Merge branch 'develop' into features/mpich

* develop: (43 commits)
  Make libxcb compile with gcc 4.9.
  disable parallel install for glib (found races)
  disable cairo-trace, which is incompatible with older libiberty.h.
  Fix LaunchMon on newer gcc versions.
  Simplify output redirection in spack.util.executable
  Allow completely empty config files.
  Fix create, diy, edit, and repo commands to use multiple repos.
  Add namespace option to find command.
  Temporary fix: Clang is the default compiler on Mac OS X.
  update compiler config test.
  add sanity check on config write as well as validation on read.
  Add jsonschema validation for config files.
  Make text wrapping off by default in tty, add a kwarg for it.
  add/remove/list working for new config format.
  Add Python 3 aliases to our argparse backport.
  All tests that call concretize() need to be MockPackagesTests.
  Fix bug in tests.
  Rework mirror configuration.
  Rework compiler configuration and simplify config.py logic.
  Remove mock_configs; tests no longer modify spack home directory.
  ...

447 files changed, 6952 insertions, 880 deletions

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c6ca4c99e..4b97de5d50 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 /etc/spackconfig
 /share/spack/dotkit
 /share/spack/modules
+/TAGS
diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
index 1cc13c1eb1..1b99da32b5 100644
--- a/.mailmap
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ Saravan Pantham    <saravan.pantham@gmail.com>  Saravan Pantham     <pantham1@su
 Tom Scogland       <tscogland@llnl.gov>         Tom Scogland        <scogland1@llnl.gov>
 Tom Scogland       <tscogland@llnl.gov>         Tom Scogland        <tom.scogland@gmail.com>
 Joachim Protze     <protze@rz.rwth-aachen.de>   jprotze             <protze@rz.rwth-aachen.de>
+Gregory L. Lee     <lee218@llnl.gov>            Gregory L. Lee      <lee218@surface86.llnl.gov>
+Gregory L. Lee     <lee218@llnl.gov>            Gregory Lee         <lee218@llnl.gov>
diff --git a/bin/spack b/bin/spack
index 55b2708875..93263217ac 100755
--- a/bin/spack
+++ b/bin/spack
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ def main():
 
     spack.spack_working_dir = working_dir
     if args.mock:
-        from spack.packages import PackageDB
-        spack.db = PackageDB(spack.mock_packages_path)
+        from spack.repository import RepoPath
+        spack.repo.swap(RepoPath(spack.mock_packages_path))
 
     # If the user asked for it, don't check ssl certs.
     if args.insecure:
diff --git a/etc/spack/repos.yaml b/etc/spack/repos.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d4ff54ce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/spack/repos.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This is the default spack repository configuration.
+#
+# Changes to this file will affect all users of this spack install,
+# although users can override these settings in their ~/.spack/repos.yaml.
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+repos:
+  - $spack/var/spack/repos/builtin
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/argparse.py b/lib/spack/external/argparse.py
index 394e5da152..ec9a9ee738 100644
--- a/lib/spack/external/argparse.py
+++ b/lib/spack/external/argparse.py
@@ -1067,9 +1067,13 @@ class _SubParsersAction(Action):
 
     class _ChoicesPseudoAction(Action):
 
-        def __init__(self, name, help):
+        def __init__(self, name, aliases, help):
+            metavar = dest = name
+            if aliases:
+                metavar += ' (%s)' % ', '.join(aliases)
             sup = super(_SubParsersAction._ChoicesPseudoAction, self)
-            sup.__init__(option_strings=[], dest=name, help=help)
+            sup.__init__(option_strings=[], dest=dest, help=help,
+                         metavar=metavar)
 
     def __init__(self,
                  option_strings,
@@ -1097,15 +1101,22 @@ class _SubParsersAction(Action):
         if kwargs.get('prog') is None:
             kwargs['prog'] = '%s %s' % (self._prog_prefix, name)
 
+        aliases = kwargs.pop('aliases', ())
+
         # create a pseudo-action to hold the choice help
         if 'help' in kwargs:
             help = kwargs.pop('help')
-            choice_action = self._ChoicesPseudoAction(name, help)
+            choice_action = self._ChoicesPseudoAction(name, aliases, help)
             self._choices_actions.append(choice_action)
 
         # create the parser and add it to the map
         parser = self._parser_class(**kwargs)
         self._name_parser_map[name] = parser
+
+        # make parser available under aliases also
+        for alias in aliases:
+            self._name_parser_map[alias] = parser
+
         return parser
 
     def _get_subactions(self):
@@ -1123,8 +1134,9 @@ class _SubParsersAction(Action):
         try:
             parser = self._name_parser_map[parser_name]
         except KeyError:
-            tup = parser_name, ', '.join(self._name_parser_map)
-            msg = _('unknown parser %r (choices: %s)' % tup)
+            args = {'parser_name': parser_name,
+                    'choices': ', '.join(self._name_parser_map)}
+            msg = _('unknown parser %(parser_name)r (choices: %(choices)s)') % args
             raise ArgumentError(self, msg)
 
