Spack v1.0: not choosing external package #51237
Description
Steps to reproduce
The behaviour between Spack v0.22.5 and v1.0 appears to have changed in terms of external packages.
packages.yaml:
packages:
cmake:
externals:
- spec: [email protected]
prefix: /apps/cmake/3.24.2
- spec: [email protected]
prefix: /apps/cmake/3.31.6
buildable: false$ spack env activate -p access-test
$ spack concretize -f
==> Fetching https://ghcr.io/v2/spack/bootstrap-buildcache-v1/blobs/sha256:232504c082b9badb4b1c2540f36f2e0c28f8f314f742262935e82aef0c049a0c
==> Fetching https://ghcr.io/v2/spack/bootstrap-buildcache-v1/blobs/sha256:90b7cf4dd98e26c58578ad8604738cc32dfbb228cfb981bdfe103c99d0e7b5dd
==> Installing "clingo-bootstrap@=spack~docs+ipo+optimized+python+static_libstdcpp build_system=cmake build_type=Release generator=make patches:=bebb819,ec99431 arch=linux-centos7-x86_64" from a buildcache
==> Warning: The default behavior of tarfile extraction has been changed to disallow common exploits (including CVE-2007-4559). By default, absolute/parent paths are disallowed and some mode bits are cleared. See https://access.redhat.com/articles/7004769 for more details.
==> Error: failed to concretize `[email protected]=2025.06.001` for the following reasons:
1. cannot satisfy a requirement for package 'cmake'.However, if I add:
$ git diff
diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index cff8cfd..9e5e175 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ spack:
gcc-runtime:
require:
- '%gcc'
+ cmake:
+ require:
+ - '@3.31.6'
# When using multi-HPC builds, this spack.packages.all section can be commented out.
all:
require:[access-test] $ spack concretize -f
==> Concretized 1 spec:
- tzsmekb [email protected]=2025.06.001+mpi build_system=bundle commit=ad752e79c09641bf88a3eddf291a48a2c4f2c842 arch=linux-rocky8-x86_64
- hh3me77 ^access-test-component@main~ipo+mpi build_system=cmake build_type=Release commit=a20fc23a548d3e712f4810f61d7c7501a494c022 generator=make arch=linux-rocky8-x86_64 %[email protected]
[e] g7rjfeh ^[email protected]~doc+ncurses+ownlibs~qtgui build_system=generic build_type=Release patches:=fdea723 arch=linux-rocky8-x86_64_v4
- frteov3 ^[email protected] build_system=generic arch=linux-rocky8-x86_64
[e] 2qfauaq ^[email protected]~binutils+bootstrap~graphite~mold~nvptx~piclibs~profiled~strip build_system=autotools build_type=RelWithDebInfo languages:='c,c++,fortran' arch=linux-rocky8-x86_64
- 4udwuf4 ^[email protected] build_system=generic arch=linux-rocky8-x86_64
[e] vuczjrb ^[email protected] build_system=autotools arch=linux-rocky8-x86_64
- q3hqtxt ^[email protected]~guile build_system=generic arch=linux-rocky8-x86_64 %[email protected]
[e] hxuiquw ^[email protected] build_system=generic arch=linux-rocky8-x86_64
[e] g5lm4ia ^[email protected]+atomics~cuda~cxx~cxx_exceptions~debug+fortran~gpfs~internal-hwloc~internal-libevent~internal-pmix~ipv6~java~lustre~memchecker~openshmem~orterunprefix~rocm+romio+rsh~singularity~static~two_level_namespace+vt+wrapper-rpath build_system=autotools fabrics:=none romio-filesystem:=none schedulers:=none arch=linux-rocky8-x86_64 Error message
$ spack --debug --stacktrace concretize -f
lib/spack/spack/cmd/__init__.py:125 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:12.366603] Imported concretize from built-in commands
lib/spack/spack/cmd/__init__.py:125 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:12.370023] Imported concretize from built-in commands
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:12.444456] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/environments/access-test/spack.yaml
lib/spack/spack/environment/environment.py:249 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:12.463439] Deactivated environment 'access-test'
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:12.500493] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/defaults/repos.yaml
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:12.509764] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/repos.yaml
lib/spack/spack/environment/environment.py:222 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:12.525984] Using environment 'access-test'
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:12.526806] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/defaults/concretizer.yaml
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:12.545648] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/concretizer.yaml
lib/spack/spack/database.py:611 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:12.637180] DATABASE LOCK TIMEOUT: 600s
lib/spack/spack/store.py:181 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:12.637767] PACKAGE LOCK TIMEOUT: No timeout
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:12.640202] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/defaults/base/packages.yaml
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:12.700016] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/packages.yaml
lib/spack/spack/database.py:611 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:18.690342] DATABASE LOCK TIMEOUT: 600s
