kw):
+        raise TypeError("IPluginInterface class is for documentation only")
+
+    def addOptions(self, parser, env):
+        """Called to allow plugin to register command-line options with the
+        parser. DO NOT return a value from this method unless you want to stop
+        all other plugins from setting their options.
+
+        .. warning ::
+
+           DEPRECATED -- implement
+           :meth:`options <nose.plugins.base.IPluginInterface.options>` instead.
+        """
+        pass
+    add_options = addOptions
+    add_options.deprecated = True
+
+    def addDeprecated(self, test):
+        """Called when a deprecated test is seen. DO NOT return a value
+        unless you want to stop other plugins from seeing the deprecated
+        test.
+
+        .. warning :: DEPRECATED -- check error class in addError instead
+        """
+        pass
+    addDeprecated.deprecated = True
+
+    def addError(self, test, err):
+        """Called when a test raises an uncaught exception. DO NOT return a
+        value unless you want to stop other plugins from seeing that the
+        test has raised an error.
+
+        :param test: the test case
+        :type test: :class:`nose.case.Test`            
+        :param err: sys.exc_info() tuple
+        :type err: 3-tuple
+        """
+        pass
+    addError.changed = True
+
+    def addFailure(self, test, err):
+        """Called when a test fails. DO NOT return a value unless you
+        want to stop other plugins from seeing that the test has failed.
+
+        :param test: the test case
+        :type test: :class:`nose.case.Test`
+        :param err: 3-tuple
+        :type err: sys.exc_info() tuple
+        """
+        pass
+    addFailure.changed = True
+
+    def addSkip(self, test):
+        """Called when a test is skipped. DO NOT return a value unless
+        you want to stop other plugins from seeing the skipped test.
+
+        .. warning:: DEPRECATED -- check error class in addError instead
+        """
+        pass
+    addSkip.deprecated = True
+
+    def addSuccess(self, test):
+        """Called when a test passes. DO NOT return a value unless you
+        want to stop other plugins from seeing the passing test.
+
+        :param test: the test case
+        :type test: :class:`nose.case.Test`
+        """
+        pass
+    addSuccess.changed = True
+
+    def afterContext(self):
+        """Called after a context (generally a module) has been
+        lazy-loaded, imported, setup, had its tests loaded and
+        executed, and torn down.
+        """
+        pass
+    afterContext._new = True
+
+    def afterDirectory(self, path):
+        """Called after all tests have been loaded from directory at path
+        and run.
+
+        :param path: the directory that has finished processing
+        :type path: string
+        """
+        pass
+    afterDirectory._new = True
+
+    def afterImport(self, filename, module):
+        """Called after module is imported from filename. afterImport
+        is called even if the import failed.
+
+        :param filename: The file that was loaded
+        :type filename: string
+        :param module: The name of the module
+        :type module: string
+        """
+        pass
+    afterImport._new = True
+
+    def afterTest(self, test):
+        """Called after the test has been run and the result recorded
+        (after stopTest).
+
+        :param test: the test case
+        :type test: :class:`nose.case.Test`
+        """
+        pass
+    afterTest._new = True
+
+    def beforeContext(self):
+        """Called before a context (generally a module) is
+        examined. Because the context is not yet loaded, plugins don't
+        get to know what the context is; so any context operations
+        should use a stack that is pushed in `beforeContext` and popped
+        in `afterContext` to ensure they operate symmetrically.
+
+        `beforeContext` and `afterContext` are mainly useful for tracking
+        and restoring global state around possible changes from within a
+        context, whatever the context may be. If you need to operate on
+        contexts themselves, see `startContext` and `stopContext`, which
+        are passed the context in question, but are called after
+        it has been loaded (imported in the module case).
+        """
+        pass
+    beforeContext._new = True
+
+    def beforeDirectory(self, path):
+        """Called before tests are loaded from directory at path.
+
+        :param path: the directory that is about to be processed
+        """
+        pass
+    beforeDirectory._new = True
+
+    def beforeImport(self, filename, module):
+        """Called before module is imported from filename.
+
+        :param filename: The file that will be loaded
+        :param module: The name of the module found in file
+        :type module: string
+        """
+    beforeImport._new = True
+
+    def beforeTest(self, test):
+        """Called before the test is run (before startTest).
+
+        :param test: the test case
+        :type test: :class:`nose.case.Test`
+        """
+        pass
+    beforeTest._new = True
+ 
+    def begin(self):
+        """Called before any tests are collected or run. Use this to
+        perform any setup needed before testing begins.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def configure(self, options, conf):
+        """Called after the command line has been parsed, with the
+        parsed options and the config container. Here, implement any
+        config storage or changes to state or operation that are set
+        by command line options.
+
+        DO NOT return a value from this method unless you want to
+        stop all other plugins from being configured.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def finalize(self, result):
+        """Called after all report output, including output from all
+        plugins, has been sent to the stream. Use this to print final
+        test results or perform final cleanup. Return None to allow
+        other plugins to continue printing, or any other value to stop
+        them.
+
+        :param result: test result object
+        
+        .. Note:: When tests are run under a test runner other than
+           :class:`nose.core.TextTestRunner`, such as
+           via ``python setup.py test``, this method may be called
+           **before** the default report output is sent.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def describeTest(self, test):
+        """Return a test description.
+
+        Called by :meth:`nose.case.Test.shortDescription`.
+
+        :param test: the test case
+        :type test: :class:`nose.case.Test`
+        """
+        pass
+    describeTest._new = True
+
+    def formatError(self, test, err):
+        """Called in result.addError, before plugin.addError. If you
+        want to replace or modify the error tuple, return a new error
+        tuple, otherwise return err, the original error tuple.
+        
+        :param test: the test case
+        :type test: :class:`nose.case.Test`
+        :param err: sys.exc_info() tuple
+        :type err: 3-tuple
+        """
+        pass
+    formatError._new = True
+    formatError.chainable = True
+    # test arg is not chainable
+    formatError.static_args = (True, False)
+
+    def formatFailure(self, test, err):
+        """Called in result.addFailure, before plugin.addFailure. If you
+        want to replace or modify the error tuple, return a new error
+        tuple, otherwise return err, the original error tuple.
+        
+        :param test: the test case
+        :type test: :class:`nose.case.Test`
+        :param err: sys.exc_info() tuple
+        :type err: 3-tuple
+        """
+        pass
+    formatFailure._new = True
+    formatFailure.chainable = True
+    # test arg is not chainable
+    formatFailure.static_args = (True, False)
+
+    def handleError(self, test, err):
+        """Called on addError. To handle the error yourself and prevent normal
+        error processing, return a true value.
+
+        :param test: the test case
+        :type test: :class:`nose.case.Test`
+        :param err: sys.exc_info() tuple
+        :type err: 3-tuple
+        """
+        pass
+    handleError._new = True
+
+    def handleFailure(self, test, err):
+        """Called on addFailure. To handle the failure yourself and
+        prevent normal failure processing, return a true value.
+
+        :param test: the test case
+        :type test: :class:`nose.case.Test`
+        :param err: sys.exc_info() tuple
+        :type err: 3-tuple
+        """
+        pass
+    handleFailure._new = True
+
+    def loadTestsFromDir(self, path):
+        """Return iterable of tests from a directory. May be a
+        generator.  Each item returned must be a runnable
+        unittest.TestCase (or subclass) instance or suite instance.
+        Return None if your plugin cannot collect any tests from
+        directory.
+
+        :param  path: The path to the directory.
+        """
+        pass
+    loadTestsFromDir.generative = True
+    loadTestsFromDir._new = True
+    
+    def loadTestsFromModule(self, module, path=None):
+        """Return iterable of tests in a module. May be a
+        generator. Each item returned must be a runnable
+        unittest.TestCase (or subclass) instance.
+        Return None if your plugin cannot
+        collect any tests from module.
+
+        :param module: The module object
+        :type module: python module
+        :param path: the path of the module to search, to distinguish from
+            namespace package modules
+
+            .. note::
+
+               NEW. The ``path`` parameter will only be passed by nose 0.11
+               or above.
+        """
+        pass
+    loadTestsFromModule.generative = True
+
+    def loadTestsFromName(self, name, module=None, importPath=None):
+        """Return tests in this file or module. Return None if you are not able
+        to load any tests, or an iterable if you are. May be a
+        generator.
+
+        :param name: The test name. May be a file or module name plus a test
+            callable. Use split_test_name to split into parts. Or it might
+            be some crazy name of your own devising, in which case, do
+            whatever you want.
+        :param module: Module from which the name is to be loaded
+        :param importPath: Path from which file (must be a python module) was
+            found
+
+            .. warning:: DEPRECATED: this argument will NOT be passed.
+        """
+        pass
+    loadTestsFromName.generative = True
+
+    def loadTestsFromNames(self, names, module=None):
+        """Return a tuple of (tests loaded, remaining names). Return
+        None if you are not able to load any tests. Multiple plugins
+        may implement loadTestsFromNames; the remaining name list from
+        each will be passed to the next as input.
+
+        :param names: List of test names.
+        :type names: iterable
+        :param module: Module from which the names are to be loaded
+        """
+        pass
+    loadTestsFromNames._new = True
+    loadTestsFromNames.chainable = True
+
+    def loadTestsFromFile(self, filename):
+        """Return tests in this file. Return None if you are not
+        interested in loading any tests, or an iterable if you are and
+        can load some. May be a generator. *If you are interested in
+        loading tests from the file and encounter no errors, but find
+        no tests, yield False or return [False].*
+
+        .. Note:: This method replaces loadTestsFromPath from the 0.9
+                  API.
+
+        :param filename: The full path to the file or directory.
+        """
+        pass
+    loadTestsFromFile.generative = True
+    loadTestsFromFile._new = True
+
+    def loadTestsFromPath(self, path):
+        """
+        .. warning:: DEPRECATED -- use loadTestsFromFile instead
+        """
+        pass
+    loadTestsFromPath.deprecated = True
+
+    def loadTestsFromTestCase(self, cls):
+        """Return tests in this test case class. Return None if you are
+        not able to load any tests, or an iterable if you are. May be a
+        generator.
+
+        :param cls: The test case class. Must be subclass of
+           :class:`unittest.TestCase`.
+        """
+        pass
+    loadTestsFromTestCase.generative = True
+
+    def loadTestsFromTestClass(self, cls):
+        """Return tests in this test class. Class will *not* be a
+        unittest.TestCase subclass. Return None if you are not able to
+        load any tests, an iterable if you are. May be a generator.
+
+        :param cls: The test case class. Must be **not** be subclass of
+           :class:`unittest.TestCase`.
+        """
+        pass
+    loadTestsFromTestClass._new = True
+    loadTestsFromTestClass.generative = True
+
+    def makeTest(self, obj, parent):
+        """Given an object and its parent, return or yield one or more
+        test cases. Each test must be a unittest.TestCase (or subclass)
+        instance. This is called before default test loading to allow
+        plugins to load an alternate test case or cases for an
+        object. May be a generator.
+
+        :param obj: The object to be made into a test
+        :param parent: The parent of obj (eg, for a method, the class)
+        """
+        pass
+    makeTest._new = True
+    makeTest.generative = True
+
+    def options(self, parser, env):
+        """Called to allow plugin to register command line
+        options with the parser.
+
+        DO NOT return a value from this method unless you want to stop
+        all other plugins from setting their options.
+
+        :param parser: options parser instance
+        :type parser: :class:`ConfigParser.ConfigParser`
+        :param env: environment, default is os.environ
+        """
+        pass
+    options._new = True
+
+    def prepareTest(self, test):
+        """Called before the test is run by the test runner. Please
+        note the article *the* in the previous sentence: prepareTest
+        is called *only once*, and is passed the test case or test
+        suite that the test runner will execute. It is *not* called
+        for each individual test case. If you return a non-None value,
+        that return value will be run as the test. Use this hook to
+        wrap or decorate the test with another function. If you need
+        to modify or wrap individual test cases, use `prepareTestCase`
+        instead.
+
+        :param test: the test case
+        :type test: :class:`nose.case.Test`
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def prepareTestCase(self, test):
+        """Prepare or wrap an individual test case. Called before
+        execution of the test. The test passed here is a
+        nose.case.Test instance; the case to be executed is in the
+        test attribute of the passed case. To modify the test to be
+        run, you should return a callable that takes one argument (the
+        test result object) -- it is recommended that you *do not*
+        side-effect the nose.case.Test instance you have been passed.
+
+        Keep in mind that when you replace the test callable you are
+        replacing the run() method of the test case -- including the
+        exception handling and result calls, etc.
+
+        :param test: the test case
+        :type test: :class:`nose.case.Test`
+        """
+        pass
+    prepareTestCase._new = True
+    
+    def prepareTestLoader(self, loader):
+        """Called before tests are loaded. To replace the test loader,
+        return a test loader. To allow other plugins to process the
+        test loader, return None. Only one plugin may replace the test
+        loader. Only valid when using nose.TestProgram.
+
+        :param loader: :class:`nose.loader.TestLoader` 
+             (or other loader) instance
+        """
+        pass
+    prepareTestLoader._new = True
+
+    def prepareTestResult(self, result):
+        """Called before the first test is run. To use a different
+        test result handler for all tests than the given result,
+        return a test result handler. NOTE however that this handler
+        will only be seen by tests, that is, inside of the result
+        proxy system. The TestRunner and TestProgram -- whether nose's
+        or other -- will continue to see the original result
+        handler. For this reason, it is usually better to monkeypatch
+        the result (for instance, if you want to handle some
+        exceptions in a unique way). Only one plugin may replace the
+        result, but many may monkeypatch it. If you want to
+        monkeypatch and stop other plugins from doing so, monkeypatch
+        and return the patched result.
+
+        :param result: :class:`nose.result.TextTestResult` 
+             (or other result) instance
+        """
+        pass
+    prepareTestResult._new = True
+
+    def prepareTestRunner(self, runner):
+        """Called before tests are run. To replace the test runner,
+        return a test runner. To allow other plugins to process the
+        test runner, return None. Only valid when using nose.TestProgram.
+
+        :param runner: :class:`nose.core.TextTestRunner` 
+             (or other runner) instance
+        """
+        pass
+    prepareTestRunner._new = True
+        
+    def report(self, stream):
+        """Called after all error output has been printed. Print your
+        plugin's report to the provided stream. Return None to allow
+        other plugins to print reports, any other value to stop them.
+
+        :param stream: stream object; send your output here
+        :type stream: file-like object
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def setOutputStream(self, stream):
+        """Called before test output begins. To direct test output to a
+        new stream, return a stream object, which must implement a
+        `write(msg)` method. If you only want to note the stream, not
+        capture or redirect it, then return None.
+
+        :param stream: stream object; send your output here
+        :type stream: file-like object
+        """
+
+    def startContext(self, context):
+        """Called before context setup and the running of tests in the
+        context. Note that tests have already been *loaded* from the
+        context before this call.
+
+        :param context: the context about to be setup. May be a module or
+             class, or any other object that contains tests.
+        """
+        pass
+    startContext._new = True
+    
+    def startTest(self, test):
+        """Called before each test is run. DO NOT return a value unless
+        you want to stop other plugins from seeing the test start.
+
+        :param test: the test case
+        :type test: :class:`nose.case.Test`
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def stopContext(self, context):
+        """Called after the tests in a context have run and the
+        context has been torn down.
+
+        :param context: the context that has been torn down. May be a module or
+             class, or any other object that contains tests.
+        """
+        pass
+    stopContext._new = True
+    
+    def stopTest(self, test):
+        """Called after each test is run. DO NOT return a value unless
+        you want to stop other plugins from seeing that the test has stopped.
+
+        :param test: the test case
+        :type test: :class:`nose.case.Test`
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def testName(self, test):
+        """Return a short test name. Called by `nose.case.Test.__str__`.
+
+        :param test: the test case
+        :type test: :class:`nose.case.Test`
+        """
+        pass
+    testName._new = True
+
+    def wantClass(self, cls):
+        """Return true if you want the main test selector to collect
+        tests from this class, false if you don't, and None if you don't
+        care.
+
+        :param cls: The class being examined by the selector
+        """
+        pass
+    
+    def wantDirectory(self, dirname):
+        """Return true if you want test collection to descend into this
+        directory, false if you do not, and None if you don't care.
+
+        :param dirname: Full path to directory being examined by the selector
+        """
+        pass
+    
+    def wantFile(self, file):
+        """Return true if you want to collect tests from this file,
+        false if you do not and None if you don't care.
+
+        Change from 0.9: The optional package parameter is no longer passed.
+
+        :param file: Full path to file being examined by the selector
+        """
+        pass
+    
+    def wantFunction(self, function):
+        """Return true to collect this function as a test, false to
+        prevent it from being collected, and None if you don't care.
+
+        :param function: The function object being examined by the selector
+        """
+        pass
+    
+    def wantMethod(self, method):
+        """Return true to collect this method as a test, false to
+        prevent it from being collected, and None if you don't care.
+        
+        :param method: The method object being examined by the selector
+        :type method: unbound method
+        """    
+        pass
+    
+    def wantModule(self, module):
+        """Return true if you want to collection to descend into this
+        module, false to prevent the collector from descending into the
+        module, and None if you don't care.
+
+        :param module: The module object being examined by the selector
+        :type module: python module
+        """
+        pass
+    
+    def wantModuleTests(self, module):
+        """
+        .. warning:: DEPRECATED -- this method will not be called, it has
+                     been folded into wantModule.
+        """
+        pass
+    wantModuleTests.deprecated = True
+    
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/builtin.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/builtin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fcc0018ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/builtin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+"""
+Lists builtin plugins.
+"""
+plugins = []
+builtins = (
+    ('nose.plugins.attrib', 'AttributeSelector'),
+    ('nose.plugins.capture', 'Capture'),
+    ('nose.plugins.logcapture', 'LogCapture'),
+    ('nose.plugins.cover', 'Coverage'),
+    ('nose.plugins.debug', 'Pdb'),
+    ('nose.plugins.deprecated', 'Deprecated'),
+    ('nose.plugins.doctests', 'Doctest'),
+    ('nose.plugins.isolate', 'IsolationPlugin'),
+    ('nose.plugins.failuredetail', 'FailureDetail'),
+    ('nose.plugins.prof', 'Profile'),
+    ('nose.plugins.skip', 'Skip'),
+    ('nose.plugins.testid', 'TestId'),
+    ('nose.plugins.multiprocess', 'MultiProcess'),
+    ('nose.plugins.xunit', 'Xunit'),
+    ('nose.plugins.allmodules', 'AllModules'),
+    ('nose.plugins.collect', 'CollectOnly'),
+    )
+
+for module, cls in builtins:
+    try:
+        plugmod = __import__(module, globals(), locals(), [cls])
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        raise
+    except:
+        continue
+    plug = getattr(plugmod, cls)
+    plugins.append(plug)
+    globals()[cls] = plug
+
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/capture.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/capture.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa4e5dcaaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/capture.py
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+"""
+This plugin captures stdout during test execution. If the test fails
+or raises an error, the captured output will be appended to the error
+or failure output. It is enabled by default but can be disabled with
+the options ``-s`` or ``--nocapture``.
+
+:Options:
+  ``--nocapture``
+    Don't capture stdout (any stdout output will be printed immediately)
+
+"""
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+from nose.plugins.base import Plugin
+from nose.pyversion import exc_to_unicode, force_unicode
+from nose.util import ln
+from StringIO import StringIO
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+class Capture(Plugin):
+    """
+    Output capture plugin. Enabled by default. Disable with ``-s`` or
+    ``--nocapture``. This plugin captures stdout during test execution,
+    appending any output captured to the error or failure output,
+    should the test fail or raise an error.
+    """
+    enabled = True
+    env_opt = 'NOSE_NOCAPTURE'
+    name = 'capture'
+    score = 1600
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.stdout = []
+        self._buf = None
+
+    def options(self, parser, env):
+        """Register commandline options
+        """
+        parser.add_option(
+            "-s", "--nocapture", action="store_false",
+            default=not env.get(self.env_opt), dest="capture",
+            help="Don't capture stdout (any stdout output "
+            "will be printed immediately) [NOSE_NOCAPTURE]")
+
+    def configure(self, options, conf):
+        """Configure plugin. Plugin is enabled by default.
+        """
+        self.conf = conf
+        if not options.capture:
+            self.enabled = False
+
+    def afterTest(self, test):
+        """Clear capture buffer.
+        """
+        self.end()
+        self._buf = None
+
+    def begin(self):
+        """Replace sys.stdout with capture buffer.
+        """
+        self.start() # get an early handle on sys.stdout
+
+    def beforeTest(self, test):
+        """Flush capture buffer.
+        """
+        self.start()
+
+    def formatError(self, test, err):
+        """Add captured output to error report.
+        """
+        test.capturedOutput = output = self.buffer
+        self._buf = None
+        if not output:
+            # Don't return None as that will prevent other
+            # formatters from formatting and remove earlier formatters
+            # formats, instead return the err we got
+            return err
+        ec, ev, tb = err
+        return (ec, self.addCaptureToErr(ev, output), tb)
+
+    def formatFailure(self, test, err):
+        """Add captured output to failure report.
+        """
+        return self.formatError(test, err)
+
+    def addCaptureToErr(self, ev, output):
+        ev = exc_to_unicode(ev)
+        output = force_unicode(output)
+        return u'\n'.join([ev, ln(u'>> begin captured stdout <<'),
+                           output, ln(u'>> end captured stdout <<')])
+
+    def start(self):
+        self.stdout.append(sys.stdout)
+        self._buf = StringIO()
+        sys.stdout = self._buf
+
+    def end(self):
+        if self.stdout:
+            sys.stdout = self.stdout.pop()
+
+    def finalize(self, result):
+        """Restore stdout.
+        """
+        while self.stdout:
+            self.end()
+
+    def _get_buffer(self):
+        if self._buf is not None:
+            return self._buf.getvalue()
+
+    buffer = property(_get_buffer, None, None,
+                      """Captured stdout output.""")
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/collect.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/collect.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f9f0faa77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/collect.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+"""
+This plugin bypasses the actual execution of tests, and instead just collects
+test names. Fixtures are also bypassed, so running nosetests with the 
+collection plugin enabled should be very quick.
+
+This plugin is useful in combination with the testid plugin (``--with-id``).
+Run both together to get an indexed list of all tests, which will enable you to
+run individual tests by index number.
+
+This plugin is also useful for counting tests in a test suite, and making
+people watching your demo think all of your tests pass.
+"""
+from nose.plugins.base import Plugin
+from nose.case import Test
+import logging
+import unittest
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class CollectOnly(Plugin):
+    """
+    Collect and output test names only, don't run any tests.
+    """
+    name = "collect-only"
+    enableOpt = 'collect_only'
+
+    def options(self, parser, env):
+        """Register commandline options.
+        """
+        parser.add_option('--collect-only',
+                          action='store_true',
+                          dest=self.enableOpt,
+                          default=env.get('NOSE_COLLECT_ONLY'),
+                          help="Enable collect-only: %s [COLLECT_ONLY]" %
+                          (self.help()))
+
+    def prepareTestLoader(self, loader):
+        """Install collect-only suite class in TestLoader.
+        """
+        # Disable context awareness
+        log.debug("Preparing test loader")
+        loader.suiteClass = TestSuiteFactory(self.conf)
+
+    def prepareTestCase(self, test):
+        """Replace actual test with dummy that always passes.
+        """
+        # Return something that always passes
+        log.debug("Preparing test case %s", test)
+        if not isinstance(test, Test):
+            return
+        def run(result):
+            # We need to make these plugin calls because there won't be
+            # a result proxy, due to using a stripped-down test suite
+            self.conf.plugins.startTest(test)
+            result.startTest(test)
+            self.conf.plugins.addSuccess(test)
+            result.addSuccess(test)
+            self.conf.plugins.stopTest(test)
+            result.stopTest(test)
+        return run
+
+
+class TestSuiteFactory:
+    """
+    Factory for producing configured test suites.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, conf):
+        self.conf = conf
+
+    def __call__(self, tests=(), **kw):
+        return TestSuite(tests, conf=self.conf)
+
+
+class TestSuite(unittest.TestSuite):
+    """
+    Basic test suite that bypasses most proxy and plugin calls, but does
+    wrap tests in a nose.case.Test so prepareTestCase will be called.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, tests=(), conf=None):
+        self.conf = conf
+        # Exec lazy suites: makes discovery depth-first
+        if callable(tests):
+            tests = tests()
+        log.debug("TestSuite(%r)", tests)
+        unittest.TestSuite.__init__(self, tests)
+
+    def addTest(self, test):
+        log.debug("Add test %s", test)
+        if isinstance(test, unittest.TestSuite):
+            self._tests.append(test)
+        else:
+            self._tests.append(Test(test, config=self.conf))
+
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/cover.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/cover.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fbe2e30dcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/cover.py
@@ -0,0 +1,271 @@
+"""If you have Ned Batchelder's coverage_ module installed, you may activate a
+coverage report with the ``--with-coverage`` switch or NOSE_WITH_COVERAGE
+environment variable. The coverage report will cover any python source module
+imported after the start of the test run, excluding modules that match
+testMatch. If you want to include those modules too, use the ``--cover-tests``
+switch, or set the NOSE_COVER_TESTS environment variable to a true value. To
+restrict the coverage report to modules from a particular package or packages,
+use the ``--cover-package`` switch or the NOSE_COVER_PACKAGE environment
+variable.
+
+.. _coverage: http://www.nedbatchelder.com/code/modules/coverage.html
+"""
+import logging
+import re
+import sys
+import StringIO
+from nose.plugins.base import Plugin
+from nose.util import src, tolist
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class Coverage(Plugin):
+    """
+    Activate a coverage report using Ned Batchelder's coverage module.
+    """
+    coverTests = False
+    coverPackages = None
+    coverInstance = None
+    coverErase = False
+    coverMinPercentage = None
+    score = 200
+    status = {}
+
+    def options(self, parser, env):
+        """
+        Add options to command line.
+        """
+        super(Coverage, self).options(parser, env)
+        parser.add_option("--cover-package", action="append",
+                          default=env.get('NOSE_COVER_PACKAGE'),
+                          metavar="PACKAGE",
+                          dest="cover_packages",
+                          help="Restrict coverage output to selected packages "
+                          "[NOSE_COVER_PACKAGE]")
+        parser.add_option("--cover-erase", action="store_true",
+                          default=env.get('NOSE_COVER_ERASE'),
+                          dest="cover_erase",
+                          help="Erase previously collected coverage "
+                          "statistics before run")
+        parser.add_option("--cover-tests", action="store_true",
+                          dest="cover_tests",
+                          default=env.get('NOSE_COVER_TESTS'),
+                          help="Include test modules in coverage report "
+                          "[NOSE_COVER_TESTS]")
+        parser.add_option("--cover-min-percentage", action="store",
+                          dest="cover_min_percentage",
+                          default=env.get('NOSE_COVER_MIN_PERCENTAGE'),
+                          help="Minimum percentage of coverage for tests "
+                          "to pass [NOSE_COVER_MIN_PERCENTAGE]")
+        parser.add_option("--cover-inclusive", action="store_true",
+                          dest="cover_inclusive",
+                          default=env.get('NOSE_COVER_INCLUSIVE'),
+                          help="Include all python files under working "
+                          "directory in coverage report.  Useful for "
+                          "discovering holes in test coverage if not all "
+                          "files are imported by the test suite. "
+                          "[NOSE_COVER_INCLUSIVE]")
+        parser.add_option("--cover-html", action="store_true",
+                          default=env.get('NOSE_COVER_HTML'),
+                          dest='cover_html',
+                          help="Produce HTML coverage information")
+        parser.add_option('--cover-html-dir', action='store',
+                          default=env.get('NOSE_COVER_HTML_DIR', 'cover'),
+                          dest='cover_html_dir',
+                          metavar='DIR',
+                          help='Produce HTML coverage information in dir')
+        parser.add_option("--cover-branches", action="store_true",
+                          default=env.get('NOSE_COVER_BRANCHES'),
+                          dest="cover_branches",
+                          help="Include branch coverage in coverage report "
+                          "[NOSE_COVER_BRANCHES]")
+        parser.add_option("--cover-xml", action="store_true",
+                          default=env.get('NOSE_COVER_XML'),
+                          dest="cover_xml",
+                          help="Produce XML coverage information")
+        parser.add_option("--cover-xml-file", action="store",
+                          default=env.get('NOSE_COVER_XML_FILE', 'coverage.xml'),
+                          dest="cover_xml_file",
+                          metavar="FILE",
+                          help="Produce XML coverage information in file")
+
+    def configure(self, options, conf):
+        """
+        Configure plugin.
+        """
+        try:
+            self.status.pop('active')
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
+        super(Coverage, self).configure(options, conf)
+        if self.enabled:
+            try:
+                import coverage
+                if not hasattr(coverage, 'coverage'):
+                    raise ImportError("Unable to import coverage module")
+            except ImportError:
+                log.error("Coverage not available: "
+                          "unable to import coverage module")
+                self.enabled = False
+                return
+        self.conf = conf
+        self.coverErase = options.cover_erase
+        self.coverTests = options.cover_tests
+        self.coverPackages = []
+        if options.cover_packages:
+            if isinstance(options.cover_packages, (list, tuple)):
+                cover_packages = options.cover_packages
+            else:
+                cover_packages = [options.cover_packages]
+            for pkgs in [tolist(x) for x in cover_packages]:
+                self.coverPackages.extend(pkgs)
+        self.coverInclusive = options.cover_inclusive
+        if self.coverPackages:
+            log.info("Coverage report will include only packages: %s",
+                     self.coverPackages)
+        self.coverHtmlDir = None
+        if options.cover_html:
+            self.coverHtmlDir = options.cover_html_dir
+            log.debug('Will put HTML coverage report in %s', self.coverHtmlDir)
+        self.coverBranches = options.cover_branches
+        self.coverXmlFile = None
+        if options.cover_min_percentage:
+            self.coverMinPercentage = int(options.cover_min_percentage.rstrip('%'))
+        if options.cover_xml:
+            self.coverXmlFile = options.cover_xml_file
+            log.debug('Will put XML coverage report in %s', self.coverXmlFile)
+        if self.enabled:
+            self.status['active'] = True
+            self.coverInstance = coverage.coverage(auto_data=False,
+                branch=self.coverBranches, data_suffix=conf.worker,
+                source=self.coverPackages)
+            self.coverInstance._warn_no_data = False
+            self.coverInstance.is_worker = conf.worker
+            self.coverInstance.exclude('#pragma[: ]+[nN][oO] [cC][oO][vV][eE][rR]')
+
+            log.debug("Coverage begin")
+            self.skipModules = sys.modules.keys()[:]
+            if self.coverErase:
+                log.debug("Clearing previously collected coverage statistics")
+                self.coverInstance.combine()
+                self.coverInstance.erase()
+
+            if not self.coverInstance.is_worker:
+                self.coverInstance.load()
+                self.coverInstance.start()
+
+
+    def beforeTest(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Begin recording coverage information.
+        """
+
+        if self.coverInstance.is_worker:
+            self.coverInstance.load()
+            self.coverInstance.start()
+
+    def afterTest(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Stop recording coverage information.
+        """
+
+        if self.coverInstance.is_worker:
+            self.coverInstance.stop()
+            self.coverInstance.save()
+
+
+    def report(self, stream):
+        """
+        Output code coverage report.
+        """
+        log.debug("Coverage report")
+        self.coverInstance.stop()
+        self.coverInstance.combine()
+        self.coverInstance.save()
+        modules = [module
+                    for name, module in sys.modules.items()
+                    if self.wantModuleCoverage(name, module)]
+        log.debug("Coverage report will cover modules: %s", modules)
+        self.coverInstance.report(modules, file=stream)
+
+        import coverage
+        if self.coverHtmlDir:
+            log.debug("Generating HTML coverage report")
+            try:
+                self.coverInstance.html_report(modules, self.coverHtmlDir)
+            except coverage.misc.CoverageException, e:
+                log.warning("Failed to generate HTML report: %s" % str(e))
+
+        if self.coverXmlFile:
+            log.debug("Generating XML coverage report")
+            try:
+                self.coverInstance.xml_report(modules, self.coverXmlFile)
+            except coverage.misc.CoverageException, e:
+                log.warning("Failed to generate XML report: %s" % str(e))
+
+        # make sure we have minimum required coverage
+        if self.coverMinPercentage:
+            f = StringIO.StringIO()
+            self.coverInstance.report(modules, file=f)
+
+            multiPackageRe = (r'-------\s\w+\s+\d+\s+\d+(?:\s+\d+\s+\d+)?'
+                              r'\s+(\d+)%\s+\d*\s{0,1}$')
+            singlePackageRe = (r'-------\s[\w./]+\s+\d+\s+\d+(?:\s+\d+\s+\d+)?'
+                               r'\s+(\d+)%(?:\s+[-\d, ]+)\s{0,1}$')
+
+            m = re.search(multiPackageRe, f.getvalue())
+            if m is None:
+                m = re.search(singlePackageRe, f.getvalue())
+
+            if m:
+                percentage = int(m.groups()[0])
+                if percentage < self.coverMinPercentage:
+                    log.error('TOTAL Coverage did not reach minimum '
+                              'required: %d%%' % self.coverMinPercentage)
+                    sys.exit(1)
+            else:
+                log.error("No total percentage was found in coverage output, "
+                          "something went wrong.")
+
+
+    def wantModuleCoverage(self, name, module):
+        if not hasattr(module, '__file__'):
+            log.debug("no coverage of %s: no __file__", name)
+            return False
+        module_file = src(module.__file__)
+        if not module_file or not module_file.endswith('.py'):
+            log.debug("no coverage of %s: not a python file", name)
+            return False
+        if self.coverPackages:
+            for package in self.coverPackages:
+                if (re.findall(r'^%s\b' % re.escape(package), name)
+                    and (self.coverTests
+                         or not self.conf.testMatch.search(name))):
+                    log.debug("coverage for %s", name)
+                    return True
+        if name in self.skipModules:
+            log.debug("no coverage for %s: loaded before coverage start",
+                      name)
+            return False
+        if self.conf.testMatch.search(name) and not self.coverTests:
+            log.debug("no coverage for %s: is a test", name)
+            return False
+        # accept any package that passed the previous tests, unless
+        # coverPackages is on -- in that case, if we wanted this
+        # module, we would have already returned True
+        return not self.coverPackages
+
+    def wantFile(self, file, package=None):
+        """If inclusive coverage enabled, return true for all source files
+        in wanted packages.
+        """
+        if self.coverInclusive:
+            if file.endswith(".py"):
+                if package and self.coverPackages:
+                    for want in self.coverPackages:
+                        if package.startswith(want):
+                            return True
+                else:
+                    return True
+        return None
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/debug.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/debug.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78243e60d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/debug.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+"""
+This plugin provides ``--pdb`` and ``--pdb-failures`` options. The ``--pdb``
+option will drop the test runner into pdb when it encounters an error. To
+drop into pdb on failure, use ``--pdb-failures``.
+"""
+
+import pdb
+from nose.plugins.base import Plugin
+
+class Pdb(Plugin):
+    """
+    Provides --pdb and --pdb-failures options that cause the test runner to
+    drop into pdb if it encounters an error or failure, respectively.
+    """
+    enabled_for_errors = False
+    enabled_for_failures = False
+    score = 5 # run last, among builtins
+    
+    def options(self, parser, env):
+        """Register commandline options.
+        """
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--pdb", action="store_true", dest="debugBoth",
+            default=env.get('NOSE_PDB', False),
+            help="Drop into debugger on failures or errors")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--pdb-failures", action="store_true",
+            dest="debugFailures",
+            default=env.get('NOSE_PDB_FAILURES', False),
+            help="Drop into debugger on failures")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--pdb-errors", action="store_true",
+            dest="debugErrors",
+            default=env.get('NOSE_PDB_ERRORS', False),
+            help="Drop into debugger on errors")
+
+    def configure(self, options, conf):
+        """Configure which kinds of exceptions trigger plugin.
+        """
+        self.conf = conf
+        self.enabled_for_errors = options.debugErrors or options.debugBoth
+        self.enabled_for_failures = options.debugFailures or options.debugBoth
+        self.enabled = self.enabled_for_failures or self.enabled_for_errors
+
+    def addError(self, test, err):
+        """Enter pdb if configured to debug errors.
+        """
+        if not self.enabled_for_errors:
+            return
+        self.debug(err)
+
+    def addFailure(self, test, err):
+        """Enter pdb if configured to debug failures.
+        """
+        if not self.enabled_for_failures:
+            return
+        self.debug(err)
+
+    def debug(self, err):
+        import sys # FIXME why is this import here?
+        ec, ev, tb = err
+        stdout = sys.stdout
+        sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__
+        try:
+            pdb.post_mortem(tb)
+        finally:
+            sys.stdout = stdout
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/deprecated.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/deprecated.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..461a26be63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/deprecated.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+"""
+This plugin installs a DEPRECATED error class for the :class:`DeprecatedTest`
+exception. When :class:`DeprecatedTest` is raised, the exception will be logged
+in the deprecated attribute of the result, ``D`` or ``DEPRECATED`` (verbose)
+will be output, and the exception will not be counted as an error or failure.
+It is enabled by default, but can be turned off by using ``--no-deprecated``.
+"""
+
+from nose.plugins.errorclass import ErrorClass, ErrorClassPlugin
+
+
+class DeprecatedTest(Exception):
+    """Raise this exception to mark a test as deprecated.
+    """
+    pass
+
+
+class Deprecated(ErrorClassPlugin):
+    """
+    Installs a DEPRECATED error class for the DeprecatedTest exception. Enabled
+    by default.
+    """
+    enabled = True
+    deprecated = ErrorClass(DeprecatedTest,
+                            label='DEPRECATED',
+                            isfailure=False)
+
+    def options(self, parser, env):
+        """Register commandline options.
+        """
+        env_opt = 'NOSE_WITHOUT_DEPRECATED'
+        parser.add_option('--no-deprecated', action='store_true',
+                          dest='noDeprecated', default=env.get(env_opt, False),
+                          help="Disable special handling of DeprecatedTest "
+                          "exceptions.")
+
+    def configure(self, options, conf):
+        """Configure plugin.
+        """
+        if not self.can_configure:
+            return
+        self.conf = conf
+        disable = getattr(options, 'noDeprecated', False)
+        if disable:
+            self.enabled = False
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/doctests.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/doctests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ef65799f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/doctests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,455 @@
+"""Use the Doctest plugin with ``--with-doctest`` or the NOSE_WITH_DOCTEST
+environment variable to enable collection and execution of :mod:`doctests
+<doctest>`.  Because doctests are usually included in the tested package
+(instead of being grouped into packages or modules of their own), nose only
+looks for them in the non-test packages it discovers in the working directory.
+
+Doctests may also be placed into files other than python modules, in which
+case they can be collected and executed by using the ``--doctest-extension``