         # parse all the remaining options into the namespace
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/COPYING b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/COPYING
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af9cfbdb13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/COPYING
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Copyright (c) 2013 Julian Berman
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/README.rst b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20c2fe6266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+==========
+jsonschema
+==========
+
+``jsonschema`` is an implementation of `JSON Schema <http://json-schema.org>`_
+for Python (supporting 2.6+ including Python 3).
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    >>> from jsonschema import validate
+
+    >>> # A sample schema, like what we'd get from json.load()
+    >>> schema = {
+    ...     "type" : "object",
+    ...     "properties" : {
+    ...         "price" : {"type" : "number"},
+    ...         "name" : {"type" : "string"},
+    ...     },
+    ... }
+
+    >>> # If no exception is raised by validate(), the instance is valid.
+    >>> validate({"name" : "Eggs", "price" : 34.99}, schema)
+
+    >>> validate(
+    ...     {"name" : "Eggs", "price" : "Invalid"}, schema
+    ... )                                   # doctest: +IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+        ...
+    ValidationError: 'Invalid' is not of type 'number'
+
+
+Features
+--------
+
+* Full support for
+  `Draft 3 <https://python-jsonschema.readthedocs.org/en/latest/validate/#jsonschema.Draft3Validator>`_
+  **and** `Draft 4 <https://python-jsonschema.readthedocs.org/en/latest/validate/#jsonschema.Draft4Validator>`_
+  of the schema.
+
+* `Lazy validation <https://python-jsonschema.readthedocs.org/en/latest/validate/#jsonschema.IValidator.iter_errors>`_
+  that can iteratively report *all* validation errors.
+
+* Small and extensible
+
+* `Programmatic querying <https://python-jsonschema.readthedocs.org/en/latest/errors/#module-jsonschema>`_
+  of which properties or items failed validation.
+
+
+Release Notes
+-------------
+
+* A simple CLI was added for validation
+* Validation errors now keep full absolute paths and absolute schema paths in
+  their ``absolute_path`` and ``absolute_schema_path`` attributes. The ``path``
+  and ``schema_path`` attributes are deprecated in favor of ``relative_path``
+  and ``relative_schema_path``\ .
+
+*Note:* Support for Python 3.2 was dropped in this release, and installation
+now uses setuptools.
+
+
+Running the Test Suite
+----------------------
+
+``jsonschema`` uses the wonderful `Tox <http://tox.readthedocs.org>`_ for its
+test suite. (It really is wonderful, if for some reason you haven't heard of
+it, you really should use it for your projects).
+
+Assuming you have ``tox`` installed (perhaps via ``pip install tox`` or your
+package manager), just run ``tox`` in the directory of your source checkout to
+run ``jsonschema``'s test suite on all of the versions of Python ``jsonschema``
+supports. Note that you'll need to have all of those versions installed in
+order to run the tests on each of them, otherwise ``tox`` will skip (and fail)
+the tests on that version.
+
+Of course you're also free to just run the tests on a single version with your
+favorite test runner. The tests live in the ``jsonschema.tests`` package.
+
+
+Community
+---------
+
+There's a `mailing list <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/jsonschema>`_
+for this implementation on Google Groups.
+
+Please join, and feel free to send questions there.
+
+
+Contributing
+------------
+
+I'm Julian Berman.
+
+``jsonschema`` is on `GitHub <http://github.com/Julian/jsonschema>`_.
+
+Get in touch, via GitHub or otherwise, if you've got something to contribute,
+it'd be most welcome!
+
+You can also generally find me on Freenode (nick: ``tos9``) in various
+channels, including ``#python``.
+
+If you feel overwhelmingly grateful, you can woo me with beer money on
+`Gittip <https://www.gittip.com/Julian/>`_ or via Google Wallet with the email
+in my GitHub profile.
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/__init__.py b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c099f1d8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+"""
+An implementation of JSON Schema for Python
+
+The main functionality is provided by the validator classes for each of the
+supported JSON Schema versions.
+
+Most commonly, :func:`validate` is the quickest way to simply validate a given
+instance under a schema, and will create a validator for you.
+
+"""
+
+from jsonschema.exceptions import (
+    ErrorTree, FormatError, RefResolutionError, SchemaError, ValidationError
+)
+from jsonschema._format import (
+    FormatChecker, draft3_format_checker, draft4_format_checker,
+)
+from jsonschema.validators import (
+    Draft3Validator, Draft4Validator, RefResolver, validate
+)
+
+
+__version__ = "2.4.0"
+
+
+# flake8: noqa
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/__main__.py b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82c29fd39e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+from jsonschema.cli import main
+main()
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/_format.py b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/_format.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb52d183ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/_format.py
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+import datetime
+import re
+import socket
+
+from jsonschema.compat import str_types
+from jsonschema.exceptions import FormatError
+
+
+class FormatChecker(object):
+    """
+    A ``format`` property checker.
+
+    JSON Schema does not mandate that the ``format`` property actually do any
+    validation. If validation is desired however, instances of this class can
+    be hooked into validators to enable format validation.
+
+    :class:`FormatChecker` objects always return ``True`` when asked about
+    formats that they do not know how to validate.
+
+    To check a custom format using a function that takes an instance and
+    returns a ``bool``, use the :meth:`FormatChecker.checks` or
+    :meth:`FormatChecker.cls_checks` decorators.
+
+    :argument iterable formats: the known formats to validate. This argument
+                                can be used to limit which formats will be used
+                                during validation.
+
+    """
+
+    checkers = {}
+
+    def __init__(self, formats=None):
+        if formats is None:
+            self.checkers = self.checkers.copy()
+        else:
+            self.checkers = dict((k, self.checkers[k]) for k in formats)
+
+    def checks(self, format, raises=()):
+        """
+        Register a decorated function as validating a new format.
+
+        :argument str format: the format that the decorated function will check
+        :argument Exception raises: the exception(s) raised by the decorated
+            function when an invalid instance is found. The exception object
+            will be accessible as the :attr:`ValidationError.cause` attribute
+            of the resulting validation error.
+
+        """
+
+        def _checks(func):
+            self.checkers[format] = (func, raises)
+            return func
+        return _checks
+
+    cls_checks = classmethod(checks)
+
+    def check(self, instance, format):
+        """
+        Check whether the instance conforms to the given format.
+
+        :argument instance: the instance to check
+        :type: any primitive type (str, number, bool)
+        :argument str format: the format that instance should conform to
+        :raises: :exc:`FormatError` if instance does not conform to format
+
+        """
+
+        if format not in self.checkers:
+            return
+
+        func, raises = self.checkers[format]
+        result, cause = None, None
+        try:
+            result = func(instance)
+        except raises as e:
+            cause = e
+        if not result:
+            raise FormatError(
+                "%r is not a %r" % (instance, format), cause=cause,
+            )
+
+    def conforms(self, instance, format):
+        """
+        Check whether the instance conforms to the given format.
+
+        :argument instance: the instance to check
+        :type: any primitive type (str, number, bool)
+        :argument str format: the format that instance should conform to
+        :rtype: bool
+
+        """
+
+        try:
+            self.check(instance, format)
+        except FormatError:
+            return False
+        else:
+            return True
+
+
+_draft_checkers = {"draft3": [], "draft4": []}
+
+
+def _checks_drafts(both=None, draft3=None, draft4=None, raises=()):
+    draft3 = draft3 or both
+    draft4 = draft4 or both
+
+    def wrap(func):
+        if draft3:
+            _draft_checkers["draft3"].append(draft3)
+            func = FormatChecker.cls_checks(draft3, raises)(func)
+        if draft4:
+            _draft_checkers["draft4"].append(draft4)
+            func = FormatChecker.cls_checks(draft4, raises)(func)
+        return func
+    return wrap
+
+
+@_checks_drafts("email")
+def is_email(instance):
+    if not isinstance(instance, str_types):
+        return True
+    return "@" in instance
+
+
+_ipv4_re = re.compile(r"^\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}$")
+
+@_checks_drafts(draft3="ip-address", draft4="ipv4")
+def is_ipv4(instance):
+    if not isinstance(instance, str_types):
+        return True
+    if not _ipv4_re.match(instance):
+        return False
+    return all(0 <= int(component) <= 255 for component in instance.split("."))
+
+
+if hasattr(socket, "inet_pton"):
+    @_checks_drafts("ipv6", raises=socket.error)
+    def is_ipv6(instance):
+        if not isinstance(instance, str_types):
+            return True
+        return socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET6, instance)
+
+
+_host_name_re = re.compile(r"^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\.\-]{1,255}$")
+
+@_checks_drafts(draft3="host-name", draft4="hostname")
+def is_host_name(instance):
+    if not isinstance(instance, str_types):
+        return True
+    if not _host_name_re.match(instance):
+        return False
+    components = instance.split(".")
+    for component in components:
+        if len(component) > 63:
+            return False
+    return True
+
+
+try:
+    import rfc3987
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+else:
+    @_checks_drafts("uri", raises=ValueError)
+    def is_uri(instance):
+        if not isinstance(instance, str_types):
+            return True
+        return rfc3987.parse(instance, rule="URI")
+
+
+try:
+    import strict_rfc3339
+except ImportError:
+    try:
+        import isodate
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        @_checks_drafts("date-time", raises=(ValueError, isodate.ISO8601Error))
+        def is_date(instance):
+            if not isinstance(instance, str_types):
+                return True
+            return isodate.parse_datetime(instance)
+else:
+        @_checks_drafts("date-time")
+        def is_date(instance):
+            if not isinstance(instance, str_types):
+                return True
+            return strict_rfc3339.validate_rfc3339(instance)
+
+
+@_checks_drafts("regex", raises=re.error)
+def is_regex(instance):
+    if not isinstance(instance, str_types):
+        return True
+    return re.compile(instance)
+
+
+@_checks_drafts(draft3="date", raises=ValueError)
+def is_date(instance):
+    if not isinstance(instance, str_types):
+        return True
+    return datetime.datetime.strptime(instance, "%Y-%m-%d")
+
+
+@_checks_drafts(draft3="time", raises=ValueError)
+def is_time(instance):
+    if not isinstance(instance, str_types):
+        return True
+    return datetime.datetime.strptime(instance, "%H:%M:%S")
+
+
+try:
+    import webcolors
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+else:
+    def is_css_color_code(instance):
+        return webcolors.normalize_hex(instance)
+
+
+    @_checks_drafts(draft3="color", raises=(ValueError, TypeError))
+    def is_css21_color(instance):
+        if (
+            not isinstance(instance, str_types) or
+            instance.lower() in webcolors.css21_names_to_hex
+        ):
+            return True
+        return is_css_color_code(instance)
+
+
+    def is_css3_color(instance):
+        if instance.lower() in webcolors.css3_names_to_hex:
+            return True
+        return is_css_color_code(instance)
+
+
+draft3_format_checker = FormatChecker(_draft_checkers["draft3"])
+draft4_format_checker = FormatChecker(_draft_checkers["draft4"])
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/_reflect.py b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/_reflect.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d09e38fbdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/_reflect.py
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+# -*- test-case-name: twisted.test.test_reflect -*-
+# Copyright (c) Twisted Matrix Laboratories.
+# See LICENSE for details.
+
+"""
+Standardized versions of various cool and/or strange things that you can do
+with Python's reflection capabilities.
+"""
+
+import sys
+
+from jsonschema.compat import PY3
+
+
+class _NoModuleFound(Exception):
+    """
+    No module was found because none exists.
+    """
+
+
+
+class InvalidName(ValueError):
+    """
+    The given name is not a dot-separated list of Python objects.
+    """
+
+
+
+class ModuleNotFound(InvalidName):
+    """
+    The module associated with the given name doesn't exist and it can't be
+    imported.
+    """
+
+
+
+class ObjectNotFound(InvalidName):
+    """
+    The object associated with the given name doesn't exist and it can't be
+    imported.
+    """
+
+
+
+if PY3:
+    def reraise(exception, traceback):
+        raise exception.with_traceback(traceback)
+else:
+    exec("""def reraise(exception, traceback):
+        raise exception.__class__, exception, traceback""")
+
+reraise.__doc__ = """
+Re-raise an exception, with an optional traceback, in a way that is compatible
+with both Python 2 and Python 3.
+
+Note that on Python 3, re-raised exceptions will be mutated, with their
+C{__traceback__} attribute being set.
+
+@param exception: The exception instance.
+@param traceback: The traceback to use, or C{None} indicating a new traceback.
+"""
+
+
+def _importAndCheckStack(importName):
+    """
+    Import the given name as a module, then walk the stack to determine whether
+    the failure was the module not existing, or some code in the module (for
+    example a dependent import) failing.  This can be helpful to determine
+    whether any actual application code was run.  For example, to distiguish
+    administrative error (entering the wrong module name), from programmer
+    error (writing buggy code in a module that fails to import).
+
+    @param importName: The name of the module to import.
+    @type importName: C{str}
+    @raise Exception: if something bad happens.  This can be any type of
+        exception, since nobody knows what loading some arbitrary code might
+        do.
+    @raise _NoModuleFound: if no module was found.
+    """
+    try:
+        return __import__(importName)
+    except ImportError:
+        excType, excValue, excTraceback = sys.exc_info()
+        while excTraceback:
+            execName = excTraceback.tb_frame.f_globals["__name__"]
+            # in Python 2 execName is None when an ImportError is encountered,
+            # where in Python 3 execName is equal to the importName.
+            if execName is None or execName == importName:
+                reraise(excValue, excTraceback)
+            excTraceback = excTraceback.tb_next
+        raise _NoModuleFound()
+
+
+
+def namedAny(name):
+    """
+    Retrieve a Python object by its fully qualified name from the global Python
+    module namespace.  The first part of the name, that describes a module,
+    will be discovered and imported.  Each subsequent part of the name is
+    treated as the name of an attribute of the object specified by all of the
+    name which came before it.  For example, the fully-qualified name of this
+    object is 'twisted.python.reflect.namedAny'.
+
+    @type name: L{str}
+    @param name: The name of the object to return.
+
+    @raise InvalidName: If the name is an empty string, starts or ends with
+        a '.', or is otherwise syntactically incorrect.
+
+    @raise ModuleNotFound: If the name is syntactically correct but the
+        module it specifies cannot be imported because it does not appear to
+        exist.
+
+    @raise ObjectNotFound: If the name is syntactically correct, includes at
+        least one '.', but the module it specifies cannot be imported because
+        it does not appear to exist.
+
+    @raise AttributeError: If an attribute of an object along the way cannot be
+        accessed, or a module along the way is not found.
+
+    @return: the Python object identified by 'name'.
+    """
+    if not name:
+        raise InvalidName('Empty module name')
+
+    names = name.split('.')
+
+    # if the name starts or ends with a '.' or contains '..', the __import__
+    # will raise an 'Empty module name' error. This will provide a better error
+    # message.
+    if '' in names:
+        raise InvalidName(
+            "name must be a string giving a '.'-separated list of Python "
+            "identifiers, not %r" % (name,))
+
+    topLevelPackage = None
+    moduleNames = names[:]
+    while not topLevelPackage:
+        if moduleNames:
+            trialname = '.'.join(moduleNames)
+            try:
+                topLevelPackage = _importAndCheckStack(trialname)
+            except _NoModuleFound:
+                moduleNames.pop()
+        else:
+            if len(names) == 1:
+                raise ModuleNotFound("No module named %r" % (name,))
+            else:
+                raise ObjectNotFound('%r does not name an object' % (name,))
+
+    obj = topLevelPackage
+    for n in names[1:]:
+        obj = getattr(obj, n)
+
+    return obj
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/_utils.py b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2262f3305d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+import itertools
+import json
+import pkgutil
+import re
+
+from jsonschema.compat import str_types, MutableMapping, urlsplit
+
+
+class URIDict(MutableMapping):
+    """
+    Dictionary which uses normalized URIs as keys.
+
+    """
+
+    def normalize(self, uri):
+        return urlsplit(uri).geturl()
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.store = dict()
+        self.store.update(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def __getitem__(self, uri):
+        return self.store[self.normalize(uri)]
+
+    def __setitem__(self, uri, value):
+        self.store[self.normalize(uri)] = value
+
+    def __delitem__(self, uri):
+        del self.store[self.normalize(uri)]
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return iter(self.store)
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self.store)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return repr(self.store)
+
+
+class Unset(object):
+    """
+    An as-of-yet unset attribute or unprovided default parameter.
+
+    """
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<unset>"
+
+
+def load_schema(name):
+    """
+    Load a schema from ./schemas/``name``.json and return it.
+
+    """
+
+    data = pkgutil.get_data(__package__, "schemas/{0}.json".format(name))
+    return json.loads(data.decode("utf-8"))
+
+
+def indent(string, times=1):
+    """
+    A dumb version of :func:`textwrap.indent` from Python 3.3.
+
+    """
+
+    return "\n".join(" " * (4 * times) + line for line in string.splitlines())
+
+
+def format_as_index(indices):
+    """
+    Construct a single string containing indexing operations for the indices.
+
+    For example, [1, 2, "foo"] -> [1][2]["foo"]
+
+    :type indices: sequence
+
+    """
+
+    if not indices:
+        return ""
+    return "[%s]" % "][".join(repr(index) for index in indices)
+
+
+def find_additional_properties(instance, schema):
+    """
+    Return the set of additional properties for the given ``instance``.
+
+    Weeds out properties that should have been validated by ``properties`` and
+    / or ``patternProperties``.
+
+    Assumes ``instance`` is dict-like already.
+
+    """
+
+    properties = schema.get("properties", {})
+    patterns = "|".join(schema.get("patternProperties", {}))
+    for property in instance:
+        if property not in properties:
+            if patterns and re.search(patterns, property):
+                continue
+            yield property
+
+
+def extras_msg(extras):
+    """
+    Create an error message for extra items or properties.
+
+    """
+
+    if len(extras) == 1:
+        verb = "was"
+    else:
+        verb = "were"
+    return ", ".join(repr(extra) for extra in extras), verb
+
+
+def types_msg(instance, types):
+    """
+    Create an error message for a failure to match the given types.
+
+    If the ``instance`` is an object and contains a ``name`` property, it will
+    be considered to be a description of that object and used as its type.
+
+    Otherwise the message is simply the reprs of the given ``types``.
+
+    """
+
+    reprs = []
+    for type in types:
+        try:
+            reprs.append(repr(type["name"]))
+        except Exception:
+            reprs.append(repr(type))
+    return "%r is not of type %s" % (instance, ", ".join(reprs))
+
+
+def flatten(suitable_for_isinstance):
+    """
+    isinstance() can accept a bunch of really annoying different types:
+        * a single type
+        * a tuple of types
+        * an arbitrary nested tree of tuples
+
+    Return a flattened tuple of the given argument.
+
+    """
+
+    types = set()
+
+    if not isinstance(suitable_for_isinstance, tuple):
+        suitable_for_isinstance = (suitable_for_isinstance,)
+    for thing in suitable_for_isinstance:
+        if isinstance(thing, tuple):
+            types.update(flatten(thing))
+        else:
+            types.add(thing)
+    return tuple(types)
+
+
+def ensure_list(thing):
+    """
+    Wrap ``thing`` in a list if it's a single str.
+
+    Otherwise, return it unchanged.
+
+    """
+
+    if isinstance(thing, str_types):
+        return [thing]
+    return thing
+
+
+def unbool(element, true=object(), false=object()):
+    """
+    A hack to make True and 1 and False and 0 unique for ``uniq``.
+
+    """
+
+    if element is True:
+        return true
+    elif element is False:
+        return false
+    return element
+
+
+def uniq(container):
+    """
+    Check if all of a container's elements are unique.
+
+    Successively tries first to rely that the elements are hashable, then
+    falls back on them being sortable, and finally falls back on brute
+    force.
+
+    """
+
+    try:
+        return len(set(unbool(i) for i in container)) == len(container)
+    except TypeError:
+        try:
+            sort = sorted(unbool(i) for i in container)
+            sliced = itertools.islice(sort, 1, None)
+            for i, j in zip(sort, sliced):
+                if i == j:
+                    return False
+        except (NotImplementedError, TypeError):
+            seen = []
+            for e in container:
+                e = unbool(e)
+                if e in seen:
+                    return False
+                seen.append(e)
+    return True
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/_validators.py b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/_validators.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6e801ccb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/_validators.py
@@ -0,0 +1,358 @@
+import re
+
+from jsonschema import _utils
+from jsonschema.exceptions import FormatError, ValidationError
+from jsonschema.compat import iteritems
+
+
+FLOAT_TOLERANCE = 10 ** -15
+
+
+def patternProperties(validator, patternProperties, instance, schema):
+    if not validator.is_type(instance, "object"):
+        return
+
+    for pattern, subschema in iteritems(patternProperties):
+        for k, v in iteritems(instance):
+            if re.search(pattern, k):
+                for error in validator.descend(
+                    v, subschema, path=k, schema_path=pattern,
+                ):
+                    yield error
+
+
+def additionalProperties(validator, aP, instance, schema):
+    if not validator.is_type(instance, "object"):
+        return
+
+    extras = set(_utils.find_additional_properties(instance, schema))
+
+    if validator.is_type(aP, "object"):
+        for extra in extras:
+            for error in validator.descend(instance[extra], aP, path=extra):
+                yield error
+    elif not aP and extras:
+        error = "Additional properties are not allowed (%s %s unexpected)"
+        yield ValidationError(error % _utils.extras_msg(extras))
+
+
+def items(validator, items, instance, schema):
+    if not validator.is_type(instance, "array"):
+        return
+
+    if validator.is_type(items, "object"):
+        for index, item in enumerate(instance):
+            for error in validator.descend(item, items, path=index):
+                yield error
+    else:
+        for (index, item), subschema in zip(enumerate(instance), items):
+            for error in validator.descend(
+                item, subschema, path=index, schema_path=index,
+            ):
+                yield error
+
+
+def additionalItems(validator, aI, instance, schema):
+    if (
+        not validator.is_type(instance, "array") or
+        validator.is_type(schema.get("items", {}), "object")
+    ):
+        return
+
+    len_items = len(schema.get("items", []))
+    if validator.is_type(aI, "object"):
+        for index, item in enumerate(instance[len_items:], start=len_items):
+            for error in validator.descend(item, aI, path=index):
+                yield error
+    elif not aI and len(instance) > len(schema.get("items", [])):
+        error = "Additional items are not allowed (%s %s unexpected)"
+        yield ValidationError(
+            error %
+            _utils.extras_msg(instance[len(schema.get("items", [])):])
+        )
+
+
+def minimum(validator, minimum, instance, schema):
+    if not validator.is_type(instance, "number"):
+        return
+
+    if schema.get("exclusiveMinimum", False):
+        failed = float(instance) <= minimum
+        cmp = "less than or equal to"
+    else:
+        failed = float(instance) < minimum
+        cmp = "less than"
+
+    if failed:
+        yield ValidationError(
+            "%r is %s the minimum of %r" % (instance, cmp, minimum)
+        )
+
+
+def maximum(validator, maximum, instance, schema):
+    if not validator.is_type(instance, "number"):
+        return
+
+    if schema.get("exclusiveMaximum", False):
+        failed = instance >= maximum
+        cmp = "greater than or equal to"
+    else:
+        failed = instance > maximum
+        cmp = "greater than"
+
+    if failed:
+        yield ValidationError(
+            "%r is %s the maximum of %r" % (instance, cmp, maximum)
+        )
+
+
+def multipleOf(validator, dB, instance, schema):
+    if not validator.is_type(instance, "number"):
+        return
+
+    if isinstance(dB, float):
+        mod = instance % dB
+        failed = (mod > FLOAT_TOLERANCE) and (dB - mod) > FLOAT_TOLERANCE
+    else:
+        failed = instance % dB
+
+    if failed:
+        yield ValidationError("%r is not a multiple of %r" % (instance, dB))
+
+
+def minItems(validator, mI, instance, schema):
+    if validator.is_type(instance, "array") and len(instance) < mI:
+        yield ValidationError("%r is too short" % (instance,))
+
+
+def maxItems(validator, mI, instance, schema):
+    if validator.is_type(instance, "array") and len(instance) > mI:
+        yield ValidationError("%r is too long" % (instance,))
+
+
+def uniqueItems(validator, uI, instance, schema):
+    if (
+        uI and
+        validator.is_type(instance, "array") and
+        not _utils.uniq(instance)
+    ):
+        yield ValidationError("%r has non-unique elements" % instance)
+
+
+def pattern(validator, patrn, instance, schema):
+    if (
+        validator.is_type(instance, "string") and
+        not re.search(patrn, instance)
+    ):
+        yield ValidationError("%r does not match %r" % (instance, patrn))
+
+
+def format(validator, format, instance, schema):
+    if validator.format_checker is not None:
+        try:
+            validator.format_checker.check(instance, format)
+        except FormatError as error:
+            yield ValidationError(error.message, cause=error.cause)
+
+
+def minLength(validator, mL, instance, schema):
+    if validator.is_type(instance, "string") and len(instance) < mL:
+        yield ValidationError("%r is too short" % (instance,))
+
+
+def maxLength(validator, mL, instance, schema):
+    if validator.is_type(instance, "string") and len(instance) > mL:
+        yield ValidationError("%r is too long" % (instance,))
+
+
+def dependencies(validator, dependencies, instance, schema):
+    if not validator.is_type(instance, "object"):
+        return
+
+    for property, dependency in iteritems(dependencies):
+        if property not in instance:
+            continue
+
+        if validator.is_type(dependency, "object"):
+            for error in validator.descend(
+                instance, dependency, schema_path=property,
+            ):
+                yield error
+        else:
+            dependencies = _utils.ensure_list(dependency)
+            for dependency in dependencies:
+                if dependency not in instance:
+                    yield ValidationError(
+                        "%r is a dependency of %r" % (dependency, property)
+                    )
+
+
+def enum(validator, enums, instance, schema):
+    if instance not in enums:
+        yield ValidationError("%r is not one of %r" % (instance, enums))
+
+
+def ref(validator, ref, instance, schema):
+    with validator.resolver.resolving(ref) as resolved:
+        for error in validator.descend(instance, resolved):
+            yield error
+
+
+def type_draft3(validator, types, instance, schema):
+    types = _utils.ensure_list(types)
+
+    all_errors = []
+    for index, type in enumerate(types):
+        if type == "any":
+            return
+        if validator.is_type(type, "object"):
+            errors = list(validator.descend(instance, type, schema_path=index))
+            if not errors:
+                return
+            all_errors.extend(errors)
+        else:
+            if validator.is_type(instance, type):
+                return
+    else:
+        yield ValidationError(
+            _utils.types_msg(instance, types), context=all_errors,
+        )
+
+
+def properties_draft3(validator, properties, instance, schema):
+    if not validator.is_type(instance, "object"):
+        return
+
+    for property, subschema in iteritems(properties):
+        if property in instance:
+            for error in validator.descend(
+                instance[property],
+                subschema,
+                path=property,
+                schema_path=property,
+            ):
+                yield error
+        elif subschema.get("required", False):
+            error = ValidationError("%r is a required property" % property)
+            error._set(
+                validator="required",
+                validator_value=subschema["required"],
+                instance=instance,
+                schema=schema,
+            )
+            error.path.appendleft(property)
+            error.schema_path.extend([property, "required"])
+            yield error
+
+
+def disallow_draft3(validator, disallow, instance, schema):
+    for disallowed in _utils.ensure_list(disallow):
+        if validator.is_valid(instance, {"type" : [disallowed]}):
+            yield ValidationError(
+                "%r is disallowed for %r" % (disallowed, instance)
+            )
+
+
+def extends_draft3(validator, extends, instance, schema):
+    if validator.is_type(extends, "object"):
+        for error in validator.descend(instance, extends):
+            yield error
+        return
+    for index, subschema in enumerate(extends):
+        for error in validator.descend(instance, subschema, schema_path=index):
+            yield error
+
+
+def type_draft4(validator, types, instance, schema):
+    types = _utils.ensure_list(types)
+
+    if not any(validator.is_type(instance, type) for type in types):
+        yield ValidationError(_utils.types_msg(instance, types))
+
+
+def properties_draft4(validator, properties, instance, schema):
+    if not validator.is_type(instance, "object"):
+        return
+
+    for property, subschema in iteritems(properties):
+        if property in instance:
+            for error in validator.descend(
+                instance[property],
+                subschema,
+                path=property,
+                schema_path=property,
+            ):
+                yield error
+
+
+def required_draft4(validator, required, instance, schema):
+    if not validator.is_type(instance, "object"):
+        return
+    for property in required:
+        if property not in instance:
+            yield ValidationError("%r is a required property" % property)
+
+
+def minProperties_draft4(validator, mP, instance, schema):
+    if validator.is_type(instance, "object") and len(instance) < mP:
+        yield ValidationError(
+            "%r does not have enough properties" % (instance,)
+        )
+
+
+def maxProperties_draft4(validator, mP, instance, schema):
+    if not validator.is_type(instance, "object"):
+        return
+    if validator.is_type(instance, "object") and len(instance) > mP:
+        yield ValidationError("%r has too many properties" % (instance,))
+
+
+def allOf_draft4(validator, allOf, instance, schema):
+    for index, subschema in enumerate(allOf):
+        for error in validator.descend(instance, subschema, schema_path=index):
+            yield error
+
+
+def oneOf_draft4(validator, oneOf, instance, schema):
+    subschemas = enumerate(oneOf)
+    all_errors = []
+    for index, subschema in subschemas:
+        errs = list(validator.descend(instance, subschema, schema_path=index))
+        if not errs:
+            first_valid = subschema
+            break
+        all_errors.extend(errs)
+    else:
+        yield ValidationError(
+            "%r is not valid under any of the given schemas" % (instance,),
+            context=all_errors,
+        )
+
+    more_valid = [s for i, s in subschemas if validator.is_valid(instance, s)]
+    if more_valid:
+        more_valid.append(first_valid)
+        reprs = ", ".join(repr(schema) for schema in more_valid)
+        yield ValidationError(
+            "%r is valid under each of %s" % (instance, reprs)
+        )
+
+
+def anyOf_draft4(validator, anyOf, instance, schema):
+    all_errors = []
+    for index, subschema in enumerate(anyOf):
+        errs = list(validator.descend(instance, subschema, schema_path=index))
+        if not errs:
+            break
+        all_errors.extend(errs)
+    else:
+        yield ValidationError(
+            "%r is not valid under any of the given schemas" % (instance,),
+            context=all_errors,
+        )
+
+
+def not_draft4(validator, not_schema, instance, schema):
+    if validator.is_valid(instance, not_schema):
+        yield ValidationError(
+            "%r is not allowed for %r" % (not_schema, instance)
+        )
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/cli.py b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0126564f46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+import argparse
+import json
+import sys
+
+from jsonschema._reflect import namedAny
+from jsonschema.validators import validator_for
+
+
+def _namedAnyWithDefault(name):
+    if "." not in name:
+        name = "jsonschema." + name
+    return namedAny(name)
+
+
+def _json_file(path):
+    with open(path) as file:
+        return json.load(file)
+
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    description="JSON Schema Validation CLI",
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-i", "--instance",
+    action="append",
+    dest="instances",
+    type=_json_file,
+    help="a path to a JSON instance to validate "
+         "(may be specified multiple times)",
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-F", "--error-format",
+    default="{error.instance}: {error.message}\n",
+    help="the format to use for each error output message, specified in "
+         "a form suitable for passing to str.format, which will be called "
+         "with 'error' for each error",
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-V", "--validator",
+    type=_namedAnyWithDefault,
+    help="the fully qualified object name of a validator to use, or, for "
+         "validators that are registered with jsonschema, simply the name "
+         "of the class.",
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    "schema",
+    help="the JSON Schema to validate with",
+    type=_json_file,
+)
+
+
+def parse_args(args):
+    arguments = vars(parser.parse_args(args=args or ["--help"]))
+    if arguments["validator"] is None:
+        arguments["validator"] = validator_for(arguments["schema"])
+    return arguments
+
+
+def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
+    sys.exit(run(arguments=parse_args(args=args)))
+
+
+def run(arguments, stdout=sys.stdout, stderr=sys.stderr):
+    error_format = arguments["error_format"]
+    validator = arguments["validator"](schema=arguments["schema"])
+    errored = False
+    for instance in arguments["instances"] or ():
+        for error in validator.iter_errors(instance):
+            stderr.write(error_format.format(error=error))
+            errored = True
+    return errored
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/compat.py b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/compat.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ca49ab6be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/compat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+import sys
+import operator
+
+try:
+    from collections import MutableMapping, Sequence  # noqa
+except ImportError:
+    from collections.abc import MutableMapping, Sequence  # noqa
+
+PY3 = sys.version_info[0] >= 3
+
+if PY3:
+    zip = zip
+    from io import StringIO
+    from urllib.parse import (
+        unquote, urljoin, urlunsplit, SplitResult, urlsplit as _urlsplit
+    )
+    from urllib.request import urlopen
+    str_types = str,
+    int_types = int,
+    iteritems = operator.methodcaller("items")
+else:
+    from itertools import izip as zip  # noqa
+    from StringIO import StringIO
+    from urlparse import (
+        urljoin, urlunsplit, SplitResult, urlsplit as _urlsplit # noqa
+    )
+    from urllib import unquote  # noqa
+    from urllib2 import urlopen  # noqa
+    str_types = basestring
+    int_types = int, long
+    iteritems = operator.methodcaller("iteritems")
+
+
+# On python < 3.3 fragments are not handled properly with unknown schemes
+def urlsplit(url):
+    scheme, netloc, path, query, fragment = _urlsplit(url)
+    if "#" in path:
+        path, fragment = path.split("#", 1)
+    return SplitResult(scheme, netloc, path, query, fragment)
+
+
+def urldefrag(url):
+    if "#" in url:
+        s, n, p, q, frag = urlsplit(url)
+        defrag = urlunsplit((s, n, p, q, ''))
+    else:
+        defrag = url
+        frag = ''
+    return defrag, frag
+
+
+# flake8: noqa
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/exceptions.py b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..478e59c531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,264 @@
+from collections import defaultdict, deque
+import itertools
+import pprint
+import textwrap
+
+from jsonschema import _utils
+from jsonschema.compat import PY3, iteritems
+
+
+WEAK_MATCHES = frozenset(["anyOf", "oneOf"])
+STRONG_MATCHES = frozenset()
+
+_unset = _utils.Unset()
+
+
+class _Error(Exception):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        message,
+        validator=_unset,
+        path=(),
+        cause=None,
+        context=(),
+        validator_value=_unset,
+        instance=_unset,
+        schema=_unset,
+        schema_path=(),
+        parent=None,
+    ):
+        self.message = message
+        self.path = self.relative_path = deque(path)
+        self.schema_path = self.relative_schema_path = deque(schema_path)
+        self.context = list(context)
+        self.cause = self.__cause__ = cause
+        self.validator = validator
+        self.validator_value = validator_value
+        self.instance = instance
+        self.schema = schema
+        self.parent = parent
+
+        for error in context:
+            error.parent = self
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<%s: %r>" % (self.__class__.__name__, self.message)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return unicode(self).encode("utf-8")
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        essential_for_verbose = (
+            self.validator, self.validator_value, self.instance, self.schema,
+        )
+        if any(m is _unset for m in essential_for_verbose):
+            return self.message
+
+        pschema = pprint.pformat(self.schema, width=72)
+        pinstance = pprint.pformat(self.instance, width=72)
+        return self.message + textwrap.dedent("""
+
+            Failed validating %r in schema%s:
+            %s
+
+            On instance%s:
+            %s
+            """.rstrip()
+        ) % (
+            self.validator,
+            _utils.format_as_index(list(self.relative_schema_path)[:-1]),
+            _utils.indent(pschema),
+            _utils.format_as_index(self.relative_path),
+            _utils.indent(pinstance),
+        )
+
+    if PY3:
+        __str__ = __unicode__
+
+    @classmethod
+    def create_from(cls, other):
+        return cls(**other._contents())
+
+    @property
+    def absolute_path(self):
+        parent = self.parent
+        if parent is None:
+            return self.relative_path
+
+        path = deque(self.relative_path)
+        path.extendleft(parent.absolute_path)
+        return path
+
+    @property
+    def absolute_schema_path(self):
+        parent = self.parent
+        if parent is None:
+            return self.relative_schema_path
+
+        path = deque(self.relative_schema_path)
+        path.extendleft(parent.absolute_schema_path)
+        return path
+
+    def _set(self, **kwargs):
+        for k, v in iteritems(kwargs):
+            if getattr(self, k) is _unset:
+                setattr(self, k, v)
+
+    def _contents(self):
+        attrs = (
+            "message", "cause", "context", "validator", "validator_value",
+            "path", "schema_path", "instance", "schema", "parent",
+        )
+        return dict((attr, getattr(self, attr)) for attr in attrs)
+
+
+class ValidationError(_Error):
+    pass
+
+
+class SchemaError(_Error):
+    pass
+
+
+class RefResolutionError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class UnknownType(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, type, instance, schema):
+        self.type = type
+        self.instance = instance
+        self.schema = schema
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return unicode(self).encode("utf-8")
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        pschema = pprint.pformat(self.schema, width=72)
+        pinstance = pprint.pformat(self.instance, width=72)
+        return textwrap.dedent("""
+            Unknown type %r for validator with schema:
+            %s
+
+            While checking instance:
+            %s
+            """.rstrip()
+        ) % (self.type, _utils.indent(pschema), _utils.indent(pinstance))
+
+    if PY3:
+        __str__ = __unicode__
+
+
+
+class FormatError(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, message, cause=None):
+        super(FormatError, self).__init__(message, cause)
+        self.message = message
+        self.cause = self.__cause__ = cause
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.message.encode("utf-8")
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return self.message
+
+    if PY3:
+        __str__ = __unicode__
+
+
+class ErrorTree(object):
+    """
+    ErrorTrees make it easier to check which validations failed.
+
+    """
+
+    _instance = _unset
+
+    def __init__(self, errors=()):
+        self.errors = {}
+        self._contents = defaultdict(self.__class__)
+
+        for error in errors:
+            container = self
+            for element in error.path:
+                container = container[element]
+            container.errors[error.validator] = error
+
+            self._instance = error.instance
+
+    def __contains__(self, index):
+        """
+        Check whether ``instance[index]`` has any errors.
+
+        """
+
+        return index in self._contents
+
+    def __getitem__(self, index):
+        """
+        Retrieve the child tree one level down at the given ``index``.
+
+        If the index is not in the instance that this tree corresponds to and
+        is not known by this tree, whatever error would be raised by
+        ``instance.__getitem__`` will be propagated (usually this is some
+        subclass of :class:`LookupError`.
+
+        """
+
+        if self._instance is not _unset and index not in self:
+            self._instance[index]
+        return self._contents[index]
+
+    def __setitem__(self, index, value):
+        self._contents[index] = value
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        """
+        Iterate (non-recursively) over the indices in the instance with errors.
+
+        """
+
+        return iter(self._contents)
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        """
+        Same as :attr:`total_errors`.
+
+        """
+
+        return self.total_errors
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<%s (%s total errors)>" % (self.__class__.__name__, len(self))
+
+    @property
+    def total_errors(self):
+        """
+        The total number of errors in the entire tree, including children.
+
+        """
+
+        child_errors = sum(len(tree) for _, tree in iteritems(self._contents))
+        return len(self.errors) + child_errors
+
+
+def by_relevance(weak=WEAK_MATCHES, strong=STRONG_MATCHES):
+    def relevance(error):
+        validator = error.validator
+        return -len(error.path), validator not in weak, validator in strong
+    return relevance
+
+
+relevance = by_relevance()
+
+
+def best_match(errors, key=relevance):
+    errors = iter(errors)
+    best = next(errors, None)
+    if best is None:
+        return
+    best = max(itertools.chain([best], errors), key=key)
+
+    while best.context:
+        best = min(best.context, key=key)
+    return best
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/schemas/draft3.json b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/schemas/draft3.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bcefe30d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/schemas/draft3.json
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-03/schema#",
+    "dependencies": {
+        "exclusiveMaximum": "maximum",
+        "exclusiveMinimum": "minimum"
+    },
+    "id": "http://json-schema.org/draft-03/schema#",
+    "properties": {
+        "$ref": {
+            "format": "uri",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "$schema": {
+            "format": "uri",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "additionalItems": {
+            "default": {},
+            "type": [
+                {
+                    "$ref": "#"
+                },
+                "boolean"
+            ]
+        },
+        "additionalProperties": {
+            "default": {},
+            "type": [
+                {
+                    "$ref": "#"
+                },
+                "boolean"
+            ]
+        },
+        "default": {
+            "type": "any"
+        },
+        "dependencies": {
+            "additionalProperties": {
+                "items": {
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "type": [
+                    "string",
+                    "array",
+                    {
+                        "$ref": "#"
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            "default": {},
+            "type": [
+                "string",
+                "array",
+                "object"
+            ]
+        },
+        "description": {
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "disallow": {
+            "items": {
+                "type": [
+                    "string",
+                    {
+                        "$ref": "#"
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            "type": [
+                "string",
+                "array"
+            ],
+            "uniqueItems": true
+        },
+        "divisibleBy": {
+            "default": 1,
+            "exclusiveMinimum": true,
+            "minimum": 0,
+            "type": "number"
+        },
+        "enum": {
+            "minItems": 1,
+            "type": "array",
+            "uniqueItems": true
+        },
+        "exclusiveMaximum": {
+            "default": false,
+            "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "exclusiveMinimum": {
+            "default": false,
+            "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "extends": {
+            "default": {},
+            "items": {
+                "$ref": "#"
+            },
+            "type": [
+                {
+                    "$ref": "#"
+                },
+                "array"
+            ]
+        },
+        "format": {
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "id": {
+            "format": "uri",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "items": {
+            "default": {},
+            "items": {
+                "$ref": "#"
+            },
+            "type": [
+                {
+                    "$ref": "#"
+                },
+                "array"
+            ]
+        },
+        "maxDecimal": {
+            "minimum": 0,
+            "type": "number"
+        },
+        "maxItems": {
+            "minimum": 0,
+            "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "maxLength": {
+            "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "maximum": {
+            "type": "number"
+        },
+        "minItems": {
+            "default": 0,
+            "minimum": 0,
+            "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "minLength": {
+            "default": 0,
+            "minimum": 0,
+            "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "minimum": {
+            "type": "number"
+        },
+        "pattern": {
+            "format": "regex",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "patternProperties": {
+            "additionalProperties": {
+                "$ref": "#"
+            },
+            "default": {},
+            "type": "object"
+        },
+        "properties": {
+            "additionalProperties": {
+                "$ref": "#",
+                "type": "object"
+            },
+            "default": {},
+            "type": "object"
+        },
+        "required": {
+            "default": false,
+            "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "title": {
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "type": {
+            "default": "any",
+            "items": {
+                "type": [
+                    "string",
+                    {
+                        "$ref": "#"
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            "type": [
+                "string",
+                "array"
+            ],
+            "uniqueItems": true
+        },
+        "uniqueItems": {
+            "default": false,
+            "type": "boolean"
+        }
+    },
+    "type": "object"
+}
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/schemas/draft4.json b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/schemas/draft4.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fead5cefab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/schemas/draft4.json
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+    "default": {},
+    "definitions": {
+        "positiveInteger": {
+            "minimum": 0,
+            "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "positiveIntegerDefault0": {
+            "allOf": [
+                {
+                    "$ref": "#/definitions/positiveInteger"
+                },
+                {
+                    "default": 0
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        "schemaArray": {
+            "items": {
+                "$ref": "#"
+            },
+            "minItems": 1,
+            "type": "array"
+        },
+        "simpleTypes": {
+            "enum": [
+                "array",
+                "boolean",
+                "integer",
+                "null",
+                "number",
+                "object",
+                "string"
+            ]
+        },
+        "stringArray": {
+            "items": {
+                "type": "string"
+            },
+            "minItems": 1,
+            "type": "array",
+            "uniqueItems": true
+        }
+    },
+    "dependencies": {
+        "exclusiveMaximum": [
+            "maximum"
+        ],
+        "exclusiveMinimum": [
+            "minimum"
+        ]
+    },
+    "description": "Core schema meta-schema",
+    "id": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+    "properties": {
+        "$schema": {
+            "format": "uri",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "additionalItems": {
+            "anyOf": [
+                {
+                    "type": "boolean"
+                },
+                {
+                    "$ref": "#"
+                }
+            ],
+            "default": {}
+        },
+        "additionalProperties": {
+            "anyOf": [
+                {
+                    "type": "boolean"
+                },
+                {
+                    "$ref": "#"
+                }
+            ],
+            "default": {}
+        },
+        "allOf": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/schemaArray"
+        },
+        "anyOf": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/schemaArray"
+        },
+        "default": {},
+        "definitions": {
+            "additionalProperties": {
+                "$ref": "#"
+            },
+            "default": {},
+            "type": "object"
+        },
+        "dependencies": {
+            "additionalProperties": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                    {
+                        "$ref": "#"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "$ref": "#/definitions/stringArray"
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            "type": "object"
+        },
+        "description": {
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "enum": {
+            "minItems": 1,
+            "type": "array",
+            "uniqueItems": true
+        },
+        "exclusiveMaximum": {
+            "default": false,
+            "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "exclusiveMinimum": {
+            "default": false,
+            "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "id": {
+            "format": "uri",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "items": {
+            "anyOf": [
+                {
+                    "$ref": "#"
+                },
+                {
+                    "$ref": "#/definitions/schemaArray"
+                }
+            ],
+            "default": {}
+        },
+        "maxItems": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/positiveInteger"
+        },
+        "maxLength": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/positiveInteger"
+        },
+        "maxProperties": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/positiveInteger"
+        },
+        "maximum": {
+            "type": "number"
+        },
+        "minItems": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/positiveIntegerDefault0"
+        },
+        "minLength": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/positiveIntegerDefault0"
+        },
+        "minProperties": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/positiveIntegerDefault0"
+        },
+        "minimum": {
+            "type": "number"
+        },
+        "multipleOf": {
+            "exclusiveMinimum": true,
+            "minimum": 0,
+            "type": "number"
+        },
+        "not": {
+            "$ref": "#"
+        },
+        "oneOf": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/schemaArray"
+        },
+        "pattern": {
+            "format": "regex",
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "patternProperties": {
+            "additionalProperties": {
+                "$ref": "#"
+            },
+            "default": {},
+            "type": "object"
+        },
+        "properties": {
+            "additionalProperties": {
+                "$ref": "#"
+            },
+            "default": {},
+            "type": "object"
+        },
+        "required": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/stringArray"
+        },
+        "title": {
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "type": {
+            "anyOf": [
+                {
+                    "$ref": "#/definitions/simpleTypes"
+                },
+                {
+                    "items": {
+                        "$ref": "#/definitions/simpleTypes"
+                    },
+                    "minItems": 1,
+                    "type": "array",
+                    "uniqueItems": true
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        "uniqueItems": {
+            "default": false,
+            "type": "boolean"
+        }
+    },
+    "type": "object"
+}
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/__init__.py b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/__init__.py
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/compat.py b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/compat.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b37483f5dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/compat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import sys
+
+
+if sys.version_info[:2] < (2, 7):  # pragma: no cover
+    import unittest2 as unittest
+else:
+    import unittest
+
+try:
+    from unittest import mock
+except ImportError:
+    import mock
+
+
+# flake8: noqa
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/test_cli.py b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/test_cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f625ca989d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+from jsonschema import Draft4Validator, ValidationError, cli
+from jsonschema.compat import StringIO
+from jsonschema.tests.compat import mock, unittest
+
+
+def fake_validator(*errors):
+    errors = list(reversed(errors))
+
+    class FakeValidator(object):
+        def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            pass
+
+        def iter_errors(self, instance):
+            if errors:
+                return errors.pop()
+            return []
+    return FakeValidator
+
+
+class TestParser(unittest.TestCase):
+    FakeValidator = fake_validator()
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        mock_open = mock.mock_open()
+        patch_open = mock.patch.object(cli, "open", mock_open, create=True)
+        patch_open.start()
+        self.addCleanup(patch_open.stop)
+
+        mock_json_load = mock.Mock()
+        mock_json_load.return_value = {}
+        patch_json_load = mock.patch("json.load")
+        patch_json_load.start()
+        self.addCleanup(patch_json_load.stop)
+
+    def test_find_validator_by_fully_qualified_object_name(self):
+        arguments = cli.parse_args(
+            [
+                "--validator",
+                "jsonschema.tests.test_cli.TestParser.FakeValidator",
+                "--instance", "foo.json",
+                "schema.json",
+            ]
+        )
+        self.assertIs(arguments["validator"], self.FakeValidator)
+
+    def test_find_validator_in_jsonschema(self):
+        arguments = cli.parse_args(
+            [
+                "--validator", "Draft4Validator",
+                "--instance", "foo.json",
+                "schema.json",
+            ]
+        )
+        self.assertIs(arguments["validator"], Draft4Validator)
+
+
+class TestCLI(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_successful_validation(self):
+        stdout, stderr = StringIO(), StringIO()
+        exit_code = cli.run(
+            {
+                "validator": fake_validator(),
+                "schema": {},
+                "instances": [1],
+                "error_format": "{error.message}",
+            },
+            stdout=stdout,
+            stderr=stderr,
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(stdout.getvalue())
+        self.assertFalse(stderr.getvalue())
+        self.assertEqual(exit_code, 0)
+
+    def test_unsuccessful_validation(self):
+        error = ValidationError("I am an error!", instance=1)
+        stdout, stderr = StringIO(), StringIO()
+        exit_code = cli.run(
+            {
+                "validator": fake_validator([error]),
+                "schema": {},
+                "instances": [1],
+                "error_format": "{error.instance} - {error.message}",
+            },
+            stdout=stdout,
+            stderr=stderr,
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(stdout.getvalue())
+        self.assertEqual(stderr.getvalue(), "1 - I am an error!")
+        self.assertEqual(exit_code, 1)
+
+    def test_unsuccessful_validation_multiple_instances(self):
+        first_errors = [
+            ValidationError("9", instance=1),
+            ValidationError("8", instance=1),
+        ]
+        second_errors = [ValidationError("7", instance=2)]
+        stdout, stderr = StringIO(), StringIO()
+        exit_code = cli.run(
+            {
+                "validator": fake_validator(first_errors, second_errors),
+                "schema": {},
+                "instances": [1, 2],
+                "error_format": "{error.instance} - {error.message}\t",
+            },
+            stdout=stdout,
+            stderr=stderr,
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(stdout.getvalue())
+        self.assertEqual(stderr.getvalue(), "1 - 9\t1 - 8\t2 - 7\t")
+        self.assertEqual(exit_code, 1)
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/test_exceptions.py b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/test_exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e5793c628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/test_exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,382 @@
+import textwrap
+
+from jsonschema import Draft4Validator, exceptions
+from jsonschema.compat import PY3
+from jsonschema.tests.compat import mock, unittest
+
+
+class TestBestMatch(unittest.TestCase):
+    def best_match(self, errors):
+        errors = list(errors)
+        best = exceptions.best_match(errors)
+        reversed_best = exceptions.best_match(reversed(errors))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            best,
+            reversed_best,
+            msg="Didn't return a consistent best match!\n"
+                "Got: {0}\n\nThen: {1}".format(best, reversed_best),
+        )
+        return best
+
+    def test_shallower_errors_are_better_matches(self):
+        validator = Draft4Validator(
+            {
+                "properties" : {
+                    "foo" : {
+                        "minProperties" : 2,
+                        "properties" : {"bar" : {"type" : "object"}},
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        )
+        best = self.best_match(validator.iter_errors({"foo" : {"bar" : []}}))
+        self.assertEqual(best.validator, "minProperties")
+
+    def test_oneOf_and_anyOf_are_weak_matches(self):
+        """
+        A property you *must* match is probably better than one you have to
+        match a part of.
+
+        """
+
+        validator = Draft4Validator(
+            {
+                "minProperties" : 2,
+                "anyOf" : [{"type" : "string"}, {"type" : "number"}],
+                "oneOf" : [{"type" : "string"}, {"type" : "number"}],
+            }
+        )
+        best = self.best_match(validator.iter_errors({}))
+        self.assertEqual(best.validator, "minProperties")
+
+    def test_if_the_most_relevant_error_is_anyOf_it_is_traversed(self):
+        """
+        If the most relevant error is an anyOf, then we traverse its context
+        and select the otherwise *least* relevant error, since in this case
+        that means the most specific, deep, error inside the instance.
+
+        I.e. since only one of the schemas must match, we look for the most
+        relevant one.
+
+        """
+
+        validator = Draft4Validator(
+            {
+                "properties" : {
+                    "foo" : {
+                        "anyOf" : [
+                            {"type" : "string"},
+                            {"properties" : {"bar" : {"type" : "array"}}},
+                        ],
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        )
+        best = self.best_match(validator.iter_errors({"foo" : {"bar" : 12}}))
+        self.assertEqual(best.validator_value, "array")
+
+    def test_if_the_most_relevant_error_is_oneOf_it_is_traversed(self):
+        """
+        If the most relevant error is an oneOf, then we traverse its context
+        and select the otherwise *least* relevant error, since in this case
+        that means the most specific, deep, error inside the instance.
+
+        I.e. since only one of the schemas must match, we look for the most
+        relevant one.
+
+        """
+
+        validator = Draft4Validator(
+            {
+                "properties" : {
+                    "foo" : {
+                        "oneOf" : [
+                            {"type" : "string"},
+                            {"properties" : {"bar" : {"type" : "array"}}},
+                        ],
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        )
+        best = self.best_match(validator.iter_errors({"foo" : {"bar" : 12}}))
+        self.assertEqual(best.validator_value, "array")
+
+    def test_if_the_most_relevant_error_is_allOf_it_is_traversed(self):
+        """
+        Now, if the error is allOf, we traverse but select the *most* relevant
+        error from the context, because all schemas here must match anyways.
+
+        """
+
+        validator = Draft4Validator(
+            {
+                "properties" : {
+                    "foo" : {
+                        "allOf" : [
+                            {"type" : "string"},
+                            {"properties" : {"bar" : {"type" : "array"}}},
+                        ],
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        )
+        best = self.best_match(validator.iter_errors({"foo" : {"bar" : 12}}))
+        self.assertEqual(best.validator_value, "string")
+
+    def test_nested_context_for_oneOf(self):
+        validator = Draft4Validator(
+            {
+                "properties" : {
+                    "foo" : {
+                        "oneOf" : [
+                            {"type" : "string"},
+                            {
+                                "oneOf" : [
+                                    {"type" : "string"},
+                                    {
+                                        "properties" : {
+                                            "bar" : {"type" : "array"}
+                                        },
+                                    },
+                                ],
+                            },
+                        ],
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        )
+        best = self.best_match(validator.iter_errors({"foo" : {"bar" : 12}}))
+        self.assertEqual(best.validator_value, "array")
+
+    def test_one_error(self):
+        validator = Draft4Validator({"minProperties" : 2})
+        error, = validator.iter_errors({})
+        self.assertEqual(
+            exceptions.best_match(validator.iter_errors({})).validator,
+            "minProperties",
+        )
+
+    def test_no_errors(self):
+        validator = Draft4Validator({})
+        self.assertIsNone(exceptions.best_match(validator.iter_errors({})))
+
+
+class TestByRelevance(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_short_paths_are_better_matches(self):
+        shallow = exceptions.ValidationError("Oh no!", path=["baz"])
+        deep = exceptions.ValidationError("Oh yes!", path=["foo", "bar"])
+        match = max([shallow, deep], key=exceptions.relevance)
+        self.assertIs(match, shallow)
+
+        match = max([deep, shallow], key=exceptions.relevance)
+        self.assertIs(match, shallow)
+
+    def test_global_errors_are_even_better_matches(self):
+        shallow = exceptions.ValidationError("Oh no!", path=[])
+        deep = exceptions.ValidationError("Oh yes!", path=["foo"])
+
+        errors = sorted([shallow, deep], key=exceptions.relevance)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            [list(error.path) for error in errors],
+            [["foo"], []],
+        )
+
+        errors = sorted([deep, shallow], key=exceptions.relevance)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            [list(error.path) for error in errors],
+            [["foo"], []],
+        )
+
+    def test_weak_validators_are_lower_priority(self):
+        weak = exceptions.ValidationError("Oh no!", path=[], validator="a")
+        normal = exceptions.ValidationError("Oh yes!", path=[], validator="b")
+
+        best_match = exceptions.by_relevance(weak="a")
+
+        match = max([weak, normal], key=best_match)
+        self.assertIs(match, normal)
+
+        match = max([normal, weak], key=best_match)
+        self.assertIs(match, normal)
+
+    def test_strong_validators_are_higher_priority(self):
+        weak = exceptions.ValidationError("Oh no!", path=[], validator="a")
+        normal = exceptions.ValidationError("Oh yes!", path=[], validator="b")
+        strong = exceptions.ValidationError("Oh fine!", path=[], validator="c")
+
+        best_match = exceptions.by_relevance(weak="a", strong="c")
+
+        match = max([weak, normal, strong], key=best_match)
+        self.assertIs(match, strong)
+
+        match = max([strong, normal, weak], key=best_match)
+        self.assertIs(match, strong)
+
+
+class TestErrorTree(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_it_knows_how_many_total_errors_it_contains(self):
+        errors = [mock.MagicMock() for _ in range(8)]
+        tree = exceptions.ErrorTree(errors)
+        self.assertEqual(tree.total_errors, 8)
+
+    def test_it_contains_an_item_if_the_item_had_an_error(self):
+        errors = [exceptions.ValidationError("a message", path=["bar"])]
+        tree = exceptions.ErrorTree(errors)
+        self.assertIn("bar", tree)
+
+    def test_it_does_not_contain_an_item_if_the_item_had_no_error(self):
+        errors = [exceptions.ValidationError("a message", path=["bar"])]
+        tree = exceptions.ErrorTree(errors)
+        self.assertNotIn("foo", tree)
+
+    def test_validators_that_failed_appear_in_errors_dict(self):
+        error = exceptions.ValidationError("a message", validator="foo")
+        tree = exceptions.ErrorTree([error])
+        self.assertEqual(tree.errors, {"foo" : error})
+
+    def test_it_creates_a_child_tree_for_each_nested_path(self):
+        errors = [
+            exceptions.ValidationError("a bar message", path=["bar"]),
+            exceptions.ValidationError("a bar -> 0 message", path=["bar", 0]),
+        ]
+        tree = exceptions.ErrorTree(errors)
+        self.assertIn(0, tree["bar"])
+        self.assertNotIn(1, tree["bar"])
+
+    def test_children_have_their_errors_dicts_built(self):
+        e1, e2 = (
+            exceptions.ValidationError("1", validator="foo", path=["bar", 0]),
+            exceptions.ValidationError("2", validator="quux", path=["bar", 0]),
+        )
+        tree = exceptions.ErrorTree([e1, e2])
+        self.assertEqual(tree["bar"][0].errors, {"foo" : e1, "quux" : e2})
+
+    def test_it_does_not_contain_subtrees_that_are_not_in_the_instance(self):
+        error = exceptions.ValidationError("123", validator="foo", instance=[])
+        tree = exceptions.ErrorTree([error])
+
+        with self.assertRaises(IndexError):
+            tree[0]
+
+    def test_if_its_in_the_tree_anyhow_it_does_not_raise_an_error(self):
+        """
+        If a validator is dumb (like :validator:`required` in draft 3) and
+        refers to a path that isn't in the instance, the tree still properly
+        returns a subtree for that path.
+
+        """
+
+        error = exceptions.ValidationError(
+            "a message", validator="foo", instance={}, path=["foo"],
+        )
+        tree = exceptions.ErrorTree([error])
+        self.assertIsInstance(tree["foo"], exceptions.ErrorTree)
+
+
+class TestErrorReprStr(unittest.TestCase):
+    def make_error(self, **kwargs):
+        defaults = dict(
+            message=u"hello",
+            validator=u"type",
+            validator_value=u"string",
+            instance=5,
+            schema={u"type": u"string"},
+        )
+        defaults.update(kwargs)
+        return exceptions.ValidationError(**defaults)
+
+    def assertShows(self, expected, **kwargs):
+        if PY3:
+            expected = expected.replace("u'", "'")
+        expected = textwrap.dedent(expected).rstrip("\n")
+
+        error = self.make_error(**kwargs)
+        message_line, _, rest = str(error).partition("\n")
+        self.assertEqual(message_line, error.message)
+        self.assertEqual(rest, expected)
+
+    def test_repr(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            repr(exceptions.ValidationError(message="Hello!")),
+            "<ValidationError: %r>" % "Hello!",
+        )
+
+    def test_unset_error(self):
+        error = exceptions.ValidationError("message")
+        self.assertEqual(str(error), "message")
+
+        kwargs = {
+            "validator": "type",
+            "validator_value": "string",
+            "instance": 5,
+            "schema": {"type": "string"}
+        }
+        # Just the message should show if any of the attributes are unset
+        for attr in kwargs:
+            k = dict(kwargs)
+            del k[attr]
+            error = exceptions.ValidationError("message", **k)
+            self.assertEqual(str(error), "message")
+
+    def test_empty_paths(self):
+        self.assertShows(
+            """
+            Failed validating u'type' in schema:
+                {u'type': u'string'}
+
+            On instance:
+                5
+            """,
+            path=[],
+            schema_path=[],
+        )
+
+    def test_one_item_paths(self):
+        self.assertShows(
+            """
+            Failed validating u'type' in schema:
+                {u'type': u'string'}
+
+            On instance[0]:
+                5
+            """,
+            path=[0],
+            schema_path=["items"],
+        )
+
+    def test_multiple_item_paths(self):
+        self.assertShows(
+            """
+            Failed validating u'type' in schema[u'items'][0]:
+                {u'type': u'string'}
+
+            On instance[0][u'a']:
+                5
+            """,
+            path=[0, u"a"],
+            schema_path=[u"items", 0, 1],
+        )
+
+    def test_uses_pprint(self):
+        with mock.patch("pprint.pformat") as pformat:
+            str(self.make_error())
+            self.assertEqual(pformat.call_count, 2)  # schema + instance
+
+    def test_str_works_with_instances_having_overriden_eq_operator(self):
+        """
+        Check for https://github.com/Julian/jsonschema/issues/164 which
+        rendered exceptions unusable when a `ValidationError` involved
+        instances with an `__eq__` method that returned truthy values.
+
+        """
+
+        instance = mock.MagicMock()
+        error = exceptions.ValidationError(
+            "a message",
+            validator="foo",
+            instance=instance,
+            validator_value="some",
+            schema="schema",
+        )
+        str(error)
+        self.assertFalse(instance.__eq__.called)
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/test_format.py b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/test_format.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8392ca1de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/test_format.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+"""
+Tests for the parts of jsonschema related to the :validator:`format` property.
+
+"""
+
+from jsonschema.tests.compat import mock, unittest
+
+from jsonschema import FormatError, ValidationError, FormatChecker
+from jsonschema.validators import Draft4Validator
+
+
+class TestFormatChecker(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.fn = mock.Mock()
+
+    def test_it_can_validate_no_formats(self):
+        checker = FormatChecker(formats=())
+        self.assertFalse(checker.checkers)
+
+    def test_it_raises_a_key_error_for_unknown_formats(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(KeyError):
+            FormatChecker(formats=["o noes"])
+
+    def test_it_can_register_cls_checkers(self):
+        with mock.patch.dict(FormatChecker.checkers, clear=True):
+            FormatChecker.cls_checks("new")(self.fn)
+            self.assertEqual(FormatChecker.checkers, {"new" : (self.fn, ())})
+
+    def test_it_can_register_checkers(self):
+        checker = FormatChecker()
+        checker.checks("new")(self.fn)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            checker.checkers,
+            dict(FormatChecker.checkers, new=(self.fn, ()))
+        )
+
+    def test_it_catches_registered_errors(self):
+        checker = FormatChecker()
+        cause = self.fn.side_effect = ValueError()
+
+        checker.checks("foo", raises=ValueError)(self.fn)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(FormatError) as cm:
+            checker.check("bar", "foo")
+
+        self.assertIs(cm.exception.cause, cause)
+        self.assertIs(cm.exception.__cause__, cause)
+
+        # Unregistered errors should not be caught
+        self.fn.side_effect = AttributeError
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+            checker.check("bar", "foo")
+
+    def test_format_error_causes_become_validation_error_causes(self):
+        checker = FormatChecker()
+        checker.checks("foo", raises=ValueError)(self.fn)
+        cause = self.fn.side_effect = ValueError()
+        validator = Draft4Validator({"format" : "foo"}, format_checker=checker)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError) as cm:
+            validator.validate("bar")
+
+        self.assertIs(cm.exception.__cause__, cause)
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/test_jsonschema_test_suite.py b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/test_jsonschema_test_suite.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75c6857bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/test_jsonschema_test_suite.py
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+"""
+Test runner for the JSON Schema official test suite
+
+Tests comprehensive correctness of each draft's validator.
+
+See https://github.com/json-schema/JSON-Schema-Test-Suite for details.
+
+"""
+
+from contextlib import closing
+from decimal import Decimal
+import glob
+import json
+import io
+import itertools
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+try:
+    from sys import pypy_version_info
+except ImportError:
+    pypy_version_info = None
+
+from jsonschema import (
+    FormatError, SchemaError, ValidationError, Draft3Validator,
+    Draft4Validator, FormatChecker, draft3_format_checker,
+    draft4_format_checker, validate,
+)
+from jsonschema.compat import PY3
+from jsonschema.tests.compat import mock, unittest
+import jsonschema
+
+
+REPO_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(jsonschema.__file__), os.path.pardir)
+SUITE = os.getenv("JSON_SCHEMA_TEST_SUITE", os.path.join(REPO_ROOT, "json"))
+
+if not os.path.isdir(SUITE):
+    raise ValueError(
+        "Can't find the JSON-Schema-Test-Suite directory. Set the "
+        "'JSON_SCHEMA_TEST_SUITE' environment variable or run the tests from "
+        "alongside a checkout of the suite."
+    )
+
+TESTS_DIR = os.path.join(SUITE, "tests")
+JSONSCHEMA_SUITE = os.path.join(SUITE, "bin", "jsonschema_suite")
+
+remotes_stdout = subprocess.Popen(
+    ["python", JSONSCHEMA_SUITE, "remotes"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+).stdout
+
+with closing(remotes_stdout):
+    if PY3:
+        remotes_stdout = io.TextIOWrapper(remotes_stdout)
+    REMOTES = json.load(remotes_stdout)
+
+
+def make_case(schema, data, valid, name):
+    if valid:
+        def test_case(self):
+            kwargs = getattr(self, "validator_kwargs", {})
+            validate(data, schema, cls=self.validator_class, **kwargs)
+    else:
+        def test_case(self):
+            kwargs = getattr(self, "validator_kwargs", {})
+            with self.assertRaises(ValidationError):
+                validate(data, schema, cls=self.validator_class, **kwargs)
+
+    if not PY3:
+        name = name.encode("utf-8")
+    test_case.__name__ = name
+
+    return test_case
+
+
+def maybe_skip(skip, test_case, case, test):
+    if skip is not None:
+        reason = skip(case, test)
+        if reason is not None:
+            test_case = unittest.skip(reason)(test_case)
+    return test_case
+
+
+def load_json_cases(tests_glob, ignore_glob="", basedir=TESTS_DIR, skip=None):
+    if ignore_glob:
+        ignore_glob = os.path.join(basedir, ignore_glob)
+
+    def add_test_methods(test_class):
+        ignored = set(glob.iglob(ignore_glob))
+
+        for filename in glob.iglob(os.path.join(basedir, tests_glob)):
+            if filename in ignored:
+                continue
+
+            validating, _ = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(filename))
+            id = itertools.count(1)
+
+            with open(filename) as test_file:
+                for case in json.load(test_file):
+                    for test in case["tests"]:
+                        name = "test_%s_%s_%s" % (
+                            validating,
+                            next(id),
+                            re.sub(r"[\W ]+", "_", test["description"]),
+                        )
+                        assert not hasattr(test_class, name), name
+
+                        test_case = make_case(
+                            data=test["data"],
+                            schema=case["schema"],
+                            valid=test["valid"],
+                            name=name,
+                        )
+                        test_case = maybe_skip(skip, test_case, case, test)
+                        setattr(test_class, name, test_case)
+
+        return test_class
+    return add_test_methods
+
+
+class TypesMixin(object):
+    @unittest.skipIf(PY3, "In Python 3 json.load always produces unicode")
+    def test_string_a_bytestring_is_a_string(self):
+        self.validator_class({"type" : "string"}).validate(b"foo")
+
+
+class DecimalMixin(object):
+    def test_it_can_validate_with_decimals(self):
+        schema = {"type" : "number"}
+        validator = self.validator_class(
+            schema, types={"number" : (int, float, Decimal)}
+        )
+
+        for valid in [1, 1.1, Decimal(1) / Decimal(8)]:
+            validator.validate(valid)
+
+        for invalid in ["foo", {}, [], True, None]:
+            with self.assertRaises(ValidationError):
+                validator.validate(invalid)
+
+
+def missing_format(checker):
+    def missing_format(case, test):
+        format = case["schema"].get("format")
+        if format not in checker.checkers:
+            return "Format checker {0!r} not found.".format(format)
+        elif (
+            format == "date-time" and
+            pypy_version_info is not None and
+            pypy_version_info[:2] <= (1, 9)
+        ):
+            # datetime.datetime is overzealous about typechecking in <=1.9
+            return "datetime.datetime is broken on this version of PyPy."
+    return missing_format
+
+
+class FormatMixin(object):
+    def test_it_returns_true_for_formats_it_does_not_know_about(self):
+        validator = self.validator_class(
+            {"format" : "carrot"}, format_checker=FormatChecker(),
+        )
+        validator.validate("bugs")
+
+    def test_it_does_not_validate_formats_by_default(self):
+        validator = self.validator_class({})
+        self.assertIsNone(validator.format_checker)
+
+    def test_it_validates_formats_if_a_checker_is_provided(self):
+        checker = mock.Mock(spec=FormatChecker)
+        validator = self.validator_class(
+            {"format" : "foo"}, format_checker=checker,
+        )
+
+        validator.validate("bar")
+
+        checker.check.assert_called_once_with("bar", "foo")
+
+        cause = ValueError()
+        checker.check.side_effect = FormatError('aoeu', cause=cause)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError) as cm:
+            validator.validate("bar")
+        # Make sure original cause is attached
+        self.assertIs(cm.exception.cause, cause)
+
+    def test_it_validates_formats_of_any_type(self):
+        checker = mock.Mock(spec=FormatChecker)
+        validator = self.validator_class(
+            {"format" : "foo"}, format_checker=checker,
+        )
+
+        validator.validate([1, 2, 3])
+
+        checker.check.assert_called_once_with([1, 2, 3], "foo")
+
+        cause = ValueError()
+        checker.check.side_effect = FormatError('aoeu', cause=cause)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError) as cm:
+            validator.validate([1, 2, 3])
+        # Make sure original cause is attached
+        self.assertIs(cm.exception.cause, cause)
+
+
+if sys.maxunicode == 2 ** 16 - 1:          # This is a narrow build.
+    def narrow_unicode_build(case, test):
+        if "supplementary Unicode" in test["description"]:
+            return "Not running surrogate Unicode case, this Python is narrow."
+else:
+    def narrow_unicode_build(case, test):  # This isn't, skip nothing.
+        return
+
+
+@load_json_cases(
+    "draft3/*.json",
+    skip=narrow_unicode_build,
+    ignore_glob="draft3/refRemote.json",
+)
+@load_json_cases(
+    "draft3/optional/format.json", skip=missing_format(draft3_format_checker)
+)
+@load_json_cases("draft3/optional/bignum.json")
+@load_json_cases("draft3/optional/zeroTerminatedFloats.json")
+class TestDraft3(unittest.TestCase, TypesMixin, DecimalMixin, FormatMixin):
+    validator_class = Draft3Validator
+    validator_kwargs = {"format_checker" : draft3_format_checker}
+
+    def test_any_type_is_valid_for_type_any(self):
+        validator = self.validator_class({"type" : "any"})
+        validator.validate(mock.Mock())
+
+    # TODO: we're in need of more meta schema tests
+    def test_invalid_properties(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(SchemaError):
+            validate({}, {"properties": {"test": True}},
+                     cls=self.validator_class)
+
+    def test_minItems_invalid_string(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(SchemaError):
+            # needs to be an integer
+            validate([1], {"minItems" : "1"}, cls=self.validator_class)
+
+
+@load_json_cases(
+    "draft4/*.json",
+    skip=narrow_unicode_build,
+    ignore_glob="draft4/refRemote.json",
+)
+@load_json_cases(
+    "draft4/optional/format.json", skip=missing_format(draft4_format_checker)
+)
+@load_json_cases("draft4/optional/bignum.json")
+@load_json_cases("draft4/optional/zeroTerminatedFloats.json")
+class TestDraft4(unittest.TestCase, TypesMixin, DecimalMixin, FormatMixin):
+    validator_class = Draft4Validator
+    validator_kwargs = {"format_checker" : draft4_format_checker}
+
+    # TODO: we're in need of more meta schema tests
+    def test_invalid_properties(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(SchemaError):
+            validate({}, {"properties": {"test": True}},
+                     cls=self.validator_class)
+
+    def test_minItems_invalid_string(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(SchemaError):
+            # needs to be an integer
+            validate([1], {"minItems" : "1"}, cls=self.validator_class)
+
+
+class RemoteRefResolutionMixin(object):
+    def setUp(self):
+        patch = mock.patch("jsonschema.validators.requests")
+        requests = patch.start()
+        requests.get.side_effect = self.resolve
+        self.addCleanup(patch.stop)
+
+    def resolve(self, reference):
+        _, _, reference = reference.partition("http://localhost:1234/")
+        return mock.Mock(**{"json.return_value" : REMOTES.get(reference)})
+
+
+@load_json_cases("draft3/refRemote.json")
+class Draft3RemoteResolution(RemoteRefResolutionMixin, unittest.TestCase):
+    validator_class = Draft3Validator
+
+
+@load_json_cases("draft4/refRemote.json")
+class Draft4RemoteResolution(RemoteRefResolutionMixin, unittest.TestCase):
+    validator_class = Draft4Validator
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/test_validators.py b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/test_validators.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8692388ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/tests/test_validators.py
@@ -0,0 +1,786 @@
+from collections import deque
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+import json
+
+from jsonschema import FormatChecker, ValidationError
+from jsonschema.tests.compat import mock, unittest
+from jsonschema.validators import (
+    RefResolutionError, UnknownType, Draft3Validator,
+    Draft4Validator, RefResolver, create, extend, validator_for, validate,
+)
+
+
+class TestCreateAndExtend(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.meta_schema = {u"properties" : {u"smelly" : {}}}
+        self.smelly = mock.MagicMock()
+        self.validators = {u"smelly" : self.smelly}
+        self.types = {u"dict" : dict}
+        self.Validator = create(
+            meta_schema=self.meta_schema,
+            validators=self.validators,
+            default_types=self.types,
+        )
+
+        self.validator_value = 12
+        self.schema = {u"smelly" : self.validator_value}
+        self.validator = self.Validator(self.schema)
+
+    def test_attrs(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.Validator.VALIDATORS, self.validators)
+        self.assertEqual(self.Validator.META_SCHEMA, self.meta_schema)
+        self.assertEqual(self.Validator.DEFAULT_TYPES, self.types)
+
+    def test_init(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.validator.schema, self.schema)
+
+    def test_iter_errors(self):
+        instance = "hello"
+
+        self.smelly.return_value = []
+        self.assertEqual(list(self.validator.iter_errors(instance)), [])
+
+        error = mock.Mock()
+        self.smelly.return_value = [error]
+        self.assertEqual(list(self.validator.iter_errors(instance)), [error])
+
+        self.smelly.assert_called_with(
+            self.validator, self.validator_value, instance, self.schema,
+        )
+
+    def test_if_a_version_is_provided_it_is_registered(self):
+        with mock.patch("jsonschema.validators.validates") as validates:
+            validates.side_effect = lambda version : lambda cls : cls
+            Validator = create(meta_schema={u"id" : ""}, version="my version")
+        validates.assert_called_once_with("my version")
+        self.assertEqual(Validator.__name__, "MyVersionValidator")
+
+    def test_if_a_version_is_not_provided_it_is_not_registered(self):
+        with mock.patch("jsonschema.validators.validates") as validates:
+            create(meta_schema={u"id" : "id"})
+        self.assertFalse(validates.called)
+
+    def test_extend(self):
+        validators = dict(self.Validator.VALIDATORS)
+        new = mock.Mock()
+
+        Extended = extend(self.Validator, validators={u"a new one" : new})
+
+        validators.update([(u"a new one", new)])
+        self.assertEqual(Extended.VALIDATORS, validators)
+        self.assertNotIn(u"a new one", self.Validator.VALIDATORS)
+
+        self.assertEqual(Extended.META_SCHEMA, self.Validator.META_SCHEMA)
+        self.assertEqual(Extended.DEFAULT_TYPES, self.Validator.DEFAULT_TYPES)
+
+
+class TestIterErrors(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.validator = Draft3Validator({})
+
+    def test_iter_errors(self):
+        instance = [1, 2]
+        schema = {
+            u"disallow" : u"array",
+            u"enum" : [["a", "b", "c"], ["d", "e", "f"]],
+            u"minItems" : 3
+        }
+
+        got = (e.message for e in self.validator.iter_errors(instance, schema))
+        expected = [
+            "%r is disallowed for [1, 2]" % (schema["disallow"],),
+            "[1, 2] is too short",
+            "[1, 2] is not one of %r" % (schema["enum"],),
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual(sorted(got), sorted(expected))
+
+    def test_iter_errors_multiple_failures_one_validator(self):
+        instance = {"foo" : 2, "bar" : [1], "baz" : 15, "quux" : "spam"}
+        schema = {
+            u"properties" : {
+                "foo" : {u"type" : "string"},
+                "bar" : {u"minItems" : 2},
+                "baz" : {u"maximum" : 10, u"enum" : [2, 4, 6, 8]},
+            }
+        }
+
+        errors = list(self.validator.iter_errors(instance, schema))
+        self.assertEqual(len(errors), 4)
+
+
+class TestValidationErrorMessages(unittest.TestCase):
+    def message_for(self, instance, schema, *args, **kwargs):
+        kwargs.setdefault("cls", Draft3Validator)
+        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError) as e:
+            validate(instance, schema, *args, **kwargs)
+        return e.exception.message
+
+    def test_single_type_failure(self):
+        message = self.message_for(instance=1, schema={u"type" : u"string"})
+        self.assertEqual(message, "1 is not of type %r" % u"string")
+
+    def test_single_type_list_failure(self):
+        message = self.message_for(instance=1, schema={u"type" : [u"string"]})
+        self.assertEqual(message, "1 is not of type %r" % u"string")
+
+    def test_multiple_type_failure(self):
+        types = u"string", u"object"
+        message = self.message_for(instance=1, schema={u"type" : list(types)})
+        self.assertEqual(message, "1 is not of type %r, %r" % types)
+
+    def test_object_without_title_type_failure(self):
+        type = {u"type" : [{u"minimum" : 3}]}
+        message = self.message_for(instance=1, schema={u"type" : [type]})
+        self.assertEqual(message, "1 is not of type %r" % (type,))
+
+    def test_object_with_name_type_failure(self):
+        name = "Foo"
+        schema = {u"type" : [{u"name" : name, u"minimum" : 3}]}
+        message = self.message_for(instance=1, schema=schema)
+        self.assertEqual(message, "1 is not of type %r" % (name,))
+
+    def test_minimum(self):
+        message = self.message_for(instance=1, schema={"minimum" : 2})
+        self.assertEqual(message, "1 is less than the minimum of 2")
+
+    def test_maximum(self):
+        message = self.message_for(instance=1, schema={"maximum" : 0})
+        self.assertEqual(message, "1 is greater than the maximum of 0")
+
+    def test_dependencies_failure_has_single_element_not_list(self):
+        depend, on = "bar", "foo"
+        schema = {u"dependencies" : {depend : on}}
+        message = self.message_for({"bar" : 2}, schema)
+        self.assertEqual(message, "%r is a dependency of %r" % (on, depend))
+
+    def test_additionalItems_single_failure(self):
+        message = self.message_for(
+            [2], {u"items" : [], u"additionalItems" : False},
+        )
+        self.assertIn("(2 was unexpected)", message)
+
+    def test_additionalItems_multiple_failures(self):
+        message = self.message_for(
+            [1, 2, 3], {u"items" : [], u"additionalItems" : False}
+        )
+        self.assertIn("(1, 2, 3 were unexpected)", message)
+
+    def test_additionalProperties_single_failure(self):
+        additional = "foo"
+        schema = {u"additionalProperties" : False}
+        message = self.message_for({additional : 2}, schema)
+        self.assertIn("(%r was unexpected)" % (additional,), message)
+
+    def test_additionalProperties_multiple_failures(self):
+        schema = {u"additionalProperties" : False}
+        message = self.message_for(dict.fromkeys(["foo", "bar"]), schema)
+
+        self.assertIn(repr("foo"), message)
+        self.assertIn(repr("bar"), message)
+        self.assertIn("were unexpected)", message)
+
+    def test_invalid_format_default_message(self):
+        checker = FormatChecker(formats=())
+        check_fn = mock.Mock(return_value=False)
+        checker.checks(u"thing")(check_fn)
+
+        schema = {u"format" : u"thing"}
+        message = self.message_for("bla", schema, format_checker=checker)
+
+        self.assertIn(repr("bla"), message)
+        self.assertIn(repr("thing"), message)
+        self.assertIn("is not a", message)
+
+
+class TestValidationErrorDetails(unittest.TestCase):
+    # TODO: These really need unit tests for each individual validator, rather
+    #       than just these higher level tests.
+    def test_anyOf(self):
+        instance = 5
+        schema = {
+            "anyOf": [
+                {"minimum": 20},
+                {"type": "string"}
+            ]
+        }
+
+        validator = Draft4Validator(schema)
+        errors = list(validator.iter_errors(instance))
+        self.assertEqual(len(errors), 1)
+        e = errors[0]
+
+        self.assertEqual(e.validator, "anyOf")
+        self.assertEqual(e.validator_value, schema["anyOf"])
+        self.assertEqual(e.instance, instance)
+        self.assertEqual(e.schema, schema)
+        self.assertIsNone(e.parent)
+
+        self.assertEqual(e.path, deque([]))
+        self.assertEqual(e.relative_path, deque([]))
+        self.assertEqual(e.absolute_path, deque([]))
+
+        self.assertEqual(e.schema_path, deque(["anyOf"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e.relative_schema_path, deque(["anyOf"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e.absolute_schema_path, deque(["anyOf"]))
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(e.context), 2)
+
+        e1, e2 = sorted_errors(e.context)
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.validator, "minimum")
+        self.assertEqual(e1.validator_value, schema["anyOf"][0]["minimum"])
+        self.assertEqual(e1.instance, instance)
+        self.assertEqual(e1.schema, schema["anyOf"][0])
+        self.assertIs(e1.parent, e)
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.path, deque([]))
+        self.assertEqual(e1.absolute_path, deque([]))
+        self.assertEqual(e1.relative_path, deque([]))
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.schema_path, deque([0, "minimum"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e1.relative_schema_path, deque([0, "minimum"]))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            e1.absolute_schema_path, deque(["anyOf", 0, "minimum"]),
+        )
+
+        self.assertFalse(e1.context)
+
+        self.assertEqual(e2.validator, "type")
+        self.assertEqual(e2.validator_value, schema["anyOf"][1]["type"])
+        self.assertEqual(e2.instance, instance)
+        self.assertEqual(e2.schema, schema["anyOf"][1])
+        self.assertIs(e2.parent, e)
+
+        self.assertEqual(e2.path, deque([]))
+        self.assertEqual(e2.relative_path, deque([]))
+        self.assertEqual(e2.absolute_path, deque([]))
+
+        self.assertEqual(e2.schema_path, deque([1, "type"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e2.relative_schema_path, deque([1, "type"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e2.absolute_schema_path, deque(["anyOf", 1, "type"]))
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(e2.context), 0)
+
+    def test_type(self):
+        instance = {"foo": 1}
+        schema = {
+            "type": [
+                {"type": "integer"},
+                {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "properties": {
+                        "foo": {"enum": [2]}
+                    }
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+
+        validator = Draft3Validator(schema)
+        errors = list(validator.iter_errors(instance))
+        self.assertEqual(len(errors), 1)
+        e = errors[0]
+
+        self.assertEqual(e.validator, "type")
+        self.assertEqual(e.validator_value, schema["type"])
+        self.assertEqual(e.instance, instance)
+        self.assertEqual(e.schema, schema)
+        self.assertIsNone(e.parent)
+
+        self.assertEqual(e.path, deque([]))
+        self.assertEqual(e.relative_path, deque([]))
+        self.assertEqual(e.absolute_path, deque([]))
+
+        self.assertEqual(e.schema_path, deque(["type"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e.relative_schema_path, deque(["type"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e.absolute_schema_path, deque(["type"]))
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(e.context), 2)
+
+        e1, e2 = sorted_errors(e.context)
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.validator, "type")
+        self.assertEqual(e1.validator_value, schema["type"][0]["type"])
+        self.assertEqual(e1.instance, instance)
+        self.assertEqual(e1.schema, schema["type"][0])
+        self.assertIs(e1.parent, e)
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.path, deque([]))
+        self.assertEqual(e1.relative_path, deque([]))
+        self.assertEqual(e1.absolute_path, deque([]))
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.schema_path, deque([0, "type"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e1.relative_schema_path, deque([0, "type"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e1.absolute_schema_path, deque(["type", 0, "type"]))
+
+        self.assertFalse(e1.context)
+
+        self.assertEqual(e2.validator, "enum")
+        self.assertEqual(e2.validator_value, [2])
+        self.assertEqual(e2.instance, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(e2.schema, {u"enum" : [2]})
+        self.assertIs(e2.parent, e)
+
+        self.assertEqual(e2.path, deque(["foo"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e2.relative_path, deque(["foo"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e2.absolute_path, deque(["foo"]))
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            e2.schema_path, deque([1, "properties", "foo", "enum"]),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            e2.relative_schema_path, deque([1, "properties", "foo", "enum"]),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            e2.absolute_schema_path,
+            deque(["type", 1, "properties", "foo", "enum"]),
+        )
+
+        self.assertFalse(e2.context)
+
+    def test_single_nesting(self):
+        instance = {"foo" : 2, "bar" : [1], "baz" : 15, "quux" : "spam"}
+        schema = {
+            "properties" : {
+                "foo" : {"type" : "string"},
+                "bar" : {"minItems" : 2},
+                "baz" : {"maximum" : 10, "enum" : [2, 4, 6, 8]},
+            }
+        }
+
+        validator = Draft3Validator(schema)
+        errors = validator.iter_errors(instance)
+        e1, e2, e3, e4 = sorted_errors(errors)
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.path, deque(["bar"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e2.path, deque(["baz"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e3.path, deque(["baz"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e4.path, deque(["foo"]))
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.relative_path, deque(["bar"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e2.relative_path, deque(["baz"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e3.relative_path, deque(["baz"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e4.relative_path, deque(["foo"]))
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.absolute_path, deque(["bar"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e2.absolute_path, deque(["baz"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e3.absolute_path, deque(["baz"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e4.absolute_path, deque(["foo"]))
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.validator, "minItems")
+        self.assertEqual(e2.validator, "enum")
+        self.assertEqual(e3.validator, "maximum")
+        self.assertEqual(e4.validator, "type")
+
+    def test_multiple_nesting(self):
+        instance = [1, {"foo" : 2, "bar" : {"baz" : [1]}}, "quux"]
+        schema = {
+            "type" : "string",
+            "items" : {
+                "type" : ["string", "object"],
+                "properties" : {
+                    "foo" : {"enum" : [1, 3]},
+                    "bar" : {
+                        "type" : "array",
+                        "properties" : {
+                            "bar" : {"required" : True},
+                            "baz" : {"minItems" : 2},
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        validator = Draft3Validator(schema)
+        errors = validator.iter_errors(instance)
+        e1, e2, e3, e4, e5, e6 = sorted_errors(errors)
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.path, deque([]))
+        self.assertEqual(e2.path, deque([0]))
+        self.assertEqual(e3.path, deque([1, "bar"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e4.path, deque([1, "bar", "bar"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e5.path, deque([1, "bar", "baz"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e6.path, deque([1, "foo"]))
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.schema_path, deque(["type"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e2.schema_path, deque(["items", "type"]))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            list(e3.schema_path), ["items", "properties", "bar", "type"],
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            list(e4.schema_path),
+            ["items", "properties", "bar", "properties", "bar", "required"],
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            list(e5.schema_path),
+            ["items", "properties", "bar", "properties", "baz", "minItems"]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            list(e6.schema_path), ["items", "properties", "foo", "enum"],
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.validator, "type")
+        self.assertEqual(e2.validator, "type")
+        self.assertEqual(e3.validator, "type")
+        self.assertEqual(e4.validator, "required")
+        self.assertEqual(e5.validator, "minItems")
+        self.assertEqual(e6.validator, "enum")
+
+    def test_additionalProperties(self):
+        instance = {"bar": "bar", "foo": 2}
+        schema = {
+            "additionalProperties" : {"type": "integer", "minimum": 5}
+        }
+
+        validator = Draft3Validator(schema)
+        errors = validator.iter_errors(instance)
+        e1, e2 = sorted_errors(errors)
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.path, deque(["bar"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e2.path, deque(["foo"]))
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.validator, "type")
+        self.assertEqual(e2.validator, "minimum")
+
+    def test_patternProperties(self):
+        instance = {"bar": 1, "foo": 2}
+        schema = {
+            "patternProperties" : {
+                "bar": {"type": "string"},
+                "foo": {"minimum": 5}
+            }
+        }
+
+        validator = Draft3Validator(schema)
+        errors = validator.iter_errors(instance)
+        e1, e2 = sorted_errors(errors)
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.path, deque(["bar"]))
+        self.assertEqual(e2.path, deque(["foo"]))
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.validator, "type")
+        self.assertEqual(e2.validator, "minimum")
+
+    def test_additionalItems(self):
+        instance = ["foo", 1]
+        schema = {
+            "items": [],
+            "additionalItems" : {"type": "integer", "minimum": 5}
+        }
+
+        validator = Draft3Validator(schema)
+        errors = validator.iter_errors(instance)
+        e1, e2 = sorted_errors(errors)
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.path, deque([0]))
+        self.assertEqual(e2.path, deque([1]))
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.validator, "type")
+        self.assertEqual(e2.validator, "minimum")
+
+    def test_additionalItems_with_items(self):
+        instance = ["foo", "bar", 1]
+        schema = {
+            "items": [{}],
+            "additionalItems" : {"type": "integer", "minimum": 5}
+        }
+
+        validator = Draft3Validator(schema)
+        errors = validator.iter_errors(instance)
+        e1, e2 = sorted_errors(errors)
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.path, deque([1]))
+        self.assertEqual(e2.path, deque([2]))
+
+        self.assertEqual(e1.validator, "type")
+        self.assertEqual(e2.validator, "minimum")
+
+
+class ValidatorTestMixin(object):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.instance = mock.Mock()
+        self.schema = {}
+        self.resolver = mock.Mock()
+        self.validator = self.validator_class(self.schema)
+
+    def test_valid_instances_are_valid(self):
+        errors = iter([])
+
+        with mock.patch.object(
+            self.validator, "iter_errors", return_value=errors,
+        ):
+            self.assertTrue(
+                self.validator.is_valid(self.instance, self.schema)
+            )
+
+    def test_invalid_instances_are_not_valid(self):
+        errors = iter([mock.Mock()])
+
+        with mock.patch.object(
+            self.validator, "iter_errors", return_value=errors,
+        ):
+            self.assertFalse(
+                self.validator.is_valid(self.instance, self.schema)
+            )
+
+    def test_non_existent_properties_are_ignored(self):
+        instance, my_property, my_value = mock.Mock(), mock.Mock(), mock.Mock()
+        validate(instance=instance, schema={my_property : my_value})
+
+    def test_it_creates_a_ref_resolver_if_not_provided(self):
+        self.assertIsInstance(self.validator.resolver, RefResolver)
+
+    def test_it_delegates_to_a_ref_resolver(self):
+        resolver = RefResolver("", {})
+        schema = {"$ref" : mock.Mock()}
+
+        @contextmanager
+        def resolving():
+            yield {"type": "integer"}
+
+        with mock.patch.object(resolver, "resolving") as resolve:
+            resolve.return_value = resolving()
+            with self.assertRaises(ValidationError):
+                self.validator_class(schema, resolver=resolver).validate(None)
+
+        resolve.assert_called_once_with(schema["$ref"])
+
+    def test_is_type_is_true_for_valid_type(self):
+        self.assertTrue(self.validator.is_type("foo", "string"))
+
+    def test_is_type_is_false_for_invalid_type(self):
+        self.assertFalse(self.validator.is_type("foo", "array"))
+
+    def test_is_type_evades_bool_inheriting_from_int(self):
+        self.assertFalse(self.validator.is_type(True, "integer"))
+        self.assertFalse(self.validator.is_type(True, "number"))
+
+    def test_is_type_raises_exception_for_unknown_type(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(UnknownType):
+            self.validator.is_type("foo", object())
+
+
+class TestDraft3Validator(ValidatorTestMixin, unittest.TestCase):
+    validator_class = Draft3Validator
+
+    def test_is_type_is_true_for_any_type(self):
+        self.assertTrue(self.validator.is_valid(mock.Mock(), {"type": "any"}))
+
+    def test_is_type_does_not_evade_bool_if_it_is_being_tested(self):
+        self.assertTrue(self.validator.is_type(True, "boolean"))
+        self.assertTrue(self.validator.is_valid(True, {"type": "any"}))
+
+    def test_non_string_custom_types(self):
+        schema = {'type': [None]}
+        cls = self.validator_class(schema, types={None: type(None)})
+        cls.validate(None, schema)
+
+
+class TestDraft4Validator(ValidatorTestMixin, unittest.TestCase):
+    validator_class = Draft4Validator
+
+
+class TestBuiltinFormats(unittest.TestCase):
+    """
+    The built-in (specification-defined) formats do not raise type errors.
+
+    If an instance or value is not a string, it should be ignored.
+
+    """
+
+
+for format in FormatChecker.checkers:
+    def test(self, format=format):
+        v = Draft4Validator({"format": format}, format_checker=FormatChecker())
+        v.validate(123)
+
+    name = "test_{0}_ignores_non_strings".format(format)
+    test.__name__ = name
+    setattr(TestBuiltinFormats, name, test)
+    del test  # Ugh py.test. Stop discovering top level tests.
+
+
+class TestValidatorFor(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_draft_3(self):
+        schema = {"$schema" : "http://json-schema.org/draft-03/schema"}
+        self.assertIs(validator_for(schema), Draft3Validator)
+
+        schema = {"$schema" : "http://json-schema.org/draft-03/schema#"}
+        self.assertIs(validator_for(schema), Draft3Validator)
+
+    def test_draft_4(self):
+        schema = {"$schema" : "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema"}
+        self.assertIs(validator_for(schema), Draft4Validator)
+
+        schema = {"$schema" : "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#"}
+        self.assertIs(validator_for(schema), Draft4Validator)
+
+    def test_custom_validator(self):
+        Validator = create(meta_schema={"id" : "meta schema id"}, version="12")
+        schema = {"$schema" : "meta schema id"}
+        self.assertIs(validator_for(schema), Validator)
+
+    def test_validator_for_jsonschema_default(self):
+        self.assertIs(validator_for({}), Draft4Validator)
+
+    def test_validator_for_custom_default(self):
+        self.assertIs(validator_for({}, default=None), None)
+
+
+class TestValidate(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_draft3_validator_is_chosen(self):
+        schema = {"$schema" : "http://json-schema.org/draft-03/schema#"}
+        with mock.patch.object(Draft3Validator, "check_schema") as chk_schema:
+            validate({}, schema)
+            chk_schema.assert_called_once_with(schema)
+        # Make sure it works without the empty fragment
+        schema = {"$schema" : "http://json-schema.org/draft-03/schema"}
+        with mock.patch.object(Draft3Validator, "check_schema") as chk_schema:
+            validate({}, schema)
+            chk_schema.assert_called_once_with(schema)
+
+    def test_draft4_validator_is_chosen(self):
+        schema = {"$schema" : "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#"}
+        with mock.patch.object(Draft4Validator, "check_schema") as chk_schema:
+            validate({}, schema)
+            chk_schema.assert_called_once_with(schema)
+
+    def test_draft4_validator_is_the_default(self):
+        with mock.patch.object(Draft4Validator, "check_schema") as chk_schema:
+            validate({}, {})
+            chk_schema.assert_called_once_with({})
+
+
+class TestRefResolver(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    base_uri = ""
+    stored_uri = "foo://stored"
+    stored_schema = {"stored" : "schema"}
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.referrer = {}
+        self.store = {self.stored_uri : self.stored_schema}
+        self.resolver = RefResolver(self.base_uri, self.referrer, self.store)
+
+    def test_it_does_not_retrieve_schema_urls_from_the_network(self):
+        ref = Draft3Validator.META_SCHEMA["id"]
+        with mock.patch.object(self.resolver, "resolve_remote") as remote:
+            with self.resolver.resolving(ref) as resolved:
+                self.assertEqual(resolved, Draft3Validator.META_SCHEMA)
+        self.assertFalse(remote.called)
+
+    def test_it_resolves_local_refs(self):
+        ref = "#/properties/foo"
+        self.referrer["properties"] = {"foo" : object()}
+        with self.resolver.resolving(ref) as resolved:
+            self.assertEqual(resolved, self.referrer["properties"]["foo"])
+
+    def test_it_resolves_local_refs_with_id(self):
+        schema = {"id": "foo://bar/schema#", "a": {"foo": "bar"}}
+        resolver = RefResolver.from_schema(schema)
+        with resolver.resolving("#/a") as resolved:
+            self.assertEqual(resolved, schema["a"])
+        with resolver.resolving("foo://bar/schema#/a") as resolved:
+            self.assertEqual(resolved, schema["a"])
+
+    def test_it_retrieves_stored_refs(self):
+        with self.resolver.resolving(self.stored_uri) as resolved:
+            self.assertIs(resolved, self.stored_schema)
+
+        self.resolver.store["cached_ref"] = {"foo" : 12}
+        with self.resolver.resolving("cached_ref#/foo") as resolved:
+            self.assertEqual(resolved, 12)
+
+    def test_it_retrieves_unstored_refs_via_requests(self):
+        ref = "http://bar#baz"
+        schema = {"baz" : 12}
+
+        with mock.patch("jsonschema.validators.requests") as requests:
+            requests.get.return_value.json.return_value = schema
+            with self.resolver.resolving(ref) as resolved:
+                self.assertEqual(resolved, 12)
+        requests.get.assert_called_once_with("http://bar")
+
+    def test_it_retrieves_unstored_refs_via_urlopen(self):
+        ref = "http://bar#baz"
+        schema = {"baz" : 12}
+
+        with mock.patch("jsonschema.validators.requests", None):
+            with mock.patch("jsonschema.validators.urlopen") as urlopen:
+                urlopen.return_value.read.return_value = (
+                    json.dumps(schema).encode("utf8"))
+                with self.resolver.resolving(ref) as resolved:
+                    self.assertEqual(resolved, 12)
+        urlopen.assert_called_once_with("http://bar")
+
+    def test_it_can_construct_a_base_uri_from_a_schema(self):
+        schema = {"id" : "foo"}
+        resolver = RefResolver.from_schema(schema)
+        self.assertEqual(resolver.base_uri, "foo")
+        with resolver.resolving("") as resolved:
+            self.assertEqual(resolved, schema)
+        with resolver.resolving("#") as resolved:
+            self.assertEqual(resolved, schema)
+        with resolver.resolving("foo") as resolved:
+            self.assertEqual(resolved, schema)
+        with resolver.resolving("foo#") as resolved:
+            self.assertEqual(resolved, schema)
+
+    def test_it_can_construct_a_base_uri_from_a_schema_without_id(self):
+        schema = {}
+        resolver = RefResolver.from_schema(schema)
+        self.assertEqual(resolver.base_uri, "")
+        with resolver.resolving("") as resolved:
+            self.assertEqual(resolved, schema)
+        with resolver.resolving("#") as resolved:
+            self.assertEqual(resolved, schema)
+
+    def test_custom_uri_scheme_handlers(self):
+        schema = {"foo": "bar"}
+        ref = "foo://bar"
+        foo_handler = mock.Mock(return_value=schema)
+        resolver = RefResolver("", {}, handlers={"foo": foo_handler})
+        with resolver.resolving(ref) as resolved:
+            self.assertEqual(resolved, schema)
+        foo_handler.assert_called_once_with(ref)
+
+    def test_cache_remote_on(self):
+        ref = "foo://bar"
+        foo_handler = mock.Mock()
+        resolver = RefResolver(
+            "", {}, cache_remote=True, handlers={"foo" : foo_handler},
+        )
+        with resolver.resolving(ref):
+            pass
+        with resolver.resolving(ref):
+            pass
+        foo_handler.assert_called_once_with(ref)
+
+    def test_cache_remote_off(self):
+        ref = "foo://bar"
+        foo_handler = mock.Mock()
+        resolver = RefResolver(
+            "", {}, cache_remote=False, handlers={"foo" : foo_handler},
+        )
+        with resolver.resolving(ref):
+            pass
+        with resolver.resolving(ref):
+            pass
+        self.assertEqual(foo_handler.call_count, 2)
+
+    def test_if_you_give_it_junk_you_get_a_resolution_error(self):
+        ref = "foo://bar"
+        foo_handler = mock.Mock(side_effect=ValueError("Oh no! What's this?"))
+        resolver = RefResolver("", {}, handlers={"foo" : foo_handler})
+        with self.assertRaises(RefResolutionError) as err:
+            with resolver.resolving(ref):
+                pass
+        self.assertEqual(str(err.exception), "Oh no! What's this?")
+
+
+def sorted_errors(errors):
+    def key(error):
+        return (
+            [str(e) for e in error.path],
+            [str(e) for e in error.schema_path]
+        )
+    return sorted(errors, key=key)
diff --git a/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/validators.py b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/validators.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e326844f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/external/jsonschema/validators.py
@@ -0,0 +1,428 @@
+from __future__ import division
+
+import contextlib
+import json
+import numbers
+
+try:
+    import requests
+except ImportError:
+    requests = None
+
+from jsonschema import _utils, _validators
+from jsonschema.compat import (
+    Sequence, urljoin, urlsplit, urldefrag, unquote, urlopen,
+    str_types, int_types, iteritems,
+)
+from jsonschema.exceptions import ErrorTree  # Backwards compatibility  # noqa
+from jsonschema.exceptions import RefResolutionError, SchemaError, UnknownType
+
+
+_unset = _utils.Unset()
+
+validators = {}
+meta_schemas = _utils.URIDict()
+
+
+def validates(version):
+    """
+    Register the decorated validator for a ``version`` of the specification.
+
+    Registered validators and their meta schemas will be considered when
+    parsing ``$schema`` properties' URIs.
+
+    :argument str version: an identifier to use as the version's name
+    :returns: a class decorator to decorate the validator with the version
+
+    """
+
+    def _validates(cls):
+        validators[version] = cls
+        if u"id" in cls.META_SCHEMA:
+            meta_schemas[cls.META_SCHEMA[u"id"]] = cls
+        return cls
+    return _validates
+
+
+def create(meta_schema, validators=(), version=None, default_types=None):  # noqa
+    if default_types is None:
+        default_types = {
+            u"array" : list, u"boolean" : bool, u"integer" : int_types,
+            u"null" : type(None), u"number" : numbers.Number, u"object" : dict,
+            u"string" : str_types,
+        }
+
+    class Validator(object):
+        VALIDATORS = dict(validators)
+        META_SCHEMA = dict(meta_schema)
+        DEFAULT_TYPES = dict(default_types)
+
+        def __init__(
+            self, schema, types=(), resolver=None, format_checker=None,
+        ):
+            self._types = dict(self.DEFAULT_TYPES)
+            self._types.update(types)
+
+            if resolver is None:
+                resolver = RefResolver.from_schema(schema)
+
+            self.resolver = resolver
+            self.format_checker = format_checker
+            self.schema = schema
+
+        @classmethod
+        def check_schema(cls, schema):
+            for error in cls(cls.META_SCHEMA).iter_errors(schema):
+                raise SchemaError.create_from(error)
+
+        def iter_errors(self, instance, _schema=None):
+            if _schema is None:
+                _schema = self.schema
+
+            with self.resolver.in_scope(_schema.get(u"id", u"")):
+                ref = _schema.get(u"$ref")
+                if ref is not None:
+                    validators = [(u"$ref", ref)]
+                else:
+                    validators = iteritems(_schema)
+
+                for k, v in validators:
+                    validator = self.VALIDATORS.get(k)
+                    if validator is None:
+                        continue
+
+                    errors = validator(self, v, instance, _schema) or ()
+                    for error in errors:
+                        # set details if not already set by the called fn
+                        error._set(
+                            validator=k,
+                            validator_value=v,
+                            instance=instance,
+                            schema=_schema,
+                        )
+                        if k != u"$ref":
+                            error.schema_path.appendleft(k)
+                        yield error
+
+        def descend(self, instance, schema, path=None, schema_path=None):
+            for error in self.iter_errors(instance, schema):
+                if path is not None:
+                    error.path.appendleft(path)
+                if schema_path is not None:
+                    error.schema_path.appendleft(schema_path)
+                yield error
+
+        def validate(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            for error in self.iter_errors(*args, **kwargs):
+                raise error
+
+        def is_type(self, instance, type):
+            if type not in self._types:
+                raise UnknownType(type, instance, self.schema)
+            pytypes = self._types[type]
+
+            # bool inherits from int, so ensure bools aren't reported as ints
+            if isinstance(instance, bool):
+                pytypes = _utils.flatten(pytypes)
+                is_number = any(
+                    issubclass(pytype, numbers.Number) for pytype in pytypes
+                )
+                if is_number and bool not in pytypes:
+                    return False
+            return isinstance(instance, pytypes)
+
+        def is_valid(self, instance, _schema=None):
+            error = next(self.iter_errors(instance, _schema), None)
+            return error is None
+
+    if version is not None:
+        Validator = validates(version)(Validator)
+        Validator.__name__ = version.title().replace(" ", "") + "Validator"
+
+    return Validator
+
+
+def extend(validator, validators, version=None):
+    all_validators = dict(validator.VALIDATORS)
+    all_validators.update(validators)
+    return create(
+        meta_schema=validator.META_SCHEMA,
+        validators=all_validators,
+        version=version,
+        default_types=validator.DEFAULT_TYPES,
+    )
+
+
+Draft3Validator = create(
+    meta_schema=_utils.load_schema("draft3"),
+    validators={
+        u"$ref" : _validators.ref,
+        u"additionalItems" : _validators.additionalItems,
+        u"additionalProperties" : _validators.additionalProperties,
+        u"dependencies" : _validators.dependencies,
+        u"disallow" : _validators.disallow_draft3,
+        u"divisibleBy" : _validators.multipleOf,
+        u"enum" : _validators.enum,
+        u"extends" : _validators.extends_draft3,
+        u"format" : _validators.format,
+        u"items" : _validators.items,
+        u"maxItems" : _validators.maxItems,
+        u"maxLength" : _validators.maxLength,
+        u"maximum" : _validators.maximum,
+        u"minItems" : _validators.minItems,
+        u"minLength" : _validators.minLength,
+        u"minimum" : _validators.minimum,
+        u"multipleOf" : _validators.multipleOf,
+        u"pattern" : _validators.pattern,
+        u"patternProperties" : _validators.patternProperties,
+        u"properties" : _validators.properties_draft3,
+        u"type" : _validators.type_draft3,
+        u"uniqueItems" : _validators.uniqueItems,
+    },
+    version="draft3",
+)
+
+Draft4Validator = create(
+    meta_schema=_utils.load_schema("draft4"),
+    validators={
+        u"$ref" : _validators.ref,
+        u"additionalItems" : _validators.additionalItems,
+        u"additionalProperties" : _validators.additionalProperties,
+        u"allOf" : _validators.allOf_draft4,
+        u"anyOf" : _validators.anyOf_draft4,
+        u"dependencies" : _validators.dependencies,
+        u"enum" : _validators.enum,
+        u"format" : _validators.format,
+        u"items" : _validators.items,
+        u"maxItems" : _validators.maxItems,
+        u"maxLength" : _validators.maxLength,
+        u"maxProperties" : _validators.maxProperties_draft4,
+        u"maximum" : _validators.maximum,
+        u"minItems" : _validators.minItems,
+        u"minLength" : _validators.minLength,
+        u"minProperties" : _validators.minProperties_draft4,
+        u"minimum" : _validators.minimum,
+        u"multipleOf" : _validators.multipleOf,
+        u"not" : _validators.not_draft4,
+        u"oneOf" : _validators.oneOf_draft4,
+        u"pattern" : _validators.pattern,
+        u"patternProperties" : _validators.patternProperties,
+        u"properties" : _validators.properties_draft4,
+        u"required" : _validators.required_draft4,
+        u"type" : _validators.type_draft4,
+        u"uniqueItems" : _validators.uniqueItems,
+    },
+    version="draft4",
+)
+
+
+class RefResolver(object):
+    """
+    Resolve JSON References.
+
+    :argument str base_uri: URI of the referring document
+    :argument referrer: the actual referring document
+    :argument dict store: a mapping from URIs to documents to cache
+    :argument bool cache_remote: whether remote refs should be cached after
+        first resolution
+    :argument dict handlers: a mapping from URI schemes to functions that
+        should be used to retrieve them
+
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self, base_uri, referrer, store=(), cache_remote=True, handlers=(),
+    ):
+        self.base_uri = base_uri
+        self.resolution_scope = base_uri
+        # This attribute is not used, it is for backwards compatibility
+        self.referrer = referrer
+        self.cache_remote = cache_remote
+        self.handlers = dict(handlers)
+
+        self.store = _utils.URIDict(
+            (id, validator.META_SCHEMA)
+            for id, validator in iteritems(meta_schemas)
+        )
+        self.store.update(store)
+        self.store[base_uri] = referrer
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_schema(cls, schema, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Construct a resolver from a JSON schema object.
+
+        :argument schema schema: the referring schema
+        :rtype: :class:`RefResolver`
+
+        """
+
+        return cls(schema.get(u"id", u""), schema, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    @contextlib.contextmanager
+    def in_scope(self, scope):
+        old_scope = self.resolution_scope
+        self.resolution_scope = urljoin(old_scope, scope)
+        try:
+            yield
+        finally:
+            self.resolution_scope = old_scope
+
+    @contextlib.contextmanager
+    def resolving(self, ref):
+        """
+        Context manager which resolves a JSON ``ref`` and enters the
+        resolution scope of this ref.
+
+        :argument str ref: reference to resolve
+
+        """
+
+        full_uri = urljoin(self.resolution_scope, ref)
+        uri, fragment = urldefrag(full_uri)
+        if not uri:
+            uri = self.base_uri
+
+        if uri in self.store:
+            document = self.store[uri]
+        else:
+            try:
+                document = self.resolve_remote(uri)
+            except Exception as exc:
+                raise RefResolutionError(exc)
+
+        old_base_uri, self.base_uri = self.base_uri, uri
+        try:
+            with self.in_scope(uri):
+                yield self.resolve_fragment(document, fragment)
+        finally:
+            self.base_uri = old_base_uri
+
+    def resolve_fragment(self, document, fragment):
+        """
+        Resolve a ``fragment`` within the referenced ``document``.
+
+        :argument document: the referrant document
+        :argument str fragment: a URI fragment to resolve within it
+
+        """
+
+        fragment = fragment.lstrip(u"/")
+        parts = unquote(fragment).split(u"/") if fragment else []
+
+        for part in parts:
+            part = part.replace(u"~1", u"/").replace(u"~0", u"~")
+
+            if isinstance(document, Sequence):
+                # Array indexes should be turned into integers
+                try:
+                    part = int(part)
+                except ValueError:
+                    pass
+            try:
+                document = document[part]
+            except (TypeError, LookupError):
+                raise RefResolutionError(
+                    "Unresolvable JSON pointer: %r" % fragment
+                )
+
+        return document
+
+    def resolve_remote(self, uri):
+        """
+        Resolve a remote ``uri``.
+
+        Does not check the store first, but stores the retrieved document in
+        the store if :attr:`RefResolver.cache_remote` is True.
+
+        .. note::
+
+            If the requests_ library is present, ``jsonschema`` will use it to
+            request the remote ``uri``, so that the correct encoding is
+            detected and used.
+
+            If it isn't, or if the scheme of the ``uri`` is not ``http`` or
+            ``https``, UTF-8 is assumed.
+
+        :argument str uri: the URI to resolve
+        :returns: the retrieved document
+
+        .. _requests: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/requests/
+
+        """
+
+        scheme = urlsplit(uri).scheme
+
+        if scheme in self.handlers:
+            result = self.handlers[scheme](uri)
+        elif (
+            scheme in [u"http", u"https"] and
+            requests and
+            getattr(requests.Response, "json", None) is not None
+        ):
+            # Requests has support for detecting the correct encoding of
+            # json over http
+            if callable(requests.Response.json):
+                result = requests.get(uri).json()
+            else:
+                result = requests.get(uri).json
+        else:
+            # Otherwise, pass off to urllib and assume utf-8
+            result = json.loads(urlopen(uri).read().decode("utf-8"))
+
+        if self.cache_remote:
+            self.store[uri] = result
+        return result
+
+
+def validator_for(schema, default=_unset):
+    if default is _unset:
+        default = Draft4Validator
+    return meta_schemas.get(schema.get(u"$schema", u""), default)
+
+
+def validate(instance, schema, cls=None, *args, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Validate an instance under the given schema.
+
+        >>> validate([2, 3, 4], {"maxItems" : 2})
+        Traceback (most recent call last):
+            ...
+        ValidationError: [2, 3, 4] is too long
+
+    :func:`validate` will first verify that the provided schema is itself
+    valid, since not doing so can lead to less obvious error messages and fail
+    in less obvious or consistent ways. If you know you have a valid schema
+    already or don't care, you might prefer using the
+    :meth:`~IValidator.validate` method directly on a specific validator
+    (e.g. :meth:`Draft4Validator.validate`).
+
+
+    :argument instance: the instance to validate
+    :argument schema: the schema to validate with
+    :argument cls: an :class:`IValidator` class that will be used to validate
+                   the instance.
+
+    If the ``cls`` argument is not provided, two things will happen in
+    accordance with the specification. First, if the schema has a
+    :validator:`$schema` property containing a known meta-schema [#]_ then the
+    proper validator will be used.  The specification recommends that all
+    schemas contain :validator:`$schema` properties for this reason. If no
+    :validator:`$schema` property is found, the default validator class is
+    :class:`Draft4Validator`.
+
+    Any other provided positional and keyword arguments will be passed on when
+    instantiating the ``cls``.
+
+    :raises:
+        :exc:`ValidationError` if the instance is invalid
+
+        :exc:`SchemaError` if the schema itself is invalid
+
+    .. rubric:: Footnotes
+    .. [#] known by a validator registered with :func:`validates`
+    """
+    if cls is None:
+        cls = validator_for(schema)
+    cls.check_schema(schema)
+    cls(schema, *args, **kwargs).validate(instance)
diff --git a/lib/spack/llnl/util/lang.py b/lib/spack/llnl/util/lang.py
index c84828951d..1c4d1ed623 100644
--- a/lib/spack/llnl/util/lang.py
+++ b/lib/spack/llnl/util/lang.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import os
 import re
 import sys
 import functools
+import collections
 import inspect
 
