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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/spec.py8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
index 9fc2c99e4a..08b92cf705 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
@@ -2166,7 +2166,13 @@ class Spec(object):
# A concrete provider can satisfy a virtual dependency.
if not self.virtual and other.virtual:
- pkg = spack.repo.get(self.fullname)
+ try:
+ pkg = spack.repo.get(self.fullname)
+ except spack.repository.PackageLoadError:
+ # If we can't get package info on this spec, don't treat
+ # it as a provider of this vdep.
+ return False
+
if pkg.provides(other.name):
for provided, when_specs in pkg.provided.items():
if any(self.satisfies(when_spec, deps=False, strict=strict)