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Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/cmd/external.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/external.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/external.py index 50d77890fd..8b9c845c3e 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/external.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/external.py @@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ def setup_parser(subparser): '--not-buildable', action='store_true', default=False, help="packages with detected externals won't be built with Spack") find_parser.add_argument( + '-p', '--path', default=None, action='append', + help="Alternative search paths for finding externals. May be repeated") + find_parser.add_argument( '--scope', choices=scopes, metavar=scopes_metavar, default=spack.config.default_modify_scope('packages'), help="configuration scope to modify") @@ -124,8 +127,10 @@ def external_find(args): if not args.tags and not packages_to_check: packages_to_check = spack.repo.path.all_packages() - detected_packages = spack.detection.by_executable(packages_to_check) - detected_packages.update(spack.detection.by_library(packages_to_check)) + detected_packages = spack.detection.by_executable( + packages_to_check, path_hints=args.path) + detected_packages.update(spack.detection.by_library( + packages_to_check, path_hints=args.path)) new_entries = spack.detection.update_configuration( detected_packages, scope=args.scope, buildable=not args.not_buildable |