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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/cmd/common/__init__.py9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/common/__init__.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/common/__init__.py
index 7cd8c313e0..6ff4faba7c 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/common/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/common/__init__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def shell_init_instructions(cmd, equivalent):
shell_specific = "{sh_arg}" in equivalent
msg = [
- "`%s` requires spack's shell support." % cmd,
+ "`%s` requires Spack's shell support." % cmd,
"",
"To set up shell support, run the command below for your shell.",
"",
@@ -49,5 +49,12 @@ def shell_init_instructions(cmd, equivalent):
else:
msg += [" " + equivalent]
+ msg += [
+ "",
+ "If you have already set up Spack's shell support but still receive",
+ "this message, please make sure to call Spack via the `spack` command",
+ "without any path components (such as `bin/spack`).",
+ ]
+
msg += ['']
tty.error(*msg)