 # Ignore emacs backups when listing modules
@@ -167,16 +168,32 @@ def has_method(cls, name):
     return False
 
 
-def memoized(obj):
+class memoized(object):
     """Decorator that caches the results of a function, storing them
        in an attribute of that function."""
-    cache = obj.cache = {}
-    @functools.wraps(obj)
-    def memoizer(*args, **kwargs):
-        if args not in cache:
-            cache[args] = obj(*args, **kwargs)
-        return cache[args]
-    return memoizer
+    def __init__(self, func):
+        self.func = func
+        self.cache = {}
+
+
+    def __call__(self, *args):
+        if not isinstance(args, collections.Hashable):
+            # Not hashable, so just call the function.
+            return self.func(*args)
+
+        if args not in self.cache:
+            self.cache[args] = self.func(*args)
+        return self.cache[args]
+
+
+    def __get__(self, obj, objtype):
+        """Support instance methods."""
+        return functools.partial(self.__call__, obj)
+
+
+    def clear(self):
+        """Expunge cache so that self.func will be called again."""
+        self.cache.clear()
 
 
 def list_modules(directory, **kwargs):
diff --git a/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/__init__.py b/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/__init__.py
index 203f429a48..3ecd3a4ac2 100644
--- a/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/__init__.py
@@ -63,35 +63,46 @@ def msg(message, *args):
 def info(message, *args, **kwargs):
     format = kwargs.get('format', '*b')
     stream = kwargs.get('stream', sys.stdout)
+    wrap   = kwargs.get('wrap', False)
 
     cprint("@%s{==>} %s" % (format, cescape(str(message))), stream=stream)
     for arg in args:
-        lines = textwrap.wrap(
-            str(arg), initial_indent=indent, subsequent_indent=indent)
-        for line in lines:
-            stream.write(line + '\n')
+        if wrap:
+            lines = textwrap.wrap(
+                str(arg), initial_indent=indent, subsequent_indent=indent)
+            for line in lines:
+                stream.write(line + '\n')
+        else:
+            stream.write(indent + str(arg) + '\n')
 
