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diff --git a/lib/spack/external/_pytest/nodes.py b/lib/spack/external/_pytest/nodes.py
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+SEP = "/"
+
+
+def _splitnode(nodeid):
+    """Split a nodeid into constituent 'parts'.
+
+    Node IDs are strings, and can be things like:
+        ''
+        'testing/code'
+        'testing/code/test_excinfo.py'
+        'testing/code/test_excinfo.py::TestFormattedExcinfo::()'
+
+    Return values are lists e.g.
+        []
+        ['testing', 'code']
+        ['testing', 'code', 'test_excinfo.py']
+        ['testing', 'code', 'test_excinfo.py', 'TestFormattedExcinfo', '()']
+    """
+    if nodeid == '':
+        # If there is no root node at all, return an empty list so the caller's logic can remain sane
+        return []
+    parts = nodeid.split(SEP)
+    # Replace single last element 'test_foo.py::Bar::()' with multiple elements 'test_foo.py', 'Bar', '()'
+    parts[-1:] = parts[-1].split("::")
+    return parts
+
+
+def ischildnode(baseid, nodeid):
+    """Return True if the nodeid is a child node of the baseid.
+
+    E.g. 'foo/bar::Baz::()' is a child of 'foo', 'foo/bar' and 'foo/bar::Baz', but not of 'foo/blorp'
+    """
+    base_parts = _splitnode(baseid)
+    node_parts = _splitnode(nodeid)
+    if len(node_parts) < len(base_parts):
+        return False
+    return node_parts[:len(base_parts)] == base_parts