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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/directives.py | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/spec.py | 7 |
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst b/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst index 6bafaecc7d..70def5c39a 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst @@ -1307,9 +1307,9 @@ The dependency types are: If not specified, ``type`` is assumed to be ``("build", "link")``. This is the common case for compiled language usage. Also available are the aliases -``alldeps`` for all dependency types and ``nolink`` (``("build", "run")``) for -use by dependencies which are not expressed via a linker (e.g., Python or Lua -module loading). +``"alldeps"`` for all dependency types and ``"nolink"`` (``("build", "run")``) +for use by dependencies which are not expressed via a linker (e.g., Python or +Lua module loading). .. _setup-dependent-environment: diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/directives.py b/lib/spack/spack/directives.py index 88d2aaf472..e92dd6fb67 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/directives.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/directives.py @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def _depends_on(pkg, spec, when=None, type=None): type = ('build', 'link') if isinstance(type, str): - type = (type,) + type = spack.spec.special_types.get(type, (type,)) for deptype in type: if deptype not in spack.spec.alldeps: diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py index e694f2b2da..8bdae0445e 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py @@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ _any_version = VersionList([':']) # Special types of dependencies. alldeps = ('build', 'link', 'run') nolink = ('build', 'run') +special_types = { + 'alldeps': alldeps, + 'nolink': nolink, +} def index_specs(specs): @@ -542,7 +546,8 @@ class Spec(object): return alldeps # Force deptype to be a set object so that we can do set intersections. if isinstance(deptype, str): - return (deptype,) + # Support special deptypes. + return special_types.get(deptype, (deptype,)) return deptype def _find_deps(self, where, deptype): |