 
-def verbose(message, *args):
+def verbose(message, *args, **kwargs):
     if _verbose:
-        info(message, *args, format='c')
+        kwargs.setdefault('format', 'c')
+        info(message, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
-def debug(message, *args):
+def debug(message, *args, **kwargs):
     if _debug:
-        info(message, *args, format='g', stream=sys.stderr)
+        kwargs.setdefault('format', 'g')
+        kwargs.setdefault('stream', sys.stderr)
+        info(message, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
-def error(message, *args):
-    info("Error: " + str(message), *args, format='*r', stream=sys.stderr)
+def error(message, *args, **kwargs):
+    kwargs.setdefault('format', '*r')
+    kwargs.setdefault('stream', sys.stderr)
+    info("Error: " + str(message), *args, **kwargs)
 
 
-def warn(message, *args):
-    info("Warning: " + str(message), *args, format='*Y', stream=sys.stderr)
+def warn(message, *args, **kwargs):
+    kwargs.setdefault('format', '*Y')
+    kwargs.setdefault('stream', sys.stderr)
+    info("Warning: " + str(message), *args, **kwargs)
 
 
-def die(message, *args):
-    error(message, *args)
+def die(message, *args, **kwargs):
+    error(message, *args, **kwargs)
     sys.exit(1)
 
 
diff --git a/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/colify.py b/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/colify.py
index 5545cf0311..47c3cc4f8f 100644
--- a/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/colify.py
+++ b/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/colify.py
@@ -210,6 +210,13 @@ def colify(elts, **options):
 
 
 def colify_table(table, **options):
+    """Version of colify() for data expressed in rows, (list of lists).
+
+       Same as regular colify but takes a list of lists, where each
+       sub-list must be the same length, and each is interpreted as a
+       row in a table.  Regular colify displays a sequential list of
+       values in columns.
+    """
     if table is None:
         raise TypeError("Can't call colify_table on NoneType")
     elif not table or not table[0]:
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py b/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
index 92cb417a85..ab78ecef30 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@
 # Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 ##############################################################################
 import os
+import sys
 import tempfile
 import getpass
 from llnl.util.filesystem import *
+import llnl.util.tty as tty
 
 # This lives in $prefix/lib/spack/spack/__file__
 spack_root = ancestor(__file__, 4)
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ test_path      = join_path(module_path, "test")
 hooks_path     = join_path(module_path, "hooks")
 var_path       = join_path(spack_root, "var", "spack")
 stage_path     = join_path(var_path, "stage")
+repos_path     = join_path(var_path, "repos")
 share_path     = join_path(spack_root, "share", "spack")
 
 prefix = spack_root
@@ -50,11 +53,14 @@ install_path   = join_path(opt_path, "spack")
 etc_path       = join_path(prefix, "etc")
 
 #
-# Set up the packages database.
+# Set up the default packages database.
 #
-from spack.packages import PackageDB
-packages_path = join_path(var_path, "packages")
-db = PackageDB(packages_path)
+import spack.repository
+try:
+    repo = spack.repository.RepoPath()
+    sys.meta_path.append(repo)
+except spack.error.SpackError, e:
+    tty.die('while initializing Spack RepoPath:', e.message)
 
 #
 # Set up the installed packages database
@@ -63,13 +69,10 @@ from spack.database import Database
 installed_db = Database(install_path)
 
 #
-# Paths to mock files for testing.
+# Paths to built-in Spack repositories.
 #
-mock_packages_path = join_path(var_path, "mock_packages")
-
-mock_config_path = join_path(var_path, "mock_configs")
-mock_site_config = join_path(mock_config_path, "site_spackconfig")
-mock_user_config = join_path(mock_config_path, "user_spackconfig")
+packages_path      = join_path(repos_path, "builtin")
+mock_packages_path = join_path(repos_path, "builtin.mock")
 
 #
 # This controls how spack lays out install prefixes and
@@ -149,7 +152,7 @@ sys_type = None
 # When packages call 'from spack import *', this extra stuff is brought in.
 #
 # Spack internal code should call 'import spack' and accesses other
-# variables (spack.db, paths, etc.) directly.
+# variables (spack.repo, paths, etc.) directly.
 #
 # TODO: maybe this should be separated out and should go in build_environment.py?
 # TODO: it's not clear where all the stuff that needs to be included in packages
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py b/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py
index 84c2f6015b..b2db83acb7 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def set_build_environment_variables(pkg):
     path_set("PKG_CONFIG_PATH", pkg_config_dirs)
 
 
-def set_module_variables_for_package(pkg):
+def set_module_variables_for_package(pkg, m):
     """Populate the module scope of install() with some useful functions.
        This makes things easier for package writers.
     """
@@ -244,11 +244,32 @@ def get_rpaths(pkg):
     return rpaths
 
 
+def parent_class_modules(cls):
+    """Get list of super class modules that are all descend from spack.Package"""
+    if not issubclass(cls, spack.Package) or issubclass(spack.Package, cls):
+        return []
+    result = []
+    module = sys.modules.get(cls.__module__)
+    if module:
+        result = [ module ]
+    for c in cls.__bases__:
+        result.extend(parent_class_modules(c))
+    return result
+
+
 def setup_package(pkg):
     """Execute all environment setup routines."""
     set_compiler_environment_variables(pkg)
     set_build_environment_variables(pkg)
-    set_module_variables_for_package(pkg)
+
+    # If a user makes their own package repo, e.g.
+    # spack.repos.mystuff.libelf.Libelf, and they inherit from
+    # an existing class like spack.repos.original.libelf.Libelf,
+    # then set the module variables for both classes so the
+    # parent class can still use them if it gets called.
+    modules = parent_class_modules(pkg.__class__)
+    for mod in modules:
+        set_module_variables_for_package(pkg, mod)
 
     # Allow dependencies to set up environment as well.
     for dep_spec in pkg.spec.traverse(root=False):
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/__init__.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/__init__.py
index 926e7ac14a..6c635a1e6c 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/__init__.py
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ from llnl.util.lang import attr_setdefault
 
 import spack
 import spack.spec
+import spack.config
+
+#
+# Settings for commands that modify configuration
+#
+# Commands that modify confguration By default modify the *highest* priority scope.
+default_modify_scope = spack.config.highest_precedence_scope().name
+# Commands that list confguration list *all* scopes by default.
+default_list_scope = None
 
 # cmd has a submodule called "list" so preserve the python list module
 python_list = list
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/checksum.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/checksum.py
index 6b7022a7a1..b1ad89dbb8 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/checksum.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/checksum.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def get_checksums(versions, urls, **kwargs):
 
 def checksum(parser, args):
     # get the package we're going to generate checksums for
-    pkg = spack.db.get(args.package)
+    pkg = spack.repo.get(args.package)
 
     # If the user asked for specific versions, use those.
     if args.versions:
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/clean.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/clean.py
index c3409887fb..6e7179122c 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/clean.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/clean.py
@@ -42,5 +42,5 @@ def clean(parser, args):
 
     specs = spack.cmd.parse_specs(args.packages, concretize=True)
     for spec in specs:
-        package = spack.db.get(spec)
+        package = spack.repo.get(spec)
         package.do_clean()
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/compiler.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/compiler.py
index 589ca87fb5..75b51f6b49 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/compiler.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/compiler.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 # Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 ##############################################################################
+import sys
 import argparse
 
 import llnl.util.tty as tty
@@ -41,17 +42,32 @@ def setup_parser(subparser):
     sp = subparser.add_subparsers(
         metavar='SUBCOMMAND', dest='compiler_command')
 
-    update_parser = sp.add_parser(
-        'add', help='Add compilers to the Spack configuration.')
-    update_parser.add_argument('add_paths', nargs=argparse.REMAINDER)
-
-    remove_parser = sp.add_parser('remove', help='remove compiler')
-    remove_parser.add_argument('path')
-
-    list_parser   = sp.add_parser('list', help='list available compilers')
-
-    info_parser   = sp.add_parser('info', help='Show compiler paths.')
+    scopes = spack.config.config_scopes
+
+    # Add
+    add_parser = sp.add_parser('add', help='Add compilers to the Spack configuration.')
+    add_parser.add_argument('add_paths', nargs=argparse.REMAINDER)
+    add_parser.add_argument('--scope', choices=scopes, default=spack.cmd.default_modify_scope,
+                            help="Configuration scope to modify.")
+
+    # Remove
+    remove_parser = sp.add_parser('remove', aliases=['rm'], help='Remove compiler by spec.')
+    remove_parser.add_argument(
+        '-a', '--all', action='store_true', help='Remove ALL compilers that match spec.')
+    remove_parser.add_argument('compiler_spec')
+    remove_parser.add_argument('--scope', choices=scopes, default=spack.cmd.default_modify_scope,
+                               help="Configuration scope to modify.")
+
+    # List
+    list_parser = sp.add_parser('list', help='list available compilers')
+    list_parser.add_argument('--scope', choices=scopes, default=spack.cmd.default_list_scope,
+                             help="Configuration scope to read from.")
+
+    # Info
+    info_parser = sp.add_parser('info', help='Show compiler paths.')
     info_parser.add_argument('compiler_spec')
+    info_parser.add_argument('--scope', choices=scopes, default=spack.cmd.default_list_scope,
+                             help="Configuration scope to read from.")
 
 
 def compiler_add(args):
@@ -62,26 +78,40 @@ def compiler_add(args):
         paths = get_path('PATH')
 
     compilers = [c for c in spack.compilers.find_compilers(*args.add_paths)
-                 if c.spec not in spack.compilers.all_compilers()]
+                 if c.spec not in spack.compilers.all_compilers(scope=args.scope)]
 
     if compilers:
-        spack.compilers.add_compilers_to_config('user', *compilers)
+        spack.compilers.add_compilers_to_config(compilers, scope=args.scope)
         n = len(compilers)
-        tty.msg("Added %d new compiler%s to %s" % (
-            n, 's' if n > 1 else '', spack.config.get_config_scope_filename('user', 'compilers')))
+        s = 's' if n > 1 else ''
+        filename = spack.config.get_config_filename(args.scope, 'compilers')
+        tty.msg("Added %d new compiler%s to %s" % (n, s, filename))
         colify(reversed(sorted(c.spec for c in compilers)), indent=4)
     else:
         tty.msg("Found no new compilers")
 
 
 def compiler_remove(args):
-    pass
+    cspec = CompilerSpec(args.compiler_spec)
+    compilers = spack.compilers.compilers_for_spec(cspec, scope=args.scope)
+
+    if not compilers:
+        tty.die("No compilers match spec %s." % cspec)
+    elif not args.all and len(compilers) > 1:
+        tty.error("Multiple compilers match spec %s. Choose one:" % cspec)
+        colify(reversed(sorted([c.spec for c in compilers])), indent=4)
+        tty.msg("Or, you can use `spack compiler remove -a` to remove all of them.")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    for compiler in compilers:
+        spack.compilers.remove_compiler_from_config(compiler.spec, scope=args.scope)
+        tty.msg("Removed compiler %s." % compiler.spec)
 
 
 def compiler_info(args):
     """Print info about all compilers matching a spec."""
     cspec = CompilerSpec(args.compiler_spec)
-    compilers = spack.compilers.compilers_for_spec(cspec)
+    compilers = spack.compilers.compilers_for_spec(cspec, scope=args.scope)
 
     if not compilers:
         tty.error("No compilers match spec %s." % cspec)
@@ -96,7 +126,7 @@ def compiler_info(args):
 
 def compiler_list(args):
     tty.msg("Available compilers")
-    index = index_by(spack.compilers.all_compilers(), 'name')
+    index = index_by(spack.compilers.all_compilers(scope=args.scope), 'name')
     for i, (name, compilers) in enumerate(index.items()):
         if i >= 1: print
 
@@ -108,6 +138,7 @@ def compiler_list(args):
 def compiler(parser, args):
     action = { 'add'    : compiler_add,
                'remove' : compiler_remove,
+               'rm'     : compiler_remove,
                'info'   : compiler_info,
                'list'   : compiler_list }
     action[args.compiler_command](args)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/compilers.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/compilers.py
index c485a910eb..7e09016f2d 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/compilers.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/compilers.py
@@ -26,9 +26,14 @@ import llnl.util.tty as tty
 from llnl.util.tty.colify import colify
 from llnl.util.lang import index_by
 
+import spack
 from spack.cmd.compiler import compiler_list
 
 description = "List available compilers. Same as 'spack compiler list'."
 
+def setup_parser(subparser):
+    subparser.add_argument('--scope', choices=spack.config.config_scopes,
+                           help="Configuration scope to read/modify.")
+
 def compilers(parser, args):
     compiler_list(args)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/config.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/config.py
index a6e914131e..5e6d4e4d7d 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/config.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/config.py
@@ -44,22 +44,22 @@ def setup_parser(subparser):
     sp = subparser.add_subparsers(metavar='SUBCOMMAND', dest='config_command')
 
     get_parser = sp.add_parser('get', help='Print configuration values.')
-    get_parser.add_argument('category', help="Configuration category to print.")
+    get_parser.add_argument('section', help="Configuration section to print.")
 
     edit_parser = sp.add_parser('edit', help='Edit configuration file.')
-    edit_parser.add_argument('category', help="Configuration category to edit")
+    edit_parser.add_argument('section', help="Configuration section to edit")
 
 
 def config_get(args):
-    spack.config.print_category(args.category)
+    spack.config.print_section(args.section)
 
 
 def config_edit(args):
     if not args.scope:
         args.scope = 'user'
-    if not args.category:
-        args.category = None
-    config_file = spack.config.get_config_scope_filename(args.scope, args.category)
+    if not args.section:
+        args.section = None
+    config_file = spack.config.get_config_filename(args.scope, args.section)
     spack.editor(config_file)
 
 
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/create.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/create.py
index 9ecb709110..7cea39cb55 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/create.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/create.py
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ import spack.cmd
 import spack.cmd.checksum
 import spack.url
 import spack.util.web
+from spack.spec import Spec
 from spack.util.naming import *
+from spack.repository import Repo, RepoError
 import spack.util.crypto as crypto
 
 from spack.util.executable import which
@@ -85,18 +87,34 @@ ${versions}
 """)
 
 
+def make_version_calls(ver_hash_tuples):
+    """Adds a version() call to the package for each version found."""
+    max_len = max(len(str(v)) for v, h in ver_hash_tuples)
+    format = "    version(%%-%ds, '%%s')" % (max_len + 2)
+    return '\n'.join(format % ("'%s'" % v, h) for v, h in ver_hash_tuples)
+
+
 def setup_parser(subparser):
     subparser.add_argument('url', nargs='?', help="url of package archive")
     subparser.add_argument(
-        '--keep-stage', action='store_true', dest='keep_stage',
+        '--keep-stage', action='store_true',
         help="Don't clean up staging area when command completes.")
     subparser.add_argument(
-        '-n', '--name', dest='alternate_name', default=None,
+        '-n', '--name', dest='alternate_name', default=None, metavar='NAME',
         help="Override the autodetected name for the created package.")
     subparser.add_argument(
+        '-r', '--repo', default=None,
+        help="Path to a repository where the package should be created.")
+    subparser.add_argument(
+        '-N', '--namespace',
+        help="Specify a namespace for the package. Must be the namespace of "
+        "a repository registered with Spack.")
+    subparser.add_argument(
         '-f', '--force', action='store_true', dest='force',
         help="Overwrite any existing package file with the same name.")
 
+    setup_parser.subparser = subparser
+
 
 class ConfigureGuesser(object):
     def __call__(self, stage):
@@ -134,16 +152,7 @@ class ConfigureGuesser(object):
         self.build_system = build_system
 
 
-def make_version_calls(ver_hash_tuples):
-    """Adds a version() call to the package for each version found."""
-    max_len = max(len(str(v)) for v, h in ver_hash_tuples)
-    format = "    version(%%-%ds, '%%s')" % (max_len + 2)
-    return '\n'.join(format % ("'%s'" % v, h) for v, h in ver_hash_tuples)
-
-
-def create(parser, args):
-    url = args.url
-
+def guess_name_and_version(url, args):
     # Try to deduce name and version of the new package from the URL
     version = spack.url.parse_version(url)
     if not version:
@@ -160,12 +169,52 @@ def create(parser, args):
             tty.die("Couldn't guess a name for this package. Try running:", "",
                     "spack create --name <name> <url>")
 
-    if not valid_module_name(name):
+    if not valid_fully_qualified_module_name(name):
         tty.die("Package name can only contain A-Z, a-z, 0-9, '_' and '-'")
 
-    tty.msg("This looks like a URL for %s version %s." % (name, version))
-    tty.msg("Creating template for package %s" % name)
+    return name, version
+
 
+def find_repository(spec, args):
+    # figure out namespace for spec
+    if spec.namespace and args.namespace and spec.namespace != args.namespace:
+        tty.die("Namespaces '%s' and '%s' do not match." % (spec.namespace, args.namespace))
+
+    if not spec.namespace and args.namespace:
+        spec.namespace = args.namespace
+
+    # Figure out where the new package should live.
+    repo_path = args.repo
+    if repo_path is not None:
+        try:
+            repo = Repo(repo_path)
+            if spec.namespace and spec.namespace != repo.namespace:
+                tty.die("Can't create package with namespace %s in repo with namespace %s."
+                        % (spec.namespace, repo.namespace))
+        except RepoError as e:
+            tty.die(str(e))
+    else:
+        if spec.namespace:
+            repo = spack.repo.get_repo(spec.namespace, None)
+            if not repo:
+                tty.die("Unknown namespace: %s" % spec.namespace)
+        else:
+            repo = spack.repo.first_repo()
+
+    # Set the namespace on the spec if it's not there already
+    if not spec.namespace:
+        spec.namespace = repo.namespace
+
+    return repo
+
+
+def fetch_tarballs(url, name, args):
+    """Try to find versions of the supplied archive by scraping the web.
+
+    Prompts the user to select how many to download if many are found.
+
+
+    """
     versions = spack.util.web.find_versions_of_archive(url)
     rkeys = sorted(versions.keys(), reverse=True)
     versions = OrderedDict(zip(rkeys, (versions[v] for v in rkeys)))
@@ -184,13 +233,35 @@ def create(parser, args):
             default=5, abort='q')
 
         if not archives_to_fetch:
-            tty.msg("Aborted.")
-            return
+            tty.die("Aborted.")
+
+    sorted_versions = sorted(versions.keys(), reverse=True)
+    sorted_urls = [versions[v] for v in sorted_versions]
+    return sorted_versions[:archives_to_fetch], sorted_urls[:archives_to_fetch]
+
+
+def create(parser, args):
+    url = args.url
+    if not url:
+        setup_parser.subparser.print_help()
+        return
+
+    # Figure out a name and repo for the package.
+    name, version = guess_name_and_version(url, args)
+    spec = Spec(name)
+    name = spec.name  # factors out namespace, if any
+    repo = find_repository(spec, args)
+
+    tty.msg("This looks like a URL for %s version %s." % (name, version))
+    tty.msg("Creating template for package %s" % name)
+
+    # Fetch tarballs (prompting user if necessary)
+    versions, urls = fetch_tarballs(url, name, args)
 
+    # Try to guess what configure system is used.
     guesser = ConfigureGuesser()
     ver_hash_tuples = spack.cmd.checksum.get_checksums(
-        versions.keys()[:archives_to_fetch],
-        [versions[v] for v in versions.keys()[:archives_to_fetch]],
+        versions, urls,
         first_stage_function=guesser,
         keep_stage=args.keep_stage)
 
@@ -202,7 +273,7 @@ def create(parser, args):
         name = 'py-%s' % name
 
     # Create a directory for the new package.
-    pkg_path = spack.db.filename_for_package_name(name)
+    pkg_path = repo.filename_for_package_name(name)
     if os.path.exists(pkg_path) and not args.force:
         tty.die("%s already exists." % pkg_path)
     else:
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/diy.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/diy.py
index ebe8424f09..9df53312f8 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/diy.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/diy.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def diy(self, args):
     # Take a write lock before checking for existence.
     with spack.installed_db.write_transaction():
         spec = specs[0]
-        if not spack.db.exists(spec.name):
+        if not spack.repo.exists(spec.name):
             tty.warn("No such package: %s" % spec.name)
             create = tty.get_yes_or_no("Create this package?", default=False)
             if not create:
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ def diy(self, args):
                 sys.exit(1)
             else:
                 tty.msg("Running 'spack edit -f %s'" % spec.name)
-                edit_package(spec.name, True)
+                edit_package(spec.name, spack.repo.first_repo(), None, True)
                 return
 
         if not spec.version.concrete:
             tty.die("spack diy spec must have a single, concrete version.")
 
         spec.concretize()
-        package = spack.db.get(spec)
+        package = spack.repo.get(spec)
 
         if package.installed:
             tty.error("Already installed in %s" % package.prefix)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/edit.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/edit.py
index b168d967b9..a20e40df9b 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/edit.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/edit.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ from llnl.util.filesystem import mkdirp, join_path
 
 import spack
 import spack.cmd
+from spack.spec import Spec
+from spack.repository import Repo
 from spack.util.naming import mod_to_class
 
 description = "Open package files in $EDITOR"
@@ -53,9 +55,16 @@ class ${class_name}(Package):
 """)
 
 
-def edit_package(name, force=False):
-    path = spack.db.filename_for_package_name(name)
+def edit_package(name, repo_path, namespace, force=False):
+    if repo_path:
+        repo = Repo(repo_path)
+    elif namespace:
+        repo = spack.repo.get_repo(namespace)
+    else:
+        repo = spack.repo
+    path = repo.filename_for_package_name(name)
 
+    spec = Spec(name)
     if os.path.exists(path):
         if not os.path.isfile(path):
             tty.die("Something's wrong.  '%s' is not a file!" % path)
@@ -63,13 +72,13 @@ def edit_package(name, force=False):
             tty.die("Insufficient permissions on '%s'!" % path)
     elif not force:
         tty.die("No package '%s'.  Use spack create, or supply -f/--force "
-                "to edit a new file." % name)
+                "to edit a new file." % spec.name)
     else:
         mkdirp(os.path.dirname(path))
         with open(path, "w") as pkg_file:
             pkg_file.write(
                 package_template.substitute(
-                    name=name, class_name=mod_to_class(name)))
+                    name=spec.name, class_name=mod_to_class(spec.name)))
 
     spack.editor(path)
 
@@ -78,9 +87,26 @@ def setup_parser(subparser):
     subparser.add_argument(
         '-f', '--force', dest='force', action='store_true',
         help="Open a new file in $EDITOR even if package doesn't exist.")
-    subparser.add_argument(
-        '-c', '--command', dest='edit_command', action='store_true',
-        help="Edit the command with the supplied name instead of a package.")
+
+    excl_args = subparser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+
+    # Various filetypes you can edit directly from the cmd line.
+    excl_args.add_argument(
+        '-c', '--command', dest='path', action='store_const',
+        const=spack.cmd.command_path, help="Edit the command with the supplied name.")
+    excl_args.add_argument(
+        '-t', '--test', dest='path', action='store_const',
+        const=spack.test_path, help="Edit the test with the supplied name.")
+    excl_args.add_argument(
+        '-m', '--module', dest='path', action='store_const',
+        const=spack.module_path, help="Edit the main spack module with the supplied name.")
+
+    # Options for editing packages
+    excl_args.add_argument(
+        '-r', '--repo', default=None, help="Path to repo to edit package in.")
+    excl_args.add_argument(
+        '-N', '--namespace', default=None, help="Namespace of package to edit.")
+
     subparser.add_argument(
         'name', nargs='?', default=None, help="name of package to edit")
 
@@ -88,19 +114,17 @@ def setup_parser(subparser):
 def edit(parser, args):
     name = args.name
 
-    if args.edit_command:
-        if not name:
-            path = spack.cmd.command_path
-        else:
-            path = join_path(spack.cmd.command_path, name + ".py")
-            if not os.path.exists(path):
+    path = spack.packages_path
+    if args.path:
+        path = args.path
+        if name:
+            path = join_path(path, name + ".py")
+            if not args.force and not os.path.exists(path):
                 tty.die("No command named '%s'." % name)
         spack.editor(path)
 
+    elif name:
+        edit_package(name, args.repo, args.namespace, args.force)
     else:
         # By default open the directory where packages or commands live.
-        if not name:
-            path = spack.packages_path
-            spack.editor(path)
-        else:
-            edit_package(name, args.force)
+        spack.editor(path)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/extensions.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/extensions.py
index 2ce6f406ca..ccb0fe4e1f 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/extensions.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/extensions.py
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ def extensions(parser, args):
 
     #
     # List package names of extensions
-    #
-    extensions = spack.db.extensions_for(spec)
+    extensions = spack.repo.extensions_for(spec)
     if not extensions:
         tty.msg("%s has no extensions." % spec.cshort_spec)
         return
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/fetch.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/fetch.py
index 57d6f6b63b..adad545cae 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/fetch.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/fetch.py
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ def fetch(parser, args):
         if args.missing or args.dependencies:
             to_fetch = set()
             for s in spec.traverse():
-                package = spack.db.get(s)
+                package = spack.repo.get(s)
                 if args.missing and package.installed:
                     continue
                 package.do_fetch()
 
-        package = spack.db.get(spec)
+        package = spack.repo.get(spec)
         package.do_fetch()
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/find.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/find.py
index c7a376fd8d..714f1d514b 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/find.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/find.py
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ description ="Find installed spack packages"
 def setup_parser(subparser):
     format_group = subparser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
     format_group.add_argument(
+        '-s', '--short', action='store_const', dest='mode', const='short',
+        help='Show only specs (default)')
+    format_group.add_argument(
         '-p', '--paths', action='store_const', dest='mode', const='paths',
         help='Show paths to package install directories')
     format_group.add_argument(
@@ -48,21 +51,24 @@ def setup_parser(subparser):
         help='Show full dependency DAG of installed packages')
 
     subparser.add_argument(
-        '-l', '--long', action='store_true', dest='long',
+        '-l', '--long', action='store_true',
         help='Show dependency hashes as well as versions.')
     subparser.add_argument(
-        '-L', '--very-long', action='store_true', dest='very_long',
+        '-L', '--very-long', action='store_true',
         help='Show dependency hashes as well as versions.')
 
     subparser.add_argument(
-        '-u', '--unknown', action='store_true', dest='unknown',
+        '-u', '--unknown', action='store_true',
         help='Show only specs Spack does not have a package for.')
     subparser.add_argument(
-        '-m', '--missing', action='store_true', dest='missing',
+        '-m', '--missing', action='store_true',
         help='Show missing dependencies as well as installed specs.')
     subparser.add_argument(
-        '-M', '--only-missing', action='store_true', dest='only_missing',
+        '-M', '--only-missing', action='store_true',
         help='Show only missing dependencies.')
+    subparser.add_argument(
+        '-N', '--namespace', action='store_true',
+        help='Show fully qualified package names.')
 
     subparser.add_argument(
         'query_specs', nargs=argparse.REMAINDER,
@@ -76,6 +82,7 @@ def gray_hash(spec, length):
 def display_specs(specs, **kwargs):
     mode = kwargs.get('mode', 'short')
     hashes = kwargs.get('long', False)
+    namespace = kwargs.get('namespace', False)
 
     hlen = 7
     if kwargs.get('very_long', False):
@@ -97,7 +104,8 @@ def display_specs(specs, **kwargs):
         specs = index[(architecture,compiler)]
         specs.sort()
 
-        abbreviated = [s.format('$_$@$+', color=True) for s in specs]
+        nfmt = '.' if namespace else '_'
+        abbreviated = [s.format('$%s$@$+' % nfmt, color=True) for s in specs]
         if mode == 'paths':
             # Print one spec per line along with prefix path
             width = max(len(s) for s in abbreviated)
@@ -112,7 +120,7 @@ def display_specs(specs, **kwargs):
         elif mode == 'deps':
             for spec in specs:
                 print spec.tree(
-                    format='$_$@$+',
+                    format='$%s$@$+' % nfmt,
                     color=True,
                     indent=4,
                     prefix=(lambda s: gray_hash(s, hlen)) if hashes else None)
@@ -122,7 +130,7 @@ def display_specs(specs, **kwargs):
                 string = ""
                 if hashes:
                     string += gray_hash(s, hlen) + ' '
-                string += s.format('$-_$@$+', color=True)
+                string += s.format('$-%s$@$+' % nfmt, color=True)
 
                 return string
             colify(fmt(s) for s in specs)
@@ -137,7 +145,7 @@ def find(parser, args):
     # Filter out specs that don't exist.
     query_specs = spack.cmd.parse_specs(args.query_specs)
     query_specs, nonexisting = partition_list(
-        query_specs, lambda s: spack.db.exists(s.name))
+        query_specs, lambda s: spack.repo.exists(s.name))
 
     if nonexisting:
         msg = "No such package%s: " % ('s' if len(nonexisting) > 1 else '')
@@ -171,4 +179,5 @@ def find(parser, args):
         tty.msg("%d installed packages." % len(specs))
     display_specs(specs, mode=args.mode,
                   long=args.long,
-                  very_long=args.very_long)
+                  very_long=args.very_long,
+                  namespace=args.namespace)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/info.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/info.py
index 8040e23936..e7abe7f4a5 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/info.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/info.py
@@ -105,5 +105,5 @@ def print_text_info(pkg):
 
 
 def info(parser, args):
-    pkg = spack.db.get(args.name)
+    pkg = spack.repo.get(args.name)
     print_text_info(pkg)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/install.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/install.py
index 5ee7bc01b7..1fef750c80 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/install.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/install.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def install(parser, args):
 
     specs = spack.cmd.parse_specs(args.packages, concretize=True)
     for spec in specs:
-        package = spack.db.get(spec)
+        package = spack.repo.get(spec)
         with spack.installed_db.write_transaction():
             package.do_install(
                 keep_prefix=args.keep_prefix,
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/list.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/list.py
index b51d5b429a..7c50ccb9cd 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/list.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/list.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def setup_parser(subparser):
 
 def list(parser, args):
     # Start with all package names.
-    pkgs = spack.db.all_package_names()
+    pkgs = spack.repo.all_package_names()
 
     # filter if a filter arg was provided
     if args.filter:
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/location.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/location.py
index e805cc4012..39c225e9b2 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/location.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/location.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def location(parser, args):
         print spack.prefix
 
     elif args.packages:
-        print spack.db.root
+        print spack.repo.root
 
     elif args.stages:
         print spack.stage_path
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ def location(parser, args):
 
             if args.package_dir:
                 # This one just needs the spec name.
-                print join_path(spack.db.root, spec.name)
+                print join_path(spack.repo.root, spec.name)
 
             else:
                 # These versions need concretized specs.
                 spec.concretize()
-                pkg = spack.db.get(spec)
+                pkg = spack.repo.get(spec)
 
                 if args.stage_dir:
                     print pkg.stage.path
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/mirror.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/mirror.py
index 89d51bbe04..885483a840 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/mirror.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/mirror.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import spack.config
 import spack.mirror
 from spack.spec import Spec
 from spack.error import SpackError
+from spack.util.spack_yaml import syaml_dict
 
 description = "Manage mirrors."
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ def setup_parser(subparser):
     sp = subparser.add_subparsers(
         metavar='SUBCOMMAND', dest='mirror_command')
 
+    # Create
     create_parser = sp.add_parser('create', help=mirror_create.__doc__)
     create_parser.add_argument('-d', '--directory', default=None,
                                help="Directory in which to create mirror.")
@@ -60,15 +62,29 @@ def setup_parser(subparser):
         '-o', '--one-version-per-spec', action='store_const', const=1, default=0,
         help="Only fetch one 'preferred' version per spec, not all known versions.")
 
+    scopes = spack.config.config_scopes
+
+    # Add
     add_parser = sp.add_parser('add', help=mirror_add.__doc__)
     add_parser.add_argument('name', help="Mnemonic name for mirror.")
     add_parser.add_argument(
         'url', help="URL of mirror directory created by 'spack mirror create'.")
+    add_parser.add_argument(
+        '--scope', choices=scopes, default=spack.cmd.default_modify_scope,
+        help="Configuration scope to modify.")
 
-    remove_parser = sp.add_parser('remove', help=mirror_remove.__doc__)
+    # Remove
+    remove_parser = sp.add_parser('remove', aliases=['rm'], help=mirror_remove.__doc__)
     remove_parser.add_argument('name')
+    remove_parser.add_argument(
+        '--scope', choices=scopes, default=spack.cmd.default_modify_scope,
+        help="Configuration scope to modify.")
 
