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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/main.py | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/main.py b/lib/spack/spack/main.py index 31a4bfe4ed..86f5c76002 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/main.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/main.py @@ -491,8 +491,9 @@ def setup_main_options(args): # override lock configuration if passed on command line if args.locks is not None: - spack.util.lock.check_lock_safety(spack.paths.prefix) - spack.config.set('config:locks', False, scope='command_line') + if args.locks is False: + spack.util.lock.check_lock_safety(spack.paths.prefix) + spack.config.set('config:locks', args.locks, scope='command_line') if args.mock: rp = spack.repo.RepoPath(spack.paths.mock_packages_path) |