Quick fix for relocation issues.

lib/spack/spack/binary_distribution.py

@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 import spack.relocate as relocate
 
 
+_relocation_blacklist = (".spack", "man")
+
+
 class NoOverwriteException(Exception):
     pass
 
@@ -95,18 +98,14 @@ def read_buildinfo_file(prefix):
     return buildinfo
 
 
-def write_buildinfo_file(prefix, rel=False):
+def _find_relocations(prefix):
-    """
-    Create a cache file containing information
-    required for the relocation
-    """
     text_to_relocate = []
     binary_to_relocate = []
-    blacklist = (".spack", "man")
     # Do this at during tarball creation to save time when tarball unpacked.
     # Used by make_package_relative to determine binaries to change.
     for root, dirs, files in os.walk(prefix, topdown=True):
-        dirs[:] = [d for d in dirs if d not in blacklist]
+        dirs[:] = [d for d in dirs if d not in _relocation_blacklist]
+
         for filename in files:
             path_name = os.path.join(root, filename)
             filetype = relocate.get_filetype(path_name)
@@ -117,6 +116,16 @@ def write_buildinfo_file(prefix, rel=False):
                 rel_path_name = os.path.relpath(path_name, prefix)
                 text_to_relocate.append(rel_path_name)
 
+    return text_to_relocate, binary_to_relocate
+
+
+def write_buildinfo_file(prefix, rel=False):
+    """
+    Create a cache file containing information
+    required for the relocation
+    """
+    text_to_relocate, binary_to_relocate = _find_relocations(prefix)
+
     # Create buildinfo data and write it to disk
     buildinfo = {}
     buildinfo['relative_rpaths'] = rel
@@ -354,18 +363,28 @@ def relocate_package(prefix):
     if new_path == old_path and not rel:
         return
 
+    text_relocs = buildinfo['relocate_textfiles']
+    binary_relocs = buildinfo['relocate_binaries']
+
+    # if there are no relocations, search for them instead
+    # TODO: revisit this in a 0.11 point release
+    if not text_relocs or not binary_relocs:
+        text_relocs, binary_relocs = _find_relocations(prefix)
+        rel = False
+
     tty.msg("Relocating package from",
             "%s to %s." % (old_path, new_path))
     path_names = set()
-    for filename in buildinfo['relocate_textfiles']:
+    for filename in text_relocs:
         path_name = os.path.join(prefix, filename)
         path_names.add(path_name)
     relocate.relocate_text(path_names, old_path, new_path)
+
     # If the binary files in the package were not edited to use
     # relative RPATHs, then the RPATHs need to be relocated
     if not rel:
         path_names = set()
-        for filename in buildinfo['relocate_binaries']:
+        for filename in binary_relocs:
             path_name = os.path.join(prefix, filename)
             path_names.add(path_name)
         relocate.relocate_binary(path_names, old_path, new_path)

lib/spack/spack/relocate.py

@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ def needs_binary_relocation(filetype):
     retval = False
     if "relocatable" in filetype:
         return False
-    if "link" in filetype:
+    if "symbolic link" in filetype:
         return False
     if platform.system() == 'Darwin':
         return ('Mach-O' in filetype)