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Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/detection/path.py | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/detection/path.py b/lib/spack/spack/detection/path.py index 0e652ed6c2..66998e4b0b 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/detection/path.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/detection/path.py @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import collections import os import os.path import re +import warnings import llnl.util.filesystem import llnl.util.tty @@ -99,9 +100,14 @@ def by_executable(packages_to_check, path_hints=None): # for one prefix, but without additional details (e.g. about the # naming scheme which differentiates them), the spec won't be # usable. - specs = _convert_to_iterable( - pkg.determine_spec_details(prefix, exes_in_prefix) - ) + try: + specs = _convert_to_iterable( + pkg.determine_spec_details(prefix, exes_in_prefix) + ) + except Exception as e: + specs = [] + msg = 'error detecting "{0}" from prefix {1} [{2}]' + warnings.warn(msg.format(pkg.name, prefix, str(e))) if not specs: llnl.util.tty.debug( |