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diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
index 5e0abcf20c..1fb21b348b 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
@@ -2578,18 +2578,23 @@ class Spec:
return Spec.from_dict(extracted_json)
@staticmethod
- def from_detection(spec_str, extra_attributes=None):
+ def from_detection(
+ spec_str: str,
+ *,
+ external_path: str,
+ external_modules: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+ extra_attributes: Optional[Dict] = None,
+ ) -> "Spec":
"""Construct a spec from a spec string determined during external
detection and attach extra attributes to it.
Args:
- spec_str (str): spec string
- extra_attributes (dict): dictionary containing extra attributes
-
- Returns:
- spack.spec.Spec: external spec
+ spec_str: spec string
+ external_path: prefix of the external spec
+ external_modules: optional module files to be loaded when the external spec is used
+ extra_attributes: dictionary containing extra attributes
"""
- s = Spec(spec_str)
+ s = Spec(spec_str, external_path=external_path, external_modules=external_modules)
extra_attributes = syaml.sorted_dict(extra_attributes or {})
# This is needed to be able to validate multi-valued variants,
# otherwise they'll still be abstract in the context of detection.