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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/package_prefs.py10
-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/test/concretize_preferences.py5
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/package_prefs.py b/lib/spack/spack/package_prefs.py
index 2e70a3b7dc..56efb604b1 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/package_prefs.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/package_prefs.py
@@ -112,9 +112,17 @@ class PackagePrefs(object):
# integer is the index of the first spec in order that satisfies
# spec, or it's a number larger than any position in the order.
- return next(
+ match_index = next(
(i for i, s in enumerate(spec_order) if spec.satisfies(s)),
len(spec_order))
+ if match_index < len(spec_order) and spec_order[match_index] == spec:
+ # If this is called with multiple specs that all satisfy the same
+ # minimum index in spec_order, the one which matches that element
+ # of spec_order exactly is considered slightly better. Note
+ # that because this decreases the value by less than 1, it is not
+ # better than a match which occurs at an earlier index.
+ match_index -= 0.5
+ return match_index
@classproperty
@classmethod
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/concretize_preferences.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/concretize_preferences.py
index 5e880bc4d6..45c037eec7 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/concretize_preferences.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/concretize_preferences.py
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ class TestConcretizePreferences(object):
spec = concretize('mpileaks')
assert spec.version == spack.spec.Version('2.2')
+ def test_preferred_versions_mixed_version_types(self):
+ update_packages('mixedversions', 'version', ['2.0'])
+ spec = concretize('mixedversions')
+ assert spec.version == spack.spec.Version('2.0')
+
def test_preferred_providers(self):
"""Test preferred providers of virtual packages are
applied correctly