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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/config.py | 10 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/config.py b/lib/spack/spack/config.py index 7bbf9da7d8..3a34db13e0 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/config.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/config.py @@ -445,16 +445,8 @@ def update_config(section, update_data, scope=None): validate_section_name(section) # validate section name scope = validate_scope(scope) # get ConfigScope object from string. - # read in the config to ensure we've got current data - configuration = get_config(section) - - if isinstance(update_data, list): - configuration = update_data - else: - configuration.update(update_data) - # read only the requested section's data. - scope.sections[section] = {section: configuration} + scope.sections[section] = {section: update_data} scope.write_section(section) |