lib/spack/spack/store.py:181 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:18.690971] PACKAGE LOCK TIMEOUT: No timeout
lib/spack/spack/database.py:611 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:18.700531] DATABASE LOCK TIMEOUT: 600s
lib/spack/spack/store.py:181 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:18.701039] PACKAGE LOCK TIMEOUT: No timeout
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:18.983581] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/defaults/mirrors.yaml
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.210026] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/defaults/bootstrap.yaml
lib/spack/spack/environment/environment.py:249 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.231552] Deactivated environment 'access-test'
lib/spack/spack/bootstrap/config.py:127 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.235973] [BOOTSTRAP CONFIG SCOPE] name=_builtin
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.237190] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/defaults/bootstrap.yaml
lib/spack/spack/bootstrap/config.py:136 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.246529] [BOOTSTRAP CONFIG SCOPE] name=defaults, path=/[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/defaults
lib/spack/spack/bootstrap/config.py:136 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.246748] [BOOTSTRAP CONFIG SCOPE] name=bootstrap, path=/[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/bootstrap/config
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.247630] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/defaults/include.yaml
lib/spack/spack/config.py:866 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.251064] Creating DirectoryConfigScope defaults:linux for '/[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/defaults/linux'
lib/spack/spack/config.py:866 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.251438] Creating DirectoryConfigScope defaults:base for '/[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/defaults/base'
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.254513] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.276427] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/bootstrap/config/config.yaml
lib/spack/spack/database.py:611 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.289056] DATABASE LOCK TIMEOUT: 600s
lib/spack/spack/store.py:181 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.289315] PACKAGE LOCK TIMEOUT: No timeout
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.361651] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/defaults/base/packages.yaml
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.422745] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/bootstrap/config/packages.yaml
lib/spack/spack/bootstrap/_common.py:239 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.507705] [BOOTSTRAP ROOT SPEC] clingo-bootstrap@spack+python platform=linux target=x86_64
lib/spack/spack/bootstrap/core.py:358 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.508300] [BOOTSTRAP MODULE clingo] Try importing from Python
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.510070] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/defaults/bootstrap.yaml
lib/spack/spack/bootstrap/_common.py:97 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.563645] [BOOTSTRAP MODULE clingo] The installed spec "clingo-bootstrap@spack+python platform=linux target=x86_64 ^[email protected]/a4oyom2bc4go3floq7jlymc2l745w7vl" provides the "clingo" Python module
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.565069] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/defaults/config.yaml
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.587925] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/config.yaml
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.592952] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/defaults/repos.yaml
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.597120] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/repos.yaml
lib/spack/spack/environment/environment.py:222 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.603350] Using environment 'access-test'
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.613826] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/defaults/base/packages.yaml
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:19.699002] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/packages.yaml
lib/spack/spack/solver/asp.py:3598 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:20.113208] the spec [email protected]/5z3r7zdqd4qm7dghzbkjuip6zh4xvpiy does not provide a C compiler.
lib/spack/spack/solver/asp.py:3598 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:20.120459] the spec [email protected]/ywm7olzdrnskvmlzuz7egldvsmd2ammq does not provide a C compiler.
lib/spack/spack/solver/asp.py:3598 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:20.127049] the spec [email protected]/wdnpbv6kshw6vchypxbnlfhqghbt73q6 does not provide a C compiler.
