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Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/main.py | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/main.py b/lib/spack/spack/main.py index 9676d436dd..bff07ccbfb 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/main.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/main.py @@ -950,14 +950,10 @@ def _main(argv=None): parser.print_help() return 1 - # -h, -H, and -V are special as they do not require a command, but - # all the other options do nothing without a command. + # version is special as it does not require a command or loading and additional infrastructure if args.version: print(get_version()) return 0 - elif args.help: - sys.stdout.write(parser.format_help(level=args.help)) - return 0 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # This part of the `main()` sets up Spack's configuration. @@ -996,6 +992,12 @@ def _main(argv=None): print_setup_info(*args.print_shell_vars.split(",")) return 0 + # -h and -H are special as they do not require a command, but + # all the other options do nothing without a command. + if args.help: + sys.stdout.write(parser.format_help(level=args.help)) + return 0 + # At this point we've considered all the options to spack itself, so we # need a command or we're done. if not args.command: |