+switch or NOSE_DOCTEST_EXTENSION environment variable to indicate which file
+extension(s) to load.
+
+When loading doctests from non-module files, use the ``--doctest-fixtures``
+switch to specify how to find modules containing fixtures for the tests. A
+module name will be produced by appending the value of that switch to the base
+name of each doctest file loaded. For example, a doctest file "widgets.rst"
+with the switch ``--doctest_fixtures=_fixt`` will load fixtures from the module
+``widgets_fixt.py``.
+
+A fixtures module may define any or all of the following functions:
+
+* setup([module]) or setup_module([module])
+   
+  Called before the test runs. You may raise SkipTest to skip all tests.
+  
+* teardown([module]) or teardown_module([module])
+
+  Called after the test runs, if setup/setup_module did not raise an
+  unhandled exception.
+
+* setup_test(test)
+
+  Called before the test. NOTE: the argument passed is a
+  doctest.DocTest instance, *not* a unittest.TestCase.
+  
+* teardown_test(test)
+ 
+  Called after the test, if setup_test did not raise an exception. NOTE: the
+  argument passed is a doctest.DocTest instance, *not* a unittest.TestCase.
+  
+Doctests are run like any other test, with the exception that output
+capture does not work; doctest does its own output capture while running a
+test.
+
+.. note ::
+
+   See :doc:`../doc_tests/test_doctest_fixtures/doctest_fixtures` for
+   additional documentation and examples.
+
+"""
+from __future__ import generators
+
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+import unittest
+from inspect import getmodule
+from nose.plugins.base import Plugin
+from nose.suite import ContextList
+from nose.util import anyp, getpackage, test_address, resolve_name, \
+     src, tolist, isproperty
+try:
+    from cStringIO import StringIO
+except ImportError:
+    from StringIO import StringIO
+import sys
+import __builtin__ as builtin_mod
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+try:
+    import doctest
+    doctest.DocTestCase
+    # system version of doctest is acceptable, but needs a monkeypatch
+except (ImportError, AttributeError):
+    # system version is too old
+    import nose.ext.dtcompat as doctest
+
+
+#
+# Doctest and coverage don't get along, so we need to create
+# a monkeypatch that will replace the part of doctest that
+# interferes with coverage reports.
+#
+# The monkeypatch is based on this zope patch:
+# http://svn.zope.org/Zope3/trunk/src/zope/testing/doctest.py?rev=28679&r1=28703&r2=28705
+#
+_orp = doctest._OutputRedirectingPdb
+
+class NoseOutputRedirectingPdb(_orp):
+    def __init__(self, out):
+        self.__debugger_used = False
+        _orp.__init__(self, out)
+
+    def set_trace(self):
+        self.__debugger_used = True
+        _orp.set_trace(self, sys._getframe().f_back)
+
+    def set_continue(self):
+        # Calling set_continue unconditionally would break unit test 
+        # coverage reporting, as Bdb.set_continue calls sys.settrace(None).
+        if self.__debugger_used:
+            _orp.set_continue(self)
+doctest._OutputRedirectingPdb = NoseOutputRedirectingPdb    
+
+
+class DoctestSuite(unittest.TestSuite):
+    """
+    Doctest suites are parallelizable at the module or file level only,
+    since they may be attached to objects that are not individually
+    addressable (like properties). This suite subclass is used when
+    loading doctests from a module to ensure that behavior.
+
+    This class is used only if the plugin is not fully prepared;
+    in normal use, the loader's suiteClass is used.
+    
+    """
+    can_split = False
+    
+    def __init__(self, tests=(), context=None, can_split=False):
+        self.context = context
+        self.can_split = can_split
+        unittest.TestSuite.__init__(self, tests=tests)
+
+    def address(self):
+        return test_address(self.context)
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        # 2.3 compat
+        return iter(self._tests)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return str(self._tests)
+
+        
+class Doctest(Plugin):
+    """
+    Activate doctest plugin to find and run doctests in non-test modules.
+    """
+    extension = None
+    suiteClass = DoctestSuite
+    
+    def options(self, parser, env):
+        """Register commmandline options.
+        """
+        Plugin.options(self, parser, env)
+        parser.add_option('--doctest-tests', action='store_true',
+                          dest='doctest_tests',
+                          default=env.get('NOSE_DOCTEST_TESTS'),
+                          help="Also look for doctests in test modules. "
+                          "Note that classes, methods and functions should "
+                          "have either doctests or non-doctest tests, "
+                          "not both. [NOSE_DOCTEST_TESTS]")
+        parser.add_option('--doctest-extension', action="append",
+                          dest="doctestExtension",
+                          metavar="EXT",
+                          help="Also look for doctests in files with "
+                          "this extension [NOSE_DOCTEST_EXTENSION]")
+        parser.add_option('--doctest-result-variable',
+                          dest='doctest_result_var',
+                          default=env.get('NOSE_DOCTEST_RESULT_VAR'),
+                          metavar="VAR",
+                          help="Change the variable name set to the result of "
+                          "the last interpreter command from the default '_'. "
+                          "Can be used to avoid conflicts with the _() "
+                          "function used for text translation. "
+                          "[NOSE_DOCTEST_RESULT_VAR]")
+        parser.add_option('--doctest-fixtures', action="store",
+                          dest="doctestFixtures",
+                          metavar="SUFFIX",
+                          help="Find fixtures for a doctest file in module "
+                          "with this name appended to the base name "
+                          "of the doctest file")
+        parser.add_option('--doctest-options', action="append",
+                          dest="doctestOptions",
+                          metavar="OPTIONS",
+                          help="Specify options to pass to doctest. " +
+                          "Eg. '+ELLIPSIS,+NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE'")
+        # Set the default as a list, if given in env; otherwise
+        # an additional value set on the command line will cause
+        # an error.
+        env_setting = env.get('NOSE_DOCTEST_EXTENSION')
+        if env_setting is not None:
+            parser.set_defaults(doctestExtension=tolist(env_setting))
+
+    def configure(self, options, config):
+        """Configure plugin.
+        """
+        Plugin.configure(self, options, config)
+        self.doctest_result_var = options.doctest_result_var
+        self.doctest_tests = options.doctest_tests
+        self.extension = tolist(options.doctestExtension)
+        self.fixtures = options.doctestFixtures
+        self.finder = doctest.DocTestFinder()
+        self.optionflags = 0
+        if options.doctestOptions:
+            flags = ",".join(options.doctestOptions).split(',')
+            for flag in flags:
+                if not flag or flag[0] not in '+-':
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        "Must specify doctest options with starting " +
+                        "'+' or '-'.  Got %s" % (flag,))
+                mode, option_name = flag[0], flag[1:]
+                option_flag = doctest.OPTIONFLAGS_BY_NAME.get(option_name)
+                if not option_flag:
+                    raise ValueError("Unknown doctest option %s" %
+                                     (option_name,))
+                if mode == '+':
+                    self.optionflags |= option_flag
+                elif mode == '-':
+                    self.optionflags &= ~option_flag
+
+    def prepareTestLoader(self, loader):
+        """Capture loader's suiteClass.
+
+        This is used to create test suites from doctest files.
+        
+        """
+        self.suiteClass = loader.suiteClass
+
+    def loadTestsFromModule(self, module):
+        """Load doctests from the module.
+        """
+        log.debug("loading from %s", module)
+        if not self.matches(module.__name__):
+            log.debug("Doctest doesn't want module %s", module)
+            return
+        try:
+            tests = self.finder.find(module)
+        except AttributeError:
+            log.exception("Attribute error loading from %s", module)
+            # nose allows module.__test__ = False; doctest does not and throws
+            # AttributeError
+            return
+        if not tests:
+            log.debug("No tests found in %s", module)
+            return
+        tests.sort()
+        module_file = src(module.__file__)
+        # FIXME this breaks the id plugin somehow (tests probably don't
+        # get wrapped in result proxy or something)
+        cases = []
+        for test in tests:
+            if not test.examples:
+                continue
+            if not test.filename:
+                test.filename = module_file
+            cases.append(DocTestCase(test,
+                                     optionflags=self.optionflags,
+                                     result_var=self.doctest_result_var))
+        if cases:
+            yield self.suiteClass(cases, context=module, can_split=False)
+            
+    def loadTestsFromFile(self, filename):
+        """Load doctests from the file.
+
+        Tests are loaded only if filename's extension matches
+        configured doctest extension.
+
+        """
+        if self.extension and anyp(filename.endswith, self.extension):
+            name = os.path.basename(filename)
+            dh = open(filename)
+            try:
+                doc = dh.read()
+            finally:
+                dh.close()
+
+            fixture_context = None
+            globs = {'__file__': filename}
+            if self.fixtures:
+                base, ext = os.path.splitext(name)
+                dirname = os.path.dirname(filename)
+                sys.path.append(dirname)
+                fixt_mod = base + self.fixtures
+                try:
+                    fixture_context = __import__(
+                        fixt_mod, globals(), locals(), ["nop"])
+                except ImportError, e:
+                    log.debug(
+                        "Could not import %s: %s (%s)", fixt_mod, e, sys.path)
+                log.debug("Fixture module %s resolved to %s",
+                          fixt_mod, fixture_context)
+                if hasattr(fixture_context, 'globs'):
+                    globs = fixture_context.globs(globs)                    
+            parser = doctest.DocTestParser()
+            test = parser.get_doctest(
+                doc, globs=globs, name=name,
+                filename=filename, lineno=0)
+            if test.examples:
+                case = DocFileCase(
+                    test,
+                    optionflags=self.optionflags,
+                    setUp=getattr(fixture_context, 'setup_test', None),
+                    tearDown=getattr(fixture_context, 'teardown_test', None),
+                    result_var=self.doctest_result_var)
+                if fixture_context:
+                    yield ContextList((case,), context=fixture_context)
+                else:
+                    yield case
+            else:
+                yield False # no tests to load
+            
+    def makeTest(self, obj, parent):
+        """Look for doctests in the given object, which will be a
+        function, method or class.
+        """
+        name = getattr(obj, '__name__', 'Unnammed %s' % type(obj))
+        doctests = self.finder.find(obj, module=getmodule(parent), name=name)
+        if doctests:
+            for test in doctests:
+                if len(test.examples) == 0:
+                    continue
+                yield DocTestCase(test, obj=obj, optionflags=self.optionflags,
+                                  result_var=self.doctest_result_var)
+    
+    def matches(self, name):
+        # FIXME this seems wrong -- nothing is ever going to
+        # fail this test, since we're given a module NAME not FILE
+        if name == '__init__.py':
+            return False
+        # FIXME don't think we need include/exclude checks here?
+        return ((self.doctest_tests or not self.conf.testMatch.search(name)
+                 or (self.conf.include 
+                     and filter(None,
+                                [inc.search(name)
+                                 for inc in self.conf.include])))
+                and (not self.conf.exclude 
+                     or not filter(None,
+                                   [exc.search(name)
+                                    for exc in self.conf.exclude])))
+    
+    def wantFile(self, file):
+        """Override to select all modules and any file ending with
+        configured doctest extension.
+        """
+        # always want .py files
+        if file.endswith('.py'):
+            return True
+        # also want files that match my extension
+        if (self.extension
+            and anyp(file.endswith, self.extension)
+            and (not self.conf.exclude
+                 or not filter(None, 
+                               [exc.search(file)
+                                for exc in self.conf.exclude]))):
+            return True
+        return None
+
+
+class DocTestCase(doctest.DocTestCase):
+    """Overrides DocTestCase to
+    provide an address() method that returns the correct address for
+    the doctest case. To provide hints for address(), an obj may also
+    be passed -- this will be used as the test object for purposes of
+    determining the test address, if it is provided.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, test, optionflags=0, setUp=None, tearDown=None,
+                 checker=None, obj=None, result_var='_'):
+        self._result_var = result_var
+        self._nose_obj = obj
+        super(DocTestCase, self).__init__(
+            test, optionflags=optionflags, setUp=setUp, tearDown=tearDown,
+            checker=checker)
+    
+    def address(self):
+        if self._nose_obj is not None:
+            return test_address(self._nose_obj)
+        obj = resolve_name(self._dt_test.name)
+
+        if isproperty(obj):
+            # properties have no connection to the class they are in
+            # so we can't just look 'em up, we have to first look up
+            # the class, then stick the prop on the end
+            parts = self._dt_test.name.split('.')
+            class_name = '.'.join(parts[:-1])
+            cls = resolve_name(class_name)
+            base_addr = test_address(cls)
+            return (base_addr[0], base_addr[1],
+                    '.'.join([base_addr[2], parts[-1]]))
+        else:
+            return test_address(obj)
+    
+    # doctests loaded via find(obj) omit the module name
+    # so we need to override id, __repr__ and shortDescription
+    # bonus: this will squash a 2.3 vs 2.4 incompatiblity
+    def id(self):
+        name = self._dt_test.name
+        filename = self._dt_test.filename
+        if filename is not None:
+            pk = getpackage(filename)
+            if pk is None:
+                return name
+            if not name.startswith(pk):
+                name = "%s.%s" % (pk, name)
+        return name
+    
+    def __repr__(self):
+        name = self.id()
+        name = name.split('.')
+        return "%s (%s)" % (name[-1], '.'.join(name[:-1]))
+    __str__ = __repr__
+
+    def shortDescription(self):
+        return 'Doctest: %s' % self.id()
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        if self._result_var is not None:
+            self._old_displayhook = sys.displayhook
+            sys.displayhook = self._displayhook
+        super(DocTestCase, self).setUp()
+
+    def _displayhook(self, value):
+        if value is None:
+            return
+        setattr(builtin_mod, self._result_var,  value)
+        print repr(value)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        super(DocTestCase, self).tearDown()
+        if self._result_var is not None:
+            sys.displayhook = self._old_displayhook
+            delattr(builtin_mod, self._result_var)
+
+
+class DocFileCase(doctest.DocFileCase):
+    """Overrides to provide address() method that returns the correct
+    address for the doc file case.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, test, optionflags=0, setUp=None, tearDown=None,
+                 checker=None, result_var='_'):
+        self._result_var = result_var
+        super(DocFileCase, self).__init__(
+            test, optionflags=optionflags, setUp=setUp, tearDown=tearDown,
+            checker=None)
+
+    def address(self):
+        return (self._dt_test.filename, None, None)
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        if self._result_var is not None:
+            self._old_displayhook = sys.displayhook
+            sys.displayhook = self._displayhook
+        super(DocFileCase, self).setUp()
+
+    def _displayhook(self, value):
+        if value is None:
+            return
+        setattr(builtin_mod, self._result_var, value)
+        print repr(value)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        super(DocFileCase, self).tearDown()
+        if self._result_var is not None:
+            sys.displayhook = self._old_displayhook
+            delattr(builtin_mod, self._result_var)
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/errorclass.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/errorclass.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1540e0070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/errorclass.py
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+"""
+ErrorClass Plugins
+------------------
+
+ErrorClass plugins provide an easy way to add support for custom
+handling of particular classes of exceptions.
+
+An ErrorClass plugin defines one or more ErrorClasses and how each is
+handled and reported on. Each error class is stored in a different
+attribute on the result, and reported separately. Each error class must
+indicate the exceptions that fall under that class, the label to use
+for reporting, and whether exceptions of the class should be
+considered as failures for the whole test run.
+
+ErrorClasses use a declarative syntax. Assign an ErrorClass to the
+attribute you wish to add to the result object, defining the
+exceptions, label and isfailure attributes. For example, to declare an
+ErrorClassPlugin that defines TodoErrors (and subclasses of TodoError)
+as an error class with the label 'TODO' that is considered a failure,
+do this:
+
+    >>> class Todo(Exception):
+    ...     pass
+    >>> class TodoError(ErrorClassPlugin):
+    ...     todo = ErrorClass(Todo, label='TODO', isfailure=True)
+
+The MetaErrorClass metaclass translates the ErrorClass declarations
+into the tuples used by the error handling and reporting functions in
+the result. This is an internal format and subject to change; you
+should always use the declarative syntax for attaching ErrorClasses to
+an ErrorClass plugin.
+
+    >>> TodoError.errorClasses # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
+    ((<class ...Todo...>, ('todo', 'TODO', True)),)
+
+Let's see the plugin in action. First some boilerplate.
+
+    >>> import sys
+    >>> import unittest
+    >>> try:
+    ...     # 2.7+
+    ...     from unittest.runner import _WritelnDecorator
+    ... except ImportError:
+    ...     from unittest import _WritelnDecorator
+    ...
+    >>> buf = _WritelnDecorator(sys.stdout)
+
+Now define a test case that raises a Todo.
+
+    >>> class TestTodo(unittest.TestCase):
+    ...     def runTest(self):
+    ...         raise Todo("I need to test something")
+    >>> case = TestTodo()
+
+Prepare the result using our plugin. Normally this happens during the
+course of test execution within nose -- you won't be doing this
+yourself. For the purposes of this testing document, I'm stepping
+through the internal process of nose so you can see what happens at
+each step.
+
+    >>> plugin = TodoError()
+    >>> from nose.result import _TextTestResult
+    >>> result = _TextTestResult(stream=buf, descriptions=0, verbosity=2)
+    >>> plugin.prepareTestResult(result)
+
+Now run the test. TODO is printed.
+
+    >>> _ = case(result) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
+    runTest (....TestTodo) ... TODO: I need to test something
+
+Errors and failures are empty, but todo has our test:
+
+    >>> result.errors
+    []
+    >>> result.failures
+    []
+    >>> result.todo # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
+    [(<....TestTodo testMethod=runTest>, '...Todo: I need to test something\\n')]
+    >>> result.printErrors() # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
+    <BLANKLINE>
+    ======================================================================
+    TODO: runTest (....TestTodo)
+    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+    ...
+    ...Todo: I need to test something
+    <BLANKLINE>
+
+Since we defined a Todo as a failure, the run was not successful.
+
+    >>> result.wasSuccessful()
+    False
+"""
+
+from nose.pyversion import make_instancemethod
+from nose.plugins.base import Plugin
+from nose.result import TextTestResult
+from nose.util import isclass
+
+class MetaErrorClass(type):
+    """Metaclass for ErrorClassPlugins that allows error classes to be
+    set up in a declarative manner.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, name, bases, attr):
+        errorClasses = []
+        for name, detail in attr.items():
+            if isinstance(detail, ErrorClass):
+                attr.pop(name)
+                for cls in detail:
+                    errorClasses.append(
+                        (cls, (name, detail.label, detail.isfailure)))
+        super(MetaErrorClass, self).__init__(name, bases, attr)
+        self.errorClasses = tuple(errorClasses)
+
+
+class ErrorClass(object):
+    def __init__(self, *errorClasses, **kw):
+        self.errorClasses = errorClasses
+        try:
+            for key in ('label', 'isfailure'):
+                setattr(self, key, kw.pop(key))
+        except KeyError:
+            raise TypeError("%r is a required named argument for ErrorClass"
+                            % key)
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return iter(self.errorClasses)
+
+
+class ErrorClassPlugin(Plugin):
+    """
+    Base class for ErrorClass plugins. Subclass this class and declare the
+    exceptions that you wish to handle as attributes of the subclass.
+    """
+    __metaclass__ = MetaErrorClass
+    score = 1000
+    errorClasses = ()
+
+    def addError(self, test, err):
+        err_cls, a, b = err
+        if not isclass(err_cls):
+            return
+        classes = [e[0] for e in self.errorClasses]
+        if filter(lambda c: issubclass(err_cls, c), classes):
+            return True
+
+    def prepareTestResult(self, result):
+        if not hasattr(result, 'errorClasses'):
+            self.patchResult(result)
+        for cls, (storage_attr, label, isfail) in self.errorClasses:
+            if cls not in result.errorClasses:
+                storage = getattr(result, storage_attr, [])
+                setattr(result, storage_attr, storage)
+                result.errorClasses[cls] = (storage, label, isfail)
+
+    def patchResult(self, result):
+        result.printLabel = print_label_patch(result)
+        result._orig_addError, result.addError = \
+            result.addError, add_error_patch(result)
+        result._orig_wasSuccessful, result.wasSuccessful = \
+            result.wasSuccessful, wassuccessful_patch(result)
+        if hasattr(result, 'printErrors'):
+            result._orig_printErrors, result.printErrors = \
+                result.printErrors, print_errors_patch(result)
+        if hasattr(result, 'addSkip'):
+            result._orig_addSkip, result.addSkip = \
+                result.addSkip, add_skip_patch(result)
+        result.errorClasses = {}
+
+
+def add_error_patch(result):
+    """Create a new addError method to patch into a result instance
+    that recognizes the errorClasses attribute and deals with
+    errorclasses correctly.
+    """
+    return make_instancemethod(TextTestResult.addError, result)
+
+
+def print_errors_patch(result):
+    """Create a new printErrors method that prints errorClasses items
+    as well.
+    """
+    return make_instancemethod(TextTestResult.printErrors, result)
+
+
+def print_label_patch(result):
+    """Create a new printLabel method that prints errorClasses items
+    as well.
+    """
+    return make_instancemethod(TextTestResult.printLabel, result)
+
+
+def wassuccessful_patch(result):
+    """Create a new wasSuccessful method that checks errorClasses for
+    exceptions that were put into other slots than error or failure
+    but that still count as not success.
+    """
+    return make_instancemethod(TextTestResult.wasSuccessful, result)
+
+
+def add_skip_patch(result):
+    """Create a new addSkip method to patch into a result instance
+    that delegates to addError.
+    """
+    return make_instancemethod(TextTestResult.addSkip, result)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import doctest
+    doctest.testmod()
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/failuredetail.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/failuredetail.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6462865dd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/failuredetail.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+"""
+This plugin provides assert introspection. When the plugin is enabled
+and a test failure occurs, the traceback is displayed with extra context
+around the line in which the exception was raised. Simple variable 
+substitution is also performed in the context output to provide more
+debugging information.
+"""
+    
+from nose.plugins import Plugin
+from nose.pyversion import exc_to_unicode, force_unicode
+from nose.inspector import inspect_traceback
+
+class FailureDetail(Plugin):
+    """
+    Plugin that provides extra information in tracebacks of test failures.
+    """
+    score = 1600 # before capture
+    
+    def options(self, parser, env):
+        """Register commmandline options.
+        """
+        parser.add_option(
+            "-d", "--detailed-errors", "--failure-detail",
+            action="store_true",
+            default=env.get('NOSE_DETAILED_ERRORS'),
+            dest="detailedErrors", help="Add detail to error"
+            " output by attempting to evaluate failed"
+            " asserts [NOSE_DETAILED_ERRORS]")
+
+    def configure(self, options, conf):
+        """Configure plugin.
+        """
+        if not self.can_configure:
+            return
+        self.enabled = options.detailedErrors
+        self.conf = conf
+
+    def formatFailure(self, test, err):
+        """Add detail from traceback inspection to error message of a failure.
+        """
+        ec, ev, tb = err
+        tbinfo, str_ev = None, exc_to_unicode(ev)
+
+        if tb:
+            tbinfo = force_unicode(inspect_traceback(tb))
+            str_ev = '\n'.join([str_ev, tbinfo])
+        test.tbinfo = tbinfo
+        return (ec, str_ev, tb)
+
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/isolate.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/isolate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13235dfbd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/isolate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+"""The isolation plugin resets the contents of sys.modules after running
+each test module or package. Use it by setting ``--with-isolation`` or the
+NOSE_WITH_ISOLATION environment variable.
+
+The effects are similar to wrapping the following functions around the
+import and execution of each test module::
+
+    def setup(module):
+        module._mods = sys.modules.copy()
+    
+    def teardown(module):
+        to_del = [ m for m in sys.modules.keys() if m not in
+                   module._mods ]
+        for mod in to_del:
+            del sys.modules[mod]
+        sys.modules.update(module._mods)
+
+Isolation works only during lazy loading. In normal use, this is only
+during discovery of modules within a directory, where the process of
+importing, loading tests and running tests from each module is
+encapsulated in a single loadTestsFromName call. This plugin
+implements loadTestsFromNames to force the same lazy-loading there,
+which allows isolation to work in directed mode as well as discovery,
+at the cost of some efficiency: lazy-loading names forces full context
+setup and teardown to run for each name, defeating the grouping that
+is normally used to ensure that context setup and teardown are run the
+fewest possible times for a given set of names.
+
+.. warning ::
+
+    This plugin should not be used in conjunction with other plugins
+    that assume that modules, once imported, will stay imported; for
+    instance, it may cause very odd results when used with the coverage
+    plugin.
+
+"""
+
+import logging
+import sys
+
+from nose.plugins import Plugin
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger('nose.plugins.isolation')
+
+class IsolationPlugin(Plugin):
+    """
+    Activate the isolation plugin to isolate changes to external
+    modules to a single test module or package. The isolation plugin
+    resets the contents of sys.modules after each test module or
+    package runs to its state before the test. PLEASE NOTE that this
+    plugin should not be used with the coverage plugin, or in any other case
+    where module reloading may produce undesirable side-effects.
+    """
+    score = 10 # I want to be last
+    name = 'isolation'
+
+    def configure(self, options, conf):
+        """Configure plugin.
+        """        
+        Plugin.configure(self, options, conf)
+        self._mod_stack = []
+
+    def beforeContext(self):
+        """Copy sys.modules onto my mod stack
+        """
+        mods = sys.modules.copy()
+        self._mod_stack.append(mods)
+
+    def afterContext(self):
+        """Pop my mod stack and restore sys.modules to the state
+        it was in when mod stack was pushed.
+        """
+        mods = self._mod_stack.pop()
+        to_del = [ m for m in sys.modules.keys() if m not in mods ]
+        if to_del:
+            log.debug('removing sys modules entries: %s', to_del)
+            for mod in to_del:
+                del sys.modules[mod]
+        sys.modules.update(mods)
+
+    def loadTestsFromNames(self, names, module=None):
+        """Create a lazy suite that calls beforeContext and afterContext
+        around each name. The side-effect of this is that full context
+        fixtures will be set up and torn down around each test named.
+        """
+        # Fast path for when we don't care
+        if not names or len(names) == 1:
+            return 
+        loader = self.loader
+        plugins = self.conf.plugins
+        def lazy():
+            for name in names:
+                plugins.beforeContext()
+                yield loader.loadTestsFromName(name, module=module)
+                plugins.afterContext()
+        return (loader.suiteClass(lazy), [])
+
+    def prepareTestLoader(self, loader):
+        """Get handle on test loader so we can use it in loadTestsFromNames.
+        """
+        self.loader = loader
+
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/logcapture.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/logcapture.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c9a79f6fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/logcapture.py
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+"""
+This plugin captures logging statements issued during test execution. When an
+error or failure occurs, the captured log messages are attached to the running
+test in the test.capturedLogging attribute, and displayed with the error failure
+output. It is enabled by default but can be turned off with the option
+``--nologcapture``.
+
+You can filter captured logging statements with the ``--logging-filter`` option. 
+If set, it specifies which logger(s) will be captured; loggers that do not match
+will be passed. Example: specifying ``--logging-filter=sqlalchemy,myapp``
+will ensure that only statements logged via sqlalchemy.engine, myapp
+or myapp.foo.bar logger will be logged.
+
+You can remove other installed logging handlers with the
+``--logging-clear-handlers`` option.
+"""
+
+import logging
+from logging import Handler
+import threading
+
+from nose.plugins.base import Plugin
+from nose.util import anyp, ln, safe_str
+
+try:
+    from cStringIO import StringIO
+except ImportError:
+    from StringIO import StringIO
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+class FilterSet(object):
+    def __init__(self, filter_components):
+        self.inclusive, self.exclusive = self._partition(filter_components)
+
+    # @staticmethod
+    def _partition(components):
+        inclusive, exclusive = [], []
+        for component in components:
+            if component.startswith('-'):
+                exclusive.append(component[1:])
+            else:
+                inclusive.append(component)
+        return inclusive, exclusive
+    _partition = staticmethod(_partition)
+
+    def allow(self, record):
+        """returns whether this record should be printed"""
+        if not self:
+            # nothing to filter
+            return True
+        return self._allow(record) and not self._deny(record)
+
+    # @staticmethod
+    def _any_match(matchers, record):
+        """return the bool of whether `record` starts with
+        any item in `matchers`"""
+        def record_matches_key(key):
+            return record == key or record.startswith(key + '.')
+        return anyp(bool, map(record_matches_key, matchers))
+    _any_match = staticmethod(_any_match)
+
+    def _allow(self, record):
+        if not self.inclusive:
+            return True
+        return self._any_match(self.inclusive, record)
+
+    def _deny(self, record):
+        if not self.exclusive:
+            return False
+        return self._any_match(self.exclusive, record)
+
+
+class MyMemoryHandler(Handler):
+    def __init__(self, logformat, logdatefmt, filters):
+        Handler.__init__(self)
+        fmt = logging.Formatter(logformat, logdatefmt)
+        self.setFormatter(fmt)
+        self.filterset = FilterSet(filters)
+        self.buffer = []
+    def emit(self, record):
+        self.buffer.append(self.format(record))
+    def flush(self):
+        pass # do nothing
+    def truncate(self):
+        self.buffer = []
+    def filter(self, record):
+        if self.filterset.allow(record.name):
+            return Handler.filter(self, record)
+    def __getstate__(self):
+        state = self.__dict__.copy()
+        del state['lock']
+        return state
+    def __setstate__(self, state):
+        self.__dict__.update(state)
+        self.lock = threading.RLock()
+
+
+class LogCapture(Plugin):
+    """
+    Log capture plugin. Enabled by default. Disable with --nologcapture.
+    This plugin captures logging statements issued during test execution,
+    appending any output captured to the error or failure output,
+    should the test fail or raise an error.
+    """
+    enabled = True
+    env_opt = 'NOSE_NOLOGCAPTURE'
+    name = 'logcapture'
+    score = 500
+    logformat = '%(name)s: %(levelname)s: %(message)s'
+    logdatefmt = None
+    clear = False
+    filters = ['-nose']
+
+    def options(self, parser, env):
+        """Register commandline options.
+        """
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--nologcapture", action="store_false",
+            default=not env.get(self.env_opt), dest="logcapture",
+            help="Disable logging capture plugin. "
+                 "Logging configuration will be left intact."
+                 " [NOSE_NOLOGCAPTURE]")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--logging-format", action="store", dest="logcapture_format",
+            default=env.get('NOSE_LOGFORMAT') or self.logformat,
+            metavar="FORMAT",
+            help="Specify custom format to print statements. "
+                 "Uses the same format as used by standard logging handlers."
+                 " [NOSE_LOGFORMAT]")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--logging-datefmt", action="store", dest="logcapture_datefmt",
+            default=env.get('NOSE_LOGDATEFMT') or self.logdatefmt,
+            metavar="FORMAT",
+            help="Specify custom date/time format to print statements. "
+                 "Uses the same format as used by standard logging handlers."
+                 " [NOSE_LOGDATEFMT]")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--logging-filter", action="store", dest="logcapture_filters",
+            default=env.get('NOSE_LOGFILTER'),
+            metavar="FILTER",
+            help="Specify which statements to filter in/out. "
+                 "By default, everything is captured. If the output is too"
+                 " verbose,\nuse this option to filter out needless output.\n"
+                 "Example: filter=foo will capture statements issued ONLY to\n"
+                 " foo or foo.what.ever.sub but not foobar or other logger.\n"
+                 "Specify multiple loggers with comma: filter=foo,bar,baz.\n"
+                 "If any logger name is prefixed with a minus, eg filter=-foo,\n"
+                 "it will be excluded rather than included. Default: "
+                 "exclude logging messages from nose itself (-nose)."
+                 " [NOSE_LOGFILTER]\n")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--logging-clear-handlers", action="store_true",
+            default=False, dest="logcapture_clear",
+            help="Clear all other logging handlers")
+        parser.add_option(
+            "--logging-level", action="store",
+            default='NOTSET', dest="logcapture_level",
+            help="Set the log level to capture")
+
+    def configure(self, options, conf):
+        """Configure plugin.
+        """
+        self.conf = conf
+        # Disable if explicitly disabled, or if logging is
+        # configured via logging config file
+        if not options.logcapture or conf.loggingConfig:
+            self.enabled = False
+        self.logformat = options.logcapture_format
+        self.logdatefmt = options.logcapture_datefmt
+        self.clear = options.logcapture_clear
+        self.loglevel = options.logcapture_level
+        if options.logcapture_filters:
+            self.filters = options.logcapture_filters.split(',')
+
+    def setupLoghandler(self):
+        # setup our handler with root logger
+        root_logger = logging.getLogger()
+        if self.clear:
+            if hasattr(root_logger, "handlers"):
+                for handler in root_logger.handlers:
+                    root_logger.removeHandler(handler)
+            for logger in logging.Logger.manager.loggerDict.values():
+                if hasattr(logger, "handlers"):
+                    for handler in logger.handlers:
+                        logger.removeHandler(handler)
+        # make sure there isn't one already
+        # you can't simply use "if self.handler not in root_logger.handlers"
+        # since at least in unit tests this doesn't work --
+        # LogCapture() is instantiated for each test case while root_logger
+        # is module global
+        # so we always add new MyMemoryHandler instance
+        for handler in root_logger.handlers[:]:
+            if isinstance(handler, MyMemoryHandler):
+                root_logger.handlers.remove(handler)
+        root_logger.addHandler(self.handler)
+        # to make sure everything gets captured
+        loglevel = getattr(self, "loglevel", "NOTSET")
+        root_logger.setLevel(getattr(logging, loglevel))
+
+    def begin(self):
+        """Set up logging handler before test run begins.
+        """
+        self.start()
+
+    def start(self):
+        self.handler = MyMemoryHandler(self.logformat, self.logdatefmt,
+                                       self.filters)
+        self.setupLoghandler()
+
+    def end(self):
+        pass
+
+    def beforeTest(self, test):
+        """Clear buffers and handlers before test.
+        """
+        self.setupLoghandler()
+
+    def afterTest(self, test):
+        """Clear buffers after test.
+        """
+        self.handler.truncate()
+
+    def formatFailure(self, test, err):
+        """Add captured log messages to failure output.
+        """
+        return self.formatError(test, err)
+
+    def formatError(self, test, err):
+        """Add captured log messages to error output.
+        """
+        # logic flow copied from Capture.formatError
+        test.capturedLogging = records = self.formatLogRecords()
+        if not records:
+            return err
+        ec, ev, tb = err
+        return (ec, self.addCaptureToErr(ev, records), tb)
+
+    def formatLogRecords(self):
+        return map(safe_str, self.handler.buffer)
+
+    def addCaptureToErr(self, ev, records):
+        return '\n'.join([safe_str(ev), ln('>> begin captured logging <<')] + \
+                          records + \
+                          [ln('>> end captured logging <<')])
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/manager.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/manager.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d2ed22b6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/manager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,460 @@
+"""
+Plugin Manager
+--------------
+
+A plugin manager class is used to load plugins, manage the list of
+loaded plugins, and proxy calls to those plugins.
+
+The plugin managers provided with nose are:
+
+:class:`PluginManager`
+    This manager doesn't implement loadPlugins, so it can only work
+    with a static list of plugins.
+
+:class:`BuiltinPluginManager`
+    This manager loads plugins referenced in ``nose.plugins.builtin``.
+
+:class:`EntryPointPluginManager`
+    This manager uses setuptools entrypoints to load plugins.
+
+:class:`ExtraPluginsPluginManager`
+    This manager loads extra plugins specified with the keyword
+    `addplugins`.
+
+:class:`DefaultPluginMananger`
+    This is the manager class that will be used by default. If
+    setuptools is installed, it is a subclass of
+    :class:`EntryPointPluginManager` and :class:`BuiltinPluginManager`;
+    otherwise, an alias to :class:`BuiltinPluginManager`.
+
+:class:`RestrictedPluginManager`
+    This manager is for use in test runs where some plugin calls are
+    not available, such as runs started with ``python setup.py test``,
+    where the test runner is the default unittest :class:`TextTestRunner`. It
+    is a subclass of :class:`DefaultPluginManager`.
+
+Writing a plugin manager
+========================
+
+If you want to load plugins via some other means, you can write a
+plugin manager and pass an instance of your plugin manager class when
+instantiating the :class:`nose.config.Config` instance that you pass to
+:class:`TestProgram` (or :func:`main` or :func:`run`).
+
+To implement your plugin loading scheme, implement ``loadPlugins()``,
+and in that method, call ``addPlugin()`` with an instance of each plugin
+you wish to make available. Make sure to call
+``super(self).loadPlugins()`` as well if have subclassed a manager
+other than ``PluginManager``.
+
+"""
+import inspect
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+from itertools import chain as iterchain
+from warnings import warn
+import nose.config
+from nose.failure import Failure
+from nose.plugins.base import IPluginInterface
+from nose.pyversion import sort_list
+
+try:
+    import cPickle as pickle
+except:
+    import pickle
+try:
+    from cStringIO import StringIO
+except:
+    from StringIO import StringIO
+
+
+__all__ = ['DefaultPluginManager', 'PluginManager', 'EntryPointPluginManager',
+           'BuiltinPluginManager', 'RestrictedPluginManager']
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class PluginProxy(object):
+    """Proxy for plugin calls. Essentially a closure bound to the
+    given call and plugin list.
+
+    The plugin proxy also must be bound to a particular plugin
+    interface specification, so that it knows what calls are available
+    and any special handling that is required for each call.
+    """
+    interface = IPluginInterface
+    def __init__(self, call, plugins):
+        try:
+            self.method = getattr(self.interface, call)
+        except AttributeError:
+            raise AttributeError("%s is not a valid %s method"
+                                 % (call, self.interface.__name__))
+        self.call = self.makeCall(call)
+        self.plugins = []
+        for p in plugins:
+            self.addPlugin(p, call)
+
+    def __call__(self, *arg, **kw):
+        return self.call(*arg, **kw)
+
+    def addPlugin(self, plugin, call):
+        """Add plugin to my list of plugins to call, if it has the attribute
+        I'm bound to.
+        """
+        meth = getattr(plugin, call, None)
+        if meth is not None:
+            if call == 'loadTestsFromModule' and \
+                    len(inspect.getargspec(meth)[0]) == 2:
+                orig_meth = meth
+                meth = lambda module, path, **kwargs: orig_meth(module)
+            self.plugins.append((plugin, meth))
+
+    def makeCall(self, call):
+        if call == 'loadTestsFromNames':
+            # special case -- load tests from names behaves somewhat differently
+            # from other chainable calls, because plugins return a tuple, only
+            # part of which can be chained to the next plugin.
+            return self._loadTestsFromNames
+
+        meth = self.method
+        if getattr(meth, 'generative', False):
+            # call all plugins and yield a flattened iterator of their results
+            return lambda *arg, **kw: list(self.generate(*arg, **kw))
+        elif getattr(meth, 'chainable', False):
+            return self.chain
+        else:
+            # return a value from the first plugin that returns non-None
+            return self.simple
+
+    def chain(self, *arg, **kw):
+        """Call plugins in a chain, where the result of each plugin call is
+        sent to the next plugin as input. The final output result is returned.
+        """
+        result = None
+        # extract the static arguments (if any) from arg so they can
+        # be passed to each plugin call in the chain
+        static = [a for (static, a)
+                  in zip(getattr(self.method, 'static_args', []), arg)
+                  if static]
+        for p, meth in self.plugins:
+            result = meth(*arg, **kw)
+            arg = static[:]
+            arg.append(result)
+        return result
+
+    def generate(self, *arg, **kw):
+        """Call all plugins, yielding each item in each non-None result.
+        """
+        for p, meth in self.plugins:
+            result = None
+            try:
+                result = meth(*arg, **kw)
+                if result is not None:
+                    for r in result:
+                        yield r
+            except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
+                raise
+            except:
+                exc = sys.exc_info()
+                yield Failure(*exc)
+                continue
+
+    def simple(self, *arg, **kw):
+        """Call all plugins, returning the first non-None result.
+        """
+        for p, meth in self.plugins:
+            result = meth(*arg, **kw)
+            if result is not None:
+                return result
+
+    def _loadTestsFromNames(self, names, module=None):
+        """Chainable but not quite normal. Plugins return a tuple of
+        (tests, names) after processing the names. The tests are added
+        to a suite that is accumulated throughout the full call, while
+        names are input for the next plugin in the chain.
+        """
+        suite = []
