Going back to using dev-build command to see if that still works

scripts/devtools/tpl-manager.py

@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def build_deps(args):
           sexe("{0} spec --fresh -IL {1}@develop%{2} 2>&1 | tee -a \"spec-info-{2}-out.txt\"".format(spack_cmd, package_name, s))
 
         # Install only the dependencies for Spheral and create CMake configure file
-        sexe("{0} install --fail-fast --fresh -u initconfig \"{1}@develop%{2} dev_path=./\" 2>&1 | tee -a \"tpl-build-{2}-out.txt\"".format(spack_cmd, package_name, s))
+        sexe("{0} dev-build --fresh -u initconfig {1}@develop%{2} 2>&1 | tee -a \"tpl-build-{2}-out.txt\"".format(spack_cmd, package_name, s))
 
       if not args.no_clean:
         sexe("rm -f spec-info-* tpl-build-* spack-build-* spack-configure-args.txt")

scripts/spack/packages/spheral/package.py

@@ -98,12 +98,13 @@ def cache_name(self):
             hostname = hostname.rstrip('1234567890')
 
         envspec = os.environ.get("SPEC")
+        spec = self.spec
         if envspec:
           cache_spec = envspec
         else:
-          cache_spec = self.spec.compiler.name + "@" + self.spec.compiler.version
+          cache_spec = str(spec.compiler.name) + "@" + str(spec.compiler.version)
         return "{0}-{1}.cmake".format(
-            str(self._get_sys_type(self.spec)),
+            str(self._get_sys_type(spec)),
             cache_spec.replace(" ", "_")
         )
 
@@ -207,5 +208,10 @@ def build_dirname(self):
     @property
     def build_directory(self):
         """Full-path to the directory to use when building the package."""
-        return os.path.join(self.pkg.stage.path, self.build_dirname)
+        spec = self.spec
+        if spec.satisfies("@develop"):
+            dev_build_dir = "spack-build-" + str(spec.compiler.name) + "-" + str(spec.compiler.version)
+            return os.path.join(self.pkg.stage.source_path, build_dirname)
+        else:
+            return os.path.join(self.pkg.stage.path, self.build_dirname)