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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/package.py2
-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/packages.py14
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/package.py b/lib/spack/spack/package.py
index 3e253286e8..361fda1ba6 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/package.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/package.py
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ class Package(object):
on this one."""
dependents = []
for spec in spack.db.installed_package_specs():
- if self.spec != spec and self.spec in spec:
+ if self.name != spec.name and self.spec in spec:
dependents.append(spec)
return dependents
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/packages.py b/lib/spack/spack/packages.py
index fd75d8e326..72f9403a64 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/packages.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/packages.py
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ class PackageDB(object):
if not spec in self.instances:
package_class = self.get_class_for_package_name(spec.name)
- self.instances[spec.copy()] = package_class(spec)
+ try:
+ self.instances[spec.copy()] = package_class(spec)
+ except Exception, e:
+ raise FailedConstructorError(spec.name, e)
return self.instances[spec]
@@ -232,3 +235,12 @@ class UnknownPackageError(spack.error.SpackError):
def __init__(self, name):
super(UnknownPackageError, self).__init__("Package %s not found." % name)
self.name = name
+
+
+class FailedConstructorError(spack.error.SpackError):
+ """Raised when a package's class constructor fails."""
+ def __init__(self, name, reason):
+ super(FailedConstructorError, self).__init__(
+ "Class constructor failed for package '%s'." % name,
+ str(reason))
+ self.name = name