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diff --git a/lib/spack/external/functools_backport.py b/lib/spack/external/functools_backport.py
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-#
-# Backport of Python 2.7's total_ordering.
-#
-
-def total_ordering(cls):
-    """Class decorator that fills in missing ordering methods"""
-    convert = {
-        '__lt__': [('__gt__', lambda self, other: not (self < other or self == other)),
-                   ('__le__', lambda self, other: self < other or self == other),
-                   ('__ge__', lambda self, other: not self < other)],
-        '__le__': [('__ge__', lambda self, other: not self <= other or self == other),
-                   ('__lt__', lambda self, other: self <= other and not self == other),
-                   ('__gt__', lambda self, other: not self <= other)],
-        '__gt__': [('__lt__', lambda self, other: not (self > other or self == other)),
-                   ('__ge__', lambda self, other: self > other or self == other),
-                   ('__le__', lambda self, other: not self > other)],
-        '__ge__': [('__le__', lambda self, other: (not self >= other) or self == other),
-                   ('__gt__', lambda self, other: self >= other and not self == other),
-                   ('__lt__', lambda self, other: not self >= other)]
-    }
-    roots = set(dir(cls)) & set(convert)
-    if not roots:
-        raise ValueError('must define at least one ordering operation: < > <= >=')
-    root = max(roots)       # prefer __lt__ to __le__ to __gt__ to __ge__
-    for opname, opfunc in convert[root]:
-        if opname not in roots:
-            opfunc.__name__ = opname
-            opfunc.__doc__ = getattr(int, opname).__doc__
-            setattr(cls, opname, opfunc)
-    return cls
-
-
-@total_ordering
-class reverse_order(object):
-    """Helper for creating key functions.
-
-       This is a wrapper that inverts the sense of the natural
-       comparisons on the object.
-    """
-    def __init__(self, value):
-        self.value = value
-
-    def __eq__(self, other):
-        return other.value == self.value
-
-    def __lt__(self, other):
-        return other.value < self.value