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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/spack/spack/spec.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/spec.py | 13 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py index ed204deb9e..70a27fb951 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py @@ -1178,20 +1178,13 @@ class Spec(object): @property def root(self): """Follow dependent links and find the root of this spec's DAG. - In spack specs, there should be a single root (the package being - installed). This will throw an assertion error if that is not - the case. + + Spack specs have a single root (the package being installed). """ if not self._dependents: return self - # If the spec has multiple dependents, ensure that they all - # lead to the same place. Spack shouldn't deal with any DAGs - # with multiple roots, so something's wrong if we find one. - depiter = iter(self._dependents.values()) - first_root = next(depiter).parent.root - assert(all(first_root is d.parent.root for d in depiter)) - return first_root + return next(iter(self._dependents.values())).parent.root @property def package(self): |