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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py b/lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py
index 6848a7e2a5..6088d4514e 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ class Executable(object):
out, err = proc.communicate()
self.returncode = proc.returncode
- output.write(out)
+ if not return_output:
+ output.write(out)
error.write(err)
rc = proc.returncode