spack/lib
Jordan Galby 0d6a2381b2
Fix JSONDecodeError when using compiler modules (#25624)
When using modules for compiler (and/or external package), if a
package's `setup_[dependent_]build_environment` sets `PYTHONHOME`, it
can influence the python subprocess executed to gather module
information.

The error seen was:

```
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
```

But the actual hidden error happened in the `python -c 'import
json...'` subprocess, which made it return an empty string as json:

```
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'encodings'
```

This fix uses `python -E` to ignore `PYTHONHOME` and
`PYTHONPATH`. Should be safe here because the python subprocess code
only use packages built-in python.

The python subprocess in `environment.py` was also patched to be safe
and consistent.
2021-10-03 16:10:33 +02:00
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spack Fix JSONDecodeError when using compiler modules (#25624) 2021-10-03 16:10:33 +02:00