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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/solver/concretize.lp7
-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/test/concretize_preferences.py10
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/solver/concretize.lp b/lib/spack/spack/solver/concretize.lp
index d8b7c125be..2de7030ddf 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/solver/concretize.lp
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/solver/concretize.lp
@@ -515,13 +515,6 @@ root(Dependency, 1) :- not root(Dependency), node(Dependency).
: provider_weight(Provider, Weight), root(Provider)
}.
-% For external packages it's more important than for others
-% to match the compiler with their parent node
-#maximize{
- Weight@12,Package
- : compiler_version_match(Package, Weight), external(Package)
-}.
-
% Try to use default variants or variants that have been set
#minimize {
Weight@11,Package,Variant,Value
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/concretize_preferences.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/concretize_preferences.py
index d13748ad8b..9ec304e624 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/concretize_preferences.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/concretize_preferences.py
@@ -371,3 +371,13 @@ mpi:
spec = Spec('callpath')
with pytest.raises(ConfigError):
spack.package_prefs.get_package_permissions(spec)
+
+ @pytest.mark.regression('20040')
+ def test_variant_not_flipped_to_pull_externals(self):
+ """Test that a package doesn't prefer pulling in an
+ external to using the default value of a variant.
+ """
+ s = Spec('vdefault-or-external-root').concretized()
+
+ assert '~external' in s['vdefault-or-external']
+ assert 'externaltool' not in s