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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/spec.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py index 910788c81a..56a6b9b4d6 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py @@ -2183,13 +2183,13 @@ class Spec(object): if not self.name: raise SpecError("Attempting to normalize anonymous spec") - if self._normal and not force: - return False - - # avoid any assumptions about concreteness when forced + # Set _normal and _concrete to False when forced if force: self._mark_concrete(False) + if self._normal: + return False + # Ensure first that all packages & compilers in the DAG exist. self.validate_or_raise() # Get all the dependencies into one DependencyMap |