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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/spec.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py index 084b8176ec..f8991413cd 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py @@ -1462,7 +1462,8 @@ class Spec(object): 'module': self.external_module } - d['concrete'] = self._concrete + if not self._concrete: + d['concrete'] = False if 'patches' in self.variants: variant = self.variants['patches'] @@ -1560,8 +1561,8 @@ class Spec(object): spec.external_path = None spec.external_module = None - if 'concrete' in node: - spec._concrete = node['concrete'] + # specs read in are concrete unless marked abstract + spec._concrete = node.get('concrete', True) if 'patches' in node: patches = node['patches'] |