+        for p, meth in self.plugins:
+            result = meth(names, module=module)
+            if result is not None:
+                suite_part, names = result
+                if suite_part:
+                    suite.extend(suite_part)
+        return suite, names
+
+
+class NoPlugins(object):
+    """Null Plugin manager that has no plugins."""
+    interface = IPluginInterface
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._plugins = self.plugins = ()
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return ()
+
+    def _doNothing(self, *args, **kwds):
+        pass
+
+    def _emptyIterator(self, *args, **kwds):
+        return ()
+
+    def __getattr__(self, call):
+        method = getattr(self.interface, call)
+        if getattr(method, "generative", False):
+            return self._emptyIterator
+        else:
+            return self._doNothing
+
+    def addPlugin(self, plug):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def addPlugins(self, plugins):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def configure(self, options, config):
+        pass
+
+    def loadPlugins(self):
+        pass
+
+    def sort(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class PluginManager(object):
+    """Base class for plugin managers. PluginManager is intended to be
+    used only with a static list of plugins. The loadPlugins() implementation
+    only reloads plugins from _extraplugins to prevent those from being
+    overridden by a subclass.
+
+    The basic functionality of a plugin manager is to proxy all unknown
+    attributes through a ``PluginProxy`` to a list of plugins.
+
+    Note that the list of plugins *may not* be changed after the first plugin
+    call.
+    """
+    proxyClass = PluginProxy
+
+    def __init__(self, plugins=(), proxyClass=None):
+        self._plugins = []
+        self._extraplugins = ()
+        self._proxies = {}
+        if plugins:
+            self.addPlugins(plugins)
+        if proxyClass is not None:
+            self.proxyClass = proxyClass
+
+    def __getattr__(self, call):
+        try:
+            return self._proxies[call]
+        except KeyError:
+            proxy = self.proxyClass(call, self._plugins)
+            self._proxies[call] = proxy
+        return proxy
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return iter(self.plugins)
+
+    def addPlugin(self, plug):
+        # allow, for instance, plugins loaded via entry points to
+        # supplant builtin plugins.
+        new_name = getattr(plug, 'name', object())
+        self._plugins[:] = [p for p in self._plugins
+                            if getattr(p, 'name', None) != new_name]
+        self._plugins.append(plug)
+
+    def addPlugins(self, plugins=(), extraplugins=()):
+        """extraplugins are maintained in a separate list and
+        re-added by loadPlugins() to prevent their being overwritten
+        by plugins added by a subclass of PluginManager
+        """
+        self._extraplugins = extraplugins
+        for plug in iterchain(plugins, extraplugins):
+            self.addPlugin(plug)
+
+    def configure(self, options, config):
+        """Configure the set of plugins with the given options
+        and config instance. After configuration, disabled plugins
+        are removed from the plugins list.
+        """
+        log.debug("Configuring plugins")
+        self.config = config
+        cfg = PluginProxy('configure', self._plugins)
+        cfg(options, config)
+        enabled = [plug for plug in self._plugins if plug.enabled]
+        self.plugins = enabled
+        self.sort()
+        log.debug("Plugins enabled: %s", enabled)
+
+    def loadPlugins(self):
+        for plug in self._extraplugins:
+            self.addPlugin(plug)
+
+    def sort(self):
+        return sort_list(self._plugins, lambda x: getattr(x, 'score', 1), reverse=True)
+
+    def _get_plugins(self):
+        return self._plugins
+
+    def _set_plugins(self, plugins):
+        self._plugins = []
+        self.addPlugins(plugins)
+
+    plugins = property(_get_plugins, _set_plugins, None,
+                       """Access the list of plugins managed by
+                       this plugin manager""")
+
+
+class ZeroNinePlugin:
+    """Proxy for 0.9 plugins, adapts 0.10 calls to 0.9 standard.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, plugin):
+        self.plugin = plugin
+
+    def options(self, parser, env=os.environ):
+        self.plugin.add_options(parser, env)
+
+    def addError(self, test, err):
+        if not hasattr(self.plugin, 'addError'):
+            return
+        # switch off to addSkip, addDeprecated if those types
+        from nose.exc import SkipTest, DeprecatedTest
+        ec, ev, tb = err
+        if issubclass(ec, SkipTest):
+            if not hasattr(self.plugin, 'addSkip'):
+                return
+            return self.plugin.addSkip(test.test)
+        elif issubclass(ec, DeprecatedTest):
+            if not hasattr(self.plugin, 'addDeprecated'):
+                return
+            return self.plugin.addDeprecated(test.test)
+        # add capt
+        capt = test.capturedOutput
+        return self.plugin.addError(test.test, err, capt)
+
+    def loadTestsFromFile(self, filename):
+        if hasattr(self.plugin, 'loadTestsFromPath'):
+            return self.plugin.loadTestsFromPath(filename)
+
+    def addFailure(self, test, err):
+        if not hasattr(self.plugin, 'addFailure'):
+            return
+        # add capt and tbinfo
+        capt = test.capturedOutput
+        tbinfo = test.tbinfo
+        return self.plugin.addFailure(test.test, err, capt, tbinfo)
+
+    def addSuccess(self, test):
+        if not hasattr(self.plugin, 'addSuccess'):
+            return
+        capt = test.capturedOutput
+        self.plugin.addSuccess(test.test, capt)
+
+    def startTest(self, test):
+        if not hasattr(self.plugin, 'startTest'):
+            return
+        return self.plugin.startTest(test.test)
+
+    def stopTest(self, test):
+        if not hasattr(self.plugin, 'stopTest'):
+            return
+        return self.plugin.stopTest(test.test)
+
+    def __getattr__(self, val):
+        return getattr(self.plugin, val)
+
+
+class EntryPointPluginManager(PluginManager):
+    """Plugin manager that loads plugins from the `nose.plugins` and
+    `nose.plugins.0.10` entry points.
+    """
+    entry_points = (('nose.plugins.0.10', None),
+                    ('nose.plugins', ZeroNinePlugin))
+
+    def loadPlugins(self):
+        """Load plugins by iterating the `nose.plugins` entry point.
+        """
+        from pkg_resources import iter_entry_points
+        loaded = {}
+        for entry_point, adapt in self.entry_points:
+            for ep in iter_entry_points(entry_point):
+                if ep.name in loaded:
+                    continue
+                loaded[ep.name] = True
+                log.debug('%s load plugin %s', self.__class__.__name__, ep)
+                try:
+                    plugcls = ep.load()
+                except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                    raise
+                except Exception, e:
+                    # never want a plugin load to kill the test run
+                    # but we can't log here because the logger is not yet
+                    # configured
+                    warn("Unable to load plugin %s: %s" % (ep, e),
+                         RuntimeWarning)
+                    continue
+                if adapt:
+                    plug = adapt(plugcls())
+                else:
+                    plug = plugcls()
+                self.addPlugin(plug)
+        super(EntryPointPluginManager, self).loadPlugins()
+
+
+class BuiltinPluginManager(PluginManager):
+    """Plugin manager that loads plugins from the list in
+    `nose.plugins.builtin`.
+    """
+    def loadPlugins(self):
+        """Load plugins in nose.plugins.builtin
+        """
+        from nose.plugins import builtin
+        for plug in builtin.plugins:
+            self.addPlugin(plug())
+        super(BuiltinPluginManager, self).loadPlugins()
+
+try:
+    import pkg_resources
+    class DefaultPluginManager(EntryPointPluginManager, BuiltinPluginManager):
+        pass
+
+except ImportError:
+    class DefaultPluginManager(BuiltinPluginManager):
+        pass
+
+class RestrictedPluginManager(DefaultPluginManager):
+    """Plugin manager that restricts the plugin list to those not
+    excluded by a list of exclude methods. Any plugin that implements
+    an excluded method will be removed from the manager's plugin list
+    after plugins are loaded.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, plugins=(), exclude=(), load=True):
+        DefaultPluginManager.__init__(self, plugins)
+        self.load = load
+        self.exclude = exclude
+        self.excluded = []
+        self._excludedOpts = None
+
+    def excludedOption(self, name):
+        if self._excludedOpts is None:
+            from optparse import OptionParser
+            self._excludedOpts = OptionParser(add_help_option=False)
+            for plugin in self.excluded:
+                plugin.options(self._excludedOpts, env={})
+        return self._excludedOpts.get_option('--' + name)
+
+    def loadPlugins(self):
+        if self.load:
+            DefaultPluginManager.loadPlugins(self)
+        allow = []
+        for plugin in self.plugins:
+            ok = True
+            for method in self.exclude:
+                if hasattr(plugin, method):
+                    ok = False
+                    self.excluded.append(plugin)
+                    break
+            if ok:
+                allow.append(plugin)
+        self.plugins = allow
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/multiprocess.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/multiprocess.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2cae744a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/multiprocess.py
@@ -0,0 +1,835 @@
+"""
+Overview
+========
+
+The multiprocess plugin enables you to distribute your test run among a set of
+worker processes that run tests in parallel. This can speed up CPU-bound test
+runs (as long as the number of work processeses is around the number of
+processors or cores available), but is mainly useful for IO-bound tests that
+spend most of their time waiting for data to arrive from someplace else.
+
+.. note ::
+
+   See :doc:`../doc_tests/test_multiprocess/multiprocess` for
+   additional documentation and examples. Use of this plugin on python
+   2.5 or earlier requires the multiprocessing_ module, also available
+   from PyPI.
+
+.. _multiprocessing : http://code.google.com/p/python-multiprocessing/
+
+How tests are distributed
+=========================
+
+The ideal case would be to dispatch each test to a worker process
+separately. This ideal is not attainable in all cases, however, because many
+test suites depend on context (class, module or package) fixtures.
+
+The plugin can't know (unless you tell it -- see below!) if a context fixture
+can be called many times concurrently (is re-entrant), or if it can be shared
+among tests running in different processes. Therefore, if a context has
+fixtures, the default behavior is to dispatch the entire suite to a worker as
+a unit.
+
+Controlling distribution
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+There are two context-level variables that you can use to control this default
+behavior.
+
+If a context's fixtures are re-entrant, set ``_multiprocess_can_split_ = True``
+in the context, and the plugin will dispatch tests in suites bound to that
+context as if the context had no fixtures. This means that the fixtures will
+execute concurrently and multiple times, typically once per test.
+
+If a context's fixtures can be shared by tests running in different processes
+-- such as a package-level fixture that starts an external http server or
+initializes a shared database -- then set ``_multiprocess_shared_ = True`` in
+the context. These fixtures will then execute in the primary nose process, and
+tests in those contexts will be individually dispatched to run in parallel.
+
+How results are collected and reported
+======================================
+
+As each test or suite executes in a worker process, results (failures, errors,
+and specially handled exceptions like SkipTest) are collected in that
+process. When the worker process finishes, it returns results to the main
+nose process. There, any progress output is printed (dots!), and the
+results from the test run are combined into a consolidated result
+set. When results have been received for all dispatched tests, or all
+workers have died, the result summary is output as normal.
+
+Beware!
+=======
+
+Not all test suites will benefit from, or even operate correctly using, this
+plugin. For example, CPU-bound tests will run more slowly if you don't have
+multiple processors. There are also some differences in plugin
+interactions and behaviors due to the way in which tests are dispatched and
+loaded. In general, test loading under this plugin operates as if it were
+always in directed mode instead of discovered mode. For instance, doctests
+in test modules will always be found when using this plugin with the doctest
+plugin.
+
+But the biggest issue you will face is probably concurrency. Unless you
+have kept your tests as religiously pure unit tests, with no side-effects, no
+ordering issues, and no external dependencies, chances are you will experience
+odd, intermittent and unexplainable failures and errors when using this
+plugin. This doesn't necessarily mean the plugin is broken; it may mean that
+your test suite is not safe for concurrency.
+
+New Features in 1.1.0
+=====================
+
+* functions generated by test generators are now added to the worker queue
+  making them multi-threaded.
+* fixed timeout functionality, now functions will be terminated with a
+  TimedOutException exception when they exceed their execution time. The
+  worker processes are not terminated.
+* added ``--process-restartworker`` option to restart workers once they are
+  done, this helps control memory usage. Sometimes memory leaks can accumulate
+  making long runs very difficult.
+* added global _instantiate_plugins to configure which plugins are started
+  on the worker processes.
+
+"""
+
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+import traceback
+import unittest
+import pickle
+import signal
+import nose.case
+from nose.core import TextTestRunner
+from nose import failure
+from nose import loader
+from nose.plugins.base import Plugin
+from nose.pyversion import bytes_
+from nose.result import TextTestResult
+from nose.suite import ContextSuite
+from nose.util import test_address
+try:
+    # 2.7+
+    from unittest.runner import _WritelnDecorator
+except ImportError:
+    from unittest import _WritelnDecorator
+from Queue import Empty
+from warnings import warn
+try:
+    from cStringIO import StringIO
+except ImportError:
+    import StringIO
+
+# this is a list of plugin classes that will be checked for and created inside 
+# each worker process
+_instantiate_plugins = None
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+Process = Queue = Pool = Event = Value = Array = None
+
+# have to inherit KeyboardInterrupt to it will interrupt process properly
+class TimedOutException(KeyboardInterrupt):
+    def __init__(self, value = "Timed Out"):
+        self.value = value
+    def __str__(self):
+        return repr(self.value)
+
+def _import_mp():
+    global Process, Queue, Pool, Event, Value, Array
+    try:
+        from multiprocessing import Manager, Process
+        #prevent the server process created in the manager which holds Python 
+        #objects and allows other processes to manipulate them using proxies
+        #to interrupt on SIGINT (keyboardinterrupt) so that the communication
+        #channel between subprocesses and main process is still usable after
+        #ctrl+C is received in the main process.
+        old=signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_IGN)
+        m = Manager()
+        #reset it back so main process will receive a KeyboardInterrupt
+        #exception on ctrl+c
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, old)
+        Queue, Pool, Event, Value, Array = (
+                m.Queue, m.Pool, m.Event, m.Value, m.Array
+        )
+    except ImportError:
+        warn("multiprocessing module is not available, multiprocess plugin "
+             "cannot be used", RuntimeWarning)
+
+
+class TestLet:
+    def __init__(self, case):
+        try:
+            self._id = case.id()
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+        self._short_description = case.shortDescription()
+        self._str = str(case)
+
+    def id(self):
+        return self._id
+
+    def shortDescription(self):
+        return self._short_description
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self._str
+
+class MultiProcess(Plugin):
+    """
+    Run tests in multiple processes. Requires processing module.
+    """
+    score = 1000
+    status = {}
+
+    def options(self, parser, env):
+        """
+        Register command-line options.
+        """
+        parser.add_option("--processes", action="store",
+                          default=env.get('NOSE_PROCESSES', 0),
+                          dest="multiprocess_workers",
+                          metavar="NUM",
+                          help="Spread test run among this many processes. "
+                          "Set a number equal to the number of processors "
+                          "or cores in your machine for best results. "
+                          "Pass a negative number to have the number of "
+                          "processes automatically set to the number of "
+                          "cores. Passing 0 means to disable parallel "
+                          "testing. Default is 0 unless NOSE_PROCESSES is "
+                          "set. "
+                          "[NOSE_PROCESSES]")
+        parser.add_option("--process-timeout", action="store",
+                          default=env.get('NOSE_PROCESS_TIMEOUT', 10),
+                          dest="multiprocess_timeout",
+                          metavar="SECONDS",
+                          help="Set timeout for return of results from each "
+                          "test runner process. Default is 10. "
+                          "[NOSE_PROCESS_TIMEOUT]")
+        parser.add_option("--process-restartworker", action="store_true",
+                          default=env.get('NOSE_PROCESS_RESTARTWORKER', False),
+                          dest="multiprocess_restartworker",
+                          help="If set, will restart each worker process once"
+                          " their tests are done, this helps control memory "
+                          "leaks from killing the system. "
+                          "[NOSE_PROCESS_RESTARTWORKER]")
+
+    def configure(self, options, config):
+        """
+        Configure plugin.
+        """
+        try:
+            self.status.pop('active')
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
+        if not hasattr(options, 'multiprocess_workers'):
+            self.enabled = False
+            return
+        # don't start inside of a worker process
+        if config.worker:
+            return
+        self.config = config
+        try:
+            workers = int(options.multiprocess_workers)
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            workers = 0
+        if workers:
+            _import_mp()
+            if Process is None:
+                self.enabled = False
+                return
+            # Negative number of workers will cause multiprocessing to hang.
+            # Set the number of workers to the CPU count to avoid this.
+            if workers < 0:
+                try:
+                    import multiprocessing
+                    workers = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+                except NotImplementedError:
+                    self.enabled = False
+                    return
+            self.enabled = True
+            self.config.multiprocess_workers = workers
+            t = float(options.multiprocess_timeout)
+            self.config.multiprocess_timeout = t
+            r = int(options.multiprocess_restartworker)
+            self.config.multiprocess_restartworker = r
+            self.status['active'] = True
+
+    def prepareTestLoader(self, loader):
+        """Remember loader class so MultiProcessTestRunner can instantiate
+        the right loader.
+        """
+        self.loaderClass = loader.__class__
+
+    def prepareTestRunner(self, runner):
+        """Replace test runner with MultiProcessTestRunner.
+        """
+        # replace with our runner class
+        return MultiProcessTestRunner(stream=runner.stream,
+                                      verbosity=self.config.verbosity,
+                                      config=self.config,
+                                      loaderClass=self.loaderClass)
+
+def signalhandler(sig, frame):
+    raise TimedOutException()
+
+class MultiProcessTestRunner(TextTestRunner):
+    waitkilltime = 5.0 # max time to wait to terminate a process that does not
+                       # respond to SIGILL
+    def __init__(self, **kw):
+        self.loaderClass = kw.pop('loaderClass', loader.defaultTestLoader)
+        super(MultiProcessTestRunner, self).__init__(**kw)
+
+    def collect(self, test, testQueue, tasks, to_teardown, result):
+        # dispatch and collect results
+        # put indexes only on queue because tests aren't picklable
+        for case in self.nextBatch(test):
+            log.debug("Next batch %s (%s)", case, type(case))
+            if (isinstance(case, nose.case.Test) and
+                isinstance(case.test, failure.Failure)):
+                log.debug("Case is a Failure")
+                case(result) # run here to capture the failure
+                continue
+            # handle shared fixtures
+            if isinstance(case, ContextSuite) and case.context is failure.Failure:
+                log.debug("Case is a Failure")
+                case(result) # run here to capture the failure
+                continue
+            elif isinstance(case, ContextSuite) and self.sharedFixtures(case):
+                log.debug("%s has shared fixtures", case)
+                try:
+                    case.setUp()
+                except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
+                    raise
+                except:
+                    log.debug("%s setup failed", sys.exc_info())
+                    result.addError(case, sys.exc_info())
+                else:
+                    to_teardown.append(case)
+                    if case.factory:
+                        ancestors=case.factory.context.get(case, [])
+                        for an in ancestors[:2]:
+                            #log.debug('reset ancestor %s', an)
+                            if getattr(an, '_multiprocess_shared_', False):
+                                an._multiprocess_can_split_=True
+                            #an._multiprocess_shared_=False
+                    self.collect(case, testQueue, tasks, to_teardown, result)
+
+            else:
+                test_addr = self.addtask(testQueue,tasks,case)
+                log.debug("Queued test %s (%s) to %s",
+                          len(tasks), test_addr, testQueue)
+
+    def startProcess(self, iworker, testQueue, resultQueue, shouldStop, result):
+        currentaddr = Value('c',bytes_(''))
+        currentstart = Value('d',time.time())
+        keyboardCaught = Event()
+        p = Process(target=runner,
+                   args=(iworker, testQueue,
+                         resultQueue,
+                         currentaddr,
+                         currentstart,
+                         keyboardCaught,
+                         shouldStop,
+                         self.loaderClass,
+                         result.__class__,
+                         pickle.dumps(self.config)))
+        p.currentaddr = currentaddr
+        p.currentstart = currentstart
+        p.keyboardCaught = keyboardCaught
+        old = signal.signal(signal.SIGILL, signalhandler)
+        p.start()
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGILL, old)
+        return p
+
+    def run(self, test):
+        """
+        Execute the test (which may be a test suite). If the test is a suite,
+        distribute it out among as many processes as have been configured, at
+        as fine a level as is possible given the context fixtures defined in
+        the suite or any sub-suites.
+
+        """
+        log.debug("%s.run(%s) (%s)", self, test, os.getpid())
+        wrapper = self.config.plugins.prepareTest(test)
+        if wrapper is not None:
+            test = wrapper
+
+        # plugins can decorate or capture the output stream
+        wrapped = self.config.plugins.setOutputStream(self.stream)
+        if wrapped is not None:
+            self.stream = wrapped
+
+        testQueue = Queue()
+        resultQueue = Queue()
+        tasks = []
+        completed = []
+        workers = []
+        to_teardown = []
+        shouldStop = Event()
+
+        result = self._makeResult()
+        start = time.time()
+
+        self.collect(test, testQueue, tasks, to_teardown, result)
+
+        log.debug("Starting %s workers", self.config.multiprocess_workers)
+        for i in range(self.config.multiprocess_workers):
+            p = self.startProcess(i, testQueue, resultQueue, shouldStop, result)
+            workers.append(p)
+            log.debug("Started worker process %s", i+1)
+
+        total_tasks = len(tasks)
+        # need to keep track of the next time to check for timeouts in case
+        # more than one process times out at the same time.
+        nexttimeout=self.config.multiprocess_timeout
+        thrownError = None
+
+        try:
+            while tasks:
+                log.debug("Waiting for results (%s/%s tasks), next timeout=%.3fs",
+                          len(completed), total_tasks,nexttimeout)
+                try:
+                    iworker, addr, newtask_addrs, batch_result = resultQueue.get(
+                                                            timeout=nexttimeout)
+                    log.debug('Results received for worker %d, %s, new tasks: %d',
+                              iworker,addr,len(newtask_addrs))
+                    try:
+                        try:
+                            tasks.remove(addr)
+                        except ValueError:
+                            log.warn('worker %s failed to remove from tasks: %s',
+                                     iworker,addr)
+                        total_tasks += len(newtask_addrs)
+                        tasks.extend(newtask_addrs)
+                    except KeyError:
+                        log.debug("Got result for unknown task? %s", addr)
+                        log.debug("current: %s",str(list(tasks)[0]))
+                    else:
+                        completed.append([addr,batch_result])
+                    self.consolidate(result, batch_result)
+                    if (self.config.stopOnError
+                        and not result.wasSuccessful()):
+                        # set the stop condition
+                        shouldStop.set()
+                        break
+                    if self.config.multiprocess_restartworker:
+                        log.debug('joining worker %s',iworker)
+                        # wait for working, but not that important if worker
+                        # cannot be joined in fact, for workers that add to
+                        # testQueue, they will not terminate until all their
+                        # items are read
+                        workers[iworker].join(timeout=1)
+                        if not shouldStop.is_set() and not testQueue.empty():
+                            log.debug('starting new process on worker %s',iworker)
+                            workers[iworker] = self.startProcess(iworker, testQueue, resultQueue, shouldStop, result)
+                except Empty:
+                    log.debug("Timed out with %s tasks pending "
+                              "(empty testQueue=%r): %s",
+                              len(tasks),testQueue.empty(),str(tasks))
+                    any_alive = False
+                    for iworker, w in enumerate(workers):
+                        if w.is_alive():
+                            worker_addr = bytes_(w.currentaddr.value,'ascii')
+                            timeprocessing = time.time() - w.currentstart.value
+                            if ( len(worker_addr) == 0
+                                    and timeprocessing > self.config.multiprocess_timeout-0.1):
+                                log.debug('worker %d has finished its work item, '
+                                          'but is not exiting? do we wait for it?',
+                                          iworker)
+                            else:
+                                any_alive = True
+                            if (len(worker_addr) > 0
+                                and timeprocessing > self.config.multiprocess_timeout-0.1):
+                                log.debug('timed out worker %s: %s',
+                                          iworker,worker_addr)
+                                w.currentaddr.value = bytes_('')
+                                # If the process is in C++ code, sending a SIGILL
+                                # might not send a python KeybordInterrupt exception
+                                # therefore, send multiple signals until an
+                                # exception is caught. If this takes too long, then
+                                # terminate the process
+                                w.keyboardCaught.clear()
+                                startkilltime = time.time()
+                                while not w.keyboardCaught.is_set() and w.is_alive():
+                                    if time.time()-startkilltime > self.waitkilltime:
+                                        # have to terminate...
+                                        log.error("terminating worker %s",iworker)
+                                        w.terminate()
+                                        # there is a small probability that the
+                                        # terminated process might send a result,
+                                        # which has to be specially handled or
+                                        # else processes might get orphaned.
+                                        workers[iworker] = w = self.startProcess(iworker, testQueue, resultQueue, shouldStop, result)
+                                        break
+                                    os.kill(w.pid, signal.SIGILL)
+                                    time.sleep(0.1)
+                    if not any_alive and testQueue.empty():
+                        log.debug("All workers dead")
+                        break
+                nexttimeout=self.config.multiprocess_timeout
+                for w in workers:
+                    if w.is_alive() and len(w.currentaddr.value) > 0:
+                        timeprocessing = time.time()-w.currentstart.value
+                        if timeprocessing <= self.config.multiprocess_timeout:
+                            nexttimeout = min(nexttimeout,
+                                self.config.multiprocess_timeout-timeprocessing)
+            log.debug("Completed %s tasks (%s remain)", len(completed), len(tasks))
+
+        except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit), e:
+            log.info('parent received ctrl-c when waiting for test results')
+            thrownError = e
+            #resultQueue.get(False)
+                
+            result.addError(test, sys.exc_info())
+
+        try:
+            for case in to_teardown:
+                log.debug("Tearing down shared fixtures for %s", case)
+                try:
+                    case.tearDown()
+                except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
+                    raise
+                except:
+                    result.addError(case, sys.exc_info())
+
+            stop = time.time()
+
+            # first write since can freeze on shutting down processes
+            result.printErrors()
+            result.printSummary(start, stop)
+            self.config.plugins.finalize(result)
+
+            if thrownError is None:
+                log.debug("Tell all workers to stop")
+                for w in workers:
+                    if w.is_alive():
+                        testQueue.put('STOP', block=False)
+
+            # wait for the workers to end
+            for iworker,worker in enumerate(workers):
+                if worker.is_alive():
+                    log.debug('joining worker %s',iworker)
+                    worker.join()
+                    if worker.is_alive():
+                        log.debug('failed to join worker %s',iworker)
+        except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
+            log.info('parent received ctrl-c when shutting down: stop all processes')
+            for worker in workers:
+                if worker.is_alive():
+                    worker.terminate()
+
+            if thrownError: raise thrownError
+            else: raise
+
+        return result
+
+    def addtask(testQueue,tasks,case):
+        arg = None
+        if isinstance(case,nose.case.Test) and hasattr(case.test,'arg'):
+            # this removes the top level descriptor and allows real function
+            # name to be returned
+            case.test.descriptor = None
+            arg = case.test.arg
+        test_addr = MultiProcessTestRunner.address(case)
+        testQueue.put((test_addr,arg), block=False)
+        if arg is not None:
+            test_addr += str(arg)
+        if tasks is not None:
+            tasks.append(test_addr)
+        return test_addr
+    addtask = staticmethod(addtask)
+
+    def address(case):
+        if hasattr(case, 'address'):
+            file, mod, call = case.address()
+        elif hasattr(case, 'context'):
+            file, mod, call = test_address(case.context)
+        else:
+            raise Exception("Unable to convert %s to address" % case)
+        parts = []
+        if file is None:
+            if mod is None:
+                raise Exception("Unaddressable case %s" % case)
+            else:
+                parts.append(mod)
+        else:
+            # strip __init__.py(c) from end of file part
+            # if present, having it there confuses loader
+            dirname, basename = os.path.split(file)
+            if basename.startswith('__init__'):
+                file = dirname
+            parts.append(file)
+        if call is not None:
+            parts.append(call)
+        return ':'.join(map(str, parts))
+    address = staticmethod(address)
+
+    def nextBatch(self, test):
+        # allows tests or suites to mark themselves as not safe
+        # for multiprocess execution
+        if hasattr(test, 'context'):
+            if not getattr(test.context, '_multiprocess_', True):
+                return
+
+        if ((isinstance(test, ContextSuite)
+             and test.hasFixtures(self.checkCanSplit))
+            or not getattr(test, 'can_split', True)
+            or not isinstance(test, unittest.TestSuite)):
+            # regular test case, or a suite with context fixtures
+
+            # special case: when run like nosetests path/to/module.py
+            # the top-level suite has only one item, and it shares
+            # the same context as that item. In that case, we want the
+            # item, not the top-level suite
+            if isinstance(test, ContextSuite):
+                contained = list(test)
+                if (len(contained) == 1
+                    and getattr(contained[0],
+                                'context', None) == test.context):
+                    test = contained[0]
+            yield test
+        else:
+            # Suite is without fixtures at this level; but it may have
+            # fixtures at any deeper level, so we need to examine it all
+            # the way down to the case level
+            for case in test:
+                for batch in self.nextBatch(case):
+                    yield batch
+
+    def checkCanSplit(context, fixt):
+        """
+        Callback that we use to check whether the fixtures found in a
+        context or ancestor are ones we care about.
+
+        Contexts can tell us that their fixtures are reentrant by setting
+        _multiprocess_can_split_. So if we see that, we return False to
+        disregard those fixtures.
+        """
+        if not fixt:
+            return False
+        if getattr(context, '_multiprocess_can_split_', False):
+            return False
+        return True
+    checkCanSplit = staticmethod(checkCanSplit)
+
+    def sharedFixtures(self, case):
+        context = getattr(case, 'context', None)
+        if not context:
+            return False
+        return getattr(context, '_multiprocess_shared_', False)
+
+    def consolidate(self, result, batch_result):
+        log.debug("batch result is %s" , batch_result)
+        try:
+            output, testsRun, failures, errors, errorClasses = batch_result
+        except ValueError:
+            log.debug("result in unexpected format %s", batch_result)
+            failure.Failure(*sys.exc_info())(result)
+            return
+        self.stream.write(output)
+        result.testsRun += testsRun
+        result.failures.extend(failures)
+        result.errors.extend(errors)
+        for key, (storage, label, isfail) in errorClasses.items():
+            if key not in result.errorClasses:
+                # Ordinarily storage is result attribute
+                # but it's only processed through the errorClasses
+                # dict, so it's ok to fake it here
+                result.errorClasses[key] = ([], label, isfail)
+            mystorage, _junk, _junk = result.errorClasses[key]
+            mystorage.extend(storage)
+        log.debug("Ran %s tests (total: %s)", testsRun, result.testsRun)
+
+
+def runner(ix, testQueue, resultQueue, currentaddr, currentstart,
+           keyboardCaught, shouldStop, loaderClass, resultClass, config):
+    try:
+        try:
+            return __runner(ix, testQueue, resultQueue, currentaddr, currentstart,
+                    keyboardCaught, shouldStop, loaderClass, resultClass, config)
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            log.debug('Worker %s keyboard interrupt, stopping',ix)
+    except Empty:
+        log.debug("Worker %s timed out waiting for tasks", ix)
+
+def __runner(ix, testQueue, resultQueue, currentaddr, currentstart,
+           keyboardCaught, shouldStop, loaderClass, resultClass, config):
+
+    config = pickle.loads(config)
+    dummy_parser = config.parserClass()
+    if _instantiate_plugins is not None:
+        for pluginclass in _instantiate_plugins:
+            plugin = pluginclass()
+            plugin.addOptions(dummy_parser,{})
+            config.plugins.addPlugin(plugin)
+    config.plugins.configure(config.options,config)
+    config.plugins.begin()
+    log.debug("Worker %s executing, pid=%d", ix,os.getpid())
+    loader = loaderClass(config=config)
+    loader.suiteClass.suiteClass = NoSharedFixtureContextSuite
+
+    def get():
+        return testQueue.get(timeout=config.multiprocess_timeout)
+
+    def makeResult():
+        stream = _WritelnDecorator(StringIO())
+        result = resultClass(stream, descriptions=1,
+                             verbosity=config.verbosity,
+                             config=config)
+        plug_result = config.plugins.prepareTestResult(result)
+        if plug_result:
+            return plug_result
+        return result
+
+    def batch(result):
+        failures = [(TestLet(c), err) for c, err in result.failures]
+        errors = [(TestLet(c), err) for c, err in result.errors]
+        errorClasses = {}
+        for key, (storage, label, isfail) in result.errorClasses.items():
+            errorClasses[key] = ([(TestLet(c), err) for c, err in storage],
+                                 label, isfail)
+        return (
+            result.stream.getvalue(),
+            result.testsRun,
+            failures,
+            errors,
+            errorClasses)
+    for test_addr, arg in iter(get, 'STOP'):
+        if shouldStop.is_set():
+            log.exception('Worker %d STOPPED',ix)
+            break
+        result = makeResult()
+        test = loader.loadTestsFromNames([test_addr])
+        test.testQueue = testQueue
+        test.tasks = []
+        test.arg = arg
+        log.debug("Worker %s Test is %s (%s)", ix, test_addr, test)
+        try:
+            if arg is not None:
+                test_addr = test_addr + str(arg)
+            currentaddr.value = bytes_(test_addr)
+            currentstart.value = time.time()
+            test(result)
+            currentaddr.value = bytes_('')
+            resultQueue.put((ix, test_addr, test.tasks, batch(result)))
+        except KeyboardInterrupt, e: #TimedOutException:
+            timeout = isinstance(e, TimedOutException)
+            if timeout:
+                keyboardCaught.set()
+            if len(currentaddr.value):
+                if timeout:
+                    msg = 'Worker %s timed out, failing current test %s'
+                else:
+                    msg = 'Worker %s keyboard interrupt, failing current test %s'
+                log.exception(msg,ix,test_addr)
+                currentaddr.value = bytes_('')
+                failure.Failure(*sys.exc_info())(result)
+                resultQueue.put((ix, test_addr, test.tasks, batch(result)))
+            else:
+                if timeout:
+                    msg = 'Worker %s test %s timed out'
+                else:
+                    msg = 'Worker %s test %s keyboard interrupt'
+                log.debug(msg,ix,test_addr)
+                resultQueue.put((ix, test_addr, test.tasks, batch(result)))
+            if not timeout:
+                raise
+        except SystemExit:
+            currentaddr.value = bytes_('')
+            log.exception('Worker %s system exit',ix)
+            raise
+        except:
+            currentaddr.value = bytes_('')
+            log.exception("Worker %s error running test or returning "
+                            "results",ix)
+            failure.Failure(*sys.exc_info())(result)
+            resultQueue.put((ix, test_addr, test.tasks, batch(result)))
+        if config.multiprocess_restartworker:
+            break
+    log.debug("Worker %s ending", ix)
+
+
+class NoSharedFixtureContextSuite(ContextSuite):
+    """
+    Context suite that never fires shared fixtures.
+
+    When a context sets _multiprocess_shared_, fixtures in that context
+    are executed by the main process. Using this suite class prevents them
+    from executing in the runner process as well.
+
+    """
+    testQueue = None
+    tasks = None
+    arg = None
+    def setupContext(self, context):
+        if getattr(context, '_multiprocess_shared_', False):
+            return
+        super(NoSharedFixtureContextSuite, self).setupContext(context)
+
+    def teardownContext(self, context):
+        if getattr(context, '_multiprocess_shared_', False):
+            return
+        super(NoSharedFixtureContextSuite, self).teardownContext(context)
+    def run(self, result):
+        """Run tests in suite inside of suite fixtures.
+        """
+        # proxy the result for myself
+        log.debug("suite %s (%s) run called, tests: %s",
+                  id(self), self, self._tests)
+        if self.resultProxy:
+            result, orig = self.resultProxy(result, self), result
+        else:
+            result, orig = result, result
+        try:
+            #log.debug('setUp for %s', id(self));
+            self.setUp()
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            raise
+        except:
+            self.error_context = 'setup'
+            result.addError(self, self._exc_info())
+            return
+        try:
+            for test in self._tests:
+                if (isinstance(test,nose.case.Test)
+                    and self.arg is not None):
+                    test.test.arg = self.arg
+                else:
+                    test.arg = self.arg
+                test.testQueue = self.testQueue
+                test.tasks = self.tasks
+                if result.shouldStop:
+                    log.debug("stopping")
+                    break
+                # each nose.case.Test will create its own result proxy
+                # so the cases need the original result, to avoid proxy
+                # chains
+                #log.debug('running test %s in suite %s', test, self);
+                try:
+                    test(orig)
+                except KeyboardInterrupt, e:
+                    timeout = isinstance(e, TimedOutException)
+                    if timeout:
+                        msg = 'Timeout when running test %s in suite %s'
+                    else:
+                        msg = 'KeyboardInterrupt when running test %s in suite %s'
+                    log.debug(msg, test, self)
+                    err = (TimedOutException,TimedOutException(str(test)),
+                           sys.exc_info()[2])
+                    test.config.plugins.addError(test,err)
+                    orig.addError(test,err)
+                    if not timeout:
+                        raise
+        finally:
+            self.has_run = True
+            try:
+                #log.debug('tearDown for %s', id(self));
+                self.tearDown()
+            except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                raise
+            except:
+                self.error_context = 'teardown'
+                result.addError(self, self._exc_info())
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/plugintest.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/plugintest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76d0d2c48c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/plugintest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,416 @@
+"""
+Testing Plugins
+===============
+
+The plugin interface is well-tested enough to safely unit test your
+use of its hooks with some level of confidence. However, there is also
+a mixin for unittest.TestCase called PluginTester that's designed to
+test plugins in their native runtime environment.
+
+Here's a simple example with a do-nothing plugin and a composed suite.
+
+    >>> import unittest
+    >>> from nose.plugins import Plugin, PluginTester
+    >>> class FooPlugin(Plugin):
+    ...     pass
+    >>> class TestPluginFoo(PluginTester, unittest.TestCase):
+    ...     activate = '--with-foo'
+    ...     plugins = [FooPlugin()]
+    ...     def test_foo(self):
+    ...         for line in self.output:
+    ...             # i.e. check for patterns
+    ...             pass
+    ...
+    ...         # or check for a line containing ...
+    ...         assert "ValueError" in self.output
+    ...     def makeSuite(self):
+    ...         class TC(unittest.TestCase):
+    ...             def runTest(self):
+    ...                 raise ValueError("I hate foo")
+    ...         return [TC('runTest')]
+    ...
+    >>> res = unittest.TestResult()
+    >>> case = TestPluginFoo('test_foo')
+    >>> _ = case(res)
+    >>> res.errors
+    []
+    >>> res.failures
+    []
+    >>> res.wasSuccessful()
+    True
+    >>> res.testsRun
+    1
+
+And here is a more complex example of testing a plugin that has extra
+arguments and reads environment variables.
+
+    >>> import unittest, os
+    >>> from nose.plugins import Plugin, PluginTester
+    >>> class FancyOutputter(Plugin):
+    ...     name = "fancy"
+    ...     def configure(self, options, conf):
+    ...         Plugin.configure(self, options, conf)
+    ...         if not self.enabled:
+    ...             return
+    ...         self.fanciness = 1
