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-rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/config.py | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/config.py b/lib/spack/spack/config.py index 336d47cbb7..06954f535b 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/config.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/config.py @@ -545,7 +545,10 @@ def update_config(section, update_data, scope=None): # read in the config to ensure we've got current data configuration = get_config(section) - configuration.update(update_data) + if isinstance(update_data, list): + configuration = update_data + else: + configuration.extend(update_data) # read only the requested section's data. scope.sections[section] = {section: configuration} |