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-rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/package_base.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/package_base.py b/lib/spack/spack/package_base.py index 0be36f08ea..7c17c7d02e 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/package_base.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/package_base.py @@ -2555,7 +2555,12 @@ class PackageStillNeededError(InstallError): """Raised when package is still needed by another on uninstall.""" def __init__(self, spec, dependents): - super().__init__("Cannot uninstall %s" % spec) + spec_fmt = spack.spec.DEFAULT_FORMAT + " /{hash:7}" + dep_fmt = "{name}{@versions} /{hash:7}" + super().__init__( + f"Cannot uninstall {spec.format(spec_fmt)}, " + f"needed by {[dep.format(dep_fmt) for dep in dependents]}" + ) self.spec = spec self.dependents = dependents |