+    # List
     list_parser = sp.add_parser('list', help=mirror_list.__doc__)
+    list_parser.add_argument(
+        '--scope', choices=scopes, default=spack.cmd.default_list_scope,
+        help="Configuration scope to read from.")
 
 
 def mirror_add(args):
@@ -77,31 +93,51 @@ def mirror_add(args):
     if url.startswith('/'):
         url = 'file://' + url
 
-    mirror_dict = { args.name : url }
-    spack.config.add_to_mirror_config({ args.name : url })
+    mirrors = spack.config.get_config('mirrors', scope=args.scope)
+    if not mirrors:
+        mirrors = syaml_dict()
+
+    for name, u in mirrors.items():
+        if name == args.name:
+            tty.die("Mirror with name %s already exists." % name)
+        if u == url:
+            tty.die("Mirror with url %s already exists." % url)
+        # should only be one item per mirror dict.
+
+    items = [(n,u) for n,u in mirrors.items()]
+    items.insert(0, (args.name, url))
+    mirrors = syaml_dict(items)
+    spack.config.update_config('mirrors', mirrors, scope=args.scope)
 
 
 def mirror_remove(args):
     """Remove a mirror by name."""
     name = args.name
 
-    rmd_something = spack.config.remove_from_config('mirrors', name)
-    if not rmd_something:
-        tty.die("No such mirror: %s" % name)
+    mirrors = spack.config.get_config('mirrors', scope=args.scope)
+    if not mirrors:
+        mirrors = syaml_dict()
+
+    if not name in mirrors:
+        tty.die("No mirror with name %s" % name)
+
+    old_value = mirrors.pop(name)
+    spack.config.update_config('mirrors', mirrors, scope=args.scope)
+    tty.msg("Removed mirror %s with url %s." % (name, old_value))
 
 
 def mirror_list(args):
     """Print out available mirrors to the console."""
-    sec_names = spack.config.get_mirror_config()
-    if not sec_names:
+    mirrors = spack.config.get_config('mirrors', scope=args.scope)
+    if not mirrors:
         tty.msg("No mirrors configured.")
         return
 
-    max_len = max(len(s) for s in sec_names)
+    max_len = max(len(n) for n in mirrors.keys())
     fmt = "%%-%ds%%s" % (max_len + 4)
 
-    for name, val in sec_names.iteritems():
-        print fmt % (name, val)
+    for name in mirrors:
+        print fmt % (name, mirrors[name])
 
 
 def _read_specs_from_file(filename):
@@ -130,7 +166,7 @@ def mirror_create(args):
 
     # If nothing is passed, use all packages.
     if not specs:
-        specs = [Spec(n) for n in spack.db.all_package_names()]
+        specs = [Spec(n) for n in spack.repo.all_package_names()]
         specs.sort(key=lambda s: s.format("$_$@").lower())
 
     if args.dependencies:
@@ -175,6 +211,7 @@ def mirror(parser, args):
     action = { 'create' : mirror_create,
                'add'    : mirror_add,
                'remove' : mirror_remove,
+               'rm'     : mirror_remove,
                'list'   : mirror_list }
 
     action[args.mirror_command](args)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/package-list.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/package-list.py
index eca9f918f1..5e37d5c16b 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/package-list.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/package-list.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def rst_table(elts):
 
 def print_rst_package_list():
     """Print out information on all packages in restructured text."""
-    pkgs = sorted(spack.db.all_packages(), key=lambda s:s.name.lower())
+    pkgs = sorted(spack.repo.all_packages(), key=lambda s:s.name.lower())
 
     print ".. _package-list:"
     print
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/patch.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/patch.py
index 8fc6f1383e..44fc8696db 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/patch.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/patch.py
@@ -47,5 +47,5 @@ def patch(parser, args):
 
     specs = spack.cmd.parse_specs(args.packages, concretize=True)
     for spec in specs:
-        package = spack.db.get(spec)
+        package = spack.repo.get(spec)
         package.do_patch()
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/pkg.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/pkg.py
index 1ebc5ce3ee..448f762841 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/pkg.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/pkg.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def list_packages(rev):
 
 def pkg_add(args):
     for pkg_name in args.packages:
-        filename = spack.db.filename_for_package_name(pkg_name)
+        filename = spack.repo.filename_for_package_name(pkg_name)
         if not os.path.isfile(filename):
             tty.die("No such package: %s.  Path does not exist:" % pkg_name, filename)
 
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/providers.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/providers.py
index 0472f9bbe4..49d6ac192a 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/providers.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/providers.py
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ def setup_parser(subparser):
 
 def providers(parser, args):
     for spec in spack.cmd.parse_specs(args.vpkg_spec):
-        colify(sorted(spack.db.providers_for(spec)), indent=4)
+        colify(sorted(spack.repo.providers_for(spec)), indent=4)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/repo.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/repo.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34c755fb67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/repo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2015, 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://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
+##############################################################################
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+
+from external import argparse
+import llnl.util.tty as tty
+from llnl.util.filesystem import join_path, mkdirp
+
+import spack.spec
+import spack.config
+from spack.util.environment import get_path
+from spack.repository import *
+
+description = "Manage package source repositories."
+
+def setup_parser(subparser):
+    sp = subparser.add_subparsers(metavar='SUBCOMMAND', dest='repo_command')
+    scopes = spack.config.config_scopes
+
+    # Create
+    create_parser = sp.add_parser('create', help=repo_create.__doc__)
+    create_parser.add_argument(
+        'directory', help="Directory to create the repo in.")
+    create_parser.add_argument(
+        'namespace', help="Namespace to identify packages in the repository. "
+        "Defaults to the directory name.", nargs='?')
+
+    # List
+    list_parser = sp.add_parser('list', help=repo_list.__doc__)
+    list_parser.add_argument(
+        '--scope', choices=scopes, default=spack.cmd.default_list_scope,
+        help="Configuration scope to read from.")
+
+    # Add
+    add_parser = sp.add_parser('add', help=repo_add.__doc__)
+    add_parser.add_argument('path', help="Path to a Spack package repository directory.")
+    add_parser.add_argument(
+        '--scope', choices=scopes, default=spack.cmd.default_modify_scope,
+        help="Configuration scope to modify.")
+
+    # Remove
+    remove_parser = sp.add_parser('remove', help=repo_remove.__doc__, aliases=['rm'])
+    remove_parser.add_argument(
+        'path_or_namespace',
+        help="Path or namespace of a Spack package repository.")
+    remove_parser.add_argument(
+        '--scope', choices=scopes, default=spack.cmd.default_modify_scope,
+        help="Configuration scope to modify.")
+
+
+def repo_create(args):
+    """Create a new package repository."""
+    root = canonicalize_path(args.directory)
+    namespace = args.namespace
+
+    if not args.namespace:
+        namespace = os.path.basename(root)
+
+    if not re.match(r'\w[\.\w-]*', namespace):
+        tty.die("'%s' is not a valid namespace." % namespace)
+
+    existed = False
+    if os.path.exists(root):
+        if os.path.isfile(root):
+            tty.die('File %s already exists and is not a directory' % root)
+        elif os.path.isdir(root):
+            if not os.access(root, os.R_OK | os.W_OK):
+                tty.die('Cannot create new repo in %s: cannot access directory.' % root)
+            if os.listdir(root):
+                tty.die('Cannot create new repo in %s: directory is not empty.' % root)
+        existed = True
+
+    full_path = os.path.realpath(root)
+    parent = os.path.dirname(full_path)
+    if not os.access(parent, os.R_OK | os.W_OK):
+        tty.die("Cannot create repository in %s: can't access parent!" % root)
+
+    try:
+        config_path = os.path.join(root, repo_config_name)
+        packages_path = os.path.join(root, packages_dir_name)
+
+        mkdirp(packages_path)
+        with open(config_path, 'w') as config:
+            config.write("repo:\n")
+            config.write("  namespace: '%s'\n" % namespace)
+
+    except (IOError, OSError) as e:
+        tty.die('Failed to create new repository in %s.' % root,
+                "Caused by %s: %s" % (type(e), e))
+
+        # try to clean up.
+        if existed:
+            shutil.rmtree(config_path, ignore_errors=True)
+            shutil.rmtree(packages_path, ignore_errors=True)
+        else:
+            shutil.rmtree(root, ignore_errors=True)
+
+    tty.msg("Created repo with namespace '%s'." % namespace)
+    tty.msg("To register it with spack, run this command:",
+            'spack repo add %s' % full_path)
+
+
+def repo_add(args):
+    """Add a package source to Spack's configuration."""
+    path = args.path
+
+    # real_path is absolute and handles substitution.
+    canon_path = canonicalize_path(path)
+
+    # check if the path exists
+    if not os.path.exists(canon_path):
+        tty.die("No such file or directory: '%s'." % path)
+
+    # Make sure the path is a directory.
+    if not os.path.isdir(canon_path):
+        tty.die("Not a Spack repository: '%s'." % path)
+
+    # Make sure it's actually a spack repository by constructing it.
+    repo = Repo(canon_path)
+
+    # If that succeeds, finally add it to the configuration.
+    repos = spack.config.get_config('repos', args.scope)
+    if not repos: repos = []
+
+    if repo.root in repos or path in repos:
+        tty.die("Repository is already registered with Spack: '%s'" % path)
+
+    repos.insert(0, canon_path)
+    spack.config.update_config('repos', repos, args.scope)
+    tty.msg("Created repo with namespace '%s'." % repo.namespace)
+
+
+def repo_remove(args):
+    """Remove a repository from Spack's configuration."""
+    repos = spack.config.get_config('repos', args.scope)
+    path_or_namespace = args.path_or_namespace
+
+    # If the argument is a path, remove that repository from config.
+    canon_path = canonicalize_path(path_or_namespace)
+    for repo_path in repos:
+        repo_canon_path = canonicalize_path(repo_path)
+        if canon_path == repo_canon_path:
+            repos.remove(repo_path)
+            spack.config.update_config('repos', repos, args.scope)
+            tty.msg("Removed repository '%s'." % repo_path)
+            return
+
+    # If it is a namespace, remove corresponding repo
+    for path in repos:
+        try:
+            repo = Repo(path)
+            if repo.namespace == path_or_namespace:
+                repos.remove(path)
+                spack.config.update_config('repos', repos, args.scope)
+                tty.msg("Removed repository '%s' with namespace %s."
+                        % (repo.root, repo.namespace))
+                return
+        except RepoError as e:
+            continue
+
+    tty.die("No repository with path or namespace: '%s'"
+            % path_or_namespace)
+
+
+def repo_list(args):
+    """Show registered repositories and their namespaces."""
+    roots = spack.config.get_config('repos', args.scope)
+    repos = []
+    for r in roots:
+        try:
+            repos.append(Repo(r))
+        except RepoError as e:
+            continue
+
+    msg = "%d package repositor" % len(repos)
+    msg += "y." if len(repos) == 1 else "ies."
+    tty.msg(msg)
+
+    if not repos:
+        return
+
+    max_ns_len = max(len(r.namespace) for r in repos)
+    for repo in repos:
+        fmt = "%%-%ds%%s" % (max_ns_len + 4)
+        print fmt % (repo.namespace, repo.root)
+
+
+def repo(parser, args):
+    action = { 'create' : repo_create,
+               'list'   : repo_list,
+               'add'    : repo_add,
+               'remove' : repo_remove,
+               'rm'     : repo_remove}
+    action[args.repo_command](args)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/restage.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/restage.py
index 703ae30a04..540c2ef2a5 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/restage.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/restage.py
@@ -42,5 +42,5 @@ def restage(parser, args):
 
     specs = spack.cmd.parse_specs(args.packages, concretize=True)
     for spec in specs:
-        package = spack.db.get(spec)
+        package = spack.repo.get(spec)
         package.do_restage()
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/stage.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/stage.py
index 7638cf31c4..5786780efb 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/stage.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/stage.py
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@ def stage(parser, args):
 
     specs = spack.cmd.parse_specs(args.specs, concretize=True)
     for spec in specs:
-        package = spack.db.get(spec)
+        package = spack.repo.get(spec)
         package.do_stage()
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/test-install.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/test-install.py
index e37554155f..74017f59fb 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/test-install.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/test-install.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def fetch_log(path):
 
 def failed_dependencies(spec):
     return set(childSpec for childSpec in spec.dependencies.itervalues() if not 
-        spack.db.get(childSpec).installed)
+        spack.repo.get(childSpec).installed)
 
 
 def create_test_output(topSpec, newInstalls, output, getLogFunc=fetch_log):
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def create_test_output(topSpec, newInstalls, output, getLogFunc=fetch_log):
             continue
 
         failedDeps = failed_dependencies(spec)
-        package = spack.db.get(spec)
+        package = spack.repo.get(spec)
         if failedDeps:
             result = TestResult.SKIPPED
             dep = iter(failedDeps).next()
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def test_install(parser, args):
     
     newInstalls = set()
     for spec in topSpec.traverse():
-        package = spack.db.get(spec)
+        package = spack.repo.get(spec)
         if not package.installed:
             newInstalls.add(spec)
     
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def test_install(parser, args):
         # Calling do_install for the top-level package would be sufficient but
         # this attempts to keep going if any package fails (other packages which
         # are not dependents may succeed)
-        package = spack.db.get(spec)
+        package = spack.repo.get(spec)
         if (not failed_dependencies(spec)) and (not package.installed):
             try:
                 package.do_install(
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/uninstall.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/uninstall.py
index 03873bb5f8..d01aa2136b 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/uninstall.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/uninstall.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from llnl.util.tty.colify import colify
 
 import spack
 import spack.cmd
-import spack.packages
+import spack.repository
 from spack.cmd.find import display_specs
 from spack.package import PackageStillNeededError
 
@@ -79,10 +79,9 @@ def uninstall(parser, args):
                 try:
                     # should work if package is known to spack
                     pkgs.append(s.package)
-
-                except spack.packages.UnknownPackageError, e:
-                    # The package.py file has gone away -- but still want to
-                    # uninstall.
+                except spack.repository.UnknownPackageError, e:
+                    # The package.py file has gone away -- but still
+                    # want to uninstall.
                     spack.Package(s).do_uninstall(force=True)
 
         # Sort packages to be uninstalled by the number of installed dependents
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/urls.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/urls.py
index a544b6153b..ebab65f7d1 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/urls.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/urls.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def setup_parser(subparser):
 
 def urls(parser, args):
     urls = set()
-    for pkg in spack.db.all_packages():
+    for pkg in spack.repo.all_packages():
         url = getattr(pkg.__class__, 'url', None)
         if url:
             urls.add(url)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/versions.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/versions.py
index 494f13d36d..bba75dae96 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/versions.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/versions.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def setup_parser(subparser):
 
 
 def versions(parser, args):
-    pkg = spack.db.get(args.package)
+    pkg = spack.repo.get(args.package)
 
     safe_versions = pkg.versions
     fetched_versions = pkg.fetch_remote_versions()
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/compiler.py b/lib/spack/spack/compiler.py
index b9abf943e8..a665f6062d 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/compiler.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/compiler.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ _version_cache = {}
 def get_compiler_version(compiler_path, version_arg, regex='(.*)'):
     if not compiler_path in _version_cache:
         compiler = Executable(compiler_path)
-        output = compiler(version_arg, return_output=True, error=None)
+        output = compiler(version_arg, return_output=True, error=os.devnull)
 
         match = re.search(regex, output)
         _version_cache[compiler_path] = match.group(1) if match else 'unknown'
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/compilers/__init__.py b/lib/spack/spack/compilers/__init__.py
index 66e608cf79..facc9c338b 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/compilers/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/compilers/__init__.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ system and configuring Spack to use multiple compilers.
 """
 import imp
 import os
+import platform
 
 from llnl.util.lang import memoized, list_modules
 from llnl.util.filesystem import join_path
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ import spack
 import spack.error
 import spack.spec
 import spack.config
+import spack.architecture
 
 from spack.util.multiproc import parmap
 from spack.compiler import Compiler
@@ -45,50 +47,128 @@ from spack.util.environment import get_path
 _imported_compilers_module = 'spack.compilers'
 _required_instance_vars = ['cc', 'cxx', 'f77', 'fc']
 
-_default_order = ['gcc', 'intel', 'pgi', 'clang', 'xlc']
+# TODO: customize order in config file
+if platform.system() == 'Darwin':
+    _default_order = ['clang', 'gcc', 'intel']
+else:
+    _default_order = ['gcc', 'intel', 'pgi', 'clang', 'xlc']
+
 
 def _auto_compiler_spec(function):
-    def converter(cspec_like):
+    def converter(cspec_like, *args, **kwargs):
         if not isinstance(cspec_like, spack.spec.CompilerSpec):
             cspec_like = spack.spec.CompilerSpec(cspec_like)
-        return function(cspec_like)
+        return function(cspec_like, *args, **kwargs)
     return converter
 
 
-def _get_config():
-    """Get a Spack config, but make sure it has compiler configuration
-       first."""
+def _to_dict(compiler):
+    """Return a dict version of compiler suitable to insert in YAML."""
+    return {
+        str(compiler.spec) : dict(
+            (attr, getattr(compiler, attr, None))
+            for attr in _required_instance_vars)
+    }
+
+
+def get_compiler_config(arch=None, scope=None):
+    """Return the compiler configuration for the specified architecture.
+    """
     # If any configuration file has compilers, just stick with the
     # ones already configured.
-    config = spack.config.get_compilers_config()
-    existing = [spack.spec.CompilerSpec(s)
-                for s in config]
-    if existing:
-        return config
+    config = spack.config.get_config('compilers', scope=scope)
+
+    my_arch = spack.architecture.sys_type()
+    if arch is None:
+        arch = my_arch
+
+    if arch in config:
+        return config[arch]
+
+    # Only for the current arch in *highest* scope: automatically try to
+    # find compilers if none are configured yet.
+    if arch == my_arch and scope == 'user':
+        config[arch] = {}
+        compilers = find_compilers(*get_path('PATH'))
+        for compiler in compilers:
+            config[arch].update(_to_dict(compiler))
+        spack.config.update_config('compilers', config, scope=scope)
+        return config[arch]
+
+    return {}
+
+
+def add_compilers_to_config(compilers, arch=None, scope=None):
+    """Add compilers to the config for the specified architecture.
+
+    Arguments:
+      - compilers: a list of Compiler objects.
+      - arch:      arch to add compilers for.
+      - scope:     configuration scope to modify.
+    """
+    if arch is None:
+        arch = spack.architecture.sys_type()
+
+    compiler_config = get_compiler_config(arch, scope)
+    for compiler in compilers:
+        compiler_config[str(compiler.spec)] = dict(
+            (c, getattr(compiler, c, "None"))
+            for c in _required_instance_vars)
+
+    update = { arch : compiler_config }
+    spack.config.update_config('compilers', update, scope)
+
+
+@_auto_compiler_spec
+def remove_compiler_from_config(compiler_spec, arch=None, scope=None):
+    """Remove compilers from the config, by spec.
+
+    Arguments:
+      - compiler_specs: a list of CompilerSpec objects.
+      - arch:           arch to add compilers for.
+      - scope:          configuration scope to modify.
+    """
+    if arch is None:
+        arch = spack.architecture.sys_type()
 
-    compilers = find_compilers(*get_path('PATH'))
-    add_compilers_to_config('user', *compilers)
+    compiler_config = get_compiler_config(arch, scope)
+    del compiler_config[str(compiler_spec)]
+    update = { arch : compiler_config }
 
-    # After writing compilers to the user config, return a full config
-    # from all files.
-    return spack.config.get_compilers_config()
+    spack.config.update_config('compilers', update, scope)
+
+
+def all_compilers_config(arch=None, scope=None):
+    """Return a set of specs for all the compiler versions currently
+       available to build with.  These are instances of CompilerSpec.
+    """
+    # Get compilers for this architecture.
+    arch_config = get_compiler_config(arch, scope)
+
+    # Merge 'all' compilers with arch-specific ones.
+    # Arch-specific compilers have higher precedence.
+    merged_config = get_compiler_config('all', scope=scope)
+    merged_config = spack.config._merge_yaml(merged_config, arch_config)
+
+    return merged_config
+
+
+def all_compilers(arch=None, scope=None):
+    # Return compiler specs from the merged config.
+    return [spack.spec.CompilerSpec(s)
+            for s in all_compilers_config(arch, scope)]
 
 
-_cached_default_compiler = None
 def default_compiler():
-    global _cached_default_compiler
-    if _cached_default_compiler:
-        return _cached_default_compiler
     versions = []
-    for name in _default_order:  # TODO: customize order.
+    for name in _default_order:
         versions = find(name)
-        if versions: break
-
-    if not versions:
+        if versions:
+            break
+    else:
         raise NoCompilersError()
 
-    _cached_default_compiler = sorted(versions)[-1]
-    return _cached_default_compiler
+    return sorted(versions)[-1]
 
 
 def find_compilers(*path):
@@ -123,20 +203,6 @@ def find_compilers(*path):
     return clist
 
 
-def add_compilers_to_config(scope, *compilers):
-    compiler_config_tree = {}
-    for compiler in compilers:
-        compiler_entry = {}
-        for c in _required_instance_vars:
-            val = getattr(compiler, c)
-            if not val:
-                val = "None"
-            compiler_entry[c] = val
-        compiler_config_tree[str(compiler.spec)] = compiler_entry
-    spack.config.add_to_compiler_config(compiler_config_tree, scope)
-
-
-
 def supported_compilers():
     """Return a set of names of compilers supported by Spack.
 
@@ -152,27 +218,19 @@ def supported(compiler_spec):
     return compiler_spec.name in supported_compilers()
 
 
-def all_compilers():
-    """Return a set of specs for all the compiler versions currently
-       available to build with.  These are instances of CompilerSpec.
-    """
-    configuration = _get_config()
-    return [spack.spec.CompilerSpec(s) for s in configuration]
-
-
 @_auto_compiler_spec
-def find(compiler_spec):
+def find(compiler_spec, arch=None, scope=None):
     """Return specs of available compilers that match the supplied
        compiler spec.  Return an list if nothing found."""
-    return [c for c in all_compilers() if c.satisfies(compiler_spec)]
+    return [c for c in all_compilers(arch, scope) if c.satisfies(compiler_spec)]
 
 
 @_auto_compiler_spec
-def compilers_for_spec(compiler_spec):
+def compilers_for_spec(compiler_spec, arch=None, scope=None):
     """This gets all compilers that satisfy the supplied CompilerSpec.
        Returns an empty list if none are found.
     """
-    config = _get_config()
+    config = all_compilers_config(arch, scope)
 
     def get_compiler(cspec):
         items = config[str(cspec)]
@@ -191,7 +249,7 @@ def compilers_for_spec(compiler_spec):
 
         return cls(cspec, *compiler_paths)
 
-    matches = find(compiler_spec)
+    matches = find(compiler_spec, arch, scope)
     return [get_compiler(cspec) for cspec in matches]
 
 
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/config.py b/lib/spack/spack/config.py
index c127f6a28f..6fecde9980 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/config.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/config.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ##############################################################################
-# Copyright (c) 2013, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2015, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
 # Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
 #
 # This file is part of Spack.
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ several configuration files, such as compilers.yaml or mirrors.yaml.
 Configuration file format
 ===============================
 
-Configuration files are formatted using YAML syntax.
-This format is implemented by Python's
-yaml class, and it's easy to read and versatile.
+Configuration files are formatted using YAML syntax.  This format is
+implemented by libyaml (included with Spack as an external module),
+and it's easy to read and versatile.
 
-The config files are structured as trees, like this ``compiler`` section::
+Config files are structured as trees, like this ``compiler`` section::
 
      compilers:
        chaos_5_x86_64_ib:
@@ -67,274 +67,475 @@ In this example, entries like ''compilers'' and ''xlc@12.1'' are used to
 categorize entries beneath them in the tree.  At the root of the tree,
 entries like ''cc'' and ''cxx'' are specified as name/value pairs.
 
-Spack returns these trees as nested dicts.  The dict for the above example
-would looks like:
-
-  { 'compilers' :
-      { 'chaos_5_x86_64_ib' :
-         { 'gcc@4.4.7' :
-             { 'cc' : '/usr/bin/gcc',
-               'cxx' : '/usr/bin/g++'
-               'f77' : '/usr/bin/gfortran'
-               'fc' : '/usr/bin/gfortran' }
-         }
-     { 'bgqos_0' :
-         { 'cc' : '/usr/local/bin/mpixlc' }
-     }
-  }
-
-Some routines, like get_mirrors_config and get_compilers_config may strip
-off the top-levels of the tree and return subtrees.
+``config.get_config()`` returns these trees as nested dicts, but it
+strips the first level off.  So, ``config.get_config('compilers')``
+would return something like this for the above example:
+
+   { 'chaos_5_x86_64_ib' :
+       { 'gcc@4.4.7' :
+           { 'cc' : '/usr/bin/gcc',
+             'cxx' : '/usr/bin/g++'
+             'f77' : '/usr/bin/gfortran'
+             'fc' : '/usr/bin/gfortran' }
+           }
+       { 'bgqos_0' :
+          { 'cc' : '/usr/local/bin/mpixlc' } }
+
+Likewise, the ``mirrors.yaml`` file's first line must be ``mirrors:``,
+but ``get_config()`` strips that off too.
+
+Precedence
+===============================
+
+``config.py`` routines attempt to recursively merge configuration
+across scopes.  So if there are ``compilers.py`` files in both the
+site scope and the user scope, ``get_config('compilers')`` will return
+merged dictionaries of *all* the compilers available.  If a user
+compiler conflicts with a site compiler, Spack will overwrite the site
+configuration wtih the user configuration.  If both the user and site
+``mirrors.yaml`` files contain lists of mirrors, then ``get_config()``
+will return a concatenated list of mirrors, with the user config items
+first.
+
+Sometimes, it is useful to *completely* override a site setting with a
+user one.  To accomplish this, you can use *two* colons at the end of
+a key in a configuration file.  For example, this:
+
+     compilers::
+       chaos_5_x86_64_ib:
+          gcc@4.4.7:
+            cc: /usr/bin/gcc
+            cxx: /usr/bin/g++
+            f77: /usr/bin/gfortran
+            fc: /usr/bin/gfortran
+       bgqos_0:
+          xlc@12.1:
+            cc: /usr/local/bin/mpixlc
+            ...
+
+Will make Spack take compilers *only* from the user configuration, and
+the site configuration will be ignored.
+
 """
 import os
-import exceptions
+import re
 import sys
-
-from ordereddict_backport import OrderedDict
-from llnl.util.lang import memoized
-import spack.error
-
+import copy
+import jsonschema
+from jsonschema import Draft4Validator, validators
 import yaml
 from yaml.error import MarkedYAMLError
+from ordereddict_backport import OrderedDict
+
 import llnl.util.tty as tty
 from llnl.util.filesystem import mkdirp
 
-_config_sections = {}
-class _ConfigCategory:
-    name = None
-    filename = None
-    merge = True
-    def __init__(self, n, f, m):
-        self.name = n
-        self.filename = f
-        self.merge = m
-        self.files_read_from = []
-        self.result_dict = {}
-        _config_sections[n] = self
-
-_ConfigCategory('compilers', 'compilers.yaml', True)
-_ConfigCategory('mirrors', 'mirrors.yaml', True)
-_ConfigCategory('view', 'views.yaml', True)
-_ConfigCategory('order', 'orders.yaml', True)
-
-"""Names of scopes and their corresponding configuration files."""
-config_scopes = [('site', os.path.join(spack.etc_path, 'spack')),
-                 ('user', os.path.expanduser('~/.spack'))]
-
-_compiler_by_arch = {}
-_read_config_file_result = {}
-def _read_config_file(filename):
-    """Read a given YAML configuration file"""
-    global _read_config_file_result
-    if filename in _read_config_file_result:
-        return _read_config_file_result[filename]
+import spack
+from spack.error import SpackError
+
+# Hacked yaml for configuration files preserves line numbers.
+import spack.util.spack_yaml as syaml
+
+
+"""Dict from section names -> schema for that section."""
+section_schemas = {
+    'compilers': {
+        '$schema': 'http://json-schema.org/schema#',
+        'title': 'Spack compiler configuration file schema',
+        'type': 'object',
+        'additionalProperties': False,
+        'patternProperties': {
+            'compilers:?': { # optional colon for overriding site config.
+                'type': 'object',
+                'default': {},
+                'additionalProperties': False,
+                'patternProperties': {
+                    r'\w[\w-]*': {           # architecture
+                        'type': 'object',
+                        'additionalProperties': False,
+                        'patternProperties': {
+                            r'\w[\w-]*@\w[\w-]*': {   # compiler spec
+                                'type': 'object',
+                                'additionalProperties': False,
+                                'required': ['cc', 'cxx', 'f77', 'fc'],
+                                'properties': {
+                                    'cc':  { 'anyOf': [ {'type' : 'string' },
+                                                        {'type' : 'null' }]},
+                                    'cxx': { 'anyOf': [ {'type' : 'string' },
+                                                        {'type' : 'null' }]},
+                                    'f77': { 'anyOf': [ {'type' : 'string' },
+                                                        {'type' : 'null' }]},
+                                    'fc':  { 'anyOf': [ {'type' : 'string' },
+                                                        {'type' : 'null' }]},
+                                },},},},},},},},
+
+    'mirrors': {
+        '$schema': 'http://json-schema.org/schema#',
+        'title': 'Spack mirror configuration file schema',
+        'type': 'object',
+        'additionalProperties': False,
+        'patternProperties': {
+            r'mirrors:?': {
+                'type': 'object',
+                'default': {},
+                'additionalProperties': False,
+                'patternProperties': {
+                    r'\w[\w-]*': {
+                        'type': 'string'},},},},},
+
+    'repos': {
+        '$schema': 'http://json-schema.org/schema#',
+        'title': 'Spack repository configuration file schema',
+        'type': 'object',
+        'additionalProperties': False,
+        'patternProperties': {
+            r'repos:?': {
+                'type': 'array',
+                'default': [],
+                'items': {
+                    'type': 'string'},},},},
+}
+
+"""OrderedDict of config scopes keyed by name.
+   Later scopes will override earlier scopes.
+"""
+config_scopes = OrderedDict()
+
+
+def validate_section_name(section):
+    """Raise a ValueError if the section is not a valid section."""
+    if section not in section_schemas:
+        raise ValueError("Invalid config section: '%s'.  Options are %s."
+                         % (section, section_schemas))
+
+
+def extend_with_default(validator_class):
+    """Add support for the 'default' attribute for properties and patternProperties.
+
+       jsonschema does not handle this out of the box -- it only
+       validates.  This allows us to set default values for configs
+       where certain fields are `None` b/c they're deleted or
+       commented out.
+
+    """
+    validate_properties = validator_class.VALIDATORS["properties"]
+    validate_pattern_properties = validator_class.VALIDATORS["patternProperties"]
+
+    def set_defaults(validator, properties, instance, schema):
+        for property, subschema in properties.iteritems():
+            if "default" in subschema:
+                instance.setdefault(property, subschema["default"])
+        for err in validate_properties(validator, properties, instance, schema):
+            yield err
 
+    def set_pp_defaults(validator, properties, instance, schema):
+        for property, subschema in properties.iteritems():
+            if "default" in subschema:
+                if isinstance(instance, dict):
+                    for key, val in instance.iteritems():
+                        if re.match(property, key) and val is None:
+                            instance[key] = subschema["default"]
+
+        for err in validate_pattern_properties(validator, properties, instance, schema):
+            yield err
+
+    return validators.extend(validator_class, {
+        "properties" : set_defaults,
+        "patternProperties" : set_pp_defaults
+    })
+
+
+DefaultSettingValidator = extend_with_default(Draft4Validator)
+
+def validate_section(data, schema):
+    """Validate data read in from a Spack YAML file.
+
+    This leverages the line information (start_mark, end_mark) stored
+    on Spack YAML structures.
+
+    """
     try:
+        DefaultSettingValidator(schema).validate(data)
+    except jsonschema.ValidationError as e:
+        raise ConfigFormatError(e, data)
+
+
+class ConfigScope(object):
+    """This class represents a configuration scope.
+
+       A scope is one directory containing named configuration files.
+       Each file is a config "section" (e.g., mirrors, compilers, etc).
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, name, path):
+        self.name = name           # scope name.
+        self.path = path           # path to directory containing configs.
+        self.sections = {}         # sections read from config files.
+
+        # Register in a dict of all ConfigScopes
+        # TODO: make this cleaner.  Mocking up for testing is brittle.
+        global config_scopes
+        config_scopes[name] = self
+
+    def get_section_filename(self, section):
+        validate_section_name(section)
+        return os.path.join(self.path, "%s.yaml" % section)
+
+
+    def get_section(self, section):
+        if not section in self.sections:
+            path   = self.get_section_filename(section)
+            schema = section_schemas[section]
+            data   = _read_config_file(path, schema)
+            self.sections[section] = data
+        return self.sections[section]
+
+
+    def write_section(self, section):
+        filename = self.get_section_filename(section)
+        data = self.get_section(section)
+        try:
+            mkdirp(self.path)
+            with open(filename, 'w') as f:
+                validate_section(data, section_schemas[section])
+                syaml.dump(data, stream=f, default_flow_style=False)
+        except jsonschema.ValidationError as e:
+            raise ConfigSanityError(e, data)
+        except (yaml.YAMLError, IOError) as e:
+            raise ConfigFileError("Error writing to config file: '%s'" % str(e))
+
+
+    def clear(self):
+        """Empty cached config information."""
+        self.sections = {}
+
+
+ConfigScope('site', os.path.join(spack.etc_path, 'spack')),
+ConfigScope('user', os.path.expanduser('~/.spack'))
+
+
+def highest_precedence_scope():
+    """Get the scope with highest precedence (prefs will override others)."""
+    return config_scopes.values()[-1]
+
+
+def validate_scope(scope):
+    """Ensure that scope is valid, and return a valid scope if it is None.
+
+       This should be used by routines in ``config.py`` to validate
+       scope name arguments, and to determine a default scope where no
+       scope is specified.
+
+    """
+    if scope is None:
+        # default to the scope with highest precedence.
+        return highest_precedence_scope()
+
+    elif scope in config_scopes:
+        return config_scopes[scope]
+
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("Invalid config scope: '%s'.  Must be one of %s."
+                         % (scope, config_scopes.keys()))
+
+
+def _read_config_file(filename, schema):
+    """Read a YAML configuration file."""
+    # Ignore nonexisting files.
+    if not os.path.exists(filename):
+        return None
+
+    elif not os.path.isfile(filename):
+        raise ConfigFileError(
+            "Invlaid configuration. %s exists but is not a file." % filename)
+
+    elif not os.access(filename, os.R_OK):
+        raise ConfigFileError("Config file is not readable: %s." % filename)
+
+    try:
+        tty.debug("Reading config file %s" % filename)
         with open(filename) as f:
-            ydict = yaml.load(f)
+            data = syaml.load(f)
+
+        if data:
+            validate_section(data, schema)
+        return data
+
     except MarkedYAMLError, e:
-        tty.die("Error parsing yaml%s: %s" % (str(e.context_mark), e.problem))
-    except exceptions.IOError, e:
-        _read_config_file_result[filename] = None
-        return None
-    _read_config_file_result[filename] = ydict
-    return ydict
+        raise ConfigFileError(
+            "Error parsing yaml%s: %s" % (str(e.context_mark), e.problem))
+
+    except IOError, e:
+        raise ConfigFileError(
+            "Error reading configuration file %s: %s" % (filename, str(e)))
 
 
 def clear_config_caches():
     """Clears the caches for configuration files, which will cause them
        to be re-read upon the next request"""
-    for key,s in _config_sections.iteritems():
-        s.files_read_from = []
-        s.result_dict = {}
-    spack.config._read_config_file_result = {}
-    spack.config._compiler_by_arch = {}
-    spack.compilers._cached_default_compiler = None
-
-
-def _merge_dicts(d1, d2):
-    """Recursively merges two configuration trees, with entries
-       in d2 taking precedence over d1"""
-    if not d1:
-        return d2.copy()
-    if not d2:
-        return d1
-
-    for key2, val2 in d2.iteritems():
-        if not key2 in d1:
-            d1[key2] = val2
-            continue
-        val1 = d1[key2]
-        if isinstance(val1, dict) and isinstance(val2, dict):
-            d1[key2] = _merge_dicts(val1, val2)
-            continue
-        if isinstance(val1, list) and isinstance(val2, list):
-            val1.extend(val2)
-            seen = set()
-            d1[key2] = [ x for x in val1 if not (x in seen or seen.add(x)) ]
-            continue
-        d1[key2] = val2
-    return d1
-
-
-def get_config(category_name):
-    """Get the confguration tree for the names category.  Strips off the
-       top-level category entry from the dict"""
-    global config_scopes
-    category = _config_sections[category_name]
-    if category.result_dict:
-        return category.result_dict
-
-    category.result_dict = {}
-    for scope, scope_path in config_scopes:
-        path = os.path.join(scope_path, category.filename)
-        result = _read_config_file(path)
-        if not result:
-            continue
-        if not category_name in result:
-            continue
-        category.files_read_from.insert(0, path)
-        result = result[category_name]
-        if category.merge:
-            category.result_dict = _merge_dicts(category.result_dict, result)
-        else:
-            category.result_dict = result
-    return category.result_dict
-
-
-def get_compilers_config(arch=None):
-    """Get the compiler configuration from config files for the given
-       architecture.  Strips off the architecture component of the
-       configuration"""
-    global _compiler_by_arch
-    if not arch:
-        arch = spack.architecture.sys_type()
-    if arch in _compiler_by_arch:
-        return _compiler_by_arch[arch]
-
-    cc_config = get_config('compilers')
-    if arch in cc_config and 'all' in cc_config:
-        arch_compiler = dict(cc_config[arch])
-        _compiler_by_arch[arch] = _merge_dict(arch_compiler, cc_config['all'])
-    elif arch in cc_config:
-        _compiler_by_arch[arch] = cc_config[arch]
-    elif 'all' in cc_config:
-        _compiler_by_arch[arch] = cc_config['all']
+    for scope in config_scopes.values():
+        scope.clear()
+
+
+def _merge_yaml(dest, source):
+    """Merges source into dest; entries in source take precedence over dest.
+
+    This routine may modify dest and should be assigned to dest, in
+    case dest was None to begin with, e.g.:
+
+       dest = _merge_yaml(dest, source)
+
+    Config file authors can optionally end any attribute in a dict
+    with `::` instead of `:`, and the key will override that of the
+    parent instead of merging.
+
+    """
+    def they_are(t):
+        return isinstance(dest, t) and isinstance(source, t)
+
+    # If both are None, handle specially and return None.
+    if source is None and dest is None:
+        return None
+
+    # If source is None, overwrite with source.
+    elif source is None:
+        return None
+
+    # Source list is prepended (for precedence)
+    if they_are(list):
+        seen = set(source)
+        dest[:] = source + [x for x in dest if x not in seen]
+        return dest
+
+    # Source dict is merged into dest.
+    elif they_are(dict):
+        for sk, sv in source.iteritems():
+            if not sk in dest:
+                dest[sk] = copy.copy(sv)
+            else:
+                dest[sk] = _merge_yaml(dest[sk], source[sk])
+        return dest
+
+    # In any other case, overwrite with a copy of the source value.
     else:
-        _compiler_by_arch[arch] = {}
-    return _compiler_by_arch[arch]
-
-
-def get_mirror_config():
-    """Get the mirror configuration from config files"""
-    return get_config('mirrors')
-
-
-def get_config_scope_dirname(scope):
-    """For a scope return the config directory"""
-    global config_scopes
-    for s,p in config_scopes:
-        if s == scope:
-            return p
-    tty.die("Unknown scope %s.  Valid options are %s" %
-            (scope, ", ".join([s for s,p in config_scopes])))
-
-
-def get_config_scope_filename(scope, category_name):
-    """For some scope and category, get the name of the configuration file"""
-    if not category_name in _config_sections:
-        tty.die("Unknown config category %s.  Valid options are: %s" %
-                (category_name, ", ".join([s for s in _config_sections])))
-    return os.path.join(get_config_scope_dirname(scope), _config_sections[category_name].filename)
-
-
-def add_to_config(category_name, addition_dict, scope=None):
-    """Merge a new dict into a configuration tree and write the new
-       configuration to disk"""
-    global _read_config_file_result
-    get_config(category_name)
-    category = _config_sections[category_name]
-
-    #If scope is specified, use it.  Otherwise use the last config scope that
-    #we successfully parsed data from.
-    file = None
-    path = None
-    if not scope and not category.files_read_from:
-        scope = 'user'
-    if scope:
-        try:
-            dir = get_config_scope_dirname(scope)
-            if not os.path.exists(dir):
-                mkdirp(dir)
-            path = os.path.join(dir, category.filename)
-            file = open(path, 'w')
-        except exceptions.IOError, e:
-            pass
+        return copy.copy(source)
+
+
+def get_config(section, scope=None):
+    """Get configuration settings for a section.
+
+       Strips off the top-level section name from the YAML dict.
+    """
+    validate_section_name(section)
+    merged_section = syaml.syaml_dict()
+
+    if scope is None:
+        scopes = config_scopes.values()
     else:
-        for p in category.files_read_from:
-            try:
-                file = open(p, 'w')
-            except exceptions.IOError, e:
-                pass
-            if file:
-                path = p
-                break;
-    if not file:
-        tty.die('Unable to write to config file %s' % path)
-
-    #Merge the new information into the existing file info, then write to disk
-    new_dict = _read_config_file_result[path]
-    if new_dict and category_name in new_dict:
-        new_dict = new_dict[category_name]
-    new_dict = _merge_dicts(new_dict, addition_dict)
-    new_dict = { category_name : new_dict }
-    _read_config_file_result[path] = new_dict
-    yaml.dump(new_dict, stream=file, default_flow_style=False)
-    file.close()
-
-    #Merge the new information into the cached results
-    category.result_dict = _merge_dicts(category.result_dict, addition_dict)
-
-
-def add_to_mirror_config(addition_dict, scope=None):
-    """Add mirrors to the configuration files"""
-    add_to_config('mirrors', addition_dict, scope)
-
-
-def add_to_compiler_config(addition_dict, scope=None, arch=None):
-    """Add compilerss to the configuration files"""
-    if not arch:
-        arch = spack.architecture.sys_type()
-    add_to_config('compilers', { arch : addition_dict }, scope)
-    clear_config_caches()
-
-
-def remove_from_config(category_name, key_to_rm, scope=None):
-    """Remove a configuration key and write a new configuration to disk"""
-    global config_scopes
-    get_config(category_name)
-    scopes_to_rm_from = [scope] if scope else [s for s,p in config_scopes]
-    category = _config_sections[category_name]
-
-    rmd_something = False
-    for s in scopes_to_rm_from:
-        path = get_config_scope_filename(scope, category_name)
-        result = _read_config_file(path)
-        if not result:
+        scopes = [validate_scope(scope)]
+
+    for scope in scopes:
+        # read potentially cached data from the scope.
+        data = scope.get_section(section)
+
+        # Skip empty configs
+        if not data or not isinstance(data, dict):
             continue
-        if not key_to_rm in result[category_name]:
+
+        # Allow complete override of site config with '<section>::'
+        override_key = section + ':'
+        if not (section in data or override_key in data):
+            tty.warn("Skipping bad configuration file: '%s'" % scope.path)
             continue
-        with open(path, 'w') as f:
-            result[category_name].pop(key_to_rm, None)
-            yaml.dump(result, stream=f, default_flow_style=False)
-            category.result_dict.pop(key_to_rm, None)
-            rmd_something = True
-    return rmd_something
-
-
-"""Print a configuration to stdout"""
-def print_category(category_name):
-    if not category_name in _config_sections:
-        tty.die("Unknown config category %s.  Valid options are: %s" %
-                (category_name, ", ".join([s for s in _config_sections])))
-    yaml.dump(get_config(category_name), stream=sys.stdout, default_flow_style=False)
+
+        if override_key in data:
+            merged_section = data[override_key]
+        else:
+            merged_section = _merge_yaml(merged_section, data[section])
+
+    return merged_section
+
+
+def get_config_filename(scope, section):
+    """For some scope and section, get the name of the configuration file"""
+    scope = validate_scope(scope)
+    return scope.get_section_filename(section)
+
+
+def update_config(section, update_data, scope=None):
+    """Update the configuration file for a particular scope.
+
+       Overwrites contents of a section in a scope with update_data,
+       then writes out the config file.
+
+       update_data should have the top-level section name stripped off
+       (it will be re-added).  Data itself can be a list, dict, or any
+       other yaml-ish structure.
+
+    """
+    # read in the config to ensure we've got current data
+    get_config(section)
+
+    validate_section_name(section)       # validate section name
+    scope = validate_scope(scope)   # get ConfigScope object from string.
+
+    # read only the requested section's data.
+    scope.sections[section] = { section : update_data }
+    scope.write_section(section)
+
+
+def print_section(section):
+    """Print a configuration to stdout."""
+    try:
+        data = syaml.syaml_dict()
+        data[section] = get_config(section)
+        syaml.dump(data, stream=sys.stdout, default_flow_style=False)
+    except (yaml.YAMLError, IOError) as e:
+        raise ConfigError("Error reading configuration: %s" % section)
+
+
+class ConfigError(SpackError): pass
+class ConfigFileError(ConfigError): pass
+
+def get_path(path, data):
+    if path:
+        return get_path(path[1:], data[path[0]])
+    else:
+        return data
+
+class ConfigFormatError(ConfigError):
+    """Raised when a configuration format does not match its schema."""
+    def __init__(self, validation_error, data):
+        # Try to get line number from erroneous instance and its parent
+        instance_mark = getattr(validation_error.instance, '_start_mark', None)
+        parent_mark = getattr(validation_error.parent, '_start_mark', None)
+        path = getattr(validation_error, 'path', None)
+
+        # Try really hard to get the parent (which sometimes is not
+        # set) This digs it out of the validated structure if it's not
+        # on the validation_error.
+        if path and not parent_mark:
+            parent_path = list(path)[:-1]
+            parent = get_path(parent_path, data)
+            if path[-1] in parent:
+                if isinstance(parent, dict):
+                    keylist = parent.keys()
+                elif isinstance(parent, list):
+                    keylist = parent
+                idx = keylist.index(path[-1])
+                parent_mark = getattr(keylist[idx], '_start_mark', None)
+
+        if instance_mark:
+            location = '%s:%d' % (instance_mark.name, instance_mark.line + 1)
+        elif parent_mark:
+            location = '%s:%d' % (parent_mark.name, parent_mark.line + 1)
+        elif path:
+            location = 'At ' + ':'.join(path)
+        else:
+            location = '<unknown line>'
+
+        message = '%s: %s' % (location, validation_error.message)
+        super(ConfigError, self).__init__(message)
+
+class ConfigSanityError(ConfigFormatError):
+    """Same as ConfigFormatError, raised when config is written by Spack."""
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/database.py b/lib/spack/spack/database.py
index a6f1cc5077..0fa18db34b 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/database.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/database.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ import spack.spec
 from spack.version import Version
 from spack.spec import Spec
 from spack.error import SpackError
-from spack.packages import UnknownPackageError
+from spack.repository import UnknownPackageError
 
 # DB goes in this directory underneath the root
 _db_dirname = '.spack-db'
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ class Database(object):
         # Specs from the database need to be marked concrete because
         # they represent actual installations.
         spec._mark_concrete()
-
         return spec
 
 
@@ -554,7 +553,7 @@ class Database(object):
             for key, rec in self._data.items():
                 if installed is not any and rec.installed != installed:
                     continue
-                if known is not any and spack.db.exists(rec.spec.name) != known:
+                if known is not any and spack.repo.exists(rec.spec.name) != known:
                     continue
                 if query_spec is any or rec.spec.satisfies(query_spec):
                     results.append(rec.spec)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/directives.py b/lib/spack/spack/directives.py
index aa9fbd8d33..0b98211cb9 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/directives.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/directives.py
@@ -244,11 +244,10 @@ def patch(pkg, url_or_filename, level=1, when=None):
     if when is None:
         when = pkg.name
     when_spec = parse_anonymous_spec(when, pkg.name)
-
     cur_patches = pkg.patches.setdefault(when_spec, [])
     # if this spec is identical to some other, then append this
     # patch to the existing list.
-    cur_patches.append(Patch(pkg.name, url_or_filename, level))
+    cur_patches.append(Patch(pkg, url_or_filename, level))
 
 
 @directive('variants')
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/directory_layout.py b/lib/spack/spack/directory_layout.py
index d91fbe9f4e..3e416a6a1f 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/directory_layout.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/directory_layout.py
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ class YamlDirectoryLayout(DirectoryLayout):
 
         # Specs read from actual installations are always concrete
         spec._mark_concrete()
-
         return spec
 
 
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/graph.py b/lib/spack/spack/graph.py
index e8c5cfb080..f3732dfbff 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/graph.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/graph.py
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ def graph_dot(*specs, **kwargs):
         return '"%s"' % string
 
     if not specs:
-        specs = [p.name for p in spack.db.all_packages()]
+        specs = [p.name for p in spack.repo.all_packages()]
     else:
         roots = specs
         specs = set()
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/package.py b/lib/spack/spack/package.py
index fe82d58394..fba2912b75 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/package.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/package.py
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ class Package(object):
         self._total_time = 0.0
 
         if self.is_extension:
-            spack.db.get(self.extendee_spec)._check_extendable()
+            spack.repo.get(self.extendee_spec)._check_extendable()
 
 
     @property
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ class Package(object):
                     yield spec
                 continue
 
-            for pkg in spack.db.get(name).preorder_traversal(visited, **kwargs):
+            for pkg in spack.repo.get(name).preorder_traversal(visited, **kwargs):
                 yield pkg
 
 
@@ -808,6 +808,12 @@ class Package(object):
             touch(no_patches_file)
 
 
+    @property
+    def namespace(self):
+        namespace, dot, module = self.__module__.rpartition('.')
+        return namespace
+
+
     def do_fake_install(self):
         """Make a fake install directory contaiing a 'fake' file in bin."""
         mkdirp(self.prefix.bin)
@@ -886,7 +892,7 @@ class Package(object):
                 tty.warn("Keeping install prefix in place despite error.",
                          "Spack will think this package is installed." +
                          "Manually remove this directory to fix:",
-                         self.prefix)
+                         self.prefix, wrap=True)
 
 
         def real_work():
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/packages.py b/lib/spack/spack/packages.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 080644fb90..0000000000
--- a/lib/spack/spack/packages.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,210 +0,0 @@
-##############################################################################
-# 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://github.com/llnl/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
-##############################################################################
-import os
-import sys
-import inspect
-import glob
-import imp
-
-import llnl.util.tty as tty
-from llnl.util.filesystem import join_path
-from llnl.util.lang import *
-
-import spack.error
-import spack.spec
-from spack.virtual import ProviderIndex
-from spack.util.naming import mod_to_class, validate_module_name
-
-# Name of module under which packages are imported
-_imported_packages_module = 'spack.packages'
-
-# Name of the package file inside a package directory
-_package_file_name = 'package.py'
-
-
-def _autospec(function):
-    """Decorator that automatically converts the argument of a single-arg
-       function to a Spec."""
-    def converter(self, spec_like, **kwargs):
-        if not isinstance(spec_like, spack.spec.Spec):
-            spec_like = spack.spec.Spec(spec_like)
-        return function(self, spec_like, **kwargs)
-    return converter
-
-
-class PackageDB(object):
-    def __init__(self, root):
-        """Construct a new package database from a root directory."""
-        self.root = root
-        self.instances = {}
-        self.provider_index = None
-
-
-    @_autospec
-    def get(self, spec, **kwargs):
-        if spec.virtual:
-            raise UnknownPackageError(spec.name)
-
-        key = hash(spec)
-        if kwargs.get('new', False):
-            if key in self.instances:
-                del self.instances[key]
-
-        if not key in self.instances:
-            package_class = self.get_class_for_package_name(spec.name)
-            try:
-                copy = spec.copy() # defensive copy.  Package owns its spec.
-                self.instances[key] = package_class(copy)
-            except Exception, e:
-                if spack.debug:
-                    sys.excepthook(*sys.exc_info())
-                raise FailedConstructorError(spec.name, e)
-
-        return self.instances[key]
-
-
-    @_autospec
-    def delete(self, spec):
-        """Force a package to be recreated."""
-        del self.instances[spec.dag_hash()]
-
-
-    def purge(self):
-        """Clear entire package instance cache."""
-        self.instances.clear()
-
-
-    @_autospec
-    def providers_for(self, vpkg_spec):
-        if self.provider_index is None:
-            self.provider_index = ProviderIndex(self.all_package_names())
-
-        providers = self.provider_index.providers_for(vpkg_spec)
-        if not providers:
-            raise UnknownPackageError(vpkg_spec.name)
-        return providers
-
-
-    @_autospec
-    def extensions_for(self, extendee_spec):
-        return [p for p in self.all_packages() if p.extends(extendee_spec)]
-
-
-    def dirname_for_package_name(self, pkg_name):
-        """Get the directory name for a particular package.  This is the
-           directory that contains its package.py file."""
-        return join_path(self.root, pkg_name)
-
-
-    def filename_for_package_name(self, pkg_name):
-        """Get the filename for the module we should load for a particular
-           package.  Packages for a pacakge DB live in
-           ``$root/<package_name>/package.py``
-
-           This will return a proper package.py path even if the
-           package doesn't exist yet, so callers will need to ensure
-           the package exists before importing.
-        """
-        validate_module_name(pkg_name)
-        pkg_dir = self.dirname_for_package_name(pkg_name)
-        return join_path(pkg_dir, _package_file_name)
-
-
-    @memoized
-    def all_package_names(self):
-        """Generator function for all packages.  This looks for
-           ``<pkg_name>/package.py`` files within the root direcotry"""
-        all_package_names = []
-        for pkg_name in os.listdir(self.root):
-            pkg_dir  = join_path(self.root, pkg_name)
-            pkg_file = join_path(pkg_dir, _package_file_name)
-            if os.path.isfile(pkg_file):
-                all_package_names.append(pkg_name)
-            all_package_names.sort()
-        return all_package_names
-
-
-    def all_packages(self):
-        for name in self.all_package_names():
-            yield self.get(name)
-
-
-    @memoized
-    def exists(self, pkg_name):
-        """Whether a package with the supplied name exists ."""
-        return os.path.exists(self.filename_for_package_name(pkg_name))
-
-
-    @memoized
-    def get_class_for_package_name(self, pkg_name):
-        """Get an instance of the class for a particular package.
-
-           This method uses Python's ``imp`` package to load python
-           source from a Spack package's ``package.py`` file.  A
-           normal python import would only load each package once, but
-           because we do this dynamically, the method needs to be
-           memoized to ensure there is only ONE package class
-           instance, per package, per database.
-        """
-        file_path = self.filename_for_package_name(pkg_name)
-
-        if os.path.exists(file_path):
-            if not os.path.isfile(file_path):
-                tty.die("Something's wrong. '%s' is not a file!" % file_path)
-            if not os.access(file_path, os.R_OK):
-                tty.die("Cannot read '%s'!" % file_path)
-        else:
-            raise UnknownPackageError(pkg_name)
-
-        class_name = mod_to_class(pkg_name)
-        try:
-            module_name = _imported_packages_module + '.' + pkg_name
-            module = imp.load_source(module_name, file_path)
-
-        except ImportError, e:
-            tty.die("Error while importing %s from %s:\n%s" % (
-                pkg_name, file_path, e.message))
-
-        cls = getattr(module, class_name)
-        if not inspect.isclass(cls):
-            tty.die("%s.%s is not a class" % (pkg_name, class_name))
-
-        return cls
-
-
-class UnknownPackageError(spack.error.SpackError):
-    """Raised when we encounter a package spack doesn't have."""
-    def __init__(self, name):
-        super(UnknownPackageError, self).__init__("Package '%s' not found." % name)
-        self.name = name
-
-
-class FailedConstructorError(spack.error.SpackError):
-    """Raised when a package's class constructor fails."""
-    def __init__(self, name, reason):
-        super(FailedConstructorError, self).__init__(
-            "Class constructor failed for package '%s'." % name,
-            str(reason))
-        self.name = name
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/patch.py b/lib/spack/spack/patch.py
index 42f2105f52..b82a047753 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/patch.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/patch.py
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ class Patch(object):
     """This class describes a patch to be applied to some expanded
        source code."""
 
-    def __init__(self, pkg_name, path_or_url, level):
-        self.pkg_name = pkg_name
+    def __init__(self, pkg, path_or_url, level):
+        self.pkg_name = pkg.name
         self.path_or_url = path_or_url
         self.path = None
         self.url = None
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Patch(object):
         if '://' in path_or_url:
             self.url = path_or_url
         else:
-            pkg_dir = spack.db.dirname_for_package_name(pkg_name)
+            pkg_dir = spack.repo.dirname_for_package_name(self.pkg_name)
             self.path = join_path(pkg_dir, path_or_url)
             if not os.path.isfile(self.path):
                 raise NoSuchPatchFileError(pkg_name, self.path)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/repository.py b/lib/spack/spack/repository.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31596cee7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/repository.py
@@ -0,0 +1,747 @@
+##############################################################################
+# 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://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
+##############################################################################
+import os
+import exceptions
+import sys
+import inspect
+import imp
+import re
+import traceback
+from bisect import bisect_left
+from external import yaml
+
+import llnl.util.tty as tty
+from llnl.util.filesystem import join_path
+
+import spack.error
+import spack.config
+import spack.spec
+from spack.virtual import ProviderIndex
+from spack.util.naming import *
+
+#
+# Super-namespace for all packages.
+# Package modules are imported as spack.pkg.<namespace>.<pkg-name>.
+#
+repo_namespace     = 'spack.pkg'
+
+#
+# These names describe how repos should be laid out in the filesystem.
+#
+repo_config_name   = 'repo.yaml'   # Top-level filename for repo config.
+packages_dir_name  = 'packages'    # Top-level repo directory containing pkgs.
+package_file_name  = 'package.py'  # Filename for packages in a repository.
+
+# Guaranteed unused default value for some functions.
+NOT_PROVIDED = object()
+
+
+def _autospec(function):
+    """Decorator that automatically converts the argument of a single-arg
+       function to a Spec."""
+    def converter(self, spec_like, *args, **kwargs):
+        if not isinstance(spec_like, spack.spec.Spec):
+            spec_like = spack.spec.Spec(spec_like)
+        return function(self, spec_like, *args, **kwargs)
+    return converter
+
+
+def _make_namespace_module(ns):
+    module = imp.new_module(ns)
+    module.__file__ = "(spack namespace)"
+    module.__path__ = []
+    module.__package__ = ns
+    return module
+
+
+def substitute_spack_prefix(path):
+    """Replaces instances of $spack with Spack's prefix."""
+    return re.sub(r'^\$spack', spack.prefix, path)
+
+
+def canonicalize_path(path):
+    """Substitute $spack, expand user home, take abspath."""
+    path = substitute_spack_prefix(path)
+    path = os.path.expanduser(path)
+    path = os.path.abspath(path)
+    return path
+
+
+class RepoPath(object):
+    """A RepoPath is a list of repos that function as one.
+
+       It functions exactly like a Repo, but it operates on the
+       combined results of the Repos in its list instead of on a
+       single package repository.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, *repo_dirs, **kwargs):
+        # super-namespace for all packages in the RepoPath
+        self.super_namespace = kwargs.get('namespace', repo_namespace)
+
+        self.repos = []
+        self.by_namespace = NamespaceTrie()
+        self.by_path = {}
+
+        self._all_package_names = []
+        self._provider_index = None
+
+        # If repo_dirs is empty, just use the configuration
+        if not repo_dirs:
+            repo_dirs = spack.config.get_config('repos')
+            if not repo_dirs:
+                raise NoRepoConfiguredError(
+                    "Spack configuration contains no package repositories.")
+
+        # Add each repo to this path.
+        for root in repo_dirs:
+            try:
+                repo = Repo(root, self.super_namespace)
+                self.put_last(repo)
+            except RepoError as e:
+                tty.warn("Failed to initialize repository at '%s'." % root,
+                         e.message,
+                         "To remove the bad repository, run this command:",
+                         "    spack repo rm %s" % root)
+
+
+    def swap(self, other):
+        """Convenience function to make swapping repostiories easier.
+
+        This is currently used by mock tests.
+        TODO: Maybe there is a cleaner way.
+
+        """
+        attrs = ['repos',
+                 'by_namespace',
+                 'by_path',
+                 '_all_package_names',
+                 '_provider_index']
+        for attr in attrs:
+            tmp = getattr(self, attr)
+            setattr(self, attr, getattr(other, attr))
+            setattr(other, attr, tmp)
+
+
+    def _add(self, repo):
+        """Add a repository to the namespace and path indexes.
+
+        Checks for duplicates -- two repos can't have the same root
+        directory, and they provide have the same namespace.
+
+        """
+        if repo.root in self.by_path:
+            raise DuplicateRepoError("Duplicate repository: '%s'" % repo.root)
+
+        if repo.namespace in self.by_namespace:
+            raise DuplicateRepoError(
+                "Package repos '%s' and '%s' both provide namespace %s."
+                % (repo.root, self.by_namespace[repo.namespace].root, repo.namespace))
+
+        # Add repo to the pkg indexes
+        self.by_namespace[repo.full_namespace] = repo
+        self.by_path[repo.root] = repo
+
+        # add names to the cached name list
+        new_pkgs = set(repo.all_package_names())
+        new_pkgs.update(set(self._all_package_names))
+        self._all_package_names = sorted(new_pkgs, key=lambda n:n.lower())
+
+
+    def put_first(self, repo):
+        """Add repo first in the search path."""
+        self._add(repo)
+        self.repos.insert(0, repo)
+
+
+    def put_last(self, repo):
+        """Add repo last in the search path."""
+        self._add(repo)
+        self.repos.append(repo)
+
+
+    def remove(self, repo):
+        """Remove a repo from the search path."""
+        if repo in self.repos:
+            self.repos.remove(repo)
+
+
+    def get_repo(self, namespace, default=NOT_PROVIDED):
+        """Get a repository by namespace.
+        Arguments
+          namespace
+            Look up this namespace in the RepoPath, and return
+            it if found.
+
+        Optional Arguments
+          default
+            If default is provided, return it when the namespace
+            isn't found.  If not, raise an UnknownNamespaceError.
+        """
+        fullspace = '%s.%s' % (self.super_namespace, namespace)
+        if fullspace not in self.by_namespace:
+            if default == NOT_PROVIDED:
+                raise UnknownNamespaceError(namespace)
+            return default
+        return self.by_namespace[fullspace]
+
+
+    def first_repo(self):
+        """Get the first repo in precedence order."""
+        return self.repos[0] if self.repos else None
+
+
+    def all_package_names(self):
+        """Return all unique package names in all repositories."""
+        return self._all_package_names
+
+
+    def all_packages(self):
+        for name in self.all_package_names():
+            yield self.get(name)
+
+
+    @_autospec
+    def providers_for(self, vpkg_spec):
+        if self._provider_index is None:
+            self._provider_index = ProviderIndex(self.all_package_names())
+
+        providers = self._provider_index.providers_for(vpkg_spec)
+        if not providers:
+            raise UnknownPackageError(vpkg_spec.name)
+        return providers
+
+
+    def find_module(self, fullname, path=None):
+        """Implements precedence for overlaid namespaces.
+
+        Loop checks each namespace in self.repos for packages, and
+        also handles loading empty containing namespaces.
+
+        """
+        # namespaces are added to repo, and package modules are leaves.
+        namespace, dot, module_name = fullname.rpartition('.')
+
+        # If it's a module in some repo, or if it is the repo's
+        # namespace, let the repo handle it.
+        for repo in self.repos:
+            if namespace == repo.full_namespace:
+                if repo.real_name(module_name):
+                    return repo
+            elif fullname == repo.full_namespace:
+                return repo
+
+        # No repo provides the namespace, but it is a valid prefix of
+        # something in the RepoPath.
+        if self.by_namespace.is_prefix(fullname):
+            return self
+
+        return None
+
+
+    def load_module(self, fullname):
+        """Handles loading container namespaces when necessary.
+
+        See ``Repo`` for how actual package modules are loaded.
+        """
+        if fullname in sys.modules:
+            return sys.modules[fullname]
+
+        # partition fullname into prefix and module name.
+        namespace, dot, module_name = fullname.rpartition('.')
+
+        if not self.by_namespace.is_prefix(fullname):
+            raise ImportError("No such Spack repo: %s" % fullname)
+
+        module = _make_namespace_module(namespace)
+        module.__loader__ = self
+        sys.modules[fullname] = module
+        return module
+
+
+    @_autospec
+    def repo_for_pkg(self, spec):
+        """Given a spec, get the repository for its package."""
+        # If the spec already has a namespace, then return the
+        # corresponding repo if we know about it.
+        if spec.namespace:
+            fullspace = '%s.%s' % (self.super_namespace, spec.namespace)
+            if fullspace not in self.by_namespace:
+                raise UnknownNamespaceError(spec.namespace)
+            return self.by_namespace[fullspace]
+
+        # If there's no namespace, search in the RepoPath.
+        for repo in self.repos:
+            if spec.name in repo:
+                return repo
+        else:
+            raise UnknownPackageError(spec.name)
+
+
+    @_autospec
+    def get(self, spec, new=False):
+        """Find a repo that contains the supplied spec's package.
+
+           Raises UnknownPackageError if not found.
+        """
+        return self.repo_for_pkg(spec).get(spec)
+
+
+    def dirname_for_package_name(self, pkg_name):
+        return self.repo_for_pkg(pkg_name).dirname_for_package_name(pkg_name)
+
+
+    def filename_for_package_name(self, pkg_name):
+        return self.repo_for_pkg(pkg_name).filename_for_package_name(pkg_name)
+
+
+    def exists(self, pkg_name):
+        return any(repo.exists(pkg_name) for repo in self.repos)
+
+
+    def __contains__(self, pkg_name):
+        return self.exists(pkg_name)
+
+
+
+class Repo(object):
+    """Class representing a package repository in the filesystem.
+
+    Each package repository must have a top-level configuration file
+    called `repo.yaml`.
+
+    Currently, `repo.yaml` this must define:
+
+    `namespace`:
+        A Python namespace where the repository's packages should live.
+
+    """
+    def __init__(self, root, namespace=repo_namespace):
+        """Instantiate a package repository from a filesystem path.
+
+        Arguments:
+        root        The root directory of the repository.
+
+        namespace   A super-namespace that will contain the repo-defined
+                    namespace (this is generally jsut `spack.pkg`). The
+                    super-namespace is Spack's way of separating repositories
+                    from other python namespaces.
+
+        """
+        # Root directory, containing _repo.yaml and package dirs
+        # Allow roots to by spack-relative by starting with '$spack'
+        self.root = canonicalize_path(root)
+
+        # super-namespace for all packages in the Repo
+        self.super_namespace = namespace
+
+        # check and raise BadRepoError on fail.
+        def check(condition, msg):
+            if not condition: raise BadRepoError(msg)
+
+        # Validate repository layout.
+        self.config_file   = join_path(self.root, repo_config_name)
+        check(os.path.isfile(self.config_file),
+              "No %s found in '%s'" % (repo_config_name, root))
+        self.packages_path = join_path(self.root, packages_dir_name)
+        check(os.path.isdir(self.packages_path),
+              "No directory '%s' found in '%s'" % (repo_config_name, root))
+
+        # Read configuration and validate namespace
+        config = self._read_config()
+        check('namespace' in config, '%s must define a namespace.'
+              % join_path(root, repo_config_name))
+
+        self.namespace = config['namespace']
+        check(re.match(r'[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_.]+', self.namespace),
+              ("Invalid namespace '%s' in repo '%s'. "  % (self.namespace, self.root)) +
+              "Namespaces must be valid python identifiers separated by '.'")
+
+        # Set up 'full_namespace' to include the super-namespace
+        if self.super_namespace:
+            self.full_namespace = "%s.%s" % (self.super_namespace, self.namespace)
+        else:
+            self.full_namespace = self.namespace
+
+        # Keep name components around for checking prefixes.
+        self._names = self.full_namespace.split('.')
+
+        # These are internal cache variables.
+        self._modules = {}
+        self._classes = {}
+        self._instances = {}
+        self._provider_index = None
+        self._all_package_names = None
+
+        # make sure the namespace for packages in this repo exists.
+        self._create_namespace()
+
+
+    def _create_namespace(self):
+        """Create this repo's namespace module and insert it into sys.modules.
+
+        Ensures that modules loaded via the repo have a home, and that
+        we don't get runtime warnings from Python's module system.
+
+        """
+        parent = None
+        for l in range(1, len(self._names)+1):
+            ns = '.'.join(self._names[:l])
+            if not ns in sys.modules:
+                module = _make_namespace_module(ns)
+                module.__loader__ = self
+                sys.modules[ns] = module
+
+                # Ensure the namespace is an atrribute of its parent,
+                # if it has not been set by something else already.
+                #
+                # This ensures that we can do things like:
+                #    import spack.pkg.builtin.mpich as mpich
+                if parent:
+                    modname = self._names[l-1]
+                    if not hasattr(parent, modname):
+                        setattr(parent, modname, module)
+            else:
+                # no need to set up a module, but keep track of the parent.
+                module = sys.modules[ns]
+            parent = module
+
+
+    def real_name(self, import_name):
+        """Allow users to import Spack packages using Python identifiers.
+
+        A python identifier might map to many different Spack package
+        names due to hyphen/underscore ambiguity.
+
+        Easy example:
+            num3proxy   -> 3proxy
+
+        Ambiguous:
+            foo_bar -> foo_bar, foo-bar
+
+        More ambiguous:
+            foo_bar_baz -> foo_bar_baz, foo-bar-baz, foo_bar-baz, foo-bar_baz
+        """
+        if import_name in self:
+            return import_name
+
+        options = possible_spack_module_names(import_name)
+        options.remove(import_name)
+        for name in options:
+            if name in self:
+                return name
+        return None
+
+
+    def is_prefix(self, fullname):
+        """True if fullname is a prefix of this Repo's namespace."""
+        parts = fullname.split('.')
+        return self._names[:len(parts)] == parts
+
+
+    def find_module(self, fullname, path=None):
+        """Python find_module import hook.
+
+        Returns this Repo if it can load the module; None if not.
+        """
+        if self.is_prefix(fullname):
+            return self
+
+        namespace, dot, module_name = fullname.rpartition('.')
+        if namespace == self.full_namespace:
+            if self.real_name(module_name):
+                return self
+
+        return None
+
+
+    def load_module(self, fullname):
+        """Python importer load hook.
+
+        Tries to load the module; raises an ImportError if it can't.
+        """
+        if fullname in sys.modules:
+            return sys.modules[fullname]
+
+        namespace, dot, module_name = fullname.rpartition('.')
+
+        if self.is_prefix(fullname):
+            module = _make_namespace_module(fullname)
+
+        elif namespace == self.full_namespace:
+            real_name = self.real_name(module_name)
+            if not real_name:
+                raise ImportError("No module %s in %s" % (module_name, self))
+            module = self._get_pkg_module(real_name)
+
+        else:
+            raise ImportError("No module %s in %s" % (fullname, self))
+
+        module.__loader__ = self
+        sys.modules[fullname] = module
+        return module
+
+
+    def _read_config(self):
+        """Check for a YAML config file in this db's root directory."""
+        try:
+            with open(self.config_file) as reponame_file:
+                yaml_data = yaml.load(reponame_file)
+
+                if (not yaml_data or 'repo' not in yaml_data or
+                    not isinstance(yaml_data['repo'], dict)):
+                    tty.die("Invalid %s in repository %s"
+                            % (repo_config_name, self.root))
+
+                return yaml_data['repo']
+
+        except exceptions.IOError, e:
+            tty.die("Error reading %s when opening %s"
+                    % (self.config_file, self.root))
+
+
+    @_autospec
+    def get(self, spec, new=False):
+        if spec.virtual:
+            raise UnknownPackageError(spec.name)
+
+        if spec.namespace and spec.namespace != self.namespace:
+            raise UnknownPackageError("Repository %s does not contain package %s."
+                                      % (self.namespace, spec.fullname))
+
+        key = hash(spec)
+        if new or key not in self._instances:
+            package_class = self._get_pkg_class(spec.name)
+            try:
+                copy = spec.copy() # defensive copy.  Package owns its spec.
+                self._instances[key] = package_class(copy)
+            except Exception, e:
+                if spack.debug:
+                    sys.excepthook(*sys.exc_info())
+                raise FailedConstructorError(spec.fullname, *sys.exc_info())
+
+        return self._instances[key]
+
+
+    def purge(self):
+        """Clear entire package instance cache."""
+        self._instances.clear()
+
+
+    @_autospec
+    def providers_for(self, vpkg_spec):
+        if self._provider_index is None:
+            self._provider_index = ProviderIndex(self.all_package_names())
+
+        providers = self._provider_index.providers_for(vpkg_spec)
+        if not providers:
+            raise UnknownPackageError(vpkg_spec.name)
+        return providers
+
+
+    @_autospec
+    def extensions_for(self, extendee_spec):
+        return [p for p in self.all_packages() if p.extends(extendee_spec)]
+
+
+    def _check_namespace(self, spec):
+        """Check that the spec's namespace is the same as this repository's."""
+        if spec.namespace and spec.namespace != self.namespace:
+            raise UnknownNamespaceError(spec.namespace)
+
+
+    @_autospec
+    def dirname_for_package_name(self, spec):
+        """Get the directory name for a particular package.  This is the
+           directory that contains its package.py file."""
+        self._check_namespace(spec)
+        return join_path(self.packages_path, spec.name)
+
+
+    @_autospec
+    def filename_for_package_name(self, spec):
+        """Get the filename for the module we should load for a particular
+           package.  Packages for a Repo live in
+           ``$root/<package_name>/package.py``
+
+           This will return a proper package.py path even if the
+           package doesn't exist yet, so callers will need to ensure
+           the package exists before importing.
+        """
+        self._check_namespace(spec)
+        pkg_dir = self.dirname_for_package_name(spec.name)
+        return join_path(pkg_dir, package_file_name)
+
+
+    def all_package_names(self):
+        """Returns a sorted list of all package names in the Repo."""
+        if self._all_package_names is None:
+            self._all_package_names = []
+
+            for pkg_name in os.listdir(self.packages_path):
+                # Skip non-directories in the package root.
+                pkg_dir = join_path(self.packages_path, pkg_name)
+                if not os.path.isdir(pkg_dir):
+                    continue
+
+                # Skip directories without a package.py in them.
+                pkg_file = join_path(self.packages_path, pkg_name, package_file_name)
+                if not os.path.isfile(pkg_file):
+                    continue
+
+                # Warn about invalid names that look like packages.
+                if not valid_module_name(pkg_name):
+                    tty.warn("Skipping package at %s. '%s' is not a valid Spack module name."
+                             % (pkg_dir, pkg_name))
+                    continue
+
+                # All checks passed.  Add it to the list.
+                self._all_package_names.append(pkg_name)
+            self._all_package_names.sort()
+
+        return self._all_package_names
+
+
+    def all_packages(self):
+        for name in self.all_package_names():
+            yield self.get(name)
+
+
+    def exists(self, pkg_name):
+        """Whether a package with the supplied name exists."""
+        # This does a binary search in the sorted list.
+        idx = bisect_left(self.all_package_names(), pkg_name)
+        return (idx < len(self._all_package_names) and
+                self._all_package_names[idx] == pkg_name)
+
+
+    def _get_pkg_module(self, pkg_name):
+        """Create a module for a particular package.
+
+        This caches the module within this Repo *instance*.  It does
+        *not* add it to ``sys.modules``.  So, you can construct
+        multiple Repos for testing and ensure that the module will be
+        loaded once per repo.
+
+        """
+        if pkg_name not in self._modules:
+            file_path = self.filename_for_package_name(pkg_name)
+
+            if not os.path.exists(file_path):
+                raise UnknownPackageError(pkg_name, self)
+
+            if not os.path.isfile(file_path):
+                tty.die("Something's wrong. '%s' is not a file!" % file_path)
+
+            if not os.access(file_path, os.R_OK):
+                tty.die("Cannot read '%s'!" % file_path)
+
+            # e.g., spack.pkg.builtin.mpich
+            fullname = "%s.%s" % (self.full_namespace, pkg_name)
+
+            module = imp.load_source(fullname, file_path)
+            module.__package__ = self.full_namespace
+            module.__loader__ = self
+            self._modules[pkg_name] = module
+
+        return self._modules[pkg_name]
+
+
+    def _get_pkg_class(self, pkg_name):
+        """Get the class for the package out of its module.
+
+        First loads (or fetches from cache) a module for the
+        package. Then extracts the package class from the module
+        according to Spack's naming convention.
+        """
+        class_name = mod_to_class(pkg_name)
+        module = self._get_pkg_module(pkg_name)
+
+        cls = getattr(module, class_name)
+        if not inspect.isclass(cls):
+            tty.die("%s.%s is not a class" % (pkg_name, class_name))
+
+        return cls
+
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "[Repo '%s' at '%s']" % (self.namespace, self.root)
+
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return self.__str__()
+
+
+    def __contains__(self, pkg_name):
+        return self.exists(pkg_name)
+
+
+class RepoError(spack.error.SpackError):
+    """Superclass for repository-related errors."""
+
+
+class NoRepoConfiguredError(RepoError):
+    """Raised when there are no repositories configured."""
+
+
+class BadRepoError(RepoError):
+    """Raised when repo layout is invalid."""
+
+
+class DuplicateRepoError(RepoError):
+    """Raised when duplicate repos are added to a RepoPath."""
+
+
+class PackageLoadError(spack.error.SpackError):
+    """Superclass for errors related to loading packages."""
+
+
+class UnknownPackageError(PackageLoadError):
+    """Raised when we encounter a package spack doesn't have."""
+    def __init__(self, name, repo=None):
+        msg = None
+        if repo:
+            msg = "Package %s not found in repository %s." % (name, repo)
+        else:
+            msg = "Package %s not found." % name
+        super(UnknownPackageError, self).__init__(msg)
+        self.name = name
+
+
+class UnknownNamespaceError(PackageLoadError):
+    """Raised when we encounter an unknown namespace"""
+    def __init__(self, namespace):
+        super(UnknownNamespaceError, self).__init__(
+            "Unknown namespace: %s" % namespace)
+
+
+class FailedConstructorError(PackageLoadError):
+    """Raised when a package's class constructor fails."""
+    def __init__(self, name, exc_type, exc_obj, exc_tb):
+        super(FailedConstructorError, self).__init__(
+            "Class constructor failed for package '%s'." % name,
+            '\nCaused by:\n' +
+            ('%s: %s\n' % (exc_type.__name__, exc_obj)) +
+            ''.join(traceback.format_tb(exc_tb)))
+        self.name = name
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/resource.py b/lib/spack/spack/resource.py
index 8d081b45c9..2bf92947fd 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/resource.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/resource.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Written by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
 # LLNL-CODE-647188
 #
-# For details, see https://scalability-llnl.github.io/spack
+# For details, see https://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
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 # Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 ##############################################################################
-"""
-Describes an optional resource needed for a build. Typically a bunch of sources that can be built in-tree within another
+"""Describes an optional resource needed for a build.
+
+Typically a bunch of sources that can be built in-tree within another
 package to enable optional features.
+
 """
 
 
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
index 037ec97a5e..10e246bf2e 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ class Spec(object):
         self.dependencies = other.dependencies
         self.variants = other.variants
         self.variants.spec = self
+        self.namespace = other.namespace
 
         # Specs are by default not assumed to be normal, but in some
         # cases we've read them from a file want to assume normal.
@@ -464,6 +465,13 @@ class Spec(object):
         self.dependencies[spec.name] = spec
         spec.dependents[self.name] = self
 
+    #
+    # Public interface
+    #
+    @property
+    def fullname(self):
+        return '%s.%s' % (self.namespace, self.name) if self.namespace else self.name
+
 
     @property
     def root(self):
@@ -486,7 +494,7 @@ class Spec(object):
 
     @property
     def package(self):
-        return spack.db.get(self)
+        return spack.repo.get(self)
 
 
     @property
@@ -504,7 +512,7 @@ class Spec(object):
     @staticmethod
     def is_virtual(name):
         """Test if a name is virtual without requiring a Spec."""
-        return not spack.db.exists(name)
+        return not spack.repo.exists(name)
 
 
     @property
@@ -517,11 +525,13 @@ class Spec(object):
             return True
 
         self._concrete = bool(not self.virtual
+                              and self.namespace is not None
                               and self.versions.concrete
                               and self.variants.concrete
                               and self.architecture
                               and self.compiler and self.compiler.concrete
                               and self.dependencies.concrete)
+
         return self._concrete
 
 
@@ -657,6 +667,12 @@ class Spec(object):
             'dependencies' : dict((d, self.dependencies[d].dag_hash())
                                   for d in sorted(self.dependencies))
         }
+
+        # Older concrete specs do not have a namespace.  Omit for
+        # consistent hashing.
+        if not self.concrete or self.namespace:
+            d['namespace'] = self.namespace
+
         if self.compiler:
             d.update(self.compiler.to_dict())
         else:
@@ -681,6 +697,7 @@ class Spec(object):
         node = node[name]
 
         spec = Spec(name)
+        spec.namespace = node.get('namespace', None)
         spec.versions = VersionList.from_dict(node)
         spec.architecture = node['arch']
 
@@ -797,7 +814,7 @@ class Spec(object):
                 return changed
 
             for spec in virtuals:
-                providers = spack.db.providers_for(spec)
+                providers = spack.repo.providers_for(spec)
                 concrete = spack.concretizer.choose_provider(spec, providers)
                 concrete = concrete.copy()
                 spec._replace_with(concrete)
@@ -833,6 +850,19 @@ class Spec(object):
             changed = any(changes)
             force=True
 
+        for s in self.traverse():
+            # After concretizing, assign namespaces to anything left.
+            # Note that this doesn't count as a "change".  The repository
+            # configuration is constant throughout a spack run, and
+            # normalize and concretize evaluate Packages using Repo.get(),
+            # which respects precedence.  So, a namespace assignment isn't
+            # changing how a package name would have been interpreted and
+            # we can do it as late as possible to allow as much
+            # compatibility across repositories as possible.
+            if s.namespace is None:
+                s.namespace = spack.repo.repo_for_pkg(s.name).namespace
+
+        # Mark everything in the spec as concrete, as well.
         self._mark_concrete()
 
 
@@ -919,7 +949,7 @@ class Spec(object):
         the dependency.  If no conditions are True (and we don't
         depend on it), return None.
         """
-        pkg = spack.db.get(self.name)
+        pkg = spack.repo.get(self.fullname)
         conditions = pkg.dependencies[name]
 
         # evaluate when specs to figure out constraints on the dependency.
@@ -1047,7 +1077,7 @@ class Spec(object):
         any_change = False
         changed = True
 
-        pkg = spack.db.get(self.name)
+        pkg = spack.repo.get(self.fullname)
         while changed:
             changed = False
             for dep_name in pkg.dependencies:
@@ -1068,18 +1098,17 @@ class Spec(object):
            the root, and ONLY the ones that were explicitly provided are there.
            Normalization turns a partial flat spec into a DAG, where:
 
-           1. ALL dependencies of the root package are in the DAG.
-           2. Each node's dependencies dict only contains its direct deps.
+           1. Known dependencies of the root package are in the DAG.
+           2. Each node's dependencies dict only contains its known direct deps.
            3. There is only ONE unique spec for each package in the DAG.
 
               * This includes virtual packages.  If there a non-virtual
                 package that provides a virtual package that is in the spec,
                 then we replace the virtual package with the non-virtual one.
 
