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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/__init__.py10
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/__init__.py b/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/__init__.py
index 03188ce592..3743137daa 100644
--- a/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/__init__.py
@@ -69,9 +69,13 @@ def set_stacktrace(flag):
def process_stacktrace(countback):
"""Gives file and line frame 'countback' frames from the bottom"""
st = traceback.extract_stack()
- # First entry should be bin/spack. Use this to get spack 'root'.
- # bin/spack is 9 characters, the length of the 'root' is then len-9.
- root_len = len(st[0][0]) - 9
+ # All entries will be spack files based on how this function is called.
+ # We use commonprefix to find what the spack 'root' directory is.
+ file_list = []
+ for frame in st:
+ file_list.append(frame[0])
+ root_dir = os.path.commonprefix(file_list)
+ root_len = len(root_dir)
st_idx = len(st) - countback - 1
st_text = "%s:%i " % (st[st_idx][0][root_len:], st[st_idx][1])
return st_text