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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/stage.py7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/stage.py b/lib/spack/spack/stage.py
index 3410e8b63e..56d48fa59d 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/stage.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/stage.py
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ def _first_accessible_path(paths):
for path in paths:
try:
# Ensure the user has access, creating the directory if necessary.
- path = sup.canonicalize_path(path)
if os.path.exists(path):
if can_access(path):
return path
@@ -80,9 +79,11 @@ def get_stage_root():
if isinstance(candidates, string_types):
candidates = [candidates]
- path = _first_accessible_path(candidates)
+ resolved_candidates = [sup.canonicalize_path(x) for x in candidates]
+ path = _first_accessible_path(resolved_candidates)
if not path:
- raise StageError("No accessible stage paths in:", candidates)
+ raise StageError("No accessible stage paths in:",
+ ' '.join(resolved_candidates))
# Ensure that any temp path is unique per user, so users don't
# fight over shared temporary space.