-           4. The spec DAG matches package DAG, including default variant values.
-
            TODO: normalize should probably implement some form of cycle detection,
            to ensure that the spec is actually a DAG.
+
         """
         if self._normal and not force:
             return False
@@ -1125,7 +1154,7 @@ class Spec(object):
         for spec in self.traverse():
             # Don't get a package for a virtual name.
             if not spec.virtual:
-                spack.db.get(spec.name)
+                spack.repo.get(spec.fullname)
 
             # validate compiler in addition to the package name.
             if spec.compiler:
@@ -1148,6 +1177,10 @@ class Spec(object):
         if not self.name == other.name:
             raise UnsatisfiableSpecNameError(self.name, other.name)
 
+        if other.namespace is not None:
+            if self.namespace is not None and other.namespace != self.namespace:
+                raise UnsatisfiableSpecNameError(self.fullname, other.fullname)
+
         if not self.versions.overlaps(other.versions):
             raise UnsatisfiableVersionSpecError(self.versions, other.versions)
 
@@ -1191,7 +1224,7 @@ class Spec(object):
 
         # TODO: might want more detail than this, e.g. specific deps
         # in violation. if this becomes a priority get rid of this
-        # check and be more specici about what's wrong.
+        # check and be more specific about what's wrong.
         if not other.satisfies_dependencies(self):
             raise UnsatisfiableDependencySpecError(other, self)
 
@@ -1264,7 +1297,7 @@ class Spec(object):
 
         # A concrete provider can satisfy a virtual dependency.
         if not self.virtual and other.virtual:
-            pkg = spack.db.get(self.name)
+            pkg = spack.repo.get(self.fullname)
             if pkg.provides(other.name):
                 for provided, when_spec in pkg.provided.items():
                     if self.satisfies(when_spec, deps=False, strict=strict):
@@ -1276,6 +1309,11 @@ class Spec(object):
         if self.name != other.name:
             return False
 
+        # namespaces either match, or other doesn't require one.
+        if other.namespace is not None:
+            if self.namespace is not None and self.namespace != other.namespace:
+                return False
+
         if self.versions and other.versions:
             if not self.versions.satisfies(other.versions, strict=strict):
                 return False
@@ -1375,6 +1413,7 @@ class Spec(object):
         self.dependencies = DependencyMap()
         self.variants = other.variants.copy()
         self.variants.spec = self
+        self.namespace = other.namespace
 
         # If we copy dependencies, preserve DAG structure in the new spec
         if kwargs.get('deps', True):
@@ -1493,6 +1532,7 @@ class Spec(object):
     def _cmp_node(self):
         """Comparison key for just *this node* and not its deps."""
         return (self.name,
+                self.namespace,
                 self.versions,
                 self.variants,
                 self.architecture,
@@ -1530,6 +1570,7 @@ class Spec(object):
            in the format string.  The format strings you can provide are::
 
                $_   Package name
+               $.   Full package name (with namespace)
                $@   Version
                $%   Compiler
                $%@  Compiler & compiler version
@@ -1577,6 +1618,8 @@ class Spec(object):
 
                 if c == '_':
                     out.write(fmt % self.name)
+                elif c == '.':
+                    out.write(fmt % self.fullname)
                 elif c == '@':
                     if self.versions and self.versions != _any_version:
                         write(fmt % (c + str(self.versions)), c)
@@ -1725,17 +1768,23 @@ class SpecParser(spack.parse.Parser):
     def spec(self):
         """Parse a spec out of the input.  If a spec is supplied, then initialize
            and return it instead of creating a new one."""
-        self.check_identifier()
+
+        spec_namespace, dot, spec_name = self.token.value.rpartition('.')
+        if not spec_namespace:
+            spec_namespace = None
+
+        self.check_identifier(spec_name)
 
         # This will init the spec without calling __init__.
         spec = Spec.__new__(Spec)
-        spec.name = self.token.value
+        spec.name = spec_name
         spec.versions = VersionList()
         spec.variants = VariantMap(spec)
         spec.architecture = None
         spec.compiler = None
         spec.dependents   = DependencyMap()
         spec.dependencies = DependencyMap()
+        spec.namespace = spec_namespace
 
         spec._normal = False
         spec._concrete = False
@@ -1829,12 +1878,14 @@ class SpecParser(spack.parse.Parser):
         return compiler
 
 
-    def check_identifier(self):
+    def check_identifier(self, id=None):
         """The only identifiers that can contain '.' are versions, but version
            ids are context-sensitive so we have to check on a case-by-case
            basis. Call this if we detect a version id where it shouldn't be.
         """
-        if '.' in self.token.value:
+        if not id:
+            id = self.token.value
+        if '.' in id:
             self.last_token_error("Identifier cannot contain '.'")
 
 
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/stage.py b/lib/spack/spack/stage.py
index 76ca7273cb..31635a854a 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/stage.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/stage.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import os
 import re
 import shutil
 import tempfile
+from urlparse import urljoin
 
 import llnl.util.tty as tty
 from llnl.util.filesystem import *
@@ -250,7 +251,8 @@ class Stage(object):
         # TODO: CompositeFetchStrategy here.
         self.skip_checksum_for_mirror = True
         if self.mirror_path:
-            urls = ["%s/%s" % (m, self.mirror_path) for m in _get_mirrors()]
+            mirrors = spack.config.get_config('mirrors')
+            urls = [urljoin(u, self.mirror_path) for name, u in mirrors.items()]
 
             # If this archive is normally fetched from a tarball URL,
             # then use the same digest.  `spack mirror` ensures that
@@ -370,7 +372,7 @@ class DIYStage(object):
 
 def _get_mirrors():
     """Get mirrors from spack configuration."""
-    config = spack.config.get_mirror_config()
+    config = spack.config.get_config('mirrors')
     return [val for name, val in config.iteritems()]
 
 
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/__init__.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/__init__.py
index 3b5d9e5a95..a569cbbf35 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/__init__.py
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ test_names = ['versions',
               'configure_guess',
               'unit_install',
               'lock',
-              'database']
+              'database',
+              'namespace_trie',
+              'yaml']
 
 
 def list_tests():
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/concretize.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/concretize.py
index 2f8e0c7ec0..7f2938aec5 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/concretize.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/concretize.py
@@ -125,22 +125,22 @@ class ConcretizeTest(MockPackagesTest):
            we ask for some advanced version.
         """
         self.assertTrue(not any(spec.satisfies('mpich2@:1.0')
-                                for spec in spack.db.providers_for('mpi@2.1')))
+                                for spec in spack.repo.providers_for('mpi@2.1')))
 
         self.assertTrue(not any(spec.satisfies('mpich2@:1.1')
-                                for spec in spack.db.providers_for('mpi@2.2')))
+                                for spec in spack.repo.providers_for('mpi@2.2')))
 
         self.assertTrue(not any(spec.satisfies('mpich2@:1.1')
-                                for spec in spack.db.providers_for('mpi@2.2')))
+                                for spec in spack.repo.providers_for('mpi@2.2')))
 
         self.assertTrue(not any(spec.satisfies('mpich@:1')
-                                for spec in spack.db.providers_for('mpi@2')))
+                                for spec in spack.repo.providers_for('mpi@2')))
 
         self.assertTrue(not any(spec.satisfies('mpich@:1')
-                                for spec in spack.db.providers_for('mpi@3')))
+                                for spec in spack.repo.providers_for('mpi@3')))
 
         self.assertTrue(not any(spec.satisfies('mpich2')
-                                for spec in spack.db.providers_for('mpi@3')))
+                                for spec in spack.repo.providers_for('mpi@3')))
 
 
     def test_virtual_is_fully_expanded_for_callpath(self):
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/config.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/config.py
index ed11e34c69..d8be5a855b 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/config.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/config.py
@@ -26,49 +26,95 @@ import unittest
 import shutil
 import os
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
+from ordereddict_backport import OrderedDict
 import spack
-from spack.packages import PackageDB
+import spack.config
 from spack.test.mock_packages_test import *
 
+# Some sample compiler config data
+a_comps =  {
+    "all": {
+        "gcc@4.7.3" : {
+            "cc" : "/gcc473",
+            "cxx": "/g++473",
+            "f77": None,
+            "fc" : None },
+        "gcc@4.5.0" : {
+            "cc" : "/gcc450",
+            "cxx": "/g++450",
+            "f77": "/gfortran",
+            "fc" : "/gfortran" },
+        "clang@3.3"  : {
+            "cc" : "<overwritten>",
+            "cxx": "<overwritten>",
+            "f77": "<overwritten>",
+            "fc" : "<overwritten>" }
+    }
+}
+
+b_comps = {
+    "all": {
+        "icc@10.0" : {
+            "cc" : "/icc100",
+            "cxx": "/icc100",
+            "f77": None,
+            "fc" : None },
+        "icc@11.1" : {
+            "cc" : "/icc111",
+            "cxx": "/icp111",
+            "f77": "/ifort",
+            "fc" : "/ifort" },
+        "clang@3.3" : {
+            "cc" : "/clang",
+            "cxx": "/clang++",
+            "f77": None,
+            "fc" : None}
+    }
+}
+
 class ConfigTest(MockPackagesTest):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        self.initmock()
+        super(ConfigTest, self).setUp()
         self.tmp_dir = mkdtemp('.tmp', 'spack-config-test-')
-        spack.config.config_scopes = [('test_low_priority', os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, 'low')),
-                                      ('test_high_priority', os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, 'high'))]
+        spack.config.config_scopes = OrderedDict()
+        spack.config.ConfigScope('test_low_priority', os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, 'low'))
+        spack.config.ConfigScope('test_high_priority', os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, 'high'))
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        self.cleanmock()
+        super(ConfigTest, self).tearDown()
         shutil.rmtree(self.tmp_dir, True)
 
-    def check_config(self, comps):
-        config = spack.config.get_compilers_config()
-        compiler_list = ['cc', 'cxx', 'f77', 'f90']
-        for key in comps:
+
+    def check_config(self, comps, *compiler_names):
+        """Check that named compilers in comps match Spack's config."""
+        config = spack.config.get_config('compilers')
+        compiler_list = ['cc', 'cxx', 'f77', 'fc']
+        for key in compiler_names:
             for c in compiler_list:
-                if comps[key][c] == '/bad':
-                    continue
-                self.assertEqual(comps[key][c], config[key][c])
+                expected = comps['all'][key][c]
+                actual = config['all'][key][c]
+                self.assertEqual(expected, actual)
 
 
-    def test_write_key(self):
-        a_comps =  {"gcc@4.7.3" : { "cc" : "/gcc473", "cxx" : "/g++473", "f77" : None, "f90" : None },
-         "gcc@4.5.0" : { "cc" : "/gcc450", "cxx" : "/g++450", "f77" : "/gfortran", "f90" : "/gfortran" },
-         "clang@3.3"  : { "cc" : "/bad", "cxx" : "/bad", "f77" : "/bad", "f90" : "/bad" }}
+    def test_write_key_in_memory(self):
+        # Write b_comps "on top of" a_comps.
+        spack.config.update_config('compilers', a_comps, 'test_low_priority')
+        spack.config.update_config('compilers', b_comps, 'test_high_priority')
 
-        b_comps = {"icc@10.0" : { "cc" : "/icc100", "cxx" : "/icc100", "f77" : None, "f90" : None },
-         "icc@11.1" : { "cc" : "/icc111", "cxx" : "/icp111", "f77" : "/ifort", "f90" : "/ifort" },
-         "clang@3.3" : { "cc" : "/clang", "cxx" : "/clang++", "f77" :  None, "f90" : None}}
+        # Make sure the config looks how we expect.
+        self.check_config(a_comps, 'gcc@4.7.3', 'gcc@4.5.0')
+        self.check_config(b_comps, 'icc@10.0', 'icc@11.1', 'clang@3.3')
 
-        spack.config.add_to_compiler_config(a_comps, 'test_low_priority')
-        spack.config.add_to_compiler_config(b_comps, 'test_high_priority')
 
-        self.check_config(a_comps)
-        self.check_config(b_comps)
+    def test_write_key_to_disk(self):
+        # Write b_comps "on top of" a_comps.
+        spack.config.update_config('compilers', a_comps, 'test_low_priority')
+        spack.config.update_config('compilers', b_comps, 'test_high_priority')
 
+        # Clear caches so we're forced to read from disk.
         spack.config.clear_config_caches()
 
-        self.check_config(a_comps)
-        self.check_config(b_comps)
-
+        # Same check again, to ensure consistency.
+        self.check_config(a_comps, 'gcc@4.7.3', 'gcc@4.5.0')
+        self.check_config(b_comps, 'icc@10.0', 'icc@11.1', 'clang@3.3')
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/database.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/database.py
index c07d32686e..0205f4b8ce 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/database.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/database.py
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ class DatabaseTest(MockPackagesTest):
 
     def _mock_install(self, spec):
         s = Spec(spec)
-        pkg = spack.db.get(s.concretized())
+        s.concretize()
+        pkg = spack.repo.get(s)
         pkg.do_install(fake=True)
 
 
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/directory_layout.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/directory_layout.py
index 703ac1b867..925cb648ed 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/directory_layout.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/directory_layout.py
@@ -34,23 +34,27 @@ from llnl.util.filesystem import *
 
 import spack
 from spack.spec import Spec
-from spack.packages import PackageDB
+from spack.repository import RepoPath
 from spack.directory_layout import YamlDirectoryLayout
+from spack.test.mock_packages_test import *
+
 
 # number of packages to test (to reduce test time)
 max_packages = 10
 
 
-class DirectoryLayoutTest(unittest.TestCase):
+class DirectoryLayoutTest(MockPackagesTest):
     """Tests that a directory layout works correctly and produces a
        consistent install path."""
 
     def setUp(self):
+        super(DirectoryLayoutTest, self).setUp()
         self.tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
         self.layout = YamlDirectoryLayout(self.tmpdir)
 
 
     def tearDown(self):
+        super(DirectoryLayoutTest, self).tearDown()
         shutil.rmtree(self.tmpdir, ignore_errors=True)
         self.layout = None
 
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ class DirectoryLayoutTest(unittest.TestCase):
            finally that the directory can be removed by the directory
            layout.
         """
-        packages = list(spack.db.all_packages())[:max_packages]
+        packages = list(spack.repo.all_packages())[:max_packages]
 
         for pkg in packages:
             spec = pkg.spec
@@ -123,17 +127,17 @@ class DirectoryLayoutTest(unittest.TestCase):
            information about installed packages' specs to uninstall
            or query them again if the package goes away.
         """
-        mock_db = PackageDB(spack.mock_packages_path)
+        mock_db = RepoPath(spack.mock_packages_path)
 
         not_in_mock = set.difference(
-            set(spack.db.all_package_names()),
+            set(spack.repo.all_package_names()),
             set(mock_db.all_package_names()))
         packages = list(not_in_mock)[:max_packages]
 
         # Create all the packages that are not in mock.
         installed_specs = {}
         for pkg_name in packages:
-            spec = spack.db.get(pkg_name).spec
+            spec = spack.repo.get(pkg_name).spec
 
             # If a spec fails to concretize, just skip it.  If it is a
             # real error, it will be caught by concretization tests.
@@ -145,8 +149,7 @@ class DirectoryLayoutTest(unittest.TestCase):
             self.layout.create_install_directory(spec)
             installed_specs[spec] = self.layout.path_for_spec(spec)
 
-        tmp = spack.db
-        spack.db = mock_db
+        spack.repo.swap(mock_db)
 
         # Now check that even without the package files, we know
         # enough to read a spec from the spec file.
@@ -161,12 +164,12 @@ class DirectoryLayoutTest(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertTrue(spec.eq_dag(spec_from_file))
             self.assertEqual(spec.dag_hash(), spec_from_file.dag_hash())
 
-        spack.db = tmp
+        spack.repo.swap(mock_db)
 
 
     def test_find(self):
         """Test that finding specs within an install layout works."""
-        packages = list(spack.db.all_packages())[:max_packages]
+        packages = list(spack.repo.all_packages())[:max_packages]
 
         # Create install prefixes for all packages in the list
         installed_specs = {}
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/git_fetch.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/git_fetch.py
index 244680b5d0..3813079065 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/git_fetch.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/git_fetch.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class GitFetchTest(MockPackagesTest):
 
         spec = Spec('git-test')
         spec.concretize()
-        self.pkg = spack.db.get(spec, new=True)
+        self.pkg = spack.repo.get(spec, new=True)
 
 
     def tearDown(self):
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/hg_fetch.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/hg_fetch.py
index f8c6571bda..ee8327aec8 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/hg_fetch.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/hg_fetch.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class HgFetchTest(MockPackagesTest):
 
         spec = Spec('hg-test')
         spec.concretize()
-        self.pkg = spack.db.get(spec, new=True)
+        self.pkg = spack.repo.get(spec, new=True)
 
 
     def tearDown(self):
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/install.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/install.py
index 1ef4171fb2..628329a423 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/install.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/install.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class InstallTest(MockPackagesTest):
         self.assertTrue(spec.concrete)
 
         # Get the package
-        pkg = spack.db.get(spec)
+        pkg = spack.repo.get(spec)
 
         # Fake the URL for the package so it downloads from a file.
         pkg.fetcher = URLFetchStrategy(self.repo.url)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/mirror.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/mirror.py
index 189a85fb1a..04e9e3db2e 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/mirror.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/mirror.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class MirrorTest(MockPackagesTest):
         spec.concretize()
 
         # Get the package and fix its fetch args to point to a mock repo
-        pkg = spack.db.get(spec)
+        pkg = spack.repo.get(spec)
         repo = MockRepoClass()
         self.repos[name] = repo
 
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/mock_packages_test.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/mock_packages_test.py
index e4e1b21b53..e9f1f95df5 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/mock_packages_test.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/mock_packages_test.py
@@ -22,43 +22,96 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 # Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 ##############################################################################
+import sys
+import os
+import shutil
 import unittest
+import tempfile
+from ordereddict_backport import OrderedDict
+
+from llnl.util.filesystem import mkdirp
 
 import spack
 import spack.config
-from spack.packages import PackageDB
+from spack.repository import RepoPath
 from spack.spec import Spec
 
-
-def set_pkg_dep(pkg, spec):
-    """Alters dependence information for a package.
-       Use this to mock up constraints.
-    """
-    spec = Spec(spec)
-    spack.db.get(pkg).dependencies[spec.name] = { Spec(pkg) : spec }
-
+mock_compiler_config = """\
+compilers:
+  all:
+    clang@3.3:
+      cc: /path/to/clang
+      cxx: /path/to/clang++
+      f77: None
+      fc: None
+    gcc@4.5.0:
+      cc: /path/to/gcc
+      cxx: /path/to/g++
+      f77: /path/to/gfortran
+      fc: /path/to/gfortran
+"""
 
 class MockPackagesTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def initmock(self):
         # Use the mock packages database for these tests.  This allows
         # us to set up contrived packages that don't interfere with
         # real ones.
-        self.real_db = spack.db
-        spack.db = PackageDB(spack.mock_packages_path)
+        self.db = RepoPath(spack.mock_packages_path)
+        spack.repo.swap(self.db)
 
         spack.config.clear_config_caches()
         self.real_scopes = spack.config.config_scopes
-        spack.config.config_scopes = [
-            ('site', spack.mock_site_config),
-            ('user', spack.mock_user_config)]
+
+        # Mock up temporary configuration directories
+        self.temp_config = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        self.mock_site_config = os.path.join(self.temp_config, 'site')
+        self.mock_user_config = os.path.join(self.temp_config, 'user')
+        mkdirp(self.mock_site_config)
+        mkdirp(self.mock_user_config)
+        comp_yaml = os.path.join(self.mock_site_config, 'compilers.yaml')
+        with open(comp_yaml, 'w') as f:
+            f.write(mock_compiler_config)
+
+        # TODO: Mocking this up is kind of brittle b/c ConfigScope
+        # TODO: constructor modifies config_scopes.  Make it cleaner.
+        spack.config.config_scopes = OrderedDict()
+        spack.config.ConfigScope('site', self.mock_site_config)
+        spack.config.ConfigScope('user', self.mock_user_config)
+
+        # Store changes to the package's dependencies so we can
+        # restore later.
+        self.saved_deps = {}
+
+
+    def set_pkg_dep(self, pkg_name, spec):
+        """Alters dependence information for a package.
+
+        Adds a dependency on <spec> to pkg.
+        Use this to mock up constraints.
+        """
+        spec = Spec(spec)
+
+        # Save original dependencies before making any changes.
+        pkg = spack.repo.get(pkg_name)
+        if pkg_name not in self.saved_deps:
+            self.saved_deps[pkg_name] = (pkg, pkg.dependencies.copy())
+
+        # Change dep spec
+        pkg.dependencies[spec.name] = { Spec(pkg_name) : spec }
 
 
     def cleanmock(self):
         """Restore the real packages path after any test."""
-        spack.db = self.real_db
+        spack.repo.swap(self.db)
         spack.config.config_scopes = self.real_scopes
+        shutil.rmtree(self.temp_config, ignore_errors=True)
         spack.config.clear_config_caches()
 
+        # Restore dependency changes that happened during the test
+        for pkg_name, (pkg, deps) in self.saved_deps.items():
+            pkg.dependencies.clear()
+            pkg.dependencies.update(deps)
+
 
     def setUp(self):
         self.initmock()
@@ -66,5 +119,3 @@ class MockPackagesTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def tearDown(self):
         self.cleanmock()
-
-
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/multimethod.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/multimethod.py
index d8d61d14c8..7bf4ff0a0a 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/multimethod.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/multimethod.py
@@ -38,92 +38,92 @@ from spack.test.mock_packages_test import *
 class MultiMethodTest(MockPackagesTest):
 
     def test_no_version_match(self):
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod@2.0')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod@2.0')
         self.assertRaises(NoSuchMethodError, pkg.no_version_2)
 
 
     def test_one_version_match(self):
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod@1.0')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod@1.0')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.no_version_2(), 1)
 
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod@3.0')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod@3.0')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.no_version_2(), 3)
 
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod@4.0')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod@4.0')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.no_version_2(), 4)
 
 
     def test_version_overlap(self):
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod@2.0')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod@2.0')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.version_overlap(), 1)
 
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod@5.0')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod@5.0')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.version_overlap(), 2)
 
 
     def test_mpi_version(self):
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod^mpich@3.0.4')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod^mpich@3.0.4')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.mpi_version(), 3)
 
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod^mpich2@1.2')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod^mpich2@1.2')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.mpi_version(), 2)
 
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod^mpich@1.0')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod^mpich@1.0')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.mpi_version(), 1)
 
 
     def test_undefined_mpi_version(self):
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod^mpich@0.4')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod^mpich@0.4')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.mpi_version(), 1)
 
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod^mpich@1.4')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod^mpich@1.4')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.mpi_version(), 1)
 
 
     def test_default_works(self):
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod%gcc')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod%gcc')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.has_a_default(), 'gcc')
 
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod%intel')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod%intel')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.has_a_default(), 'intel')
 
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod%pgi')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod%pgi')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.has_a_default(), 'default')
 
 
     def test_architecture_match(self):
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod=x86_64')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod=x86_64')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.different_by_architecture(), 'x86_64')
 
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod=ppc64')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod=ppc64')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.different_by_architecture(), 'ppc64')
 
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod=ppc32')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod=ppc32')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.different_by_architecture(), 'ppc32')
 
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod=arm64')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod=arm64')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.different_by_architecture(), 'arm64')
 
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod=macos')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod=macos')
         self.assertRaises(NoSuchMethodError, pkg.different_by_architecture)
 
 
     def test_dependency_match(self):
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod^zmpi')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod^zmpi')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.different_by_dep(), 'zmpi')
 
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod^mpich')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod^mpich')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.different_by_dep(), 'mpich')
 
         # If we try to switch on some entirely different dep, it's ambiguous,
         # but should take the first option
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod^foobar')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod^foobar')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.different_by_dep(), 'mpich')
 
 
     def test_virtual_dep_match(self):
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod^mpich2')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod^mpich2')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.different_by_virtual_dep(), 2)
 
-        pkg = spack.db.get('multimethod^mpich@1.0')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('multimethod^mpich@1.0')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.different_by_virtual_dep(), 1)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/namespace_trie.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/namespace_trie.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0d809004d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/namespace_trie.py
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+##############################################################################
+# 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://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
+##############################################################################
+import unittest
+from spack.util.naming import NamespaceTrie
+
+
+class NamespaceTrieTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.trie = NamespaceTrie()
+
+
+    def test_add_single(self):
+        self.trie['foo'] = 'bar'
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.trie.is_prefix('foo'))
+        self.assertTrue(self.trie.has_value('foo'))
+        self.assertEqual(self.trie['foo'], 'bar')
+
+
+    def test_add_multiple(self):
+        self.trie['foo.bar'] = 'baz'
+
+        self.assertFalse(self.trie.has_value('foo'))
+        self.assertTrue(self.trie.is_prefix('foo'))
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.trie.is_prefix('foo.bar'))
+        self.assertTrue(self.trie.has_value('foo.bar'))
+        self.assertEqual(self.trie['foo.bar'], 'baz')
+
+        self.assertFalse(self.trie.is_prefix('foo.bar.baz'))
+        self.assertFalse(self.trie.has_value('foo.bar.baz'))
+
+
+    def test_add_three(self):
+        # add a three-level namespace
+        self.trie['foo.bar.baz'] = 'quux'
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.trie.is_prefix('foo'))
+        self.assertFalse(self.trie.has_value('foo'))
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.trie.is_prefix('foo.bar'))
+        self.assertFalse(self.trie.has_value('foo.bar'))
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.trie.is_prefix('foo.bar.baz'))
+        self.assertTrue(self.trie.has_value('foo.bar.baz'))
+        self.assertEqual(self.trie['foo.bar.baz'], 'quux')
+
+        self.assertFalse(self.trie.is_prefix('foo.bar.baz.quux'))
+        self.assertFalse(self.trie.has_value('foo.bar.baz.quux'))
+
+        # Try to add a second element in a prefix namespace
+        self.trie['foo.bar'] = 'blah'
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.trie.is_prefix('foo'))
+        self.assertFalse(self.trie.has_value('foo'))
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.trie.is_prefix('foo.bar'))
+        self.assertTrue(self.trie.has_value('foo.bar'))
+        self.assertEqual(self.trie['foo.bar'], 'blah')
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.trie.is_prefix('foo.bar.baz'))
+        self.assertTrue(self.trie.has_value('foo.bar.baz'))
+        self.assertEqual(self.trie['foo.bar.baz'], 'quux')
+
+        self.assertFalse(self.trie.is_prefix('foo.bar.baz.quux'))
+        self.assertFalse(self.trie.has_value('foo.bar.baz.quux'))
+
+
+    def test_add_none_single(self):
+        self.trie['foo'] = None
+        self.assertTrue(self.trie.is_prefix('foo'))
+        self.assertTrue(self.trie.has_value('foo'))
+        self.assertEqual(self.trie['foo'], None)
+
+        self.assertFalse(self.trie.is_prefix('foo.bar'))
+        self.assertFalse(self.trie.has_value('foo.bar'))
+
+
+
+    def test_add_none_multiple(self):
+        self.trie['foo.bar'] = None
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.trie.is_prefix('foo'))
+        self.assertFalse(self.trie.has_value('foo'))
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.trie.is_prefix('foo.bar'))
+        self.assertTrue(self.trie.has_value('foo.bar'))
+        self.assertEqual(self.trie['foo.bar'], None)
+
+        self.assertFalse(self.trie.is_prefix('foo.bar.baz'))
+        self.assertFalse(self.trie.has_value('foo.bar.baz'))
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/package_sanity.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/package_sanity.py
index 370cf676ef..ee09040d0d 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/package_sanity.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/package_sanity.py
@@ -28,16 +28,15 @@ This test does sanity checks on Spack's builtin package database.
 import unittest
 
 import spack
-import spack.url as url
-from spack.packages import PackageDB
+from spack.repository import RepoPath
 
 
 class PackageSanityTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def check_db(self):
         """Get all packages in a DB to make sure they work."""
-        for name in spack.db.all_package_names():
-            spack.db.get(name)
+        for name in spack.repo.all_package_names():
+            spack.repo.get(name)
 
 
     def test_get_all_packages(self):
@@ -47,15 +46,15 @@ class PackageSanityTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_get_all_mock_packages(self):
         """Get the mock packages once each too."""
-        tmp = spack.db
-        spack.db = PackageDB(spack.mock_packages_path)
+        db = RepoPath(spack.mock_packages_path)
+        spack.repo.swap(db)
         self.check_db()
-        spack.db = tmp
+        spack.repo.swap(db)
 
 
     def test_url_versions(self):
         """Check URLs for regular packages, if they are explicitly defined."""
-        for pkg in spack.db.all_packages():
+        for pkg in spack.repo.all_packages():
             for v, vattrs in pkg.versions.items():
                 if 'url' in vattrs:
                     # If there is a url for the version check it.
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/packages.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/packages.py
index b2daea7b7b..83984dc5f6 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/packages.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/packages.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import unittest
 from llnl.util.filesystem import join_path
 
 import spack
-import spack.packages as packages
+from spack.repository import Repo
 from spack.util.naming import mod_to_class
 from spack.test.mock_packages_test import *
 
@@ -35,27 +35,32 @@ from spack.test.mock_packages_test import *
 class PackagesTest(MockPackagesTest):
 
     def test_load_package(self):
-        pkg = spack.db.get('mpich')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('mpich')
 
 
     def test_package_name(self):
-        pkg = spack.db.get('mpich')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('mpich')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.name, 'mpich')
 
 
     def test_package_filename(self):
-        filename = spack.db.filename_for_package_name('mpich')
-        self.assertEqual(filename, join_path(spack.mock_packages_path, 'mpich', 'package.py'))
+        repo = Repo(spack.mock_packages_path)
+        filename = repo.filename_for_package_name('mpich')
+        self.assertEqual(filename,
+                         join_path(spack.mock_packages_path, 'packages', 'mpich', 'package.py'))
 
 
     def test_package_name(self):
-        pkg = spack.db.get('mpich')
+        pkg = spack.repo.get('mpich')
         self.assertEqual(pkg.name, 'mpich')
 
 
     def test_nonexisting_package_filename(self):
-        filename = spack.db.filename_for_package_name('some-nonexisting-package')
-        self.assertEqual(filename, join_path(spack.mock_packages_path, 'some-nonexisting-package', 'package.py'))
+        repo = Repo(spack.mock_packages_path)
+        filename = repo.filename_for_package_name('some-nonexisting-package')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            filename,
+            join_path(spack.mock_packages_path, 'packages', 'some-nonexisting-package', 'package.py'))
 
 
     def test_package_class_names(self):
@@ -64,3 +69,38 @@ class PackagesTest(MockPackagesTest):
         self.assertEqual('PmgrCollective', mod_to_class('pmgr-collective'))
         self.assertEqual('Pmgrcollective', mod_to_class('PmgrCollective'))
         self.assertEqual('_3db',        mod_to_class('3db'))
+
+
+    #
+    # Below tests target direct imports of spack packages from the
+    # spack.pkg namespace
+    #
+
+    def test_import_package(self):
+        import spack.pkg.builtin.mock.mpich
+
+
+    def test_import_package_as(self):
+        import spack.pkg.builtin.mock.mpich as mp
+
+
+    def test_import_class_from_package(self):
+        from spack.pkg.builtin.mock.mpich import Mpich
+
+
+    def test_import_module_from_package(self):
+        from spack.pkg.builtin.mock import mpich
+
+
+    def test_import_namespace_container_modules(self):
+        import spack.pkg
+        import spack.pkg as p
+        from spack import pkg
+
+        import spack.pkg.builtin
+        import spack.pkg.builtin as b
+        from spack.pkg import builtin
+
+        import spack.pkg.builtin.mock
+        import spack.pkg.builtin.mock as m
+        from spack.pkg.builtin import mock
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/python_version.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/python_version.py
index 2ea5febb11..d74d3b9b7d 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/python_version.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/python_version.py
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ class PythonVersionTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
     def package_py_files(self):
-        for name in spack.db.all_package_names():
-            yield spack.db.filename_for_package_name(name)
+        for name in spack.repo.all_package_names():
+            yield spack.repo.filename_for_package_name(name)
 
 
     def check_python_versions(self, *files):
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/spec_dag.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/spec_dag.py
index d3a4d77b32..632f777cde 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/spec_dag.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/spec_dag.py
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ from spack.test.mock_packages_test import *
 class SpecDagTest(MockPackagesTest):
 
     def test_conflicting_package_constraints(self):
-        set_pkg_dep('mpileaks', 'mpich@1.0')
-        set_pkg_dep('callpath', 'mpich@2.0')
+        self.set_pkg_dep('mpileaks', 'mpich@1.0')
+        self.set_pkg_dep('callpath', 'mpich@2.0')
 
         spec = Spec('mpileaks ^mpich ^callpath ^dyninst ^libelf ^libdwarf')
 
@@ -223,25 +223,25 @@ class SpecDagTest(MockPackagesTest):
 
 
     def test_unsatisfiable_version(self):
-        set_pkg_dep('mpileaks', 'mpich@1.0')
+        self.set_pkg_dep('mpileaks', 'mpich@1.0')
         spec = Spec('mpileaks ^mpich@2.0 ^callpath ^dyninst ^libelf ^libdwarf')
         self.assertRaises(spack.spec.UnsatisfiableVersionSpecError, spec.normalize)
 
 
     def test_unsatisfiable_compiler(self):
-        set_pkg_dep('mpileaks', 'mpich%gcc')
+        self.set_pkg_dep('mpileaks', 'mpich%gcc')
         spec = Spec('mpileaks ^mpich%intel ^callpath ^dyninst ^libelf ^libdwarf')
         self.assertRaises(spack.spec.UnsatisfiableCompilerSpecError, spec.normalize)
 
 
     def test_unsatisfiable_compiler_version(self):
-        set_pkg_dep('mpileaks', 'mpich%gcc@4.6')
+        self.set_pkg_dep('mpileaks', 'mpich%gcc@4.6')
         spec = Spec('mpileaks ^mpich%gcc@4.5 ^callpath ^dyninst ^libelf ^libdwarf')
         self.assertRaises(spack.spec.UnsatisfiableCompilerSpecError, spec.normalize)
 
 
     def test_unsatisfiable_architecture(self):
-        set_pkg_dep('mpileaks', 'mpich=bgqos_0')
+        self.set_pkg_dep('mpileaks', 'mpich=bgqos_0')
         spec = Spec('mpileaks ^mpich=sles_10_ppc64 ^callpath ^dyninst ^libelf ^libdwarf')
         self.assertRaises(spack.spec.UnsatisfiableArchitectureSpecError, spec.normalize)
 
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/spec_semantics.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/spec_semantics.py
index 1381556aad..44a09cbd7f 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/spec_semantics.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/spec_semantics.py
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ class SpecSematicsTest(MockPackagesTest):
     # ================================================================================
     def check_satisfies(self, spec, anon_spec, concrete=False):
         left = Spec(spec, concrete=concrete)
-        right = parse_anonymous_spec(anon_spec, left.name)
+        try:
+            right = Spec(anon_spec)  # if it's not anonymous, allow it.
+        except:
+            right = parse_anonymous_spec(anon_spec, left.name)
 
         # Satisfies is one-directional.
         self.assertTrue(left.satisfies(right))
@@ -48,7 +51,10 @@ class SpecSematicsTest(MockPackagesTest):
 
     def check_unsatisfiable(self, spec, anon_spec, concrete=False):
         left = Spec(spec, concrete=concrete)
-        right = parse_anonymous_spec(anon_spec, left.name)
+        try:
+            right = Spec(anon_spec)  # if it's not anonymous, allow it.
+        except:
+            right = parse_anonymous_spec(anon_spec, left.name)
 
         self.assertFalse(left.satisfies(right))
         self.assertFalse(left.satisfies(anon_spec))
@@ -88,6 +94,28 @@ class SpecSematicsTest(MockPackagesTest):
         self.check_satisfies('libdwarf^libelf@0.8.13', '^libelf@0:1')
 
 
+    def test_satisfies_namespace(self):
+        self.check_satisfies('builtin.mpich', 'mpich')
+        self.check_satisfies('builtin.mock.mpich', 'mpich')
+
+        # TODO: only works for deps now, but shouldn't we allow this for root spec?
+        # self.check_satisfies('builtin.mock.mpich', 'mpi')
+
+        self.check_satisfies('builtin.mock.mpich', 'builtin.mock.mpich')
+
+        self.check_unsatisfiable('builtin.mock.mpich', 'builtin.mpich')
+
+
+    def test_satisfies_namespaced_dep(self):
+        """Ensure spec from same or unspecified namespace satisfies namespace constraint."""
+        self.check_satisfies('mpileaks ^builtin.mock.mpich', '^mpich')
+
+        self.check_satisfies('mpileaks ^builtin.mock.mpich', '^mpi')
+        self.check_satisfies('mpileaks ^builtin.mock.mpich', '^builtin.mock.mpich')
+
+        self.check_unsatisfiable('mpileaks ^builtin.mock.mpich', '^builtin.mpich')
+
+
     def test_satisfies_compiler(self):
         self.check_satisfies('foo%gcc', '%gcc')
         self.check_satisfies('foo%intel', '%intel')
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/svn_fetch.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/svn_fetch.py
index 9229af76d4..2ee4748fdb 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/svn_fetch.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/svn_fetch.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class SvnFetchTest(MockPackagesTest):
 
         spec = Spec('svn-test')
         spec.concretize()
-        self.pkg = spack.db.get(spec, new=True)
+        self.pkg = spack.repo.get(spec, new=True)
 
 
     def tearDown(self):
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/unit_install.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/unit_install.py
index 864d5a1765..ccc409dd60 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/unit_install.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/unit_install.py
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ import unittest
 import itertools
 
 import spack
-test_install = __import__("spack.cmd.test-install", 
+test_install = __import__("spack.cmd.test-install",
     fromlist=["BuildId", "create_test_output", "TestResult"])
 
 class MockOutput(object):
     def __init__(self):
         self.results = {}
-    
+
     def add_test(self, buildId, passed=True, buildInfo=None):
         self.results[buildId] = passed
-    
+
     def write_to(self, stream):
         pass
 
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ class MockSpec(object):
         self.name = name
         self.version = version
         self.hash = hashStr if hashStr else hash((name, version))
-    
+
     def traverse(self, order=None):
-        allDeps = itertools.chain.from_iterable(i.traverse() for i in 
+        allDeps = itertools.chain.from_iterable(i.traverse() for i in
             self.dependencies.itervalues())
         return set(itertools.chain([self], allDeps))
-    
+
     def dag_hash(self):
-        return self.hash 
+        return self.hash
 
     def to_yaml(self):
         return "<<<MOCK YAML {0}>>>".format(test_install.BuildId(self).stringId())
@@ -75,47 +75,51 @@ class UnitInstallTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(UnitInstallTest, self).setUp()
-        
+
         pkgX.installed = False
         pkgY.installed = False
 
+        self.saved_db = spack.repo
         pkgDb = MockPackageDb({specX:pkgX, specY:pkgY})
-        spack.db = pkgDb
+        spack.repo = pkgDb
+
 
     def tearDown(self):
         super(UnitInstallTest, self).tearDown()
-        
+
+        spack.repo = self.saved_db
+
     def test_installing_both(self):
         mo = MockOutput()
-        
+
         pkgX.installed = True
         pkgY.installed = True
         test_install.create_test_output(specX, [specX, specY], mo, getLogFunc=mock_fetch_log)
-        
-        self.assertEqual(mo.results, 
-            {bIdX:test_install.TestResult.PASSED, 
-            bIdY:test_install.TestResult.PASSED})
+
+        self.assertEqual(mo.results,
+            {bIdX:test_install.TestResult.PASSED,
+             bIdY:test_install.TestResult.PASSED})
+
 
     def test_dependency_already_installed(self):
         mo = MockOutput()
-        
+
         pkgX.installed = True
         pkgY.installed = True
         test_install.create_test_output(specX, [specX], mo, getLogFunc=mock_fetch_log)
-        
         self.assertEqual(mo.results, {bIdX:test_install.TestResult.PASSED})
 
     #TODO: add test(s) where Y fails to install
 
+
 class MockPackageDb(object):
     def __init__(self, init=None):
         self.specToPkg = {}
         if init:
             self.specToPkg.update(init)
-        
+
     def get(self, spec):
         return self.specToPkg[spec]
 
 def mock_fetch_log(path):
     return []
-
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/url_substitution.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/url_substitution.py
index 8b90ee086a..aec8baf4ea 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/url_substitution.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/url_substitution.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import unittest
 
 import spack
 import spack.url as url
-from spack.packages import PackageDB
 
 
 class PackageSanityTest(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/yaml.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/yaml.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a357b8e69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/yaml.py
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2015, 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://github.com/llnl/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
+##############################################################################
+"""
+Test Spack's custom YAML format.
+"""
+import unittest
+import spack.util.spack_yaml as syaml
+
+test_file = """\
+config_file:
+  x86_64:
+    foo: /path/to/foo
+    bar: /path/to/bar
+    baz: /path/to/baz
+  some_list:
+    - item 1
+    - item 2
+    - item 3
+  another_list:
+    [ 1, 2, 3 ]
+  some_key: some_string
+"""
+
+test_data = {
+    'config_file' : syaml.syaml_dict([
+        ('x86_64', syaml.syaml_dict([
+            ('foo', '/path/to/foo'),
+            ('bar', '/path/to/bar'),
+            ('baz', '/path/to/baz' )])),
+        ('some_list', [ 'item 1', 'item 2', 'item 3' ]),
+        ('another_list', [ 1, 2, 3 ]),
+        ('some_key', 'some_string')
+    ])}
+
+class YamlTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.data = syaml.load(test_file)
+
+
+    def test_parse(self):
+        self.assertEqual(test_data, self.data)
+
+
+    def test_dict_order(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            ['x86_64', 'some_list', 'another_list', 'some_key'],
+            self.data['config_file'].keys())
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            ['foo', 'bar', 'baz'],
+            self.data['config_file']['x86_64'].keys())
+
+
+    def test_line_numbers(self):
+        def check(obj, start_line, end_line):
+            self.assertEqual(obj._start_mark.line, start_line)
+            self.assertEqual(obj._end_mark.line, end_line)
+
+        check(self.data,                                  0, 12)
+        check(self.data['config_file'],                   1, 12)
+        check(self.data['config_file']['x86_64'],         2,  5)
+        check(self.data['config_file']['x86_64']['foo'],  2,  2)
+        check(self.data['config_file']['x86_64']['bar'],  3,  3)
+        check(self.data['config_file']['x86_64']['baz'],  4,  4)
+        check(self.data['config_file']['some_list'],      6,  9)
+        check(self.data['config_file']['some_list'][0],   6,  6)
+        check(self.data['config_file']['some_list'][1],   7,  7)
+        check(self.data['config_file']['some_list'][2],   8,  8)
+        check(self.data['config_file']['another_list'],  10, 10)
+        check(self.data['config_file']['some_key'],      11, 11)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py b/lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py
index 35bf086616..ba765eb662 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py
@@ -60,16 +60,16 @@ class Executable(object):
         fail_on_error = kwargs.get("fail_on_error", True)
         ignore_errors = kwargs.get("ignore_errors", ())
 
