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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/package.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/package.py b/lib/spack/spack/package.py index f45ddeaa6d..79a6c2362e 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/package.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/package.py @@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ class Package(object): on this one.""" dependents = [] for spec in spack.db.installed_package_specs(): - if self in spec.dependencies: + if self.spec != spec and self.spec in spec: dependents.append(spec) return dependents @@ -738,8 +738,9 @@ class Package(object): deps = self.installed_dependents formatted_deps = [s.format('$_$@$%@$+$=$#') for s in deps] if deps: raise InstallError( - "Cannot uninstall %s. The following installed packages depend on it: %s" - % (self.spec, formatted_deps)) + "Cannot uninstall %s." % self.spec, + "The following installed packages depend on it: %s" % + ' '.join(formatted_deps)) self.remove_prefix() tty.msg("Successfully uninstalled %s." % self.spec) |