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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/binary_distribution.py4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/binary_distribution.py b/lib/spack/spack/binary_distribution.py
index 49f8416d6f..9991a66965 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/binary_distribution.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/binary_distribution.py
@@ -596,6 +596,10 @@ def extract_tarball(spec, filename, allow_root=False, unsigned=False,
with closing(tarfile.open(spackfile_path, 'r')) as tar:
tar.extractall(tmpdir)
+ # older buildcache tarfiles use gzip compression
+ if not os.path.exists(tarfile_path):
+ tarfile_name = tarball_name(spec, '.tar.gz')
+ tarfile_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, tarfile_name)
if not unsigned:
if os.path.exists('%s.asc' % specfile_path):
try: