Merge branch 'features/blas-lapack-hardening' into develop

lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
            'force_remove', 'join_path', 'ancestor', 'can_access', 'filter_file',
            'FileFilter', 'change_sed_delimiter', 'is_exe', 'force_symlink',
            'set_executable', 'copy_mode', 'unset_executable_mode',
-           'remove_dead_links', 'remove_linked_tree', 'fix_darwin_install_name']
+           'remove_dead_links', 'remove_linked_tree', 'find_library_path',
+           'fix_darwin_install_name']
 
 import os
 import glob
@@ -395,6 +396,7 @@ def remove_linked_tree(path):
         else:
             shutil.rmtree(path, True)
 
+
 def fix_darwin_install_name(path):
     """
     Fix install name of dynamic libraries on Darwin to have full path.
@@ -420,3 +422,17 @@ def fix_darwin_install_name(path):
                 if dep == os.path.basename(loc):
                     subprocess.Popen(["install_name_tool", "-change",dep,loc,lib], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
                     break
+
+
+def find_library_path(libname, *paths):
+    """Searches for a file called <libname> in each path.
+
+    Return:
+      directory where the library was found, if found.  None otherwise.
+
+    """
+    for path in paths:
+        library = join_path(path, libname)
+        if os.path.exists(library):
+            return path
+    return None