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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/repository.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/repository.py b/lib/spack/spack/repository.py index b5df1168b6..f58cd52125 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/repository.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/repository.py @@ -300,8 +300,11 @@ class RepoPath(object): for repo in self.repos: if spec.name in repo: return repo - else: - raise UnknownPackageError(spec.name) + + # If the package isn't in any repo, return the one with + # highest precedence. This is for commands like `spack edit` + # that can operate on packages that don't exist yet. + return self.first_repo() @_autospec |