+    ...         if options.more_fancy:
+    ...             self.fanciness = 2
+    ...         if 'EVEN_FANCIER' in self.env:
+    ...             self.fanciness = 3
+    ...
+    ...     def options(self, parser, env=os.environ):
+    ...         self.env = env
+    ...         parser.add_option('--more-fancy', action='store_true')
+    ...         Plugin.options(self, parser, env=env)
+    ...
+    ...     def report(self, stream):
+    ...         stream.write("FANCY " * self.fanciness)
+    ...
+    >>> class TestFancyOutputter(PluginTester, unittest.TestCase):
+    ...     activate = '--with-fancy' # enables the plugin
+    ...     plugins = [FancyOutputter()]
+    ...     args = ['--more-fancy']
+    ...     env = {'EVEN_FANCIER': '1'}
+    ...
+    ...     def test_fancy_output(self):
+    ...         assert "FANCY FANCY FANCY" in self.output, (
+    ...                                         "got: %s" % self.output)
+    ...     def makeSuite(self):
+    ...         class TC(unittest.TestCase):
+    ...             def runTest(self):
+    ...                 raise ValueError("I hate fancy stuff")
+    ...         return [TC('runTest')]
+    ...
+    >>> res = unittest.TestResult()
+    >>> case = TestFancyOutputter('test_fancy_output')
+    >>> _ = case(res)
+    >>> res.errors
+    []
+    >>> res.failures
+    []
+    >>> res.wasSuccessful()
+    True
+    >>> res.testsRun
+    1
+
+"""
+
+import re
+import sys
+from warnings import warn
+
+try:
+    from cStringIO import StringIO
+except ImportError:
+    from StringIO import StringIO
+
+__all__ = ['PluginTester', 'run']
+
+from os import getpid
+class MultiProcessFile(object):
+    """
+    helper for testing multiprocessing
+
+    multiprocessing poses a problem for doctests, since the strategy
+    of replacing sys.stdout/stderr with file-like objects then
+    inspecting the results won't work: the child processes will
+    write to the objects, but the data will not be reflected
+    in the parent doctest-ing process.
+
+    The solution is to create file-like objects which will interact with
+    multiprocessing in a more desirable way.
+
+    All processes can write to this object, but only the creator can read.
+    This allows the testing system to see a unified picture of I/O.
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        # per advice at:
+        #    http://docs.python.org/library/multiprocessing.html#all-platforms
+        self.__master = getpid()
+        self.__queue = Manager().Queue()
+        self.__buffer = StringIO()
+        self.softspace = 0
+
+    def buffer(self):
+        if getpid() != self.__master:
+            return
+
+        from Queue import Empty
+        from collections import defaultdict
+        cache = defaultdict(str)
+        while True:
+            try:
+                pid, data = self.__queue.get_nowait()
+            except Empty:
+                break
+            if pid == ():
+                #show parent output after children
+                #this is what users see, usually
+                pid = ( 1e100, ) # googol!
+            cache[pid] += data
+        for pid in sorted(cache):
+            #self.__buffer.write( '%s wrote: %r\n' % (pid, cache[pid]) ) #DEBUG
+            self.__buffer.write( cache[pid] )
+    def write(self, data):
+        # note that these pids are in the form of current_process()._identity
+        # rather than OS pids
+        from multiprocessing import current_process
+        pid = current_process()._identity
+        self.__queue.put((pid, data))
+    def __iter__(self):
+        "getattr doesn't work for iter()"
+        self.buffer()
+        return self.__buffer
+    def seek(self, offset, whence=0):
+        self.buffer()
+        return self.__buffer.seek(offset, whence)
+    def getvalue(self):
+        self.buffer()
+        return self.__buffer.getvalue()
+    def __getattr__(self, attr):
+        return getattr(self.__buffer, attr)
+
+try:
+    from multiprocessing import Manager
+    Buffer = MultiProcessFile
+except ImportError:
+    Buffer = StringIO
+
+class PluginTester(object):
+    """A mixin for testing nose plugins in their runtime environment.
+
+    Subclass this and mix in unittest.TestCase to run integration/functional
+    tests on your plugin.  When setUp() is called, the stub test suite is
+    executed with your plugin so that during an actual test you can inspect the
+    artifacts of how your plugin interacted with the stub test suite.
+
+    - activate
+
+      - the argument to send nosetests to activate the plugin
+
+    - suitepath
+
+      - if set, this is the path of the suite to test. Otherwise, you
+        will need to use the hook, makeSuite()
+
+    - plugins
+
+      - the list of plugins to make available during the run. Note
+        that this does not mean these plugins will be *enabled* during
+        the run -- only the plugins enabled by the activate argument
+        or other settings in argv or env will be enabled.
+
+    - args
+
+      - a list of arguments to add to the nosetests command, in addition to
+        the activate argument
+
+    - env
+
+      - optional dict of environment variables to send nosetests
+
+    """
+    activate = None
+    suitepath = None
+    args = None
+    env = {}
+    argv = None
+    plugins = []
+    ignoreFiles = None
+
+    def makeSuite(self):
+        """returns a suite object of tests to run (unittest.TestSuite())
+
+        If self.suitepath is None, this must be implemented. The returned suite
+        object will be executed with all plugins activated.  It may return
+        None.
+
+        Here is an example of a basic suite object you can return ::
+
+            >>> import unittest
+            >>> class SomeTest(unittest.TestCase):
+            ...     def runTest(self):
+            ...         raise ValueError("Now do something, plugin!")
+            ...
+            >>> unittest.TestSuite([SomeTest()]) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
+            <unittest...TestSuite tests=[<...SomeTest testMethod=runTest>]>
+
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def _execPlugin(self):
+        """execute the plugin on the internal test suite.
+        """
+        from nose.config import Config
+        from nose.core import TestProgram
+        from nose.plugins.manager import PluginManager
+
+        suite = None
+        stream = Buffer()
+        conf = Config(env=self.env,
+                      stream=stream,
+                      plugins=PluginManager(plugins=self.plugins))
+        if self.ignoreFiles is not None:
+            conf.ignoreFiles = self.ignoreFiles
+        if not self.suitepath:
+            suite = self.makeSuite()
+
+        self.nose = TestProgram(argv=self.argv, config=conf, suite=suite,
+                                exit=False)
+        self.output = AccessDecorator(stream)
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """runs nosetests with the specified test suite, all plugins
+        activated.
+        """
+        self.argv = ['nosetests', self.activate]
+        if self.args:
+            self.argv.extend(self.args)
+        if self.suitepath:
+            self.argv.append(self.suitepath)
+
+        self._execPlugin()
+
+
+class AccessDecorator(object):
+    stream = None
+    _buf = None
+    def __init__(self, stream):
+        self.stream = stream
+        stream.seek(0)
+        self._buf = stream.read()
+        stream.seek(0)
+    def __contains__(self, val):
+        return val in self._buf
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return iter(self.stream)
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self._buf
+
+
+def blankline_separated_blocks(text):
+    "a bunch of === characters is also considered a blank line"
+    block = []
+    for line in text.splitlines(True):
+        block.append(line)
+        line = line.strip()
+        if not line or line.startswith('===') and not line.strip('='):
+            yield "".join(block)
+            block = []
+    if block:
+        yield "".join(block)
+
+
+def remove_stack_traces(out):
+    # this regexp taken from Python 2.5's doctest
+    traceback_re = re.compile(r"""
+        # Grab the traceback header.  Different versions of Python have
+        # said different things on the first traceback line.
+        ^(?P<hdr> Traceback\ \(
+            (?: most\ recent\ call\ last
+            |   innermost\ last
+            ) \) :
+        )
+        \s* $                   # toss trailing whitespace on the header.
+        (?P<stack> .*?)         # don't blink: absorb stuff until...
+        ^(?=\w)                 #     a line *starts* with alphanum.
+        .*?(?P<exception> \w+ ) # exception name
+        (?P<msg> [:\n] .*)      # the rest
+        """, re.VERBOSE | re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL)
+    blocks = []
+    for block in blankline_separated_blocks(out):
+        blocks.append(traceback_re.sub(r"\g<hdr>\n...\n\g<exception>\g<msg>", block))
+    return "".join(blocks)
+
+
+def simplify_warnings(out):
+    warn_re = re.compile(r"""
+        # Cut the file and line no, up to the warning name
+        ^.*:\d+:\s
+        (?P<category>\w+): \s+        # warning category
+        (?P<detail>.+) $ \n?          # warning message
+        ^ .* $                        # stack frame
+        """, re.VERBOSE | re.MULTILINE)
+    return warn_re.sub(r"\g<category>: \g<detail>", out)
+
+
+def remove_timings(out):
+    return re.sub(
+        r"Ran (\d+ tests?) in [0-9.]+s", r"Ran \1 in ...s", out)
+
+
+def munge_nose_output_for_doctest(out):
+    """Modify nose output to make it easy to use in doctests."""
+    out = remove_stack_traces(out)
+    out = simplify_warnings(out)
+    out = remove_timings(out)
+    return out.strip()
+
+
+def run(*arg, **kw):
+    """
+    Specialized version of nose.run for use inside of doctests that
+    test test runs.
+
+    This version of run() prints the result output to stdout.  Before
+    printing, the output is processed by replacing the timing
+    information with an ellipsis (...), removing traceback stacks, and
+    removing trailing whitespace.
+
+    Use this version of run wherever you are writing a doctest that
+    tests nose (or unittest) test result output.
+
+    Note: do not use doctest: +ELLIPSIS when testing nose output,
+    since ellipses ("test_foo ... ok") in your expected test runner
+    output may match multiple lines of output, causing spurious test
+    passes!
+    """
+    from nose import run
+    from nose.config import Config
+    from nose.plugins.manager import PluginManager
+
+    buffer = Buffer()
+    if 'config' not in kw:
+        plugins = kw.pop('plugins', [])
+        if isinstance(plugins, list):
+            plugins = PluginManager(plugins=plugins)
+        env = kw.pop('env', {})
+        kw['config'] = Config(env=env, plugins=plugins)
+    if 'argv' not in kw:
+        kw['argv'] = ['nosetests', '-v']
+    kw['config'].stream = buffer
+
+    # Set up buffering so that all output goes to our buffer,
+    # or warn user if deprecated behavior is active. If this is not
+    # done, prints and warnings will either be out of place or
+    # disappear.
+    stderr = sys.stderr
+    stdout = sys.stdout
+    if kw.pop('buffer_all', False):
+        sys.stdout = sys.stderr = buffer
+        restore = True
+    else:
+        restore = False
+        warn("The behavior of nose.plugins.plugintest.run() will change in "
+             "the next release of nose. The current behavior does not "
+             "correctly account for output to stdout and stderr. To enable "
+             "correct behavior, use run_buffered() instead, or pass "
+             "the keyword argument buffer_all=True to run().",
+             DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+    try:
+        run(*arg, **kw)
+    finally:
+        if restore:
+            sys.stderr = stderr
+            sys.stdout = stdout
+    out = buffer.getvalue()
+    print munge_nose_output_for_doctest(out)
+
+
+def run_buffered(*arg, **kw):
+    kw['buffer_all'] = True
+    run(*arg, **kw)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import doctest
+    doctest.testmod()
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/prof.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/prof.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d304a934b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/prof.py
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+"""This plugin will run tests using the hotshot profiler, which is part
+of the standard library. To turn it on, use the ``--with-profile`` option
+or set the NOSE_WITH_PROFILE environment variable. Profiler output can be
+controlled with the ``--profile-sort`` and ``--profile-restrict`` options,
+and the profiler output file may be changed with ``--profile-stats-file``.
+
+See the `hotshot documentation`_ in the standard library documentation for
+more details on the various output options.
+
+.. _hotshot documentation: http://docs.python.org/library/hotshot.html
+"""
+
+try:
+    import hotshot
+    from hotshot import stats
+except ImportError:
+    hotshot, stats = None, None
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+import tempfile
+from nose.plugins.base import Plugin
+from nose.util import tolist
+
+log = logging.getLogger('nose.plugins')
+
+class Profile(Plugin):
+    """
+    Use this plugin to run tests using the hotshot profiler. 
+    """
+    pfile = None
+    clean_stats_file = False
+    def options(self, parser, env):
+        """Register commandline options.
+        """
+        if not self.available():
+            return
+        Plugin.options(self, parser, env)
+        parser.add_option('--profile-sort', action='store', dest='profile_sort',
+                          default=env.get('NOSE_PROFILE_SORT', 'cumulative'),
+                          metavar="SORT",
+                          help="Set sort order for profiler output")
+        parser.add_option('--profile-stats-file', action='store',
+                          dest='profile_stats_file',
+                          metavar="FILE",
+                          default=env.get('NOSE_PROFILE_STATS_FILE'),
+                          help='Profiler stats file; default is a new '
+                          'temp file on each run')
+        parser.add_option('--profile-restrict', action='append',
+                          dest='profile_restrict',
+                          metavar="RESTRICT",
+                          default=env.get('NOSE_PROFILE_RESTRICT'),
+                          help="Restrict profiler output. See help for "
+                          "pstats.Stats for details")
+
+    def available(cls):
+        return hotshot is not None
+    available = classmethod(available)
+
+    def begin(self):
+        """Create profile stats file and load profiler.
+        """
+        if not self.available():
+            return
+        self._create_pfile()
+        self.prof = hotshot.Profile(self.pfile)
+
+    def configure(self, options, conf):
+        """Configure plugin.
+        """
+        if not self.available():
+            self.enabled = False
+            return
+        Plugin.configure(self, options, conf)
+        self.conf = conf
+        if options.profile_stats_file:
+            self.pfile = options.profile_stats_file
+            self.clean_stats_file = False
+        else:
+            self.pfile = None
+            self.clean_stats_file = True
+        self.fileno = None
+        self.sort = options.profile_sort
+        self.restrict = tolist(options.profile_restrict)
+
+    def prepareTest(self, test):
+        """Wrap entire test run in :func:`prof.runcall`.
+        """
+        if not self.available():
+            return
+        log.debug('preparing test %s' % test)
+        def run_and_profile(result, prof=self.prof, test=test):
+            self._create_pfile()
+            prof.runcall(test, result)
+        return run_and_profile
+
+    def report(self, stream):
+        """Output profiler report.
+        """
+        log.debug('printing profiler report')
+        self.prof.close()
+        prof_stats = stats.load(self.pfile)
+        prof_stats.sort_stats(self.sort)
+
+        # 2.5 has completely different stream handling from 2.4 and earlier.
+        # Before 2.5, stats objects have no stream attribute; in 2.5 and later
+        # a reference sys.stdout is stored before we can tweak it.
+        compat_25 = hasattr(prof_stats, 'stream')
+        if compat_25:
+            tmp = prof_stats.stream
+            prof_stats.stream = stream
+        else:
+            tmp = sys.stdout
+            sys.stdout = stream
+        try:
+            if self.restrict:
+                log.debug('setting profiler restriction to %s', self.restrict)
+                prof_stats.print_stats(*self.restrict)
+            else:
+                prof_stats.print_stats()
+        finally:
+            if compat_25:
+                prof_stats.stream = tmp
+            else:
+                sys.stdout = tmp
+
+    def finalize(self, result):
+        """Clean up stats file, if configured to do so.
+        """
+        if not self.available():
+            return
+        try:
+            self.prof.close()
+        except AttributeError:
+            # TODO: is this trying to catch just the case where not
+            # hasattr(self.prof, "close")?  If so, the function call should be
+            # moved out of the try: suite.
+            pass
+        if self.clean_stats_file:
+            if self.fileno:
+                try:
+                    os.close(self.fileno)
+                except OSError:
+                    pass
+            try:
+                os.unlink(self.pfile)
+            except OSError:
+                pass
+        return None
+
+    def _create_pfile(self):
+        if not self.pfile:
+            self.fileno, self.pfile = tempfile.mkstemp()
+            self.clean_stats_file = True
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/skip.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/skip.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d1ac8f604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/skip.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+"""
+This plugin installs a SKIP error class for the SkipTest exception.
+When SkipTest is raised, the exception will be logged in the skipped
+attribute of the result, 'S' or 'SKIP' (verbose) will be output, and
+the exception will not be counted as an error or failure. This plugin
+is enabled by default but may be disabled with the ``--no-skip`` option.
+"""
+
+from nose.plugins.errorclass import ErrorClass, ErrorClassPlugin
+
+
+# on SkipTest:
+#  - unittest SkipTest is first preference, but it's only available
+#    for >= 2.7
+#  - unittest2 SkipTest is second preference for older pythons.  This
+#    mirrors logic for choosing SkipTest exception in testtools
+#  - if none of the above, provide custom class
+try:
+    from unittest.case import SkipTest
+except ImportError:
+    try:
+        from unittest2.case import SkipTest
+    except ImportError:
+        class SkipTest(Exception):
+            """Raise this exception to mark a test as skipped.
+            """
+            pass
+
+
+class Skip(ErrorClassPlugin):
+    """
+    Plugin that installs a SKIP error class for the SkipTest
+    exception.  When SkipTest is raised, the exception will be logged
+    in the skipped attribute of the result, 'S' or 'SKIP' (verbose)
+    will be output, and the exception will not be counted as an error
+    or failure.
+    """
+    enabled = True
+    skipped = ErrorClass(SkipTest,
+                         label='SKIP',
+                         isfailure=False)
+
+    def options(self, parser, env):
+        """
+        Add my options to command line.
+        """
+        env_opt = 'NOSE_WITHOUT_SKIP'
+        parser.add_option('--no-skip', action='store_true',
+                          dest='noSkip', default=env.get(env_opt, False),
+                          help="Disable special handling of SkipTest "
+                          "exceptions.")
+
+    def configure(self, options, conf):
+        """
+        Configure plugin. Skip plugin is enabled by default.
+        """
+        if not self.can_configure:
+            return
+        self.conf = conf
+        disable = getattr(options, 'noSkip', False)
+        if disable:
+            self.enabled = False
+
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/testid.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/testid.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae8119bd01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/testid.py
@@ -0,0 +1,311 @@
+"""
+This plugin adds a test id (like #1) to each test name output. After
+you've run once to generate test ids, you can re-run individual
+tests by activating the plugin and passing the ids (with or
+without the # prefix) instead of test names.
+
+For example, if your normal test run looks like::
+
+  % nosetests -v
+  tests.test_a ... ok
+  tests.test_b ... ok
+  tests.test_c ... ok
+
+When adding ``--with-id`` you'll see::
+
+  % nosetests -v --with-id
+  #1 tests.test_a ... ok
+  #2 tests.test_b ... ok
+  #3 tests.test_c ... ok
+
+Then you can re-run individual tests by supplying just an id number::
+
+  % nosetests -v --with-id 2
+  #2 tests.test_b ... ok
+
+You can also pass multiple id numbers::
+
+  % nosetests -v --with-id 2 3
+  #2 tests.test_b ... ok
+  #3 tests.test_c ... ok
+  
+Since most shells consider '#' a special character, you can leave it out when
+specifying a test id.
+
+Note that when run without the -v switch, no special output is displayed, but
+the ids file is still written.
+
+Looping over failed tests
+-------------------------
+
+This plugin also adds a mode that will direct the test runner to record
+failed tests. Subsequent test runs will then run only the tests that failed
+last time. Activate this mode with the ``--failed`` switch::
+
+ % nosetests -v --failed
+ #1 test.test_a ... ok
+ #2 test.test_b ... ERROR
+ #3 test.test_c ... FAILED
+ #4 test.test_d ... ok
+ 
+On the second run, only tests #2 and #3 will run::
+
+ % nosetests -v --failed
+ #2 test.test_b ... ERROR
+ #3 test.test_c ... FAILED
+
+As you correct errors and tests pass, they'll drop out of subsequent runs.
+
+First::
+
+ % nosetests -v --failed
+ #2 test.test_b ... ok
+ #3 test.test_c ... FAILED
+
+Second::
+
+ % nosetests -v --failed
+ #3 test.test_c ... FAILED
+
+When all tests pass, the full set will run on the next invocation.
+
+First::
+
+ % nosetests -v --failed
+ #3 test.test_c ... ok
+
+Second::
+ 
+ % nosetests -v --failed
+ #1 test.test_a ... ok
+ #2 test.test_b ... ok
+ #3 test.test_c ... ok
+ #4 test.test_d ... ok
+
+.. note ::
+
+  If you expect to use ``--failed`` regularly, it's a good idea to always run
+  using the ``--with-id`` option. This will ensure that an id file is always
+  created, allowing you to add ``--failed`` to the command line as soon as
+  you have failing tests. Otherwise, your first run using ``--failed`` will
+  (perhaps surprisingly) run *all* tests, because there won't be an id file
+  containing the record of failed tests from your previous run.
+  
+"""
+__test__ = False
+
+import logging
+import os
+from nose.plugins import Plugin
+from nose.util import src, set
+
+try:
+    from cPickle import dump, load
+except ImportError:
+    from pickle import dump, load
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class TestId(Plugin):
+    """
+    Activate to add a test id (like #1) to each test name output. Activate
+    with --failed to rerun failing tests only.
+    """
+    name = 'id'
+    idfile = None
+    collecting = True
+    loopOnFailed = False
+
+    def options(self, parser, env):
+        """Register commandline options.
+        """
+        Plugin.options(self, parser, env)
+        parser.add_option('--id-file', action='store', dest='testIdFile',
+                          default='.noseids', metavar="FILE",
+                          help="Store test ids found in test runs in this "
+                          "file. Default is the file .noseids in the "
+                          "working directory.")
+        parser.add_option('--failed', action='store_true',
+                          dest='failed', default=False,
+                          help="Run the tests that failed in the last "
+                          "test run.")
+
+    def configure(self, options, conf):
+        """Configure plugin.
+        """
+        Plugin.configure(self, options, conf)
+        if options.failed:
+            self.enabled = True
+            self.loopOnFailed = True
+            log.debug("Looping on failed tests")
+        self.idfile = os.path.expanduser(options.testIdFile)
+        if not os.path.isabs(self.idfile):
+            self.idfile = os.path.join(conf.workingDir, self.idfile)
+        self.id = 1
+        # Ids and tests are mirror images: ids are {id: test address} and
+        # tests are {test address: id}
+        self.ids = {}
+        self.tests = {}
+        self.failed = []
+        self.source_names = []
+        # used to track ids seen when tests is filled from
+        # loaded ids file
+        self._seen = {}
+        self._write_hashes = conf.verbosity >= 2
+
+    def finalize(self, result):
+        """Save new ids file, if needed.
+        """
+        if result.wasSuccessful():
+            self.failed = []
+        if self.collecting:
+            ids = dict(list(zip(list(self.tests.values()), list(self.tests.keys()))))
+        else:
+            ids = self.ids
+        fh = open(self.idfile, 'wb')
+        dump({'ids': ids,
+              'failed': self.failed,
+              'source_names': self.source_names}, fh)
+        fh.close()
+        log.debug('Saved test ids: %s, failed %s to %s',
+                  ids, self.failed, self.idfile)
+
+    def loadTestsFromNames(self, names, module=None):
+        """Translate ids in the list of requested names into their
+        test addresses, if they are found in my dict of tests.
+        """
+        log.debug('ltfn %s %s', names, module)
+        try:
+            fh = open(self.idfile, 'rb')
+            data = load(fh)
+            if 'ids' in data:
+                self.ids = data['ids']
+                self.failed = data['failed']
+                self.source_names = data['source_names']
+            else:
+                # old ids field
+                self.ids = data
+                self.failed = []
+                self.source_names = names
+            if self.ids:
+                self.id = max(self.ids) + 1
+                self.tests = dict(list(zip(list(self.ids.values()), list(self.ids.keys()))))
+            else:
+                self.id = 1
+            log.debug(
+                'Loaded test ids %s tests %s failed %s sources %s from %s',
+                self.ids, self.tests, self.failed, self.source_names,
+                self.idfile)
+            fh.close()
+        except ValueError, e:
+            # load() may throw a ValueError when reading the ids file, if it
+            # was generated with a newer version of Python than we are currently
+            # running.
+            log.debug('Error loading %s : %s', self.idfile, str(e))
+        except IOError:
+            log.debug('IO error reading %s', self.idfile)
+
+        if self.loopOnFailed and self.failed:
+            self.collecting = False
+            names = self.failed
+            self.failed = []
+        # I don't load any tests myself, only translate names like '#2'
+        # into the associated test addresses
+        translated = []
+        new_source = []
+        really_new = []
+        for name in names:
+            trans = self.tr(name)
+            if trans != name:
+                translated.append(trans)
+            else:
+                new_source.append(name)
+        # names that are not ids and that are not in the current
+        # list of source names go into the list for next time
+        if new_source:
+            new_set = set(new_source)
+            old_set = set(self.source_names)
+            log.debug("old: %s new: %s", old_set, new_set)
+            really_new = [s for s in new_source
+                          if not s in old_set]
+            if really_new:
+                # remember new sources
+                self.source_names.extend(really_new)
+            if not translated:
+                # new set of source names, no translations
+                # means "run the requested tests"
+                names = new_source
+        else:
+            # no new names to translate and add to id set
+            self.collecting = False
+        log.debug("translated: %s new sources %s names %s",
+                  translated, really_new, names)
+        return (None, translated + really_new or names)
+
+    def makeName(self, addr):
+        log.debug("Make name %s", addr)
+        filename, module, call = addr
+        if filename is not None:
+            head = src(filename)
+        else:
+            head = module
+        if call is not None:
+            return "%s:%s" % (head, call)
+        return head
+
+    def setOutputStream(self, stream):
+        """Get handle on output stream so the plugin can print id #s
+        """
+        self.stream = stream
+
+    def startTest(self, test):
+        """Maybe output an id # before the test name.
+
+        Example output::
+
+          #1 test.test ... ok
+          #2 test.test_two ... ok
+
+        """
+        adr = test.address()
+        log.debug('start test %s (%s)', adr, adr in self.tests)
+        if adr in self.tests:
+            if adr in self._seen:
+                self.write('   ')
+            else:
+                self.write('#%s ' % self.tests[adr])
+                self._seen[adr] = 1
+            return
+        self.tests[adr] = self.id
+        self.write('#%s ' % self.id)
+        self.id += 1
+
+    def afterTest(self, test):
+        # None means test never ran, False means failed/err
+        if test.passed is False:
+            try:
+                key = str(self.tests[test.address()])
+            except KeyError:
+                # never saw this test -- startTest didn't run
+                pass
+            else:
+                if key not in self.failed:
+                    self.failed.append(key)
+
+    def tr(self, name):
+        log.debug("tr '%s'", name)
+        try:
+            key = int(name.replace('#', ''))
+        except ValueError:
+            return name
+        log.debug("Got key %s", key)
+        # I'm running tests mapped from the ids file,
+        # not collecting new ones
+        if key in self.ids:
+            return self.makeName(self.ids[key])
+        return name
+
+    def write(self, output):
+        if self._write_hashes:
+            self.stream.write(output)
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/xunit.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/xunit.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90b52f5f61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/plugins/xunit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,341 @@
+"""This plugin provides test results in the standard XUnit XML format.
+
+It's designed for the `Jenkins`_ (previously Hudson) continuous build
+system, but will probably work for anything else that understands an
+XUnit-formatted XML representation of test results.
+
+Add this shell command to your builder ::
+
+    nosetests --with-xunit
+
+And by default a file named nosetests.xml will be written to the
+working directory.
+
+In a Jenkins builder, tick the box named "Publish JUnit test result report"
+under the Post-build Actions and enter this value for Test report XMLs::
+
+    **/nosetests.xml
+
+If you need to change the name or location of the file, you can set the
+``--xunit-file`` option.
+
+If you need to change the name of the test suite, you can set the
+``--xunit-testsuite-name`` option.
+
+Here is an abbreviated version of what an XML test report might look like::
+
+    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+    <testsuite name="nosetests" tests="1" errors="1" failures="0" skip="0">
+        <testcase classname="path_to_test_suite.TestSomething"
+                  name="test_it" time="0">
+            <error type="exceptions.TypeError" message="oops, wrong type">
+            Traceback (most recent call last):
+            ...
+            TypeError: oops, wrong type
+            </error>
+        </testcase>
+    </testsuite>
+
+.. _Jenkins: http://jenkins-ci.org/
+
+"""
+import codecs
+import doctest
+import os
+import sys
+import traceback
+import re
+import inspect
+from StringIO import StringIO
+from time import time
+from xml.sax import saxutils
+
+from nose.plugins.base import Plugin
+from nose.exc import SkipTest
+from nose.pyversion import force_unicode, format_exception
+
+# Invalid XML characters, control characters 0-31 sans \t, \n and \r
+CONTROL_CHARACTERS = re.compile(r"[\000-\010\013\014\016-\037]")
+
+TEST_ID = re.compile(r'^(.*?)(\(.*\))$')
+
+def xml_safe(value):
+    """Replaces invalid XML characters with '?'."""
+    return CONTROL_CHARACTERS.sub('?', value)
+
+def escape_cdata(cdata):
+    """Escape a string for an XML CDATA section."""
+    return xml_safe(cdata).replace(']]>', ']]>]]&gt;<![CDATA[')
+
+def id_split(idval):
+    m = TEST_ID.match(idval)
+    if m:
+        name, fargs = m.groups()
+        head, tail = name.rsplit(".", 1)
+        return [head, tail+fargs]
+    else:
+        return idval.rsplit(".", 1)
+
+def nice_classname(obj):
+    """Returns a nice name for class object or class instance.
+
+        >>> nice_classname(Exception()) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
+        '...Exception'
+        >>> nice_classname(Exception) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
+        '...Exception'
+
+    """
+    if inspect.isclass(obj):
+        cls_name = obj.__name__
+    else:
+        cls_name = obj.__class__.__name__
+    mod = inspect.getmodule(obj)
+    if mod:
+        name = mod.__name__
+        # jython
+        if name.startswith('org.python.core.'):
+            name = name[len('org.python.core.'):]
+        return "%s.%s" % (name, cls_name)
+    else:
+        return cls_name
+
+def exc_message(exc_info):
+    """Return the exception's message."""
+    exc = exc_info[1]
+    if exc is None:
+        # str exception
+        result = exc_info[0]
+    else:
+        try:
+            result = str(exc)
+        except UnicodeEncodeError:
+            try:
+                result = unicode(exc)
+            except UnicodeError:
+                # Fallback to args as neither str nor
+                # unicode(Exception(u'\xe6')) work in Python < 2.6
+                result = exc.args[0]
+    result = force_unicode(result, 'UTF-8')
+    return xml_safe(result)
+
+class Tee(object):
+    def __init__(self, encoding, *args):
+        self._encoding = encoding
+        self._streams = args
+
+    def write(self, data):
+        data = force_unicode(data, self._encoding)
+        for s in self._streams:
+            s.write(data)
+
+    def writelines(self, lines):
+        for line in lines:
+            self.write(line)
+
+    def flush(self):
+        for s in self._streams:
+            s.flush()
+
+    def isatty(self):
+        return False
+
+
+class Xunit(Plugin):
+    """This plugin provides test results in the standard XUnit XML format."""
+    name = 'xunit'
+    score = 1500
+    encoding = 'UTF-8'
+    error_report_file = None
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(Xunit, self).__init__()
+        self._capture_stack = []
+        self._currentStdout = None
+        self._currentStderr = None
+
+    def _timeTaken(self):
+        if hasattr(self, '_timer'):
+            taken = time() - self._timer
+        else:
+            # test died before it ran (probably error in setup())
+            # or success/failure added before test started probably
+            # due to custom TestResult munging
+            taken = 0.0
+        return taken
+
+    def _quoteattr(self, attr):
+        """Escape an XML attribute. Value can be unicode."""
+        attr = xml_safe(attr)
+        return saxutils.quoteattr(attr)
+
+    def options(self, parser, env):
+        """Sets additional command line options."""
+        Plugin.options(self, parser, env)
+        parser.add_option(
+            '--xunit-file', action='store',
+            dest='xunit_file', metavar="FILE",
+            default=env.get('NOSE_XUNIT_FILE', 'nosetests.xml'),
+            help=("Path to xml file to store the xunit report in. "
+                  "Default is nosetests.xml in the working directory "
+                  "[NOSE_XUNIT_FILE]"))
+
+        parser.add_option(
+            '--xunit-testsuite-name', action='store',
+            dest='xunit_testsuite_name', metavar="PACKAGE",
+            default=env.get('NOSE_XUNIT_TESTSUITE_NAME', 'nosetests'),
+            help=("Name of the testsuite in the xunit xml, generated by plugin. "
+                  "Default test suite name is nosetests."))
+
+    def configure(self, options, config):
+        """Configures the xunit plugin."""
+        Plugin.configure(self, options, config)
+        self.config = config
+        if self.enabled:
+            self.stats = {'errors': 0,
+                          'failures': 0,
+                          'passes': 0,
+                          'skipped': 0
+                          }
+            self.errorlist = []
+            self.error_report_file_name = os.path.realpath(options.xunit_file)
+            self.xunit_testsuite_name = options.xunit_testsuite_name
+
+    def report(self, stream):
+        """Writes an Xunit-formatted XML file
+
+        The file includes a report of test errors and failures.
+
+        """
+        self.error_report_file = codecs.open(self.error_report_file_name, 'w',
+                                             self.encoding, 'replace')
+        self.stats['encoding'] = self.encoding
+        self.stats['testsuite_name'] = self.xunit_testsuite_name
+        self.stats['total'] = (self.stats['errors'] + self.stats['failures']
+                               + self.stats['passes'] + self.stats['skipped'])
+        self.error_report_file.write(
+            u'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="%(encoding)s"?>'
+            u'<testsuite name="%(testsuite_name)s" tests="%(total)d" '
+            u'errors="%(errors)d" failures="%(failures)d" '
+            u'skip="%(skipped)d">' % self.stats)
+        self.error_report_file.write(u''.join([force_unicode(e, self.encoding)
+                                               for e in self.errorlist]))
+        self.error_report_file.write(u'</testsuite>')
+        self.error_report_file.close()
+        if self.config.verbosity > 1:
+            stream.writeln("-" * 70)
+            stream.writeln("XML: %s" % self.error_report_file.name)
+
+    def _startCapture(self):
+        self._capture_stack.append((sys.stdout, sys.stderr))
+        self._currentStdout = StringIO()
+        self._currentStderr = StringIO()
+        sys.stdout = Tee(self.encoding, self._currentStdout, sys.stdout)
+        sys.stderr = Tee(self.encoding, self._currentStderr, sys.stderr)
+
+    def startContext(self, context):
+        self._startCapture()
+
+    def stopContext(self, context):
+        self._endCapture()
+
+    def beforeTest(self, test):
+        """Initializes a timer before starting a test."""
+        self._timer = time()
+        self._startCapture()
+
+    def _endCapture(self):
+        if self._capture_stack:
+            sys.stdout, sys.stderr = self._capture_stack.pop()
+
+    def afterTest(self, test):
+        self._endCapture()
+        self._currentStdout = None
+        self._currentStderr = None
+
+    def finalize(self, test):
+        while self._capture_stack:
+            self._endCapture()
+
+    def _getCapturedStdout(self):
+        if self._currentStdout:
+            value = self._currentStdout.getvalue()
+            if value:
+                return '<system-out><![CDATA[%s]]></system-out>' % escape_cdata(
+                        value)
+        return ''
+
+    def _getCapturedStderr(self):
+        if self._currentStderr:
+            value = self._currentStderr.getvalue()
+            if value:
+                return '<system-err><![CDATA[%s]]></system-err>' % escape_cdata(
+                        value)
+        return ''
+
+    def addError(self, test, err, capt=None):
+        """Add error output to Xunit report.
+        """
+        taken = self._timeTaken()
+
+        if issubclass(err[0], SkipTest):
+            type = 'skipped'
+            self.stats['skipped'] += 1
+        else:
+            type = 'error'
+            self.stats['errors'] += 1
+
+        tb = format_exception(err, self.encoding)
+        id = test.id()
+
+        self.errorlist.append(
+            u'<testcase classname=%(cls)s name=%(name)s time="%(taken).3f">'
+            u'<%(type)s type=%(errtype)s message=%(message)s><![CDATA[%(tb)s]]>'
+            u'</%(type)s>%(systemout)s%(systemerr)s</testcase>' %
+            {'cls': self._quoteattr(id_split(id)[0]),
+             'name': self._quoteattr(id_split(id)[-1]),
+             'taken': taken,
+             'type': type,
+             'errtype': self._quoteattr(nice_classname(err[0])),
+             'message': self._quoteattr(exc_message(err)),
+             'tb': escape_cdata(tb),
+             'systemout': self._getCapturedStdout(),
+             'systemerr': self._getCapturedStderr(),
+             })
+
+    def addFailure(self, test, err, capt=None, tb_info=None):
+        """Add failure output to Xunit report.
+        """
+        taken = self._timeTaken()
+        tb = format_exception(err, self.encoding)
+        self.stats['failures'] += 1
+        id = test.id()
+
+        self.errorlist.append(
+            u'<testcase classname=%(cls)s name=%(name)s time="%(taken).3f">'
+            u'<failure type=%(errtype)s message=%(message)s><![CDATA[%(tb)s]]>'
+            u'</failure>%(systemout)s%(systemerr)s</testcase>' %
+            {'cls': self._quoteattr(id_split(id)[0]),
+             'name': self._quoteattr(id_split(id)[-1]),
+             'taken': taken,
+             'errtype': self._quoteattr(nice_classname(err[0])),
+             'message': self._quoteattr(exc_message(err)),
+             'tb': escape_cdata(tb),
+             'systemout': self._getCapturedStdout(),
+             'systemerr': self._getCapturedStderr(),
+             })
+
+    def addSuccess(self, test, capt=None):
+        """Add success output to Xunit report.
+        """
+        taken = self._timeTaken()
+        self.stats['passes'] += 1
+        id = test.id()
+        self.errorlist.append(
+            '<testcase classname=%(cls)s name=%(name)s '
+            'time="%(taken).3f">%(systemout)s%(systemerr)s</testcase>' %
+            {'cls': self._quoteattr(id_split(id)[0]),
+             'name': self._quoteattr(id_split(id)[-1]),
+             'taken': taken,
+             'systemout': self._getCapturedStdout(),
+             'systemerr': self._getCapturedStderr(),
+             })
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/proxy.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/proxy.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2676cb195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/proxy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+"""
+Result Proxy
+------------
+
+The result proxy wraps the result instance given to each test. It
+performs two functions: enabling extended error/failure reporting
+and calling plugins.
+
+As each result event is fired, plugins are called with the same event;
+however, plugins are called with the nose.case.Test instance that
+wraps the actual test. So when a test fails and calls
+result.addFailure(self, err), the result proxy calls
+addFailure(self.test, err) for each plugin. This allows plugins to
+have a single stable interface for all test types, and also to
+manipulate the test object itself by setting the `test` attribute of
+the nose.case.Test that they receive.
+"""
+import logging
+from nose.config import Config
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def proxied_attribute(local_attr, proxied_attr, doc):
+    """Create a property that proxies attribute ``proxied_attr`` through
+    the local attribute ``local_attr``.
+    """
+    def fget(self):
+        return getattr(getattr(self, local_attr), proxied_attr)
+    def fset(self, value):
+        setattr(getattr(self, local_attr), proxied_attr, value)
+    def fdel(self):
+        delattr(getattr(self, local_attr), proxied_attr)
+    return property(fget, fset, fdel, doc)
+
+
+class ResultProxyFactory(object):
+    """Factory for result proxies. Generates a ResultProxy bound to each test
+    and the result passed to the test.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, config=None):
+        if config is None:
+            config = Config()
+        self.config = config
+        self.__prepared = False
+        self.__result = None
+
+    def __call__(self, result, test):
+        """Return a ResultProxy for the current test.
+
+        On first call, plugins are given a chance to replace the
+        result used for the remaining tests. If a plugin returns a
+        value from prepareTestResult, that object will be used as the
+        result for all tests.
+        """
+        if not self.__prepared:
+            self.__prepared = True
+            plug_result = self.config.plugins.prepareTestResult(result)
+            if plug_result is not None:
+                self.__result = result = plug_result
+        if self.__result is not None:
+            result = self.__result
+        return ResultProxy(result, test, config=self.config)
+
+
+class ResultProxy(object):
+    """Proxy to TestResults (or other results handler).
+
+    One ResultProxy is created for each nose.case.Test. The result
+    proxy calls plugins with the nose.case.Test instance (instead of
+    the wrapped test case) as each result call is made. Finally, the
+    real result method is called, also with the nose.case.Test
+    instance as the test parameter.
+
+    """
+    def __init__(self, result, test, config=None):
+        if config is None:
+            config = Config()
+        self.config = config
+        self.plugins = config.plugins
+        self.result = result
+        self.test = test
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return repr(self.result)
+
+    def _prepareErr(self, err):
+        if not isinstance(err[1], Exception) and isinstance(err[0], type):
+            # Turn value back into an Exception (required in Python 3.x).
+            # Plugins do all sorts of crazy things with exception values.
+            # Convert it to a custom subclass of Exception with the same
+            # name as the actual exception to make it print correctly.
+            value = type(err[0].__name__, (Exception,), {})(err[1])
+            err = (err[0], value, err[2])
+        return err
+
+    def assertMyTest(self, test):
+        # The test I was called with must be my .test or my
+        # .test's .test. or my .test.test's .case
+
+        case = getattr(self.test, 'test', None)
+        assert (test is self.test
+                or test is case
+                or test is getattr(case, '_nose_case', None)), (
+                "ResultProxy for %r (%s) was called with test %r (%s)"
+                % (self.test, id(self.test), test, id(test)))
+
+    def afterTest(self, test):
+        self.assertMyTest(test)
+        self.plugins.afterTest(self.test)
+        if hasattr(self.result, "afterTest"):
+            self.result.afterTest(self.test)
+
+    def beforeTest(self, test):
+        self.assertMyTest(test)
+        self.plugins.beforeTest(self.test)
+        if hasattr(self.result, "beforeTest"):
+            self.result.beforeTest(self.test)
+
+    def addError(self, test, err):
+        self.assertMyTest(test)
+        plugins = self.plugins
+        plugin_handled = plugins.handleError(self.test, err)
+        if plugin_handled:
+            return
+        # test.passed is set in result, to account for error classes