-        output        = kwargs.get("output", sys.stdout)
-        error         = kwargs.get("error", sys.stderr)
+        # Default values of None says to keep parent's file descriptors.
+        output        = kwargs.get("output", None)
+        error         = kwargs.get("error", None)
         input         = kwargs.get("input", None)
 
         def streamify(arg, mode):
             if isinstance(arg, basestring):
                 return open(arg, mode), True
-            elif arg is None and mode != 'r':
-                return open(os.devnull, mode), True
-            return arg, False
+            else:
+                return arg, False
         output, ostream = streamify(output, 'w')
         error,  estream = streamify(error,  'w')
         input,  istream = streamify(input,  'r')
@@ -92,19 +92,14 @@ class Executable(object):
         tty.debug(cmd_line)
 
         try:
+            if return_output:
+                output = subprocess.PIPE
+
             proc = subprocess.Popen(
-                cmd,
-                stdin=input,
-                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
-                stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+                cmd, stdin=input, stderr=error, stdout=output)
             out, err = proc.communicate()
-            self.returncode = proc.returncode
-
-            if not return_output:
-                output.write(out)
-            error.write(err)
 
-            rc = proc.returncode
+            rc = self.returncode = proc.returncode
             if fail_on_error and rc != 0 and (rc not in ignore_errors):
                 raise ProcessError("Command exited with status %d:"
                                    % proc.returncode, cmd_line)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/util/naming.py b/lib/spack/spack/util/naming.py
index 782afbd4bb..5025f15027 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/util/naming.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/util/naming.py
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
 # Need this because of spack.util.string
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 import string
+import itertools
 import re
+from StringIO import StringIO
 
 import spack
 
+__all__ = ['mod_to_class', 'spack_module_to_python_module', 'valid_module_name',
+           'valid_fully_qualified_module_name', 'validate_fully_qualified_module_name',
+           'validate_module_name', 'possible_spack_module_names', 'NamespaceTrie']
+
 # Valid module names can contain '-' but can't start with it.
 _valid_module_re = r'^\w[\w-]*$'
 
+# Valid module names can contain '-' but can't start with it.
+_valid_fully_qualified_module_re = r'^(\w[\w-]*)(\.\w[\w-]*)*$'
+
 
 def mod_to_class(mod_name):
     """Convert a name from module style to class name style.  Spack mostly
@@ -42,20 +51,160 @@ def mod_to_class(mod_name):
     return class_name
 
 
+def spack_module_to_python_module(mod_name):
+    """Given a Spack module name, returns the name by which it can be
+       imported in Python.
+    """
+    if re.match(r'[0-9]', mod_name):
+        mod_name = 'num' + mod_name
+
+    return mod_name.replace('-', '_')
+
+
+def possible_spack_module_names(python_mod_name):
+    """Given a Python module name, return a list of all possible spack module
+       names that could correspond to it."""
+    mod_name = re.sub(r'^num(\d)', r'\1', python_mod_name)
+
+    parts = re.split(r'(_)', mod_name)
+    options = [['_', '-']] * mod_name.count('_')
+
+    results = []
+    for subs in itertools.product(*options):
+        s = list(parts)
+        s[1::2] = subs
+        results.append(''.join(s))
+
+    return results
+
+
 def valid_module_name(mod_name):
-    """Return whether the mod_name is valid for use in Spack."""
+    """Return whether mod_name is valid for use in Spack."""
     return bool(re.match(_valid_module_re, mod_name))
 
 
+def valid_fully_qualified_module_name(mod_name):
+    """Return whether mod_name is a valid namespaced module name."""
+    return bool(re.match(_valid_fully_qualified_module_re, mod_name))
+
+
 def validate_module_name(mod_name):
     """Raise an exception if mod_name is not valid."""
     if not valid_module_name(mod_name):
         raise InvalidModuleNameError(mod_name)
 
 
+def validate_fully_qualified_module_name(mod_name):
+    """Raise an exception if mod_name is not a valid namespaced module name."""
+    if not valid_fully_qualified_module_name(mod_name):
+        raise InvalidFullyQualifiedModuleNameError(mod_name)
+
+
 class InvalidModuleNameError(spack.error.SpackError):
     """Raised when we encounter a bad module name."""
     def __init__(self, name):
         super(InvalidModuleNameError, self).__init__(
             "Invalid module name: " + name)
         self.name = name
+
+
+class InvalidFullyQualifiedModuleNameError(spack.error.SpackError):
+    """Raised when we encounter a bad full package name."""
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        super(InvalidFullyQualifiedModuleNameError, self).__init__(
+            "Invalid fully qualified package name: " + name)
+        self.name = name
+
+
+class NamespaceTrie(object):
+    class Element(object):
+        def __init__(self, value):
+            self.value = value
+
+
+    def __init__(self, separator='.'):
+        self._subspaces = {}
+        self._value = None
+        self._sep = separator
+
+
+    def __setitem__(self, namespace, value):
+        first, sep, rest = namespace.partition(self._sep)
+
+        if not first:
+            self._value = NamespaceTrie.Element(value)
+            return
+
+        if first not in self._subspaces:
+            self._subspaces[first] = NamespaceTrie()
+
+        self._subspaces[first][rest] = value
+
+
+    def _get_helper(self, namespace, full_name):
+        first, sep, rest = namespace.partition(self._sep)
+        if not first:
+            if not self._value:
+                raise KeyError("Can't find namespace '%s' in trie" % full_name)
+            return self._value.value
+        elif first not in self._subspaces:
+            raise KeyError("Can't find namespace '%s' in trie" % full_name)
+        else:
+            return self._subspaces[first]._get_helper(rest, full_name)
+
+
+    def __getitem__(self, namespace):
+        return self._get_helper(namespace, namespace)
+
+
+    def is_prefix(self, namespace):
+        """True if the namespace has a value, or if it's the prefix of one that does."""
+        first, sep, rest = namespace.partition(self._sep)
+        if not first:
+            return True
+        elif first not in self._subspaces:
+            return False
+        else:
+            return self._subspaces[first].is_prefix(rest)
+
+
+    def is_leaf(self, namespace):
+        """True if this namespace has no children in the trie."""
+        first, sep, rest = namespace.partition(self._sep)
+        if not first:
+            return bool(self._subspaces)
+        elif first not in self._subspaces:
+            return False
+        else:
+            return self._subspaces[first].is_leaf(rest)
+
+
+    def has_value(self, namespace):
+        """True if there is a value set for the given namespace."""
+        first, sep, rest = namespace.partition(self._sep)
+        if not first:
+            return self._value is not None
+        elif first not in self._subspaces:
+            return False
+        else:
+            return self._subspaces[first].has_value(rest)
+
+
+    def __contains__(self, namespace):
+        """Returns whether a value has been set for the namespace."""
+        return self.has_value(namespace)
+
+
+    def _str_helper(self, stream, level=0):
+        indent = (level * '    ')
+        for name in sorted(self._subspaces):
+            stream.write(indent + name + '\n')
+            if self._value:
+                stream.write(indent + '  ' + repr(self._value.value))
+            stream.write(self._subspaces[name]._str_helper(stream, level+1))
+
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        stream = StringIO()
+        self._str_helper(stream)
+        return stream.getvalue()
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/util/spack_yaml.py b/lib/spack/spack/util/spack_yaml.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..728e86b8ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/util/spack_yaml.py
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2015, 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://github.com/llnl/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
+##############################################################################
+"""Enhanced YAML parsing for Spack.
+
+- ``load()`` preserves YAML Marks on returned objects -- this allows
+  us to access file and line information later.
+
+- ``Our load methods use ``OrderedDict`` class instead of YAML's
+  default unorderd dict.
+
+"""
+import yaml
+from yaml.nodes import *
+from yaml.constructor import ConstructorError
+from yaml.representer import SafeRepresenter
+from ordereddict_backport import OrderedDict
+
+# Only export load and dump
+__all__ = ['load', 'dump']
+
+# Make new classes so we can add custom attributes.
+# Also, use OrderedDict instead of just dict.
+class syaml_dict(OrderedDict):
+    def __repr__(self):
+        mappings = ('%r: %r' % (k,v) for k,v in self.items())
+        return '{%s}' % ', '.join(mappings)
+class syaml_list(list):
+    __repr__ = list.__repr__
+class syaml_str(str):
+    __repr__ = str.__repr__
+
+def mark(obj, node):
+    """Add start and end markers to an object."""
+    obj._start_mark = node.start_mark
+    obj._end_mark = node.end_mark
+
+
+class OrderedLineLoader(yaml.Loader):
+    """YAML loader that preserves order and line numbers.
+
+       Mappings read in by this loader behave like an ordered dict.
+       Sequences, mappings, and strings also have new attributes,
+       ``_start_mark`` and ``_end_mark``, that preserve YAML line
+       information in the output data.
+
+    """
+    #
+    # Override construct_yaml_* so that they build our derived types,
+    # which allows us to add new attributes to them.
+    #
+    # The standard YAML constructors return empty instances and fill
+    # in with mappings later.  We preserve this behavior.
+    #
+    def construct_yaml_str(self, node):
+        value = self.construct_scalar(node)
+        try:
+            value = value.encode('ascii')
+        except UnicodeEncodeError:
+            pass
+        value = syaml_str(value)
+        mark(value, node)
+        return value
+
+
+    def construct_yaml_seq(self, node):
+        data = syaml_list()
+        mark(data, node)
+        yield data
+        data.extend(self.construct_sequence(node))
+
+
+    def construct_yaml_map(self, node):
+        data = syaml_dict()
+        mark(data, node)
+        yield data
+        value = self.construct_mapping(node)
+        data.update(value)
+
+    #
+    # Override the ``construct_*`` routines. These fill in empty
+    # objects after yielded by the above ``construct_yaml_*`` methods.
+    #
+    def construct_sequence(self, node, deep=False):
+        if not isinstance(node, SequenceNode):
+            raise ConstructorError(None, None,
+                    "expected a sequence node, but found %s" % node.id,
+                    node.start_mark)
+        value =  syaml_list(self.construct_object(child, deep=deep)
+                             for child in node.value)
+        mark(value, node)
+        return value
+
+
+    def construct_mapping(self, node, deep=False):
+        """Store mappings as OrderedDicts instead of as regular python
+           dictionaries to preserve file ordering."""
+        if not isinstance(node, MappingNode):
+            raise ConstructorError(None, None,
+                    "expected a mapping node, but found %s" % node.id,
+                    node.start_mark)
+
+        mapping = syaml_dict()
+        for key_node, value_node in node.value:
+            key = self.construct_object(key_node, deep=deep)
+            try:
+                hash(key)
+            except TypeError, exc:
+                raise ConstructorError("while constructing a mapping", node.start_mark,
+                        "found unacceptable key (%s)" % exc, key_node.start_mark)
+            value = self.construct_object(value_node, deep=deep)
+            if key in mapping:
+                raise ConstructorError("while constructing a mapping", node.start_mark,
+                                       "found already in-use key (%s)" % key, key_node.start_mark)
+            mapping[key] = value
+
+        mark(mapping, node)
+        return mapping
+
+# register above new constructors
+OrderedLineLoader.add_constructor(u'tag:yaml.org,2002:map', OrderedLineLoader.construct_yaml_map)
+OrderedLineLoader.add_constructor(u'tag:yaml.org,2002:seq', OrderedLineLoader.construct_yaml_seq)
+OrderedLineLoader.add_constructor(u'tag:yaml.org,2002:str', OrderedLineLoader.construct_yaml_str)
+
+
+
+class OrderedLineDumper(yaml.Dumper):
+    """Dumper that preserves ordering and formats ``syaml_*`` objects.
+
+      This dumper preserves insertion ordering ``syaml_dict`` objects
+      when they're written out.  It also has some custom formatters
+      for ``syaml_*`` objects so that they are formatted like their
+      regular Python equivalents, instead of ugly YAML pyobjects.
+
+    """
+    def represent_mapping(self, tag, mapping, flow_style=None):
+        value = []
+        node = MappingNode(tag, value, flow_style=flow_style)
+        if self.alias_key is not None:
+            self.represented_objects[self.alias_key] = node
+        best_style = True
+        if hasattr(mapping, 'items'):
+            # if it's a syaml_dict, preserve OrderedDict order.
+            # Otherwise do the default thing.
+            sort = not isinstance(mapping, syaml_dict)
+            mapping = mapping.items()
+            if sort:
+                mapping.sort()
+
+        for item_key, item_value in mapping:
+            node_key = self.represent_data(item_key)
+            node_value = self.represent_data(item_value)
+            if not (isinstance(node_key, ScalarNode) and not node_key.style):
+                best_style = False
+            if not (isinstance(node_value, ScalarNode) and not node_value.style):
+                best_style = False
+            value.append((node_key, node_value))
+        if flow_style is None:
+            if self.default_flow_style is not None:
+                node.flow_style = self.default_flow_style
+            else:
+                node.flow_style = best_style
+        return node
+
+# Make our special objects look like normal YAML ones.
+OrderedLineDumper.add_representer(syaml_dict, OrderedLineDumper.represent_dict)
+OrderedLineDumper.add_representer(syaml_list, OrderedLineDumper.represent_list)
+OrderedLineDumper.add_representer(syaml_str, OrderedLineDumper.represent_str)
+
+
+def load(*args, **kwargs):
+    """Load but modify the loader instance so that it will add __line__
+       atrributes to the returned object."""
+    kwargs['Loader'] = OrderedLineLoader
+    return yaml.load(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def dump(*args, **kwargs):
+    kwargs['Dumper'] = OrderedLineDumper
+    return yaml.dump(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_configs/site_spackconfig/compilers.yaml b/var/spack/mock_configs/site_spackconfig/compilers.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a2dc893e2..0000000000
--- a/var/spack/mock_configs/site_spackconfig/compilers.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-compilers:
-  all:
-    clang@3.3:
-      cc: /path/to/clang
-      cxx: /path/to/clang++
-      f77: None
-      fc: None
-    gcc@4.5.0:
-      cc: /path/to/gcc
-      cxx: /path/to/g++
-      f77: /path/to/gfortran
-      fc: /path/to/gfortran
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/a/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/a/package.py
index fa63c08df0..fa63c08df0 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/a/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/a/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/b/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/b/package.py
index cb88aa2157..cb88aa2157 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/b/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/b/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/c/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/c/package.py
index f51b913fa9..f51b913fa9 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/c/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/c/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/callpath/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/callpath/package.py
index abc576f78f..abc576f78f 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/callpath/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/callpath/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/direct_mpich/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/direct_mpich/package.py
index efe7fc2afc..efe7fc2afc 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/direct_mpich/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/direct_mpich/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/dyninst/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/dyninst/package.py
index ea57950865..ea57950865 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/dyninst/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/dyninst/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/e/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/e/package.py
index 76c6b64c7f..76c6b64c7f 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/e/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/e/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/fake/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/fake/package.py
index 5f81ef20fc..5f81ef20fc 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/fake/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/fake/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/git-test/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/git-test/package.py
index 689185463c..689185463c 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/git-test/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/git-test/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/hg-test/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/hg-test/package.py
index 462f1e4c3a..462f1e4c3a 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/hg-test/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/hg-test/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/indirect_mpich/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/indirect_mpich/package.py
index 0b1773a27b..0b1773a27b 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/indirect_mpich/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/indirect_mpich/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/libdwarf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/libdwarf/package.py
index e486a5de03..e486a5de03 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/libdwarf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/libdwarf/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/libelf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/libelf/package.py
index 5e5b0b7143..5e5b0b7143 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/libelf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/libelf/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/mpich/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/mpich/package.py
index 55bf97f2cf..55bf97f2cf 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/mpich/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/mpich/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/mpich2/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/mpich2/package.py
index 90f969b898..90f969b898 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/mpich2/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/mpich2/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/mpileaks/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/mpileaks/package.py
index 9a18c5e1f2..9a18c5e1f2 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/mpileaks/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/mpileaks/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/multimethod/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/multimethod/package.py
index ea103fe175..ea103fe175 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/multimethod/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/multimethod/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/netlib-blas/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/netlib-blas/package.py
index 39f2c92ae5..39f2c92ae5 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/netlib-blas/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/netlib-blas/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/netlib-lapack/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/netlib-lapack/package.py
index 331844e544..331844e544 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/netlib-lapack/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/netlib-lapack/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/openblas/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/openblas/package.py
index c7771b92a3..c7771b92a3 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/openblas/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/openblas/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/optional-dep-test-2/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/optional-dep-test-2/package.py
index ef0587588e..ef0587588e 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/optional-dep-test-2/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/optional-dep-test-2/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/optional-dep-test-3/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/optional-dep-test-3/package.py
index e6cb3bd6e7..e6cb3bd6e7 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/optional-dep-test-3/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/optional-dep-test-3/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/optional-dep-test/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/optional-dep-test/package.py
index bb57576ca9..bb57576ca9 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/optional-dep-test/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/optional-dep-test/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/svn-test/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/svn-test/package.py
index ba4d5522b4..ba4d5522b4 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/svn-test/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/svn-test/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/trivial_install_test_package/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/trivial_install_test_package/package.py
index fec5849e67..fec5849e67 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/trivial_install_test_package/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/trivial_install_test_package/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/mock_packages/zmpi/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/zmpi/package.py
index 201fac2fbf..201fac2fbf 100644
--- a/var/spack/mock_packages/zmpi/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/packages/zmpi/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/repo.yaml b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/repo.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30b068da13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin.mock/repo.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+repo:
+  namespace: builtin.mock
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/ImageMagick/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ImageMagick/package.py
index 753ea80ca6..753ea80ca6 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/ImageMagick/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ImageMagick/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/Mitos/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/Mitos/package.py
index ea131872dd..ea131872dd 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/Mitos/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/Mitos/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/R/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/R/package.py
index 2471dff09b..2471dff09b 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/R/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/R/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/SAMRAI/no-tool-build.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/SAMRAI/no-tool-build.patch
index 1adf0cf721..1adf0cf721 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/SAMRAI/no-tool-build.patch
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/SAMRAI/no-tool-build.patch
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/SAMRAI/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/SAMRAI/package.py
index 2c3b9180af..2c3b9180af 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/SAMRAI/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/SAMRAI/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/activeharmony/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/activeharmony/package.py
index 45dcc7c0e8..45dcc7c0e8 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/activeharmony/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/activeharmony/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/adept-utils/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/adept-utils/package.py
index fb59576c21..fb59576c21 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/adept-utils/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/adept-utils/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/apex/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/apex/package.py
index 8769d97056..8769d97056 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/apex/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/apex/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/arpack/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/arpack/package.py
index 8c67c536f3..8c67c536f3 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/arpack/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/arpack/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/asciidoc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/asciidoc/package.py
index 828f3b3f4f..828f3b3f4f 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/asciidoc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/asciidoc/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/atk/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/atk/package.py
index 769805b227..769805b227 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/atk/package.py
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diff --git a/var/spack/packages/atlas/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/atlas/package.py
index fc683363a7..fc683363a7 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/atlas/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/atlas/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/atop/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/atop/package.py
index 346ab0763c..346ab0763c 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/atop/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/atop/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/autoconf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/autoconf/package.py
index 5189faf054..5189faf054 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/autoconf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/autoconf/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/automaded/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/automaded/package.py
index e0bc7efb8b..e0bc7efb8b 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/automaded/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/automaded/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/automake/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/automake/package.py
index 9115822730..9115822730 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/automake/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/automake/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/bear/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bear/package.py
index 0d4436fccc..0d4436fccc 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/bear/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bear/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/bib2xhtml/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bib2xhtml/package.py
index 7f8e0cfe5a..7f8e0cfe5a 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/bib2xhtml/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bib2xhtml/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/binutils/binutilskrell-2.24.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/binutils/binutilskrell-2.24.patch
index f48291a6c9..f48291a6c9 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/binutils/binutilskrell-2.24.patch
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/binutils/binutilskrell-2.24.patch
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/binutils/cr16.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/binutils/cr16.patch
index 2727c70b23..2727c70b23 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/binutils/cr16.patch
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/binutils/cr16.patch
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/binutils/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/binutils/package.py
index de04221e33..de04221e33 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/binutils/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/binutils/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/bison/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bison/package.py
index 7c526fb958..7c526fb958 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/bison/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bison/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/boost/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/boost/package.py
index 3427b74ad6..3427b74ad6 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/boost/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/boost/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/bowtie2/bowtie2-2.5.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bowtie2/bowtie2-2.5.patch
index 290be39c73..290be39c73 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/bowtie2/bowtie2-2.5.patch
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bowtie2/bowtie2-2.5.patch
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/bowtie2/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bowtie2/package.py
index 339aab6598..339aab6598 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/bowtie2/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bowtie2/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/boxlib/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/boxlib/package.py
index 4f1b71132f..4f1b71132f 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/boxlib/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/boxlib/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/bzip2/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bzip2/package.py
index 638ba1fa4d..638ba1fa4d 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/bzip2/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bzip2/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/cairo/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cairo/package.py
index e1ac8aaa7d..8255e869be 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/cairo/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cairo/package.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class Cairo(Package):
 
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
         configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix,
+                  "--disable-trace", # can cause problems with libiberty
                   "--enable-tee")
         make()
         make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/callpath/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/callpath/package.py
index 3d2d96249e..3d2d96249e 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/callpath/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/callpath/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/cblas/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cblas/package.py
index 3cfe5ee588..3cfe5ee588 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/cblas/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cblas/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/cbtf-argonavis/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cbtf-argonavis/package.py
index 7b07933911..7b07933911 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/cbtf-argonavis/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cbtf-argonavis/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/cbtf-krell/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cbtf-krell/package.py
index 9458ac113c..9458ac113c 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/cbtf-krell/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cbtf-krell/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/cbtf-lanl/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cbtf-lanl/package.py
index 2da9e8a1f7..2da9e8a1f7 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/cbtf-lanl/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cbtf-lanl/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/cbtf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cbtf/package.py
index 52e6a07020..52e6a07020 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/cbtf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cbtf/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/cereal/Werror.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cereal/Werror.patch
index d39eaaffdb..d39eaaffdb 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/cereal/Werror.patch
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cereal/Werror.patch
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/cereal/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cereal/package.py
index a83927456f..a83927456f 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/cereal/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cereal/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/cfitsio/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cfitsio/package.py
index ff450cb5f3..ff450cb5f3 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/cfitsio/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cfitsio/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/cgal/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cgal/package.py
index 97356433be..97356433be 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/cgal/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cgal/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/cgm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cgm/package.py
index 05d6395c5a..05d6395c5a 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/cgm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cgm/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/cityhash/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cityhash/package.py
index 1643cc3b42..1643cc3b42 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/cityhash/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cityhash/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/cleverleaf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cleverleaf/package.py
index fb400b25c3..fb400b25c3 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/cleverleaf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cleverleaf/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/cloog/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cloog/package.py
index 814a33c76c..814a33c76c 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/cloog/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cloog/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/cmake/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cmake/package.py
index f67ae21ebd..f67ae21ebd 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/cmake/package.py
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diff --git a/var/spack/packages/coreutils/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py
index 78c608d8eb..78c608d8eb 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/coreutils/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/cppcheck/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cppcheck/package.py
index 8e98f457ee..8e98f457ee 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/cppcheck/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cppcheck/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/cram/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cram/package.py
index b19422b8a8..b19422b8a8 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/cram/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cram/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/cscope/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cscope/package.py
index 9aac0f7304..9aac0f7304 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/cscope/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cscope/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/cube/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cube/package.py
index 17d388c33d..17d388c33d 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/cube/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cube/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/curl/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/curl/package.py
index 9e684445c7..9e684445c7 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/curl/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/curl/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/czmq/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/czmq/package.py
index 0665332179..0665332179 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/czmq/package.py
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diff --git a/var/spack/packages/damselfly/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/damselfly/package.py
index 96666d1abe..96666d1abe 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/damselfly/package.py
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diff --git a/var/spack/packages/dbus/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dbus/package.py
index 294b0de54e..294b0de54e 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/dbus/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dbus/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/docbook-xml/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/docbook-xml/package.py
index fce1de7deb..fce1de7deb 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/docbook-xml/package.py
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diff --git a/var/spack/packages/doxygen/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/doxygen/package.py
index 3d4a4e47a7..3d4a4e47a7 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/doxygen/package.py
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diff --git a/var/spack/packages/dri2proto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dri2proto/package.py
index 11dfa568e2..11dfa568e2 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/dri2proto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dri2proto/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/dtcmp/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dtcmp/package.py
index 9d940583c1..9d940583c1 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/dtcmp/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dtcmp/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/dyninst/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dyninst/package.py
index 0111dcbe08..0111dcbe08 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/dyninst/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dyninst/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/elfutils/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/elfutils/package.py
index 926d234584..926d234584 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/elfutils/package.py
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diff --git a/var/spack/packages/expat/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/expat/package.py
index 082da5bf0b..082da5bf0b 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/expat/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/expat/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/extrae/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/extrae/package.py
index 3ad4cbaf86..3ad4cbaf86 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/extrae/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/extrae/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/exuberant-ctags/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/exuberant-ctags/package.py
index efd2b541b2..efd2b541b2 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/exuberant-ctags/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/exuberant-ctags/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/fftw/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fftw/package.py
index 4d2b964242..4d2b964242 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/fftw/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fftw/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/fish/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fish/package.py
index 1225558705..1225558705 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/fish/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fish/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/flex/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flex/package.py
index b065904912..b065904912 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/flex/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flex/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/fltk/font.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fltk/font.patch
index 7706a1b4ee..7706a1b4ee 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/fltk/font.patch
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fltk/font.patch
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/fltk/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fltk/package.py
index 0b462f83f8..0b462f83f8 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/fltk/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fltk/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/flux/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flux/package.py
index dc4e0594c5..dc4e0594c5 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/flux/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flux/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/fontconfig/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fontconfig/package.py
index 517c9d1813..517c9d1813 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/fontconfig/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/fontconfig/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/freetype/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/freetype/package.py
index 0309b858a1..0309b858a1 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/freetype/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/freetype/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/gasnet/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gasnet/package.py
index 705961d1de..705961d1de 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/gasnet/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gasnet/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/gcc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gcc/package.py
index 61b16f3fd8..61b16f3fd8 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/gcc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gcc/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/gdb/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdb/package.py
index 85ed3215e2..dd02b426b9 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/gdb/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdb/package.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Written by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
 # LLNL-CODE-647188
 #
-# For details, see https://scalability-llnl.github.io/spack
+# For details, see https://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
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/gdk-pixbuf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdk-pixbuf/package.py
index 14a5569984..14a5569984 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/gdk-pixbuf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gdk-pixbuf/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/geos/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/geos/package.py
index 4a2657e32f..4a2657e32f 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/geos/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/geos/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/gflags/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gflags/package.py
index 62dd80a094..62dd80a094 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/gflags/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gflags/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/ghostscript/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ghostscript/package.py
index 0ab49d425f..0ab49d425f 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/ghostscript/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ghostscript/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/git/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/git/package.py
index ddc5078c4d..ddc5078c4d 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/git/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/git/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/glib/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glib/package.py
index baca1a5a45..67ead5f941 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/glib/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glib/package.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ class Glib(Package):
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
         configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
         make()
-        make("install")
+        make("install", parallel=False)
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/glm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glm/package.py
index d00c301b4c..d00c301b4c 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/glm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glm/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/global/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/global/package.py
index e8f06516d9..e8f06516d9 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/global/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/global/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/glog/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glog/package.py
index d73386b394..d73386b394 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/glog/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glog/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/glpk/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glpk/package.py
index 855f459fb3..855f459fb3 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/glpk/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/glpk/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/gmp/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gmp/package.py
index fe13de3b95..fe13de3b95 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/gmp/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gmp/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/gmsh/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gmsh/package.py
index 9d759303cb..9d759303cb 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/gmsh/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gmsh/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/gnuplot/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gnuplot/package.py
index 71c09bd43d..71c09bd43d 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/gnuplot/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gnuplot/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/gnutls/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gnutls/package.py
index cf57a24a6d..cf57a24a6d 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/gnutls/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gnutls/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/gperf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gperf/package.py
index 32551b67b4..32551b67b4 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/gperf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gperf/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/gperftools/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gperftools/package.py
index 22b2e6c424..22b2e6c424 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/gperftools/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gperftools/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/graphlib/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/graphlib/package.py
index ddac0b2b66..ddac0b2b66 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/graphlib/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/graphlib/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/graphviz/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/graphviz/package.py
index 7af7da1881..7af7da1881 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/graphviz/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/graphviz/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/gsl/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gsl/package.py
index 789eb49d85..789eb49d85 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/gsl/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gsl/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/gtkplus/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gtkplus/package.py
index 0ebc7100de..0ebc7100de 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/gtkplus/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gtkplus/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/harfbuzz/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/harfbuzz/package.py
index ed7c42a909..ed7c42a909 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/harfbuzz/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/harfbuzz/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/hdf5/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hdf5/package.py
index 9a40164341..9a40164341 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/hdf5/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hdf5/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/hwloc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hwloc/package.py
index 7ebede76a3..7ebede76a3 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/hwloc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hwloc/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/hypre/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hypre/package.py
index 0f7f14dd89..0f7f14dd89 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/hypre/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hypre/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/icu/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/icu/package.py
index f256ec5712..f256ec5712 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/icu/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/icu/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/icu4c/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/icu4c/package.py
index 55b44463b2..55b44463b2 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/icu4c/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/icu4c/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/isl/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/isl/package.py
index 836ef3ea40..836ef3ea40 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/isl/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/isl/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/jdk/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jdk/package.py
index f8f5fc21bd..f8f5fc21bd 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/jdk/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jdk/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/jemalloc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jemalloc/package.py
index 8cec9ea75b..8cec9ea75b 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/jemalloc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jemalloc/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/jpeg/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jpeg/package.py
index 87820467db..87820467db 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/jpeg/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/jpeg/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/judy/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/judy/package.py
index b8d8701383..b8d8701383 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/judy/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/judy/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/julia/gc.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/julia/gc.patch
index 6db69c6c1b..6db69c6c1b 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/julia/gc.patch
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/julia/gc.patch
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/julia/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/julia/package.py
index 6900af38e4..6900af38e4 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/julia/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/julia/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/launchmon/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/launchmon/package.py
index f97384a249..aec2fd6fa7 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/launchmon/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/launchmon/package.py
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ class Launchmon(Package):
     depends_on('automake')
     depends_on('libtool')
 
+
+    def patch(self):
+        # This patch makes libgcrypt compile correctly with newer gcc versions.
+        mf = FileFilter('tools/libgcrypt/tests/Makefile.in')
+        mf.filter(r'(basic_LDADD\s*=\s*.*)',     r'\1 -lgpg-error')
+        mf.filter(r'(tsexp_LDADD\s*=\s*.*)',     r'\1 -lgpg-error')
+        mf.filter(r'(keygen_LDADD\s*=\s*.*)',    r'\1 -lgpg-error')
+        mf.filter(r'(benchmark_LDADD\s*=\s*.*)', r'\1 -lgpg-error')
+
+
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
         configure(
             "--prefix=" + prefix,
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/launchmon/patch.lmon_install_dir b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/launchmon/patch.lmon_install_dir
index 8a1d93fdc9..8a1d93fdc9 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/launchmon/patch.lmon_install_dir
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/launchmon/patch.lmon_install_dir
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/lcms/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lcms/package.py
index a53c2f997a..a53c2f997a 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/lcms/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lcms/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/leveldb/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/leveldb/package.py
index da68a9cbcb..da68a9cbcb 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/leveldb/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/leveldb/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libNBC/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libNBC/package.py
index 550568e97d..550568e97d 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libNBC/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libNBC/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libarchive/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libarchive/package.py
index cbd4b89cd0..cbd4b89cd0 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libarchive/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libarchive/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libcerf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libcerf/package.py
index 15e87ce4fe..15e87ce4fe 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libcerf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libcerf/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libcircle/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libcircle/package.py
index 3f7c996fb0..3f7c996fb0 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libcircle/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libcircle/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libdrm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libdrm/package.py
index 00736b7811..00736b7811 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libdrm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libdrm/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libdwarf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libdwarf/package.py
index addb557519..addb557519 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libdwarf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libdwarf/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libedit/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libedit/package.py
index bcd5212b9e..bcd5212b9e 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libedit/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libedit/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libelf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libelf/package.py
index 29bc21b65c..29bc21b65c 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libelf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libelf/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libevent/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libevent/package.py
index 11b1083d67..11b1083d67 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libevent/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libevent/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libffi/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libffi/package.py
index acec031717..acec031717 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libffi/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libffi/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libgcrypt/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgcrypt/package.py
index 1d0a57f317..1d0a57f317 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libgcrypt/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgcrypt/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libgd/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgd/package.py
index d920957ef1..d920957ef1 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libgd/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgd/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libgpg-error/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgpg-error/package.py
index 6c1d1a10a7..6c1d1a10a7 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libgpg-error/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libgpg-error/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libjpeg-turbo/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libjpeg-turbo/package.py
index 07ee183947..07ee183947 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libjpeg-turbo/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libjpeg-turbo/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libjson-c/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libjson-c/package.py
index c0801cce9c..c0801cce9c 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libjson-c/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libjson-c/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libmng/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmng/package.py
index e5336ea2c2..e5336ea2c2 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libmng/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmng/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libmonitor/libmonitorkrell-0000.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmonitor/libmonitorkrell-0000.patch
index 3a90106850..3a90106850 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libmonitor/libmonitorkrell-0000.patch
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmonitor/libmonitorkrell-0000.patch
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libmonitor/libmonitorkrell-0001.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmonitor/libmonitorkrell-0001.patch
index 85d69595c0..85d69595c0 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libmonitor/libmonitorkrell-0001.patch
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmonitor/libmonitorkrell-0001.patch
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libmonitor/libmonitorkrell-0002.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmonitor/libmonitorkrell-0002.patch
index 514dfdf13e..514dfdf13e 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libmonitor/libmonitorkrell-0002.patch
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmonitor/libmonitorkrell-0002.patch
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libmonitor/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmonitor/package.py
index eecf1963e3..eecf1963e3 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libmonitor/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libmonitor/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libpciaccess/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libpciaccess/package.py
index 0c0847d323..0c0847d323 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libpciaccess/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libpciaccess/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libpng/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libpng/package.py
index e02b08663e..e02b08663e 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libpng/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libpng/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libsodium/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsodium/package.py
index 1c8a16d998..1c8a16d998 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libsodium/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libsodium/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libtiff/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libtiff/package.py
index 63c6704cb8..63c6704cb8 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libtiff/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libtiff/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libtool/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libtool/package.py
index 82a54953b2..82a54953b2 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libtool/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libtool/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libunwind/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libunwind/package.py
index 6f162f7b08..6f162f7b08 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libunwind/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libunwind/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libuuid/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libuuid/package.py
index 373c5bfcac..373c5bfcac 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libuuid/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libuuid/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libxcb/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxcb/package.py
index 16a5525c0d..1dd5954c99 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libxcb/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxcb/package.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 from spack import *
 
 class Libxcb(Package):
-    """The X protocol C-language Binding (XCB) is a replacement 
-    for Xlib featuring a small footprint, latency hiding, direct 
-    access to the protocol, improved threading support, and 
+    """The X protocol C-language Binding (XCB) is a replacement
+    for Xlib featuring a small footprint, latency hiding, direct
+    access to the protocol, improved threading support, and
     extensibility."""
 
     homepage = "http://xcb.freedesktop.org/"
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ class Libxcb(Package):
     depends_on("python")
     depends_on("xcb-proto")
 
+    def patch(self):
+        filter_file('typedef struct xcb_auth_info_t {', 'typedef struct {', 'src/xcb.h')
+
+
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
         configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
 
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libxml2/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxml2/package.py
index 134e596963..134e596963 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libxml2/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxml2/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libxshmfence/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxshmfence/package.py
index 3aa2448b46..3aa2448b46 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libxshmfence/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxshmfence/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libxslt/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxslt/package.py
index f97332d020..f97332d020 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libxslt/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libxslt/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/llvm-lld/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/llvm-lld/package.py
index cb91aa22a5..cb91aa22a5 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/llvm-lld/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/llvm-lld/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/llvm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/llvm/package.py
index a2b2c6eccc..a2b2c6eccc 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/llvm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/llvm/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/lmdb/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lmdb/package.py
index 875b8100c5..875b8100c5 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/lmdb/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lmdb/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/lmod/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lmod/package.py
index d642594f92..d642594f92 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/lmod/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lmod/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/lua/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lua/package.py
index ca8cfc5365..ca8cfc5365 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/lua/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lua/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/lwgrp/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lwgrp/package.py
index 5963382b92..5963382b92 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/lwgrp/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lwgrp/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/lwm2/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lwm2/package.py
index 31afff8816..31afff8816 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/lwm2/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lwm2/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/matio/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/matio/package.py
index 12cfb80926..12cfb80926 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/matio/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/matio/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/mbedtls/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mbedtls/package.py
index 3da00cf417..3da00cf417 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/mbedtls/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mbedtls/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/memaxes/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/memaxes/package.py
index 4b1da558a2..4b1da558a2 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/memaxes/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/memaxes/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/mesa/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mesa/package.py
index 62da8c993b..62da8c993b 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/mesa/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mesa/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/metis/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/metis/package.py
index bbfc4de7d1..bbfc4de7d1 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/metis/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/metis/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/mpc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpc/package.py
index 50477a0ccb..50477a0ccb 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/mpc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpc/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/mpe2/mpe2.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpe2/mpe2.patch
index 3ade1f04f4..3ade1f04f4 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/mpe2/mpe2.patch
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpe2/mpe2.patch
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/mpe2/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpe2/package.py
index 27295172cc..27295172cc 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/mpe2/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpe2/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/mpfr/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpfr/package.py
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--- a/var/spack/packages/mpfr/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpfr/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/mpibash/mpibash-4.3.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpibash/mpibash-4.3.patch
index 17e285b0bf..17e285b0bf 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/mpibash/mpibash-4.3.patch
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpibash/mpibash-4.3.patch
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/mpibash/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpibash/package.py
index d0f6dafed6..d0f6dafed6 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/mpibash/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpibash/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/mpich/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpich/package.py
index 128a1f44ae..128a1f44ae 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/mpich/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpich/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/mpileaks/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpileaks/package.py
index 661d9d66bf..661d9d66bf 100644
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+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vtk/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/wget/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wget/package.py
index 55728b0515..55728b0515 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/wget/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wget/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/wx/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wx/package.py
index 206fde7775..206fde7775 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/wx/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wx/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/wxpropgrid/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wxpropgrid/package.py
index 790cead517..790cead517 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/wxpropgrid/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wxpropgrid/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/xcb-proto/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-proto/package.py
index 17a94bd892..17a94bd892 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/xcb-proto/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xcb-proto/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/xerces-c/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xerces-c/package.py
index b59ab178ae..b59ab178ae 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/xerces-c/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xerces-c/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/xz/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xz/package.py
index ba6c9733a7..ba6c9733a7 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/xz/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xz/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/yasm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/yasm/package.py
index d3a695b16d..d3a695b16d 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/yasm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/yasm/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/zeromq/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zeromq/package.py
index b5a1e3d4cd..b5a1e3d4cd 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/zeromq/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zeromq/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/zlib/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zlib/package.py
index 2770f781ac..2770f781ac 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/zlib/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zlib/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/zsh/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zsh/package.py
index 06665f0c83..06665f0c83 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/zsh/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zsh/package.py
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/repo.yaml b/var/spack/repos/builtin/repo.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54b282db6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/repo.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+repo:
+  namespace: builtin