galaxy:~>spack -d -v mirror list                                                                      
==> Reading config file /local/cjn/.spack/linux/mirrors.yaml                                         
local_filesystem    file:///ROWAN/group/pts/spack_mirror/spack-mirror-2017-01-24

galaxy:~>spack -d -v install zlib
==> Reading config file /ROWAN/group/prod/LINUX_WORKSTATION/acs/spack/spack-0.10.0/etc/spack/defaults/packages.yaml
==> READ LOCK: /local/cjn/.spack/cache/providers/.builtin-index.yaml.lock[0:0] [Acquiring]
==> READ LOCK: /local/cjn/.spack/cache/providers/.builtin-index.yaml.lock[0:0] [Released]
==> Reading config file /local/cjn/.spack/linux/compilers.yaml
==> READ LOCK: /ROWAN/group/prod/LINUX_WORKSTATION/acs/spack/spack-0.10.0/opt/spack/.spack-db/prefix_lock[3332486004197984765:1] [Acquiring]
==> READ LOCK: /ROWAN/group/prod/LINUX_WORKSTATION/acs/spack/spack-0.10.0/opt/spack/.spack-db/prefix_lock[3332486004197984765:1] [Released]
==> Installing zlib
==> Error: AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'add_default_arg'
/ROWAN/group/prod/LINUX_WORKSTATION/acs/spack/spack-0.10.0/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py:567, in child_execution:
     547      def child_execution(child_connection, input_stream):
     548          try:
     549              setup_package(pkg, dirty=dirty)
     550              function(input_stream)
     551              child_connection.send(None)
     552          except StopIteration as e:
     553              # StopIteration is used to stop installations
     554              # before the final stage, mainly for debug purposes
     555              tty.msg(e.message)
    556              child_connection.send(None)
     557          except:
     558              # catch ANYTHING that goes wrong in the child process
     559              exc_type, exc, tb = sys.exc_info()
     560  
     561              # Need to unwind the traceback in the child because traceback
     562              # objects can't be sent to the parent.
     563              tb_string = traceback.format_exc()
     564  
     565              # build up some context from the offending package so we can
     566              # show that, too.
  >> 567              package_context = get_package_context(tb)
     568  
     569              build_log = None
     570              if hasattr(pkg, 'log_path'):
     571                  build_log = pkg.log_path
     572  
     573              # make a pickleable exception to send to parent.
     574              msg = "%s: %s" % (str(exc_type.__name__), str(exc))
     575  
     576              ce = ChildError(msg, tb_string, build_log, package_context)
     577              child_connection.send(ce)
     578  
     579          finally:
     580              child_connection.close()


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/ROWAN/group/prod/LINUX_WORKSTATION/acs/spack/spack-0.10.0/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py", line 549, in child_execution
    setup_package(pkg, dirty=dirty)
  File "/ROWAN/group/prod/LINUX_WORKSTATION/acs/spack/spack-0.10.0/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py", line 492, in setup_package
    set_compiler_environment_variables(pkg, spack_env)
  File "/ROWAN/group/prod/LINUX_WORKSTATION/acs/spack/spack-0.10.0/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py", line 227, in set_compiler_environment_variables
    load_module(mod)
  File "/ROWAN/group/prod/LINUX_WORKSTATION/acs/spack/spack-0.10.0/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py", line 129, in load_module
    modulecmd.add_default_arg('python')
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'add_default_arg'