+        formatted = plugins.formatError(self.test, err)
+        if formatted is not None:
+            err = formatted
+        plugins.addError(self.test, err)
+        self.result.addError(self.test, self._prepareErr(err))
+        if not self.result.wasSuccessful() and self.config.stopOnError:
+            self.shouldStop = True
+
+    def addFailure(self, test, err):
+        self.assertMyTest(test)
+        plugins = self.plugins
+        plugin_handled = plugins.handleFailure(self.test, err)
+        if plugin_handled:
+            return
+        self.test.passed = False
+        formatted = plugins.formatFailure(self.test, err)
+        if formatted is not None:
+            err = formatted
+        plugins.addFailure(self.test, err)
+        self.result.addFailure(self.test, self._prepareErr(err))
+        if self.config.stopOnError:
+            self.shouldStop = True
+
+    def addSkip(self, test, reason):
+        # 2.7 compat shim
+        from nose.plugins.skip import SkipTest
+        self.assertMyTest(test)
+        plugins = self.plugins
+        if not isinstance(reason, Exception):
+            # for Python 3.2+
+            reason = Exception(reason)
+        plugins.addError(self.test, (SkipTest, reason, None))
+        self.result.addSkip(self.test, reason)
+
+    def addSuccess(self, test):
+        self.assertMyTest(test)
+        self.plugins.addSuccess(self.test)
+        self.result.addSuccess(self.test)
+
+    def startTest(self, test):
+        self.assertMyTest(test)
+        self.plugins.startTest(self.test)
+        self.result.startTest(self.test)
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self.result.stop()
+
+    def stopTest(self, test):
+        self.assertMyTest(test)
+        self.plugins.stopTest(self.test)
+        self.result.stopTest(self.test)
+
+    # proxied attributes
+    shouldStop = proxied_attribute('result', 'shouldStop',
+                                    """Should the test run stop?""")
+    errors = proxied_attribute('result', 'errors',
+                               """Tests that raised an exception""")
+    failures = proxied_attribute('result', 'failures',
+                                 """Tests that failed""")
+    testsRun = proxied_attribute('result', 'testsRun',
+                                 """Number of tests run""")
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/pyversion.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/pyversion.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..091238da75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/pyversion.py
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+"""
+This module contains fixups for using nose under different versions of Python.
+"""
+import sys
+import os
+import traceback
+import types
+import inspect
+import nose.util
+
+__all__ = ['make_instancemethod', 'cmp_to_key', 'sort_list', 'ClassType',
+           'TypeType', 'UNICODE_STRINGS', 'unbound_method', 'ismethod',
+           'bytes_', 'is_base_exception', 'force_unicode', 'exc_to_unicode',
+           'format_exception']
+
+# In Python 3.x, all strings are unicode (the call to 'unicode()' in the 2.x
+# source will be replaced with 'str()' when running 2to3, so this test will
+# then become true)
+UNICODE_STRINGS = (type(unicode()) == type(str()))
+
+if sys.version_info[:2] < (3, 0):
+    def force_unicode(s, encoding='UTF-8'):
+        try:
+            s = unicode(s)
+        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+            s = str(s).decode(encoding, 'replace')
+
+        return s
+else:
+    def force_unicode(s, encoding='UTF-8'):
+        return str(s)
+
+# new.instancemethod() is obsolete for new-style classes (Python 3.x)
+# We need to use descriptor methods instead.
+try:
+    import new
+    def make_instancemethod(function, instance):
+        return new.instancemethod(function.im_func, instance,
+                                  instance.__class__)
+except ImportError:
+    def make_instancemethod(function, instance):
+        return function.__get__(instance, instance.__class__)
+
+# To be forward-compatible, we do all list sorts using keys instead of cmp
+# functions.  However, part of the unittest.TestLoader API involves a
+# user-provideable cmp function, so we need some way to convert that.
+def cmp_to_key(mycmp):
+    'Convert a cmp= function into a key= function'
+    class Key(object):
+        def __init__(self, obj):
+            self.obj = obj
+        def __lt__(self, other):
+            return mycmp(self.obj, other.obj) < 0
+        def __gt__(self, other):
+            return mycmp(self.obj, other.obj) > 0
+        def __eq__(self, other):
+            return mycmp(self.obj, other.obj) == 0
+    return Key
+
+# Python 2.3 also does not support list-sorting by key, so we need to convert
+# keys to cmp functions if we're running on old Python..
+if sys.version_info < (2, 4):
+    def sort_list(l, key, reverse=False):
+        if reverse:
+            return l.sort(lambda a, b: cmp(key(b), key(a)))
+        else:
+            return l.sort(lambda a, b: cmp(key(a), key(b)))
+else:
+    def sort_list(l, key, reverse=False):
+        return l.sort(key=key, reverse=reverse)
+
+# In Python 3.x, all objects are "new style" objects descended from 'type', and
+# thus types.ClassType and types.TypeType don't exist anymore.  For
+# compatibility, we make sure they still work.
+if hasattr(types, 'ClassType'):
+    ClassType = types.ClassType
+    TypeType = types.TypeType
+else:
+    ClassType = type
+    TypeType = type
+
+# The following emulates the behavior (we need) of an 'unbound method' under
+# Python 3.x (namely, the ability to have a class associated with a function
+# definition so that things can do stuff based on its associated class)
+class UnboundMethod:
+    def __init__(self, cls, func):
+        # Make sure we have all the same attributes as the original function,
+        # so that the AttributeSelector plugin will work correctly...
+        self.__dict__ = func.__dict__.copy()
+        self._func = func
+        self.__self__ = UnboundSelf(cls)
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
+            self.im_class = cls
+        self.__doc__ = getattr(func, '__doc__', None)
+
+    def address(self):
+        cls = self.__self__.cls
+        modname = cls.__module__
+        module = sys.modules[modname]
+        filename = getattr(module, '__file__', None)
+        if filename is not None:
+            filename = os.path.abspath(filename)
+        return (nose.util.src(filename), modname, "%s.%s" % (cls.__name__,
+                                                        self._func.__name__))
+
+    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self._func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def __getattr__(self, attr):
+        return getattr(self._func, attr)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return '<unbound method %s.%s>' % (self.__self__.cls.__name__,
+                                           self._func.__name__)
+
+class UnboundSelf:
+    def __init__(self, cls):
+        self.cls = cls
+
+    # We have to do this hackery because Python won't let us override the
+    # __class__ attribute...
+    def __getattribute__(self, attr):
+        if attr == '__class__':
+            return self.cls
+        else:
+            return object.__getattribute__(self, attr)
+
+def unbound_method(cls, func):
+    if inspect.ismethod(func):
+        return func
+    if not inspect.isfunction(func):
+        raise TypeError('%s is not a function' % (repr(func),))
+    return UnboundMethod(cls, func)
+
+def ismethod(obj):
+    return inspect.ismethod(obj) or isinstance(obj, UnboundMethod)
+
+
+# Make a pseudo-bytes function that can be called without the encoding arg:
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
+    def bytes_(s, encoding='utf8'):
+        if isinstance(s, bytes):
+            return s
+        return bytes(s, encoding)
+else:
+    def bytes_(s, encoding=None):
+        return str(s)
+
+
+if sys.version_info[:2] >= (2, 6):
+    def isgenerator(o):
+        if isinstance(o, UnboundMethod):
+            o = o._func
+        return inspect.isgeneratorfunction(o) or inspect.isgenerator(o)
+else:
+    try:
+        from compiler.consts import CO_GENERATOR
+    except ImportError:
+        # IronPython doesn't have a complier module
+        CO_GENERATOR=0x20
+
+    def isgenerator(func):
+        try:
+            return func.func_code.co_flags & CO_GENERATOR != 0
+        except AttributeError:
+            return False
+
+# Make a function to help check if an exception is derived from BaseException.
+# In Python 2.4, we just use Exception instead.
+if sys.version_info[:2] < (2, 5):
+    def is_base_exception(exc):
+        return isinstance(exc, Exception)
+else:
+    def is_base_exception(exc):
+        return isinstance(exc, BaseException)
+
+if sys.version_info[:2] < (3, 0):
+    def exc_to_unicode(ev, encoding='utf-8'):
+        if is_base_exception(ev):
+            if not hasattr(ev, '__unicode__'):
+                # 2.5-
+                if not hasattr(ev, 'message'):
+                    # 2.4
+                    msg = len(ev.args) and ev.args[0] or ''
+                else:
+                    msg = ev.message
+                msg = force_unicode(msg, encoding=encoding)
+                clsname = force_unicode(ev.__class__.__name__,
+                        encoding=encoding)
+                ev = u'%s: %s' % (clsname, msg)
+        elif not isinstance(ev, unicode):
+            ev = repr(ev)
+
+        return force_unicode(ev, encoding=encoding)
+else:
+    def exc_to_unicode(ev, encoding='utf-8'):
+        return str(ev)
+
+def format_exception(exc_info, encoding='UTF-8'):
+    ec, ev, tb = exc_info
+
+    # Our exception object may have been turned into a string, and Python 3's
+    # traceback.format_exception() doesn't take kindly to that (it expects an
+    # actual exception object).  So we work around it, by doing the work
+    # ourselves if ev is not an exception object.
+    if not is_base_exception(ev):
+        tb_data = force_unicode(
+                ''.join(traceback.format_tb(tb)),
+                encoding)
+        ev = exc_to_unicode(ev)
+        return tb_data + ev
+    else:
+        return force_unicode(
+                ''.join(traceback.format_exception(*exc_info)),
+                encoding)
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/result.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/result.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f974a14ae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/result.py
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+"""
+Test Result
+-----------
+
+Provides a TextTestResult that extends unittest's _TextTestResult to
+provide support for error classes (such as the builtin skip and
+deprecated classes), and hooks for plugins to take over or extend
+reporting.
+"""
+
+import logging
+try:
+    # 2.7+
+    from unittest.runner import _TextTestResult
+except ImportError:
+    from unittest import _TextTestResult
+from nose.config import Config
+from nose.util import isclass, ln as _ln # backwards compat
+
+log = logging.getLogger('nose.result')
+
+
+def _exception_detail(exc):
+    # this is what stdlib module traceback does
+    try:
+        return str(exc)
+    except:
+        return '<unprintable %s object>' % type(exc).__name__
+
+
+class TextTestResult(_TextTestResult):
+    """Text test result that extends unittest's default test result
+    support for a configurable set of errorClasses (eg, Skip,
+    Deprecated, TODO) that extend the errors/failures/success triad.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, stream, descriptions, verbosity, config=None,
+                 errorClasses=None):
+        if errorClasses is None:
+            errorClasses = {}
+        self.errorClasses = errorClasses
+        if config is None:
+            config = Config()
+        self.config = config
+        _TextTestResult.__init__(self, stream, descriptions, verbosity)
+
+    def addSkip(self, test, reason):
+        # 2.7 skip compat
+        from nose.plugins.skip import SkipTest
+        if SkipTest in self.errorClasses:
+            storage, label, isfail = self.errorClasses[SkipTest]
+            storage.append((test, reason))
+            self.printLabel(label, (SkipTest, reason, None))
+
+    def addError(self, test, err):
+        """Overrides normal addError to add support for
+        errorClasses. If the exception is a registered class, the
+        error will be added to the list for that class, not errors.
+        """
+        ec, ev, tb = err
+        try:
+            exc_info = self._exc_info_to_string(err, test)
+        except TypeError:
+            # 2.3 compat
+            exc_info = self._exc_info_to_string(err)
+        for cls, (storage, label, isfail) in self.errorClasses.items():
+            #if 'Skip' in cls.__name__ or 'Skip' in ec.__name__:
+            #    from nose.tools import set_trace
+            #    set_trace()
+            if isclass(ec) and issubclass(ec, cls):
+                if isfail:
+                    test.passed = False
+                storage.append((test, exc_info))
+                self.printLabel(label, err)
+                return
+        self.errors.append((test, exc_info))
+        test.passed = False
+        self.printLabel('ERROR')
+
+    # override to bypass changes in 2.7
+    def getDescription(self, test):
+        if self.descriptions:
+            return test.shortDescription() or str(test)
+        else:
+            return str(test)
+
+    def printLabel(self, label, err=None):
+        # Might get patched into a streamless result
+        stream = getattr(self, 'stream', None)
+        if stream is not None:
+            if self.showAll:
+                message = [label]
+                if err:
+                    detail = _exception_detail(err[1])
+                    if detail:
+                        message.append(detail)
+                stream.writeln(": ".join(message))
+            elif self.dots:
+                stream.write(label[:1])
+
+    def printErrors(self):
+        """Overrides to print all errorClasses errors as well.
+        """
+        _TextTestResult.printErrors(self)
+        for cls in self.errorClasses.keys():
+            storage, label, isfail = self.errorClasses[cls]
+            if isfail:
+                self.printErrorList(label, storage)
+        # Might get patched into a result with no config
+        if hasattr(self, 'config'):
+            self.config.plugins.report(self.stream)
+
+    def printSummary(self, start, stop):
+        """Called by the test runner to print the final summary of test
+        run results.
+        """
+        write = self.stream.write
+        writeln = self.stream.writeln
+        taken = float(stop - start)
+        run = self.testsRun
+        plural = run != 1 and "s" or ""
+
+        writeln(self.separator2)
+        writeln("Ran %s test%s in %.3fs" % (run, plural, taken))
+        writeln()
+
+        summary = {}
+        eckeys = self.errorClasses.keys()
+        for cls in eckeys:
+            storage, label, isfail = self.errorClasses[cls]
+            count = len(storage)
+            if not count:
+                continue
+            summary[label] = count
+        if len(self.failures):
+            summary['failures'] = len(self.failures)
+        if len(self.errors):
+            summary['errors'] = len(self.errors)
+
+        if not self.wasSuccessful():
+            write("FAILED")
+        else:
+            write("OK")
+        items = summary.items()
+        if items:
+            items.sort()
+            write(" (")
+            write(", ".join(["%s=%s" % (label, count) for
+                             label, count in items]))
+            writeln(")")
+        else:
+            writeln()
+
+    def wasSuccessful(self):
+        """Overrides to check that there are no errors in errorClasses
+        lists that are marked as errors and should cause a run to
+        fail.
+        """
+        if self.errors or self.failures:
+            return False
+        for cls in self.errorClasses.keys():
+            storage, label, isfail = self.errorClasses[cls]
+            if not isfail:
+                continue
+            if storage:
+                return False
+        return True
+
+    def _addError(self, test, err):
+        try:
+            exc_info = self._exc_info_to_string(err, test)
+        except TypeError:
+            # 2.3: does not take test arg
+            exc_info = self._exc_info_to_string(err)
+        self.errors.append((test, exc_info))
+        if self.showAll:
+            self.stream.write('ERROR')
+        elif self.dots:
+            self.stream.write('E')
+
+    def _exc_info_to_string(self, err, test=None):
+        # 2.7 skip compat
+        from nose.plugins.skip import SkipTest
+        if isclass(err[0]) and issubclass(err[0], SkipTest):
+            return str(err[1])
+        # 2.3/2.4 -- 2.4 passes test, 2.3 does not
+        try:
+            return _TextTestResult._exc_info_to_string(self, err, test)
+        except TypeError:
+            # 2.3: does not take test arg
+            return _TextTestResult._exc_info_to_string(self, err)
+
+
+def ln(*arg, **kw):
+    from warnings import warn
+    warn("ln() has moved to nose.util from nose.result and will be removed "
+         "from nose.result in a future release. Please update your imports ",
+         DeprecationWarning)
+    return _ln(*arg, **kw)
+
+
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/selector.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/selector.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b63f7af0b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/selector.py
@@ -0,0 +1,251 @@
+"""
+Test Selection
+--------------
+
+Test selection is handled by a Selector. The test loader calls the
+appropriate selector method for each object it encounters that it
+thinks may be a test.
+"""
+import logging
+import os
+import unittest
+from nose.config import Config
+from nose.util import split_test_name, src, getfilename, getpackage, ispackage, is_executable
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+__all__ = ['Selector', 'defaultSelector', 'TestAddress']
+
+
+# for efficiency and easier mocking
+op_join = os.path.join
+op_basename = os.path.basename
+op_exists = os.path.exists
+op_splitext = os.path.splitext
+op_isabs = os.path.isabs
+op_abspath = os.path.abspath
+
+
+class Selector(object):
+    """Core test selector. Examines test candidates and determines whether,
+    given the specified configuration, the test candidate should be selected
+    as a test.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, config):
+        if config is None:
+            config = Config()
+        self.configure(config)
+
+    def configure(self, config):
+        self.config = config
+        self.exclude = config.exclude
+        self.ignoreFiles = config.ignoreFiles
+        self.include = config.include
+        self.plugins = config.plugins
+        self.match = config.testMatch
+        
+    def matches(self, name):
+        """Does the name match my requirements?
+
+        To match, a name must match config.testMatch OR config.include
+        and it must not match config.exclude
+        """
+        return ((self.match.search(name)
+                 or (self.include and
+                     filter(None,
+                            [inc.search(name) for inc in self.include])))
+                and ((not self.exclude)
+                     or not filter(None,
+                                   [exc.search(name) for exc in self.exclude])
+                 ))
+    
+    def wantClass(self, cls):
+        """Is the class a wanted test class?
+
+        A class must be a unittest.TestCase subclass, or match test name
+        requirements. Classes that start with _ are always excluded.
+        """
+        declared = getattr(cls, '__test__', None)
+        if declared is not None:
+            wanted = declared
+        else:
+            wanted = (not cls.__name__.startswith('_')
+                      and (issubclass(cls, unittest.TestCase)
+                           or self.matches(cls.__name__)))
+        
+        plug_wants = self.plugins.wantClass(cls)        
+        if plug_wants is not None:
+            log.debug("Plugin setting selection of %s to %s", cls, plug_wants)
+            wanted = plug_wants
+        log.debug("wantClass %s? %s", cls, wanted)
+        return wanted
+
+    def wantDirectory(self, dirname):
+        """Is the directory a wanted test directory?
+
+        All package directories match, so long as they do not match exclude. 
+        All other directories must match test requirements.
+        """
+        tail = op_basename(dirname)
+        if ispackage(dirname):
+            wanted = (not self.exclude
+                      or not filter(None,
+                                    [exc.search(tail) for exc in self.exclude]
+                                    ))
+        else:
+            wanted = (self.matches(tail)
+                      or (self.config.srcDirs
+                          and tail in self.config.srcDirs))
+        plug_wants = self.plugins.wantDirectory(dirname)
+        if plug_wants is not None:
+            log.debug("Plugin setting selection of %s to %s",
+                      dirname, plug_wants)
+            wanted = plug_wants
+        log.debug("wantDirectory %s? %s", dirname, wanted)
+        return wanted
+    
+    def wantFile(self, file):
+        """Is the file a wanted test file?
+
+        The file must be a python source file and match testMatch or
+        include, and not match exclude. Files that match ignore are *never*
+        wanted, regardless of plugin, testMatch, include or exclude settings.
+        """
+        # never, ever load files that match anything in ignore
+        # (.* _* and *setup*.py by default)
+        base = op_basename(file)
+        ignore_matches = [ ignore_this for ignore_this in self.ignoreFiles
+                           if ignore_this.search(base) ]
+        if ignore_matches:
+            log.debug('%s matches ignoreFiles pattern; skipped',
+                      base) 
+            return False
+        if not self.config.includeExe and is_executable(file):
+            log.info('%s is executable; skipped', file)
+            return False
+        dummy, ext = op_splitext(base)
+        pysrc = ext == '.py'
+
+        wanted = pysrc and self.matches(base) 
+        plug_wants = self.plugins.wantFile(file)
+        if plug_wants is not None:
+            log.debug("plugin setting want %s to %s", file, plug_wants)
+            wanted = plug_wants
+        log.debug("wantFile %s? %s", file, wanted)
+        return wanted
+
+    def wantFunction(self, function):
+        """Is the function a test function?
+        """
+        try:
+            if hasattr(function, 'compat_func_name'):
+                funcname = function.compat_func_name
+            else:
+                funcname = function.__name__
+        except AttributeError:
+            # not a function
+            return False
+        declared = getattr(function, '__test__', None)
+        if declared is not None:
+            wanted = declared
+        else:
+            wanted = not funcname.startswith('_') and self.matches(funcname)
+        plug_wants = self.plugins.wantFunction(function)
+        if plug_wants is not None:
+            wanted = plug_wants
+        log.debug("wantFunction %s? %s", function, wanted)
+        return wanted
+
+    def wantMethod(self, method):
+        """Is the method a test method?
+        """
+        try:
+            method_name = method.__name__
+        except AttributeError:
+            # not a method
+            return False
+        if method_name.startswith('_'):
+            # never collect 'private' methods
+            return False
+        declared = getattr(method, '__test__', None)
+        if declared is not None:
+            wanted = declared
+        else:
+            wanted = self.matches(method_name)
+        plug_wants = self.plugins.wantMethod(method)
+        if plug_wants is not None:
+            wanted = plug_wants
+        log.debug("wantMethod %s? %s", method, wanted)
+        return wanted
+    
+    def wantModule(self, module):
+        """Is the module a test module?
+
+        The tail of the module name must match test requirements. One exception:
+        we always want __main__.
+        """
+        declared = getattr(module, '__test__', None)
+        if declared is not None:
+            wanted = declared
+        else:
+            wanted = self.matches(module.__name__.split('.')[-1]) \
+                     or module.__name__ == '__main__'
+        plug_wants = self.plugins.wantModule(module)
+        if plug_wants is not None:
+            wanted = plug_wants
+        log.debug("wantModule %s? %s", module, wanted)
+        return wanted
+        
+defaultSelector = Selector        
+
+
+class TestAddress(object):
+    """A test address represents a user's request to run a particular
+    test. The user may specify a filename or module (or neither),
+    and/or a callable (a class, function, or method). The naming
+    format for test addresses is:
+
+    filename_or_module:callable
+
+    Filenames that are not absolute will be made absolute relative to
+    the working dir.
+
+    The filename or module part will be considered a module name if it
+    doesn't look like a file, that is, if it doesn't exist on the file
+    system and it doesn't contain any directory separators and it
+    doesn't end in .py.
+
+    Callables may be a class name, function name, method name, or
+    class.method specification.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, name, workingDir=None):
+        if workingDir is None:
+            workingDir = os.getcwd()
+        self.name = name
+        self.workingDir = workingDir
+        self.filename, self.module, self.call = split_test_name(name)
+        log.debug('Test name %s resolved to file %s, module %s, call %s',
+                  name, self.filename, self.module, self.call)
+        if self.filename is None:
+            if self.module is not None:
+                self.filename = getfilename(self.module, self.workingDir)
+        if self.filename:
+            self.filename = src(self.filename)
+            if not op_isabs(self.filename):
+                self.filename = op_abspath(op_join(workingDir,
+                                                   self.filename))
+            if self.module is None:
+                self.module = getpackage(self.filename)
+        log.debug(
+            'Final resolution of test name %s: file %s module %s call %s',
+            name, self.filename, self.module, self.call)
+
+    def totuple(self):
+        return (self.filename, self.module, self.call)
+        
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.name
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "%s: (%s, %s, %s)" % (self.name, self.filename,
+                                     self.module, self.call)
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/sphinx/__init__.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/sphinx/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ae28399f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pass
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/sphinx/pluginopts.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/sphinx/pluginopts.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2b284ab27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/sphinx/pluginopts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+"""
+Adds a sphinx directive that can be used to automatically document a plugin.
+
+this::
+
+ .. autoplugin :: nose.plugins.foo
+    :plugin: Pluggy
+    
+produces::
+
+  .. automodule :: nose.plugins.foo
+  
+  Options
+  -------
+
+  .. cmdoption :: --foo=BAR, --fooble=BAR
+
+    Do the foo thing to the new thing.
+
+  Plugin
+  ------
+
+  .. autoclass :: nose.plugins.foo.Pluggy
+     :members:
+
+  Source
+  ------
+
+  .. include :: path/to/nose/plugins/foo.py
+     :literal:
+
+"""
+import os
+try:
+    from docutils import nodes, utils
+    from docutils.statemachine import ViewList
+    from docutils.parsers.rst import directives
+except ImportError:
+    pass # won't run anyway
+
+from nose.util import resolve_name
+from nose.plugins.base import Plugin
+from nose.plugins.manager import BuiltinPluginManager
+from nose.config import Config
+from nose.core import TestProgram
+from inspect import isclass
+
+
+def autoplugin_directive(dirname, arguments, options, content, lineno,
+                         content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine):
+    mod_name = arguments[0]
+    mod = resolve_name(mod_name)
+    plug_name = options.get('plugin', None)
+    if plug_name:
+        obj = getattr(mod, plug_name)
+    else:
+        for entry in dir(mod):
+            obj = getattr(mod, entry)
+            if isclass(obj) and issubclass(obj, Plugin) and obj is not Plugin:
+                plug_name = '%s.%s' % (mod_name, entry)
+                break
+    
+    # mod docstring
+    rst = ViewList()
+    rst.append('.. automodule :: %s\n' % mod_name, '<autodoc>')
+    rst.append('', '<autodoc>')
+    
+    # options
+    rst.append('Options', '<autodoc>')
+    rst.append('-------', '<autodoc>')
+    rst.append('', '<autodoc>')
+
+    plug = obj()
+    opts = OptBucket()
+    plug.options(opts, {})
+    for opt in opts:
+        rst.append(opt.options(), '<autodoc>')
+        rst.append('   \n', '<autodoc>')
+        rst.append('   ' + opt.help + '\n', '<autodoc>')
+        rst.append('\n', '<autodoc>')
+        
+    # plugin class
+    rst.append('Plugin', '<autodoc>')
+    rst.append('------', '<autodoc>')
+    rst.append('', '<autodoc>')
+    
+    rst.append('.. autoclass :: %s\n' % plug_name, '<autodoc>')
+    rst.append('   :members:\n', '<autodoc>')
+    rst.append('   :show-inheritance:\n', '<autodoc>')
+    rst.append('', '<autodoc>')
+    
+    # source
+    rst.append('Source', '<autodoc>')
+    rst.append('------', '<autodoc>')
+    rst.append(
+            '.. include :: %s\n' % utils.relative_path(
+                state_machine.document['source'],
+                os.path.abspath(mod.__file__.replace('.pyc', '.py'))),
+            '<autodoc>')
+    rst.append('   :literal:\n', '<autodoc>')
+    rst.append('', '<autodoc>')
+    
+    node = nodes.section()
+    node.document = state.document
+    surrounding_title_styles = state.memo.title_styles
+    surrounding_section_level = state.memo.section_level
+    state.memo.title_styles = []
+    state.memo.section_level = 0
+    state.nested_parse(rst, 0, node, match_titles=1)
+    state.memo.title_styles = surrounding_title_styles
+    state.memo.section_level = surrounding_section_level
+
+    return node.children
+
+
+def autohelp_directive(dirname, arguments, options, content, lineno,
+                       content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine):
+    """produces rst from nose help"""
+    config = Config(parserClass=OptBucket,
+                    plugins=BuiltinPluginManager())
+    parser = config.getParser(TestProgram.usage())
+    rst = ViewList()
+    for line in parser.format_help().split('\n'):
+        rst.append(line, '<autodoc>')
+
+    rst.append('Options', '<autodoc>')
+    rst.append('-------', '<autodoc>')
+    rst.append('', '<autodoc>')
+    for opt in parser:
+        rst.append(opt.options(), '<autodoc>')
+        rst.append('   \n', '<autodoc>')
+        rst.append('   ' + opt.help + '\n', '<autodoc>')
+        rst.append('\n', '<autodoc>')    
+    node = nodes.section()
+    node.document = state.document
+    surrounding_title_styles = state.memo.title_styles
+    surrounding_section_level = state.memo.section_level
+    state.memo.title_styles = []
+    state.memo.section_level = 0
+    state.nested_parse(rst, 0, node, match_titles=1)
+    state.memo.title_styles = surrounding_title_styles
+    state.memo.section_level = surrounding_section_level
+
+    return node.children
+
+    
+class OptBucket(object):
+    def __init__(self, doc=None, prog='nosetests'):
+        self.opts = []
+        self.doc = doc
+        self.prog = prog
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return iter(self.opts)
+
+    def format_help(self):
+        return self.doc.replace('%prog', self.prog).replace(':\n', '::\n')
+    
+    def add_option(self, *arg, **kw):
+        self.opts.append(Opt(*arg, **kw))
+
+
+class Opt(object):
+    def __init__(self, *arg, **kw):
+        self.opts = arg
+        self.action = kw.pop('action', None)
+        self.default = kw.pop('default', None)
+        self.metavar = kw.pop('metavar', None)
+        self.help = kw.pop('help', None)
+
+    def options(self):
+        buf = []
+        for optstring in self.opts:
+            desc = optstring
+            if self.action not in ('store_true', 'store_false'):
+                desc += '=%s' % self.meta(optstring)
+            buf.append(desc)
+        return '.. cmdoption :: ' + ', '.join(buf)
+
+    def meta(self, optstring):
+        # FIXME optparser default metavar?
+        return self.metavar or 'DEFAULT'
+
+    
+def setup(app):
+    app.add_directive('autoplugin',
+                      autoplugin_directive, 1, (1, 0, 1),
+                      plugin=directives.unchanged)
+    app.add_directive('autohelp', autohelp_directive, 0, (0, 0, 1))
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/suite.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/suite.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a831105e34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/suite.py
@@ -0,0 +1,609 @@
+"""
+Test Suites
+-----------
+
+Provides a LazySuite, which is a suite whose test list is a generator
+function, and ContextSuite,which can run fixtures (setup/teardown
+functions or methods) for the context that contains its tests.
+
+"""
+from __future__ import generators
+
+import logging
+import sys
+import unittest
+from nose.case import Test
+from nose.config import Config
+from nose.proxy import ResultProxyFactory
+from nose.util import isclass, resolve_name, try_run
+
+if sys.platform == 'cli':
+    if sys.version_info[:2] < (2, 6):
+        import clr
+        clr.AddReference("IronPython")
+        from IronPython.Runtime.Exceptions import StringException
+    else:
+        class StringException(Exception):
+            pass
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+#log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+# Singleton for default value -- see ContextSuite.__init__ below
+_def = object()
+
+
+def _strclass(cls):
+    return "%s.%s" % (cls.__module__, cls.__name__)
+
+class MixedContextError(Exception):
+    """Error raised when a context suite sees tests from more than
+    one context.
+    """
+    pass
+
+
+class LazySuite(unittest.TestSuite):
+    """A suite that may use a generator as its list of tests
+    """
+    def __init__(self, tests=()):
+        """Initialize the suite. tests may be an iterable or a generator
+        """
+        super(LazySuite, self).__init__()
+        self._set_tests(tests)
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return iter(self._tests)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<%s tests=generator (%s)>" % (
+            _strclass(self.__class__), id(self))
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return object.__hash__(self)
+
+    __str__ = __repr__
+
+    def addTest(self, test):
+        self._precache.append(test)
+
+    # added to bypass run changes in 2.7's unittest
+    def run(self, result):
+        for test in self._tests:
+            if result.shouldStop:
+                break
+            test(result)
+        return result
+
+    def __nonzero__(self):
+        log.debug("tests in %s?", id(self))
+        if self._precache:
+            return True
+        if self.test_generator is None:
+            return False
+        try:
+            test = self.test_generator.next()
+            if test is not None:
+                self._precache.append(test)
+                return True
+        except StopIteration:
+            pass
+        return False
+
+    def _get_tests(self):
+        log.debug("precache is %s", self._precache)
+        for test in self._precache:
+            yield test
+        if self.test_generator is None:
+            return
+        for test in self.test_generator:
+            yield test
+
+    def _set_tests(self, tests):
+        self._precache = []
+        is_suite = isinstance(tests, unittest.TestSuite)
+        if callable(tests) and not is_suite:
+            self.test_generator = tests()
+        elif is_suite:
+            # Suites need special treatment: they must be called like
+            # tests for their setup/teardown to run (if any)
+            self.addTests([tests])
+            self.test_generator = None
+        else:
+            self.addTests(tests)
+            self.test_generator = None
+
+    _tests = property(_get_tests, _set_tests, None,
+                      "Access the tests in this suite. Access is through a "
+                      "generator, so iteration may not be repeatable.")
+
+
+class ContextSuite(LazySuite):
+    """A suite with context.
+
+    A ContextSuite executes fixtures (setup and teardown functions or
+    methods) for the context containing its tests.
+
+    The context may be explicitly passed. If it is not, a context (or
+    nested set of contexts) will be constructed by examining the tests
+    in the suite.
+    """
+    failureException = unittest.TestCase.failureException
+    was_setup = False
+    was_torndown = False
+    classSetup = ('setup_class', 'setup_all', 'setupClass', 'setupAll',
+                     'setUpClass', 'setUpAll')
+    classTeardown = ('teardown_class', 'teardown_all', 'teardownClass',
+                     'teardownAll', 'tearDownClass', 'tearDownAll')
+    moduleSetup = ('setup_module', 'setupModule', 'setUpModule', 'setup',
+                   'setUp')
+    moduleTeardown = ('teardown_module', 'teardownModule', 'tearDownModule',
+                      'teardown', 'tearDown')
+    packageSetup = ('setup_package', 'setupPackage', 'setUpPackage')
+    packageTeardown = ('teardown_package', 'teardownPackage',
+                       'tearDownPackage')
+
+    def __init__(self, tests=(), context=None, factory=None,
+                 config=None, resultProxy=None, can_split=True):
+        log.debug("Context suite for %s (%s) (%s)", tests, context, id(self))
+        self.context = context
+        self.factory = factory
+        if config is None:
+            config = Config()
+        self.config = config
+        self.resultProxy = resultProxy
+        self.has_run = False
+        self.can_split = can_split
+        self.error_context = None
+        super(ContextSuite, self).__init__(tests)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<%s context=%s>" % (
+            _strclass(self.__class__),
+            getattr(self.context, '__name__', self.context))
+    __str__ = __repr__
+
+    def id(self):
+        if self.error_context:
+            return '%s:%s' % (repr(self), self.error_context)
+        else:
+            return repr(self)
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return object.__hash__(self)
+
+    # 2.3 compat -- force 2.4 call sequence
+    def __call__(self, *arg, **kw):
+        return self.run(*arg, **kw)
+
+    def exc_info(self):
+        """Hook for replacing error tuple output
+        """
+        return sys.exc_info()
+
+    def _exc_info(self):
+        """Bottleneck to fix up IronPython string exceptions
+        """
+        e = self.exc_info()
+        if sys.platform == 'cli':
+            if isinstance(e[0], StringException):
+                # IronPython throws these StringExceptions, but
+                # traceback checks type(etype) == str. Make a real
+                # string here.
+                e = (str(e[0]), e[1], e[2])
+
+        return e
+
+    def run(self, result):
+        """Run tests in suite inside of suite fixtures.
+        """
+        # proxy the result for myself
+        log.debug("suite %s (%s) run called, tests: %s", id(self), self, self._tests)
+        #import pdb
+        #pdb.set_trace()
+        if self.resultProxy:
+            result, orig = self.resultProxy(result, self), result
+        else:
+            result, orig = result, result
+        try:
+            self.setUp()
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            raise
+        except:
+            self.error_context = 'setup'
+            result.addError(self, self._exc_info())
+            return
+        try:
+            for test in self._tests:
+                if result.shouldStop:
+                    log.debug("stopping")
+                    break
+                # each nose.case.Test will create its own result proxy
+                # so the cases need the original result, to avoid proxy
+                # chains
+                test(orig)
+        finally:
+            self.has_run = True
+            try:
+                self.tearDown()
+            except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                raise
+            except:
+                self.error_context = 'teardown'
+                result.addError(self, self._exc_info())
+
+    def hasFixtures(self, ctx_callback=None):
+        context = self.context
+        if context is None:
+            return False
+        if self.implementsAnyFixture(context, ctx_callback=ctx_callback):
+            return True
+        # My context doesn't have any, but its ancestors might
+        factory = self.factory
+        if factory:
+            ancestors = factory.context.get(self, [])
+            for ancestor in ancestors:
+                if self.implementsAnyFixture(
+                    ancestor, ctx_callback=ctx_callback):
+                    return True
+        return False
+
+    def implementsAnyFixture(self, context, ctx_callback):
+        if isclass(context):
+            names = self.classSetup + self.classTeardown
+        else:
+            names = self.moduleSetup + self.moduleTeardown
+            if hasattr(context, '__path__'):
+                names += self.packageSetup + self.packageTeardown
+        # If my context has any fixture attribute, I have fixtures
+        fixt = False
+        for m in names:
+            if hasattr(context, m):
+                fixt = True
+                break
+        if ctx_callback is None:
+            return fixt
+        return ctx_callback(context, fixt)
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        log.debug("suite %s setUp called, tests: %s", id(self), self._tests)
+        if not self:
+            # I have no tests
+            log.debug("suite %s has no tests", id(self))
+            return
+        if self.was_setup:
+            log.debug("suite %s already set up", id(self))
+            return
+        context = self.context
+        if context is None:
+            return
+        # before running my own context's setup, I need to
+        # ask the factory if my context's contexts' setups have been run
+        factory = self.factory
+        if factory:
+            # get a copy, since we'll be destroying it as we go
+            ancestors = factory.context.get(self, [])[:]
+            while ancestors:
+                ancestor = ancestors.pop()
+                log.debug("ancestor %s may need setup", ancestor)
+                if ancestor in factory.was_setup:
+                    continue
+                log.debug("ancestor %s does need setup", ancestor)
+                self.setupContext(ancestor)
+            if not context in factory.was_setup:
+                self.setupContext(context)
+        else:
+            self.setupContext(context)
+        self.was_setup = True
+        log.debug("completed suite setup")
+
+    def setupContext(self, context):
+        self.config.plugins.startContext(context)
+        log.debug("%s setup context %s", self, context)
+        if self.factory:
+            if context in self.factory.was_setup:
+                return
+            # note that I ran the setup for this context, so that I'll run
+            # the teardown in my teardown
+            self.factory.was_setup[context] = self
+        if isclass(context):
+            names = self.classSetup
+        else:
+            names = self.moduleSetup
+            if hasattr(context, '__path__'):
+                names = self.packageSetup + names
+        try_run(context, names)
+
+    def shortDescription(self):
+        if self.context is None:
+            return "test suite"
+        return "test suite for %s" % self.context
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        log.debug('context teardown')
+        if not self.was_setup or self.was_torndown:
+            log.debug(
+                "No reason to teardown (was_setup? %s was_torndown? %s)"
+                % (self.was_setup, self.was_torndown))
+            return
+        self.was_torndown = True
+        context = self.context
+        if context is None:
+            log.debug("No context to tear down")
+            return
+
+        # for each ancestor... if the ancestor was setup
+        # and I did the setup, I can do teardown
+        factory = self.factory
+        if factory:
+            ancestors = factory.context.get(self, []) + [context]
+            for ancestor in ancestors:
+                log.debug('ancestor %s may need teardown', ancestor)
+                if not ancestor in factory.was_setup:
+                    log.debug('ancestor %s was not setup', ancestor)
+                    continue
+                if ancestor in factory.was_torndown:
+                    log.debug('ancestor %s already torn down', ancestor)
+                    continue
+                setup = factory.was_setup[ancestor]
+                log.debug("%s setup ancestor %s", setup, ancestor)
+                if setup is self:
+                    self.teardownContext(ancestor)
+        else:
+            self.teardownContext(context)
+
+    def teardownContext(self, context):
+        log.debug("%s teardown context %s", self, context)
+        if self.factory:
+            if context in self.factory.was_torndown:
+                return
+            self.factory.was_torndown[context] = self
+        if isclass(context):
+            names = self.classTeardown
+        else:
+            names = self.moduleTeardown
+            if hasattr(context, '__path__'):
+                names = self.packageTeardown + names
+        try_run(context, names)
+        self.config.plugins.stopContext(context)
+
+    # FIXME the wrapping has to move to the factory?
+    def _get_wrapped_tests(self):
+        for test in self._get_tests():
+            if isinstance(test, Test) or isinstance(test, unittest.TestSuite):
+                yield test
+            else:
+                yield Test(test,
+                           config=self.config,
+                           resultProxy=self.resultProxy)
+
+    _tests = property(_get_wrapped_tests, LazySuite._set_tests, None,
+                      "Access the tests in this suite. Tests are returned "
+                      "inside of a context wrapper.")
+
+
+class ContextSuiteFactory(object):
+    """Factory for ContextSuites. Called with a collection of tests,
+    the factory decides on a hierarchy of contexts by introspecting
+    the collection or the tests themselves to find the objects
+    containing the test objects. It always returns one suite, but that
+    suite may consist of a hierarchy of nested suites.
+    """
+    suiteClass = ContextSuite
+    def __init__(self, config=None, suiteClass=None, resultProxy=_def):
+        if config is None:
+            config = Config()
+        self.config = config
+        if suiteClass is not None:
+            self.suiteClass = suiteClass
+        # Using a singleton to represent default instead of None allows
+        # passing resultProxy=None to turn proxying off.
+        if resultProxy is _def:
+            resultProxy = ResultProxyFactory(config=config)
+        self.resultProxy = resultProxy
+        self.suites = {}
+        self.context = {}
+        self.was_setup = {}
+        self.was_torndown = {}
+
+    def __call__(self, tests, **kw):
+        """Return ``ContextSuite`` for tests. ``tests`` may either
+        be a callable (in which case the resulting ContextSuite will
+        have no parent context and be evaluated lazily) or an
+        iterable. In that case the tests will wrapped in
+        nose.case.Test, be examined and the context of each found and a
+        suite of suites returned, organized into a stack with the
+        outermost suites belonging to the outermost contexts.
+        """
+        log.debug("Create suite for %s", tests)
+        context = kw.pop('context', getattr(tests, 'context', None))
+        log.debug("tests %s context %s", tests, context)
+        if context is None:
+            tests = self.wrapTests(tests)
+            try:
+                context = self.findContext(tests)
+            except MixedContextError:
+                return self.makeSuite(self.mixedSuites(tests), None, **kw)
+        return self.makeSuite(tests, context, **kw)
+
+    def ancestry(self, context):
+        """Return the ancestry of the context (that is, all of the
+        packages and modules containing the context), in order of
+        descent with the outermost ancestor last.
+        This method is a generator.
+        """
+        log.debug("get ancestry %s", context)
+        if context is None:
+            return
+        # Methods include reference to module they are defined in, we
+        # don't want that, instead want the module the class is in now
+        # (classes are re-ancestored elsewhere).
+        if hasattr(context, 'im_class'):
+            context = context.im_class
+        elif hasattr(context, '__self__'):
+            context = context.__self__.__class__
+        if hasattr(context, '__module__'):
+            ancestors = context.__module__.split('.')
+        elif hasattr(context, '__name__'):
+            ancestors = context.__name__.split('.')[:-1]
+        else:
+            raise TypeError("%s has no ancestors?" % context)
+        while ancestors:
+            log.debug(" %s ancestors %s", context, ancestors)
+            yield resolve_name('.'.join(ancestors))
+            ancestors.pop()
+
+    def findContext(self, tests):
+        if callable(tests) or isinstance(tests, unittest.TestSuite):
+            return None
+        context = None
+        for test in tests:
+            # Don't look at suites for contexts, only tests
+            ctx = getattr(test, 'context', None)
+            if ctx is None:
+                continue
+            if context is None:
+                context = ctx
+            elif context != ctx:
+                raise MixedContextError(
+                    "Tests with different contexts in same suite! %s != %s"
+                    % (context, ctx))
+        return context
+
+    def makeSuite(self, tests, context, **kw):
+        suite = self.suiteClass(
+            tests, context=context, config=self.config, factory=self,
+            resultProxy=self.resultProxy, **kw)
+        if context is not None:
+            self.suites.setdefault(context, []).append(suite)
+            self.context.setdefault(suite, []).append(context)
+            log.debug("suite %s has context %s", suite,
+                      getattr(context, '__name__', None))
+            for ancestor in self.ancestry(context):
+                self.suites.setdefault(ancestor, []).append(suite)
+                self.context[suite].append(ancestor)
+                log.debug("suite %s has ancestor %s", suite, ancestor.__name__)
+        return suite
+
+    def mixedSuites(self, tests):
+        """The complex case where there are tests that don't all share
+        the same context. Groups tests into suites with common ancestors,
+        according to the following (essentially tail-recursive) procedure:
+
+        Starting with the context of the first test, if it is not
+        None, look for tests in the remaining tests that share that
+        ancestor. If any are found, group into a suite with that
+        ancestor as the context, and replace the current suite with
+        that suite. Continue this process for each ancestor of the
+        first test, until all ancestors have been processed. At this
+        point if any tests remain, recurse with those tests as the
+        input, returning a list of the common suite (which may be the
+        suite or test we started with, if no common tests were found)
+        plus the results of recursion.
+        """
+        if not tests:
+            return []
+        head = tests.pop(0)
+        if not tests:
+            return [head] # short circuit when none are left to combine
+        suite = head # the common ancestry suite, so far
+        tail = tests[:]
+        context = getattr(head, 'context', None)
+        if context is not None:
+            ancestors = [context] + [a for a in self.ancestry(context)]
+            for ancestor in ancestors:
+                common = [suite] # tests with ancestor in common, so far
+                remain = [] # tests that remain to be processed
+                for test in tail:
+                    found_common = False
+                    test_ctx = getattr(test, 'context', None)
+                    if test_ctx is None:
+                        remain.append(test)
+                        continue
+                    if test_ctx is ancestor:
+                        common.append(test)
+                        continue
+                    for test_ancestor in self.ancestry(test_ctx):
+                        if test_ancestor is ancestor:
+                            common.append(test)
+                            found_common = True
+                            break
+                    if not found_common:
+                        remain.append(test)
+                if common:
+                    suite = self.makeSuite(common, ancestor)
+                tail = self.mixedSuites(remain)
+        return [suite] + tail
+
+    def wrapTests(self, tests):
+        log.debug("wrap %s", tests)
+        if callable(tests) or isinstance(tests, unittest.TestSuite):
+            log.debug("I won't wrap")
+            return tests
+        wrapped = []
+        for test in tests:
+            log.debug("wrapping %s", test)
+            if isinstance(test, Test) or isinstance(test, unittest.TestSuite):
+                wrapped.append(test)
+            elif isinstance(test, ContextList):
+                wrapped.append(self.makeSuite(test, context=test.context))
+            else:
+                wrapped.append(
+                    Test(test, config=self.config, resultProxy=self.resultProxy)
+                    )
+        return wrapped
+
+
+class ContextList(object):
+    """Not quite a suite -- a group of tests in a context. This is used
+    to hint the ContextSuiteFactory about what context the tests
+    belong to, in cases where it may be ambiguous or missing.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, tests, context=None):
+        self.tests = tests
+        self.context = context
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return iter(self.tests)
+
+
+class FinalizingSuiteWrapper(unittest.TestSuite):
+    """Wraps suite and calls final function after suite has
+    executed. Used to call final functions in cases (like running in
+    the standard test runner) where test running is not under nose's
+    control.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, suite, finalize):
+        super(FinalizingSuiteWrapper, self).__init__()
+        self.suite = suite
+        self.finalize = finalize
+
+    def __call__(self, *arg, **kw):
+        return self.run(*arg, **kw)
+
+    # 2.7 compat
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return iter(self.suite)
+
+    def run(self, *arg, **kw):
+        try:
+            return self.suite(*arg, **kw)
+        finally:
+            self.finalize(*arg, **kw)
+
+
+# backwards compat -- sort of
+class TestDir:
+    def __init__(*arg, **kw):
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "TestDir is not usable with nose 0.10. The class is present "
+            "in nose.suite for backwards compatibility purposes but it "
+            "may not be used.")
+
+
+class TestModule:
+    def __init__(*arg, **kw):
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            "TestModule is not usable with nose 0.10. The class is present "
+            "in nose.suite for backwards compatibility purposes but it "
+            "may not be used.")
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/tools/__init__.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/tools/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74dab16a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/tools/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+"""
+Tools for testing
+-----------------
+
+nose.tools provides a few convenience functions to make writing tests
+easier. You don't have to use them; nothing in the rest of nose depends
+on any of these methods.
+
+"""
+from nose.tools.nontrivial import *
+from nose.tools.nontrivial import __all__ as nontrivial_all
+from nose.tools.trivial import *
+from nose.tools.trivial import __all__ as trivial_all
+
+__all__ = trivial_all + nontrivial_all
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/tools/nontrivial.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/tools/nontrivial.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..283973245b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/tools/nontrivial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+"""Tools not exempt from being descended into in tracebacks"""
+
+import time
+
+
+__all__ = ['make_decorator', 'raises', 'set_trace', 'timed', 'with_setup',
+           'TimeExpired', 'istest', 'nottest']
+
+
+class TimeExpired(AssertionError):
+    pass
+
+
+def make_decorator(func):
+    """
+    Wraps a test decorator so as to properly replicate metadata
+    of the decorated function, including nose's additional stuff
+    (namely, setup and teardown).
+    """
+    def decorate(newfunc):
+        if hasattr(func, 'compat_func_name'):
+            name = func.compat_func_name
+        else:
+            name = func.__name__
+        newfunc.__dict__ = func.__dict__
+        newfunc.__doc__ = func.__doc__
+        newfunc.__module__ = func.__module__
+        if not hasattr(newfunc, 'compat_co_firstlineno'):
+            newfunc.compat_co_firstlineno = func.func_code.co_firstlineno
+        try:
+            newfunc.__name__ = name
+        except TypeError:
+            # can't set func name in 2.3
+            newfunc.compat_func_name = name
+        return newfunc
+    return decorate
+
+
+def raises(*exceptions):
+    """Test must raise one of expected exceptions to pass.
+
+    Example use::
+
+      @raises(TypeError, ValueError)
+      def test_raises_type_error():
+          raise TypeError("This test passes")
+
+      @raises(Exception)
+      def test_that_fails_by_passing():
+          pass
+
+    If you want to test many assertions about exceptions in a single test,
+    you may want to use `assert_raises` instead.
+    """
+    valid = ' or '.join([e.__name__ for e in exceptions])
+    def decorate(func):
+        name = func.__name__
+        def newfunc(*arg, **kw):
+            try:
+                func(*arg, **kw)
+            except exceptions:
+                pass
+            except:
+                raise
+            else:
+                message = "%s() did not raise %s" % (name, valid)
+                raise AssertionError(message)
+        newfunc = make_decorator(func)(newfunc)
+        return newfunc
+    return decorate
+
+
+def set_trace():
+    """Call pdb.set_trace in the calling frame, first restoring
+    sys.stdout to the real output stream. Note that sys.stdout is NOT
+    reset to whatever it was before the call once pdb is done!
+    """
+    import pdb
+    import sys
+    stdout = sys.stdout
+    sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__
+    pdb.Pdb().set_trace(sys._getframe().f_back)
+
+
+def timed(limit):
+    """Test must finish within specified time limit to pass.
+
+    Example use::
+
+      @timed(.1)
+      def test_that_fails():
+          time.sleep(.2)
+    """
+    def decorate(func):
+        def newfunc(*arg, **kw):
+            start = time.time()
+            result = func(*arg, **kw)
+            end = time.time()
+            if end - start > limit:
+                raise TimeExpired("Time limit (%s) exceeded" % limit)
+            return result
+        newfunc = make_decorator(func)(newfunc)
+        return newfunc
+    return decorate
+
+
+def with_setup(setup=None, teardown=None):
+    """Decorator to add setup and/or teardown methods to a test function::
+
+      @with_setup(setup, teardown)
+      def test_something():
+          " ... "
+
+    Note that `with_setup` is useful *only* for test functions, not for test
+    methods or inside of TestCase subclasses.
+    """
+    def decorate(func, setup=setup, teardown=teardown):
+        if setup:
+            if hasattr(func, 'setup'):
+                _old_s = func.setup
+                def _s():
+                    setup()
+                    _old_s()
+                func.setup = _s
+            else:
+                func.setup = setup
+        if teardown:
+            if hasattr(func, 'teardown'):
+                _old_t = func.teardown
+                def _t():
+                    _old_t()
+                    teardown()
+                func.teardown = _t
+            else:
+                func.teardown = teardown
+        return func
+    return decorate
+
+
+def istest(func):
+    """Decorator to mark a function or method as a test
+    """
+    func.__test__ = True
+    return func
+
+
+def nottest(func):
+    """Decorator to mark a function or method as *not* a test
+    """
+    func.__test__ = False
+    return func
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/tools/trivial.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/tools/trivial.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf83efeda5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/tools/trivial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+"""Tools so trivial that tracebacks should not descend into them
+
+We define the ``__unittest`` symbol in their module namespace so unittest will
+skip them when printing tracebacks, just as it does for their corresponding
+methods in ``unittest`` proper.
+
+"""
+import re
+import unittest
+
+
+__all__ = ['ok_', 'eq_']
+
+# Use the same flag as unittest itself to prevent descent into these functions:
+__unittest = 1
+
+
+def ok_(expr, msg=None):
+    """Shorthand for assert. Saves 3 whole characters!
+    """
+    if not expr:
+        raise AssertionError(msg)
+
+
+def eq_(a, b, msg=None):
+    """Shorthand for 'assert a == b, "%r != %r" % (a, b)
+    """
+    if not a == b:
+        raise AssertionError(msg or "%r != %r" % (a, b))
+
+
+#
+# Expose assert* from unittest.TestCase
+# - give them pep8 style names
+#
+caps = re.compile('([A-Z])')
+
+def pep8(name):
+    return caps.sub(lambda m: '_' + m.groups()[0].lower(), name)
+
+class Dummy(unittest.TestCase):
+    def nop():
+        pass
+_t = Dummy('nop')
+
+for at in [ at for at in dir(_t)
+            if at.startswith('assert') and not '_' in at ]:
+    pepd = pep8(at)
+    vars()[pepd] = getattr(_t, at)
+    __all__.append(pepd)
+
+del Dummy
+del _t
+del pep8
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/twistedtools.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/twistedtools.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d9c6ffe9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/twistedtools.py
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+"""
+Twisted integration
+-------------------
+
+This module provides a very simple way to integrate your tests with the
+Twisted_ event loop.
+
+You must import this module *before* importing anything from Twisted itself!
+
+Example::
+
+  from nose.twistedtools import reactor, deferred
+  
+  @deferred()
+  def test_resolve():
+      return reactor.resolve("www.python.org")
+
+Or, more realistically::
+
+  @deferred(timeout=5.0)
+  def test_resolve():
+      d = reactor.resolve("www.python.org")
+      def check_ip(ip):
+          assert ip == "67.15.36.43"
+      d.addCallback(check_ip)
+      return d
+
+.. _Twisted: http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/
+"""
+
+import sys
+from Queue import Queue, Empty
+from nose.tools import make_decorator, TimeExpired
+
+__all__ = [
+    'threaded_reactor', 'reactor', 'deferred', 'TimeExpired',
+    'stop_reactor'
+]
+
+_twisted_thread = None
+
+def threaded_reactor():
+    """
+    Start the Twisted reactor in a separate thread, if not already done.
+    Returns the reactor.
+    The thread will automatically be destroyed when all the tests are done.
+    """
+    global _twisted_thread
+    try:
+        from twisted.internet import reactor
+    except ImportError:
+        return None, None
+    if not _twisted_thread:
+        from twisted.python import threadable
+        from threading import Thread
+        _twisted_thread = Thread(target=lambda: reactor.run( \
+                installSignalHandlers=False))
+        _twisted_thread.setDaemon(True)
+        _twisted_thread.start()
+    return reactor, _twisted_thread
+
+# Export global reactor variable, as Twisted does
+reactor, reactor_thread = threaded_reactor()
+
+
+def stop_reactor():
+    """Stop the reactor and join the reactor thread until it stops.
+    Call this function in teardown at the module or package level to
+    reset the twisted system after your tests. You *must* do this if
+    you mix tests using these tools and tests using twisted.trial.
+    """
+    global _twisted_thread
+
+    def stop_reactor():
+        '''Helper for calling stop from withing the thread.'''
+        reactor.stop()
+
+    reactor.callFromThread(stop_reactor)
+    reactor_thread.join()
+    for p in reactor.getDelayedCalls():
+        if p.active():
+            p.cancel()
+    _twisted_thread = None
+
+
+def deferred(timeout=None):
+    """
+    By wrapping a test function with this decorator, you can return a
+    twisted Deferred and the test will wait for the deferred to be triggered.
+    The whole test function will run inside the Twisted event loop.
+
+    The optional timeout parameter specifies the maximum duration of the test.
+    The difference with timed() is that timed() will still wait for the test
+    to end, while deferred() will stop the test when its timeout has expired.
+    The latter is more desireable when dealing with network tests, because
+    the result may actually never arrive.
+
+    If the callback is triggered, the test has passed.
+    If the errback is triggered or the timeout expires, the test has failed.
+
+    Example::
+    
+        @deferred(timeout=5.0)
+        def test_resolve():
+            return reactor.resolve("www.python.org")
+
+    Attention! If you combine this decorator with other decorators (like
+    "raises"), deferred() must be called *first*!
+
+    In other words, this is good::
+        
+        @raises(DNSLookupError)
+        @deferred()
+        def test_error():
+            return reactor.resolve("xxxjhjhj.biz")
+
+    and this is bad::
+        
+        @deferred()
+        @raises(DNSLookupError)
+        def test_error():
+            return reactor.resolve("xxxjhjhj.biz")
+    """
+    reactor, reactor_thread = threaded_reactor()
+    if reactor is None:
+        raise ImportError("twisted is not available or could not be imported")
+    # Check for common syntax mistake
+    # (otherwise, tests can be silently ignored
+    # if one writes "@deferred" instead of "@deferred()")
+    try:
+        timeout is None or timeout + 0
+    except TypeError:
+        raise TypeError("'timeout' argument must be a number or None")
+
+    def decorate(func):
+        def wrapper(*args, **kargs):
+            q = Queue()
+            def callback(value):
+                q.put(None)
+            def errback(failure):
+                # Retrieve and save full exception info
+                try:
+                    failure.raiseException()
+                except:
+                    q.put(sys.exc_info())
+            def g():
+                try:
+                    d = func(*args, **kargs)
+                    try:
+                        d.addCallbacks(callback, errback)
+                    # Check for a common mistake and display a nice error
+                    # message
+                    except AttributeError:
+                        raise TypeError("you must return a twisted Deferred "
+                                        "from your test case!")
+                # Catch exceptions raised in the test body (from the
+                # Twisted thread)
+                except:
+                    q.put(sys.exc_info())
+            reactor.callFromThread(g)
+            try:
+                error = q.get(timeout=timeout)
+            except Empty:
+                raise TimeExpired("timeout expired before end of test (%f s.)"
+                                  % timeout)
+            # Re-raise all exceptions
+            if error is not None:
+                exc_type, exc_value, tb = error
+                raise exc_type, exc_value, tb
+        wrapper = make_decorator(func)(wrapper)
+        return wrapper
+    return decorate
+
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/usage.txt b/lib/spack/external/nose/usage.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc96894ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/usage.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+nose collects tests automatically from python source files,
+directories and packages found in its working directory (which
+defaults to the current working directory). Any python source file,
+directory or package that matches the testMatch regular expression
+(by default: `(?:^|[\b_\.-])[Tt]est)` will be collected as a test (or
+source for collection of tests). In addition, all other packages
+found in the working directory will be examined for python source files
+or directories that match testMatch. Package discovery descends all
+the way down the tree, so package.tests and package.sub.tests and
+package.sub.sub2.tests will all be collected.
+
+Within a test directory or package, any python source file matching
+testMatch will be examined for test cases. Within a test module,
+functions and classes whose names match testMatch and TestCase
+subclasses with any name will be loaded and executed as tests. Tests
+may use the assert keyword or raise AssertionErrors to indicate test
+failure. TestCase subclasses may do the same or use the various
+TestCase methods available.
+
+**It is important to note that the default behavior of nose is to
+not include tests from files which are executable.**  To include
+tests from such files, remove their executable bit or use
+the --exe flag (see 'Options' section below).
+
+Selecting Tests
+---------------
+
+To specify which tests to run, pass test names on the command line:
+
+  %prog only_test_this.py
+  
+Test names specified may be file or module names, and may optionally
+indicate the test case to run by separating the module or file name
+from the test case name with a colon. Filenames may be relative or
+absolute. Examples:
+
+  %prog test.module
+  %prog another.test:TestCase.test_method
+  %prog a.test:TestCase
+  %prog /path/to/test/file.py:test_function
+  
+You may also change the working directory where nose looks for tests
+by using the -w switch:
+
+  %prog -w /path/to/tests
+
+Note, however, that support for multiple -w arguments is now deprecated
+and will be removed in a future release. As of nose 0.10, you can get
+the same behavior by specifying the target directories *without*
+the -w switch:
+
+  %prog /path/to/tests /another/path/to/tests
+
+Further customization of test selection and loading is possible
+through the use of plugins.
+
+Test result output is identical to that of unittest, except for
+the additional features (error classes, and plugin-supplied
+features such as output capture and assert introspection) detailed
+in the options below.
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+In addition to passing command-line options, you may also put
+configuration options in your project's *setup.cfg* file, or a .noserc
+or nose.cfg file in your home directory. In any of these standard
+ini-style config files, you put your nosetests configuration in a
+``[nosetests]`` section. Options are the same as on the command line,
+with the -- prefix removed. For options that are simple switches, you
+must supply a value:
+
+  [nosetests]
+  verbosity=3
+  with-doctest=1
+
+All configuration files that are found will be loaded and their
+options combined. You can override the standard config file loading
+with the ``-c`` option.
+
+Using Plugins
+-------------
+
+There are numerous nose plugins available via easy_install and
+elsewhere. To use a plugin, just install it. The plugin will add
+command line options to nosetests. To verify that the plugin is installed,
+run:
+
+  nosetests --plugins
+
+You can add -v or -vv to that command to show more information
+about each plugin.
+
+If you are running nose.main() or nose.run() from a script, you
+can specify a list of plugins to use by passing a list of plugins
+with the plugins keyword argument.
+
+0.9 plugins
+-----------
+
+nose 1.0 can use SOME plugins that were written for nose 0.9. The
+default plugin manager inserts a compatibility wrapper around 0.9
+plugins that adapts the changed plugin api calls. However, plugins
+that access nose internals are likely to fail, especially if they
+attempt to access test case or test suite classes. For example,
+plugins that try to determine if a test passed to startTest is an
+individual test or a suite will fail, partly because suites are no
+longer passed to startTest and partly because it's likely that the
+plugin is trying to find out if the test is an instance of a class
+that no longer exists.
+
+0.10 and 0.11 plugins
+---------------------
+
+All plugins written for nose 0.10 and 0.11 should work with nose 1.0.
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/nose/util.py b/lib/spack/external/nose/util.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfe16589ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/nose/util.py
@@ -0,0 +1,668 @@
+"""Utility functions and classes used by nose internally.
+"""
+import inspect
+import itertools
+import logging
+import stat
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import types
+import unittest
+from nose.pyversion import ClassType, TypeType, isgenerator, ismethod
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger('nose')
+
+ident_re = re.compile(r'^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_.]*$')
+class_types = (ClassType, TypeType)
+skip_pattern = r"(?:\.svn)|(?:[^.]+\.py[co])|(?:.*~)|(?:.*\$py\.class)|(?:__pycache__)"
+
+try:
+    set()
+    set = set # make from nose.util import set happy
+except NameError:
+    try:
+        from sets import Set as set
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+
+
+def ls_tree(dir_path="",
+            skip_pattern=skip_pattern,
+            indent="|-- ", branch_indent="|   ",
+            last_indent="`-- ", last_branch_indent="    "):
+    # TODO: empty directories look like non-directory files
+    return "\n".join(_ls_tree_lines(dir_path, skip_pattern,
+                                    indent, branch_indent,
+                                    last_indent, last_branch_indent))
+
+
+def _ls_tree_lines(dir_path, skip_pattern,
+                   indent, branch_indent, last_indent, last_branch_indent):
+    if dir_path == "":
+        dir_path = os.getcwd()
+
+    lines = []
+
+    names = os.listdir(dir_path)
+    names.sort()
+    dirs, nondirs = [], []
+    for name in names:
+        if re.match(skip_pattern, name):
+            continue
+        if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(dir_path, name)):
+            dirs.append(name)
+        else:
+            nondirs.append(name)
+
+    # list non-directories first
+    entries = list(itertools.chain([(name, False) for name in nondirs],
+                                   [(name, True) for name in dirs]))
+    def ls_entry(name, is_dir, ind, branch_ind):
+        if not is_dir:
+            yield ind + name
+        else:
+            path = os.path.join(dir_path, name)
+            if not os.path.islink(path):
+                yield ind + name
+                subtree = _ls_tree_lines(path, skip_pattern,
+                                         indent, branch_indent,
+                                         last_indent, last_branch_indent)
+                for x in subtree:
+                    yield branch_ind + x
+    for name, is_dir in entries[:-1]:
+        for line in ls_entry(name, is_dir, indent, branch_indent):
+            yield line
+    if entries:
+        name, is_dir = entries[-1]
+        for line in ls_entry(name, is_dir, last_indent, last_branch_indent):
+            yield line
+
+
+def absdir(path):
+    """Return absolute, normalized path to directory, if it exists; None
+    otherwise.
+    """
+    if not os.path.isabs(path):
+        path = os.path.normpath(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),
+                                                             path)))
+    if path is None or not os.path.isdir(path):
+        return None
+    return path
+
+
+def absfile(path, where=None):
+    """Return absolute, normalized path to file (optionally in directory
+    where), or None if the file can't be found either in where or the current
+    working directory.
+    """
+    orig = path
+    if where is None:
+        where = os.getcwd()
+    if isinstance(where, list) or isinstance(where, tuple):
+        for maybe_path in where:
+            maybe_abs = absfile(path, maybe_path)
+            if maybe_abs is not None:
+                return maybe_abs
+        return None
+    if not os.path.isabs(path):
+        path = os.path.normpath(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(where, path)))
+    if path is None or not os.path.exists(path):
+        if where != os.getcwd():
+            # try the cwd instead
+            path = os.path.normpath(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),
+                                                                 orig)))
+    if path is None or not os.path.exists(path):
+        return None
+    if os.path.isdir(path):
+        # might want an __init__.py from pacakge
+        init = os.path.join(path,'__init__.py')
+        if os.path.isfile(init):
+            return init
+    elif os.path.isfile(path):
+        return path
+    return None
+
+
+def anyp(predicate, iterable):
+    for item in iterable:
+        if predicate(item):
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+def file_like(name):
+    """A name is file-like if it is a path that exists, or it has a
+    directory part, or it ends in .py, or it isn't a legal python
+    identifier.
+    """
+    return (os.path.exists(name)
+            or os.path.dirname(name)
+            or name.endswith('.py')
+            or not ident_re.match(os.path.splitext(name)[0]))
+
+
+def func_lineno(func):
+    """Get the line number of a function. First looks for
+    compat_co_firstlineno, then func_code.co_first_lineno.
+    """
+    try:
+        return func.compat_co_firstlineno
+    except AttributeError:
+        try:
+            return func.func_code.co_firstlineno
+        except AttributeError:
+            return -1
+
+
+def isclass(obj):
+    """Is obj a class? Inspect's isclass is too liberal and returns True
+    for objects that can't be subclasses of anything.
+    """
+    obj_type = type(obj)
+    return obj_type in class_types or issubclass(obj_type, type)
+
+
+# backwards compat (issue #64)
+is_generator = isgenerator
+
+
+def ispackage(path):
+    """
+    Is this path a package directory?
+
+    >>> ispackage('nose')
+    True
+    >>> ispackage('unit_tests')
+    False
+    >>> ispackage('nose/plugins')
+    True
+    >>> ispackage('nose/loader.py')
+    False
+    """
+    if os.path.isdir(path):
+        # at least the end of the path must be a legal python identifier
+        # and __init__.py[co] must exist
+        end = os.path.basename(path)
+        if ident_re.match(end):
+            for init in ('__init__.py', '__init__.pyc', '__init__.pyo'):
+                if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(path, init)):
+                    return True
+            if sys.platform.startswith('java') and \
+                    os.path.isfile(os.path.join(path, '__init__$py.class')):
+                return True
+    return False
+
+
+def isproperty(obj):
+    """
+    Is this a property?
+
+    >>> class Foo:
+    ...     def got(self):
+    ...         return 2
+    ...     def get(self):
+    ...         return 1
+    ...     get = property(get)
+
+    >>> isproperty(Foo.got)
+    False
+    >>> isproperty(Foo.get)
+    True
+    """
+    return type(obj) == property
+
+
+def getfilename(package, relativeTo=None):
+    """Find the python source file for a package, relative to a
+    particular directory (defaults to current working directory if not
+    given).
+    """
+    if relativeTo is None:
+        relativeTo = os.getcwd()
+    path = os.path.join(relativeTo, os.sep.join(package.split('.')))
+    if os.path.exists(path + '/__init__.py'):
+        return path
+    filename = path + '.py'
+    if os.path.exists(filename):
+        return filename
+    return None
+
+
+def getpackage(filename):
+    """
+    Find the full dotted package name for a given python source file
+    name. Returns None if the file is not a python source file.
+
+    >>> getpackage('foo.py')
+    'foo'
+    >>> getpackage('biff/baf.py')
+    'baf'
+    >>> getpackage('nose/util.py')
+    'nose.util'
+
+    Works for directories too.
+
+    >>> getpackage('nose')
+    'nose'
+    >>> getpackage('nose/plugins')
+    'nose.plugins'
+
+    And __init__ files stuck onto directories
+
+    >>> getpackage('nose/plugins/__init__.py')
+    'nose.plugins'
+
+    Absolute paths also work.
+
+    >>> path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join('nose', 'plugins'))
+    >>> getpackage(path)
+    'nose.plugins'
+    """
+    src_file = src(filename)
+    if (os.path.isdir(src_file) or not src_file.endswith('.py')) and not ispackage(src_file):
+        return None
+    base, ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(src_file))
+    if base == '__init__':
+        mod_parts = []
+    else:
+        mod_parts = [base]
+    path, part = os.path.split(os.path.split(src_file)[0])
+    while part:
+        if ispackage(os.path.join(path, part)):
+            mod_parts.append(part)
+        else:
+            break
+        path, part = os.path.split(path)
+    mod_parts.reverse()
+    return '.'.join(mod_parts)
+
+
+def ln(label):
+    """Draw a 70-char-wide divider, with label in the middle.
+
+    >>> ln('hello there')
+    '---------------------------- hello there -----------------------------'
+    """
+    label_len = len(label) + 2
+    chunk = (70 - label_len) // 2
+    out = '%s %s %s' % ('-' * chunk, label, '-' * chunk)
+    pad = 70 - len(out)
+    if pad > 0:
+        out = out + ('-' * pad)
+    return out
+
+
+def resolve_name(name, module=None):
+    """Resolve a dotted name to a module and its parts. This is stolen
+    wholesale from unittest.TestLoader.loadTestByName.
+
+    >>> resolve_name('nose.util') #doctest: +ELLIPSIS
+    <module 'nose.util' from...>
+    >>> resolve_name('nose.util.resolve_name') #doctest: +ELLIPSIS
+    <function resolve_name at...>
+    """
+    parts = name.split('.')
+    parts_copy = parts[:]
+    if module is None:
+        while parts_copy:
+            try:
+                log.debug("__import__ %s", name)
+                module = __import__('.'.join(parts_copy))
+                break
+            except ImportError:
+                del parts_copy[-1]
+                if not parts_copy:
+                    raise
+        parts = parts[1:]
+    obj = module
+    log.debug("resolve: %s, %s, %s, %s", parts, name, obj, module)
+    for part in parts:
+        obj = getattr(obj, part)
+    return obj
+
+
+def split_test_name(test):
+    """Split a test name into a 3-tuple containing file, module, and callable
+    names, any of which (but not all) may be blank.
+
+    Test names are in the form:
+
+    file_or_module:callable
+
+    Either side of the : may be dotted. To change the splitting behavior, you
+    can alter nose.util.split_test_re.
+    """
+    norm = os.path.normpath
+    file_or_mod = test
+    fn = None
+    if not ':' in test:
+        # only a file or mod part
+        if file_like(test):
+            return (norm(test), None, None)
+        else:
+            return (None, test, None)
+
+    # could be path|mod:callable, or a : in the file path someplace
+    head, tail = os.path.split(test)
+    if not head:
+        # this is a case like 'foo:bar' -- generally a module
+        # name followed by a callable, but also may be a windows
+        # drive letter followed by a path
+        try:
+            file_or_mod, fn = test.split(':')
+            if file_like(fn):
+                # must be a funny path
+                file_or_mod, fn = test, None
+        except ValueError:
+            # more than one : in the test
+            # this is a case like c:\some\path.py:a_test
+            parts = test.split(':')
+            if len(parts[0]) == 1:
+                file_or_mod, fn = ':'.join(parts[:-1]), parts[-1]
+            else:
+                # nonsense like foo:bar:baz
+                raise ValueError("Test name '%s' could not be parsed. Please "
+                                 "format test names as path:callable or "
+                                 "module:callable." % (test,))
+    elif not tail:
+        # this is a case like 'foo:bar/'
+        # : must be part of the file path, so ignore it
+        file_or_mod = test
+    else:
+        if ':' in tail:
+            file_part, fn = tail.split(':')
+        else:
+            file_part = tail
+        file_or_mod = os.sep.join([head, file_part])
+    if file_or_mod:
+        if file_like(file_or_mod):
+            return (norm(file_or_mod), None, fn)
+        else:
+            return (None, file_or_mod, fn)
+    else:
+        return (None, None, fn)
+split_test_name.__test__ = False # do not collect
+
+
+def test_address(test):
+    """Find the test address for a test, which may be a module, filename,
+    class, method or function.
+    """
+    if hasattr(test, "address"):
+        return test.address()
+    # type-based polymorphism sucks in general, but I believe is
+    # appropriate here
+    t = type(test)
+    file = module = call = None
+    if t == types.ModuleType:
+        file = getattr(test, '__file__', None)
+        module = getattr(test, '__name__', None)
+        return (src(file), module, call)
+    if t == types.FunctionType or issubclass(t, type) or t == types.ClassType:
+        module = getattr(test, '__module__', None)
+        if module is not None:
+            m = sys.modules[module]
+            file = getattr(m, '__file__', None)
+            if file is not None:
+                file = os.path.abspath(file)
+        call = getattr(test, '__name__', None)
+        return (src(file), module, call)
+    if t == types.MethodType:
+        cls_adr = test_address(test.im_class)
+        return (src(cls_adr[0]), cls_adr[1],
+                "%s.%s" % (cls_adr[2], test.__name__))
+    # handle unittest.TestCase instances
+    if isinstance(test, unittest.TestCase):
+        if (hasattr(test, '_FunctionTestCase__testFunc') # pre 2.7
+            or hasattr(test, '_testFunc')):              # 2.7
+            # unittest FunctionTestCase
+            try:
+                return test_address(test._FunctionTestCase__testFunc)
+            except AttributeError:
+                return test_address(test._testFunc)
+        # regular unittest.TestCase
+        cls_adr = test_address(test.__class__)
+        # 2.5 compat: __testMethodName changed to _testMethodName
+        try:
+            method_name = test._TestCase__testMethodName
+        except AttributeError:
+            method_name = test._testMethodName
+        return (src(cls_adr[0]), cls_adr[1],
+                "%s.%s" % (cls_adr[2], method_name))
+    if (hasattr(test, '__class__') and
+            test.__class__.__module__ not in ('__builtin__', 'builtins')):
+        return test_address(test.__class__)
+    raise TypeError("I don't know what %s is (%s)" % (test, t))
+test_address.__test__ = False # do not collect
+
+
+def try_run(obj, names):
+    """Given a list of possible method names, try to run them with the
+    provided object. Keep going until something works. Used to run
+    setup/teardown methods for module, package, and function tests.
+    """
+    for name in names:
+        func = getattr(obj, name, None)
+        if func is not None:
+            if type(obj) == types.ModuleType:
+                # py.test compatibility
+                if isinstance(func, types.FunctionType):
+                    args, varargs, varkw, defaults = \
+                        inspect.getargspec(func)
+                else:
+                    # Not a function. If it's callable, call it anyway
+                    if hasattr(func, '__call__') and not inspect.ismethod(func):
+                        func = func.__call__
+                    try:
+                        args, varargs, varkw, defaults = \
+                            inspect.getargspec(func)
+                        args.pop(0) # pop the self off
+                    except TypeError:
+                        raise TypeError("Attribute %s of %r is not a python "
+                                        "function. Only functions or callables"
+                                        " may be used as fixtures." %
+                                        (name, obj))
+                if len(args):
+                    log.debug("call fixture %s.%s(%s)", obj, name, obj)
+                    return func(obj)
+            log.debug("call fixture %s.%s", obj, name)
+            return func()
+
+
+def src(filename):
+    """Find the python source file for a .pyc, .pyo or $py.class file on
+    jython. Returns the filename provided if it is not a python source
+    file.
+    """
+    if filename is None:
+        return filename
+    if sys.platform.startswith('java') and filename.endswith('$py.class'):
+        return '.'.join((filename[:-9], 'py'))
+    base, ext = os.path.splitext(filename)
+    if ext in ('.pyc', '.pyo', '.py'):
+        return '.'.join((base, 'py'))
+    return filename
+
+
+def regex_last_key(regex):
+    """Sort key function factory that puts items that match a
+    regular expression last.
+
+    >>> from nose.config import Config
+    >>> from nose.pyversion import sort_list
+    >>> c = Config()
+    >>> regex = c.testMatch
+    >>> entries = ['.', '..', 'a_test', 'src', 'lib', 'test', 'foo.py']
+    >>> sort_list(entries, regex_last_key(regex))
+    >>> entries
+    ['.', '..', 'foo.py', 'lib', 'src', 'a_test', 'test']
+    """
+    def k(obj):
+        if regex.search(obj):
+            return (1, obj)
+        return (0, obj)
+    return k
+
+
+def tolist(val):
+    """Convert a value that may be a list or a (possibly comma-separated)
+    string into a list. The exception: None is returned as None, not [None].
+
+    >>> tolist(["one", "two"])
+    ['one', 'two']
+    >>> tolist("hello")
+    ['hello']
+    >>> tolist("separate,values, with, commas,  spaces , are    ,ok")
+    ['separate', 'values', 'with', 'commas', 'spaces', 'are', 'ok']
+    """
+    if val is None:
+        return None
+    try:
+        # might already be a list
+        val.extend([])
+        return val
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
+    # might be a string
+    try:
+        return re.split(r'\s*,\s*', val)
+    except TypeError:
+        # who knows...
+        return list(val)
+
+
+class odict(dict):
+    """Simple ordered dict implementation, based on:
+
+    http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/107747
+    """
+    def __init__(self, *arg, **kw):
+        self._keys = []
+        super(odict, self).__init__(*arg, **kw)
+
+    def __delitem__(self, key):
+        super(odict, self).__delitem__(key)
+        self._keys.remove(key)
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, item):
+        super(odict, self).__setitem__(key, item)
+        if key not in self._keys:
+            self._keys.append(key)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "{%s}" % ', '.join(["%r: %r" % (k, v) for k, v in self.items()])
+
+    def clear(self):
+        super(odict, self).clear()
+        self._keys = []
+
+    def copy(self):
+        d = super(odict, self).copy()
+        d._keys = self._keys[:]
+        return d
+
+    def items(self):
+        return zip(self._keys, self.values())
+
+    def keys(self):
+        return self._keys[:]
+
+    def setdefault(self, key, failobj=None):
+        item = super(odict, self).setdefault(key, failobj)
+        if key not in self._keys:
+            self._keys.append(key)
+        return item
+
+    def update(self, dict):
+        super(odict, self).update(dict)
+        for key in dict.keys():
+            if key not in self._keys:
+                self._keys.append(key)
+
+    def values(self):
+        return map(self.get, self._keys)
+
+
+def transplant_func(func, module):
+    """
+    Make a function imported from module A appear as if it is located
+    in module B.
+
+    >>> from pprint import pprint
+    >>> pprint.__module__
+    'pprint'
+    >>> pp = transplant_func(pprint, __name__)
+    >>> pp.__module__
+    'nose.util'
+
+    The original function is not modified.
+
+    >>> pprint.__module__
+    'pprint'
+
+    Calling the transplanted function calls the original.
+
+    >>> pp([1, 2])
+    [1, 2]
+    >>> pprint([1,2])
+    [1, 2]
+
+    """
+    from nose.tools import make_decorator
+    if isgenerator(func):
+        def newfunc(*arg, **kw):
+            for v in func(*arg, **kw):
+                yield v
+    else:
+        def newfunc(*arg, **kw):
+            return func(*arg, **kw)
+
+    newfunc = make_decorator(func)(newfunc)
+    newfunc.__module__ = module
+    return newfunc
+
+
+def transplant_class(cls, module):
+    """
+    Make a class appear to reside in `module`, rather than the module in which
+    it is actually defined.
+
+    >>> from nose.failure import Failure
+    >>> Failure.__module__
+    'nose.failure'
+    >>> Nf = transplant_class(Failure, __name__)
+    >>> Nf.__module__
+    'nose.util'
+    >>> Nf.__name__
+    'Failure'
+
+    """
+    class C(cls):
+        pass
+    C.__module__ = module
+    C.__name__ = cls.__name__
+    return C
+
+
+def safe_str(val, encoding='utf-8'):
+    try:
+        return str(val)
+    except UnicodeEncodeError:
+        if isinstance(val, Exception):
+            return ' '.join([safe_str(arg, encoding)
+                             for arg in val])
+        return unicode(val).encode(encoding)
+
+
+def is_executable(file):
+    if not os.path.exists(file):
+        return False
+    st = os.stat(file)
+    return bool(st.st_mode & (stat.S_IXUSR | stat.S_IXGRP | stat.S_IXOTH))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import doctest
+    doctest.testmod()
diff --git a/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/log.py b/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/log.py
index 2819cd40df..22f1087e53 100644
--- a/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/log.py
+++ b/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/log.py
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ class log_output(object):
         self.force_color = force_color
         self.debug = debug
 