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:20.795166] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/defaults/concretizer.yaml
lib/spack/spack/config.py:1189 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:20.828195] Reading config from file /[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/etc/spack/concretizer.yaml
lib/spack/spack/solver/input_analysis.py:94 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:21.227965] [spack.solver.input_analysis] msmpi is not for this platform
lib/spack/spack/solver/input_analysis.py:94 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:22.417128] [spack.solver.input_analysis] apple-libuuid is not for this platform
lib/spack/spack/solver/input_analysis.py:94 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:22.809900] [spack.solver.input_analysis] nvpl-blas is not for this platform
lib/spack/spack/solver/input_analysis.py:94 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:22.903454] [spack.solver.input_analysis] veclibfort is not for this platform
lib/spack/spack/solver/input_analysis.py:94 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:22.940576] [spack.solver.input_analysis] nvpl-lapack is not for this platform
lib/spack/spack/solver/input_analysis.py:94 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:23.570064] [spack.solver.input_analysis] wgl is not for this platform
lib/spack/spack/solver/input_analysis.py:94 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:23.576464] [spack.solver.input_analysis] apple-gl is not for this platform
lib/spack/spack/solver/input_analysis.py:94 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:24.910138] [spack.solver.input_analysis] apple-libunwind is not for this platform
lib/spack/spack/solver/input_analysis.py:94 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:26.165869] [spack.solver.input_analysis] apple-clang is not for this platform
lib/spack/spack/solver/input_analysis.py:94 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:26.173517] [spack.solver.input_analysis] msvc is not for this platform
lib/spack/spack/solver/asp.py:2313 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:29.341013] [spack.solver.asp]: not considering intel-oneapi-compilers-classic@=2021.13.1 as external, since it's a non-working compiler
lib/spack/spack/solver/asp.py:2313 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:29.341401] [spack.solver.asp]: not considering intel-oneapi-compilers-classic@=2021.13.0 as external, since it's a non-working compiler
lib/spack/spack/solver/asp.py:2313 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:29.341762] [spack.solver.asp]: not considering intel-oneapi-compilers-classic@=2021.11.1 as external, since it's a non-working compiler
lib/spack/spack/solver/requirements.py:230 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:29.425482] [spack.solver.requirements] Rejecting '%[email protected]' for compiler package acfl
lib/spack/spack/solver/requirements.py:230 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:29.499507] [spack.solver.requirements] Rejecting '%[email protected]' for compiler package aocc
lib/spack/spack/solver/requirements.py:230 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:30.036021] [spack.solver.requirements] Rejecting '%[email protected]' for compiler package cce
lib/spack/spack/solver/requirements.py:230 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:30.163977] [spack.solver.requirements] Rejecting '%[email protected]' for compiler package compiler-wrapper
lib/spack/spack/solver/requirements.py:230 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:30.727787] [spack.solver.requirements] Rejecting '%[email protected]' for compiler package fj
lib/spack/spack/solver/requirements.py:230 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:30.974241] [spack.solver.requirements] Rejecting '%[email protected]' for compiler package gcc
lib/spack/spack/solver/requirements.py:230 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:31.359556] [spack.solver.requirements] Rejecting '%[email protected]' for compiler package glibc
lib/spack/spack/solver/requirements.py:230 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:32.376099] [spack.solver.requirements] Rejecting '%[email protected]' for compiler package intel-oneapi-compilers
lib/spack/spack/solver/requirements.py:230 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:32.390365] [spack.solver.requirements] Rejecting '%[email protected]' for compiler package intel-oneapi-compilers-classic
