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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/repository.py b/lib/spack/spack/repository.py
index 3c3ba08bcc..d2fdc937f7 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/repository.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/repository.py
@@ -316,6 +316,11 @@ class RepoPath(object):
return self.repo_for_pkg(spec).get(spec)
+ def get_pkg_class(self, pkg_name):
+ """Find a class for the spec's package and return the class object."""
+ return self.repo_for_pkg(pkg_name).get_pkg_class(pkg_name)
+
+
@_autospec
def dump_provenance(self, spec, path):
"""Dump provenance information for a spec to a particular path.
@@ -550,7 +555,7 @@ class Repo(object):
key = hash(spec)
if new or key not in self._instances:
- package_class = self._get_pkg_class(spec.name)
+ package_class = self.get_pkg_class(spec.name)
try:
copy = spec.copy() # defensive copy. Package owns its spec.
self._instances[key] = package_class(copy)
@@ -715,7 +720,7 @@ class Repo(object):
return self._modules[pkg_name]
- def _get_pkg_class(self, pkg_name):
+ def get_pkg_class(self, pkg_name):
"""Get the class for the package out of its module.
First loads (or fetches from cache) a module for the