+        # Default is to try file-descriptor reassignment unless the system 
+        # out/err streams do not have an associated file descriptor
+        self.directAssignment = False
+
     def trace(self, frame, event, arg):
         """Jumps to __exit__ on the child process."""
         raise _SkipWithBlock()
@@ -185,13 +189,21 @@ class log_output(object):
             # Child: redirect output, execute the with block.
             os.close(read)
 
-            # Save old stdout and stderr
-            self._stdout = os.dup(sys.stdout.fileno())
-            self._stderr = os.dup(sys.stderr.fileno())
-
-            # redirect to the pipe.
-            os.dup2(write, sys.stdout.fileno())
-            os.dup2(write, sys.stderr.fileno())
+            try:
+                # Save old stdout and stderr
+                self._stdout = os.dup(sys.stdout.fileno())
+                self._stderr = os.dup(sys.stderr.fileno())
+
+                # redirect to the pipe.
+                os.dup2(write, sys.stdout.fileno())
+                os.dup2(write, sys.stderr.fileno())
+            except AttributeError:
+                self.directAssignment = True
+                self._stdout = sys.stdout
+                self._stderr = sys.stderr
+                output_redirect = os.fdopen(write, 'w')
+                sys.stdout = output_redirect
+                sys.stderr = output_redirect
 