lib/spack/spack/solver/requirements.py:230 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:32.439358] [spack.solver.requirements] Rejecting '%[email protected]' for compiler package intel-oneapi-runtime
lib/spack/spack/solver/requirements.py:230 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:34.517293] [spack.solver.requirements] Rejecting '%[email protected]' for compiler package llvm
lib/spack/spack/solver/requirements.py:230 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:34.552188] [spack.solver.requirements] Rejecting '%[email protected]' for compiler package llvm-amdgpu
lib/spack/spack/solver/requirements.py:230 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:35.165367] [spack.solver.requirements] Rejecting '%[email protected]' for compiler package musl
lib/spack/spack/solver/requirements.py:230 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:35.479983] [spack.solver.requirements] Rejecting '%[email protected]' for compiler package nag
lib/spack/spack/solver/requirements.py:230 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:35.902033] [spack.solver.requirements] Rejecting '%[email protected]' for compiler package nvhpc
lib/spack/spack/solver/requirements.py:230 ==> [2025-08-28-02:07:39.997463] [spack.solver.requirements] Rejecting '%[email protected]' for compiler package xl
lib/spack/spack/main.py:1097 ==> [2025-08-28-02:08:03.227681] UnsatisfiableSpecError: failed to concretize `[email protected]=2025.06.001` for the following reasons:
1. cannot satisfy a requirement for package 'cmake'.
lib/spack/spack/error.py:58 ==> [2025-08-28-02:08:03.543721] Error: failed to concretize `[email protected]=2025.06.001` for the following reasons:
1. cannot satisfy a requirement for package 'cmake'.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/lib/spack/spack/main.py", line 1090, in main
return _main(argv)
File "/[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/lib/spack/spack/main.py", line 1042, in _main
return finish_parse_and_run(parser, cmd_name, args, env_format_error)
File "/[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/lib/spack/spack/main.py", line 1073, in finish_parse_and_run
return _invoke_command(command, parser, args, unknown)
File "/[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/lib/spack/spack/main.py", line 591, in _invoke_command
return_val = command(parser, args)
File "/[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/lib/spack/spack/cmd/concretize.py", line 44, in concretize
concretized_specs = env.concretize(tests=tests)
File "/[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/lib/spack/spack/environment/environment.py", line 1470, in concretize
return self._concretize_together(tests=tests)
File "/[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/lib/spack/spack/environment/environment.py", line 1576, in _concretize_together
specs_to_concretize, tests=tests
File "/[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/lib/spack/spack/concretize.py", line 54, in concretize_together
concrete_specs = _concretize_specs_together(to_concretize, tests=tests)
File "/[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/lib/spack/spack/concretize.py", line 37, in _concretize_specs_together
result = Solver().solve(abstract_specs, tests=tests, allow_deprecated=allow_deprecated)
File "/[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/lib/spack/spack/solver/asp.py", line 4899, in solve
result, _, _ = self.solve_with_stats(specs, **kwargs)
File "/[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/lib/spack/spack/solver/asp.py", line 4890, in solve_with_stats
setup, specs, reuse=reusable_specs, output=output, allow_deprecated=allow_deprecated
File "/[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/lib/spack/spack/solver/asp.py", line 1249, in solve
error_handler.raise_if_errors()
File "/[...]/test-spack-v1.0-2/spack/lib/spack/spack/solver/asp.py", line 1101, in raise_if_errors
raise UnsatisfiableSpecError(msg)
spack.solver.asp.UnsatisfiableSpecError: failed to concretize `[email protected]=2025.06.001` for the following reasons:
1. cannot satisfy a requirement for package 'cmake'.Information on your system
- Spack: 1.0.1 (17d3428)
- Builtin repo: spack/spack-packages@60517d1
- Python: 3.6.8
- Platform: linux-rocky8-cascadelake
General information
- I have run
spack debug reportand reported the version of Spack/Python/Platform - I have searched the issues of this repo and believe this is not a duplicate
- I have run the failing commands in debug mode and reported the output