             if self.force_color:
                 color._force_color = True
@@ -218,8 +230,12 @@ class log_output(object):
                 #
                 # TODO: think about how this works outside install.
                 # TODO: ideally would propagate exception to parent...
-                os.dup2(self._stdout, sys.stdout.fileno())
-                os.dup2(self._stderr, sys.stderr.fileno())
+                if self.directAssignment:
+                    sys.stdout = self._stdout
+                    sys.stderr = self._stderr
+                else:
+                    os.dup2(self._stdout, sys.stdout.fileno())
+                    os.dup2(self._stderr, sys.stderr.fileno())                    
 
                 return False
 
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/test.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/test.py
index 1669ec4cc9..ddc6cb4fce 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/test.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/test.py
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 # Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 ##############################################################################
+import os
 from pprint import pprint
 
+from llnl.util.filesystem import join_path, mkdirp
 from llnl.util.tty.colify import colify
 from llnl.util.lang import list_modules
 
@@ -38,6 +40,12 @@ def setup_parser(subparser):
     subparser.add_argument(
         '-l', '--list', action='store_true', dest='list', help="Show available tests")
     subparser.add_argument(
+        '--createXmlOutput', action='store_true', dest='createXmlOutput', 
+        help="Create JUnit XML from test results")
+    subparser.add_argument(
+        '--xmlOutputDir', dest='xmlOutputDir', 
+        help="Nose creates XML files in this directory")
+    subparser.add_argument(
         '-v', '--verbose', action='store_true', dest='verbose',
         help="verbose output")
 
@@ -48,4 +56,14 @@ def test(parser, args):
         colify(spack.test.list_tests(), indent=2)
 
     else:
-        spack.test.run(args.names, args.verbose)
+        if not args.createXmlOutput:
+            outputDir = None
+        else:
+            if not args.xmlOutputDir:
+                outputDir = join_path(os.getcwd(), "test-output")
+            else:
+                outputDir = os.path.abspath(args.xmlOutputDir)
+            
+            if not os.path.exists(outputDir):
+                mkdirp(outputDir)
+        spack.test.run(args.names, outputDir, args.verbose)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/__init__.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/__init__.py
index 13cb1d2b78..3b5d9e5a95 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@
 ##############################################################################
 import sys
 import unittest
+import nose
 
+from spack.test.tally_plugin import Tally
+from llnl.util.filesystem import join_path
 import llnl.util.tty as tty
 from llnl.util.tty.colify import colify
 
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ def list_tests():
     return test_names
 
 
-def run(names, verbose=False):
+def run(names, outputDir, verbose=False):
     """Run tests with the supplied names.  Names should be a list.  If
        it's empty, run ALL of Spack's tests."""
     verbosity = 1 if not verbose else 2
@@ -81,28 +84,31 @@ def run(names, verbose=False):
                           "Valid names are:")
                 colify(sorted(test_names), indent=4)
                 sys.exit(1)
-
-    runner = unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=verbosity)
-
-    testsRun = errors = failures = 0
+    
+    tally = Tally()
     for test in names:
         module = 'spack.test.' + test
         print module
-        suite = unittest.defaultTestLoader.loadTestsFromName(module)
-
+        
         tty.msg("Running test: %s" % test)
-        result = runner.run(suite)
-        testsRun += result.testsRun
-        errors   += len(result.errors)
-        failures += len(result.failures)
+        
+        runOpts = ["--with-%s" % spack.test.tally_plugin.Tally.name]
+        
+        if outputDir:
+            xmlOutputFname = "unittests-{0}.xml".format(test)
+            xmlOutputPath = join_path(outputDir, xmlOutputFname)
+            runOpts += ["--with-xunit", 
+                "--xunit-file={0}".format(xmlOutputPath)]
+        argv = [""] + runOpts + [module]
+        result = nose.run(argv=argv, addplugins=[tally])
 
-    succeeded = not errors and not failures
+    succeeded = not tally.failCount and not tally.errorCount
     tty.msg("Tests Complete.",
-            "%5d tests run" % testsRun,
-            "%5d failures" % failures,
-            "%5d errors" % errors)
+            "%5d tests run" % tally.numberOfTestsRun,
+            "%5d failures" % tally.failCount,
+            "%5d errors" % tally.errorCount)
 
-    if not errors and not failures:
+    if succeeded:
         tty.info("OK", format='g')
     else:
         tty.info("FAIL", format='r')
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/tally_plugin.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/tally_plugin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ca898c47c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/tally_plugin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Written by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://scalability-llnl.github.io/spack
+# Please also see the LICENSE file for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1 dated February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+from nose.plugins import Plugin
+
+import os
+
+class Tally(Plugin):
+    name = 'tally'
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(Tally, self).__init__()
+        self.successCount = 0
+        self.failCount = 0
+        self.errorCount = 0
+    
+    @property
+    def numberOfTestsRun(self):
+        """Excludes skipped tests"""
+        return self.errorCount + self.failCount + self.successCount
+
+    def options(self, parser, env=os.environ):
+        super(Tally, self).options(parser, env=env)
+
+    def configure(self, options, conf):
+        super(Tally, self).configure(options, conf)
+
+    def addSuccess(self, test):
+        self.successCount += 1
+        
+    def addError(self, test, err):
+        self.errorCount += 1
+            
+    def addFailure(self, test, err):
+        self.failCount += 1
+
+    def finalize(self, result):
+        pass
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/unit_install.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/unit_install.py
index 41c76a6dfa..864d5a1765 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/unit_install.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/unit_install.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class UnitInstallTest(unittest.TestCase):
         
         pkgX.installed = True
         pkgY.installed = True
-        test_install.create_test_output(specX, [specX, specY], mo, getLogFunc=test_fetch_log)
+        test_install.create_test_output(specX, [specX, specY], mo, getLogFunc=mock_fetch_log)
         
         self.assertEqual(mo.results, 
             {bIdX:test_install.TestResult.PASSED, 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class UnitInstallTest(unittest.TestCase):
         
         pkgX.installed = True
         pkgY.installed = True
-        test_install.create_test_output(specX, [specX], mo, getLogFunc=test_fetch_log)
+        test_install.create_test_output(specX, [specX], mo, getLogFunc=mock_fetch_log)
         
         self.assertEqual(mo.results, {bIdX:test_install.TestResult.PASSED})
 
@@ -116,6 +116,6 @@ class MockPackageDb(object):
     def get(self, spec):
         return self.specToPkg[spec]
 
-def test_fetch_log(path):
+def mock_fetch_log(path):
     return []
 
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py b/lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py
index 4f9958062b..35bf086616 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py
@@ -95,11 +95,15 @@ class Executable(object):
             proc = subprocess.Popen(
                 cmd,
                 stdin=input,
-                stderr=error,
-                stdout=subprocess.PIPE if return_output else output)
+                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
             out, err = proc.communicate()
             self.returncode = proc.returncode
 
+            if not return_output:
+                output.write(out)
+            error.write(err)
+
             rc = proc.returncode
             if fail_on_error and rc != 0 and (rc not in ignore_errors):
                 raise ProcessError("Command exited with status %d:"