diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed2012d208..d6e0d3e60c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 .DS_Store
 .idea
 /etc/spackconfig
+/share/spack/dotkit
diff --git a/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/__init__.py b/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/__init__.py
index 3f413cd46e..40cae11200 100644
--- a/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/__init__.py
@@ -51,12 +51,14 @@ def msg(message, *args):
 
 def info(message, *args, **kwargs):
     format = kwargs.get('format', '*b')
-    cprint("@%s{==>} %s" % (format, cescape(str(message))))
+    stream = kwargs.get('stream', sys.stdout)
+
+    cprint("@%s{==>} %s" % (format, cescape(str(message))), stream=stream)
     for arg in args:
         lines = textwrap.wrap(
             str(arg), initial_indent=indent, subsequent_indent=indent)
         for line in lines:
-            print line
+            stream.write(line + '\n')
 
 
 def verbose(message, *args):
@@ -66,15 +68,15 @@ def verbose(message, *args):
 
 def debug(message, *args):
     if _debug:
-        info(message, *args, format='g')
+        info(message, *args, format='g', stream=sys.stderr)
 
 
 def error(message, *args):
-    info("Error: " + str(message), *args, format='*r')
+    info("Error: " + str(message), *args, format='*r', stream=sys.stderr)
 
 
 def warn(message, *args):
-    info("Warning: " + str(message), *args, format='*Y')
+    info("Warning: " + str(message), *args, format='*Y', stream=sys.stderr)
 
 
 def die(message, *args):
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py b/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
index 58796d8854..d0cf8804ba 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
@@ -53,9 +53,12 @@
 module_path    = join_path(lib_path, "spack")
 compilers_path = join_path(module_path, "compilers")
 test_path      = join_path(module_path, "test")
+hooks_path     = join_path(module_path, "hooks")
 var_path       = join_path(prefix, "var", "spack")
 stage_path     = join_path(var_path, "stage")
 install_path   = join_path(prefix, "opt")
+share_path     = join_path(prefix, "share", "spack")
+dotkit_path    = join_path(share_path, "dotkit")
 
 #
 # Set up the packages database.
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@
 
 # Version information
 from spack.version import Version
-spack_version = Version("1.0")
+spack_version = Version("0.8")
 
 #
 # Executables used by Spack
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/dotkit.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/dotkit.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a691ae5c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/dotkit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Written by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://scalability-llnl.github.io/spack
+# Please also see the LICENSE file for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1 dated February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+import sys
+import os
+import shutil
+import argparse
+
+import llnl.util.tty as tty
+from llnl.util.lang import partition_list
+from llnl.util.filesystem import mkdirp
+
+import spack.cmd
+import spack.hooks.dotkit
+from spack.spec import Spec
+
+
+description ="Find dotkits for packages if they exist."
+
+def setup_parser(subparser):
+    subparser.add_argument(
+        '--refresh', action='store_true', help='Regenerate all dotkits')
+
+    subparser.add_argument(
+        'spec', nargs=argparse.REMAINDER, help='spec to find a dotkit for.')
+
+
+def dotkit_find(parser, args):
+    if not args.spec:
+        parser.parse_args(['dotkit', '-h'])
+
+    spec = spack.cmd.parse_specs(args.spec)
+    if len(spec) > 1:
+        tty.die("You can only pass one spec.")
+    spec = spec[0]
+
+    if not spack.db.exists(spec.name):
+        tty.die("No such package: %s" % spec.name)
+
+    specs = [s for s in spack.db.installed_package_specs() if s.satisfies(spec)]
+
+    if len(specs) == 0:
+        tty.die("No installed packages match spec %s" % spec)
+
+    if len(specs) > 1:
+        tty.error("Multiple matches for spec %s.  Choose one:" % spec)
+        for s in specs:
+            sys.stderr.write(s.tree(color=True))
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    match = specs[0]
+    if not os.path.isfile(spack.hooks.dotkit.dotkit_file(match.package)):
+        tty.die("No dotkit is installed for package %s." % spec)
+
+    print match.format('$_$@$+$%@$=$#')
+
+
+def dotkit_refresh(parser, args):
+    query_specs = spack.cmd.parse_specs(args.spec)
+
+    specs = spack.db.installed_package_specs()
+    if query_specs:
+        specs = [s for s in specs
+                 if any(s.satisfies(q) for q in query_specs)]
+    else:
+        shutil.rmtree(spack.dotkit_path, ignore_errors=False)
+        mkdirp(spack.dotkit_path)
+
+    for spec in specs:
+        spack.hooks.dotkit.post_install(spec.package)
+
+
+
+def dotkit(parser, args):
+    if args.refresh:
+        dotkit_refresh(parser, args)
+    else:
+        dotkit_find(parser, args)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/find.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/find.py
index 08cfb5af96..7f2bce119e 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/find.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/find.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 # Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 ##############################################################################
+import sys
 import collections
 import argparse
 from StringIO import StringIO
@@ -37,12 +38,14 @@
 description ="Find installed spack packages"
 
 def setup_parser(subparser):
-    subparser.add_argument(
+    format_group = subparser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+    format_group.add_argument(
         '-p', '--paths', action='store_true', dest='paths',
         help='Show paths to package install directories')
-    subparser.add_argument(
+    format_group.add_argument(
         '-l', '--long', action='store_true', dest='full_specs',
         help='Show full-length specs of installed packages')
+
     subparser.add_argument(
         'query_specs', nargs=argparse.REMAINDER,
         help='optional specs to filter results')
@@ -56,13 +59,16 @@ def find(parser, args):
 
     if nonexisting:
         msg = "No such package%s: " % ('s' if len(nonexisting) > 1 else '')
-        tty.msg(msg + ", ".join(s.name for s in nonexisting))
+        msg += ", ".join(s.name for s in nonexisting)
+        tty.msg(msg)
+
         if not query_specs:
             return
 
-    # Make a dict with specs keyed by architecture and compiler.
     specs = [s for s in spack.db.installed_package_specs()
              if not query_specs or any(s.satisfies(q) for q in query_specs)]
+
+    # Make a dict with specs keyed by architecture and compiler.
     index = index_by(specs, 'architecture', 'compiler')
 
     # Traverse the index and print out each package
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/unuse.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/unuse.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a31e16d11a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/unuse.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Written by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://scalability-llnl.github.io/spack
+# Please also see the LICENSE file for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1 dated February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+import argparse
+import spack.cmd.use
+
+description ="Remove package from environment using dotkit."
+
+def setup_parser(subparser):
+    subparser.add_argument(
+        'spec', nargs=argparse.REMAINDER, help='Spec of package to remove.')
+
+
+def unuse(parser, args):
+    spack.cmd.use.print_help()
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/use.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/use.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10a0644df8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/use.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Written by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://scalability-llnl.github.io/spack
+# Please also see the LICENSE file for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1 dated February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+import argparse
+import llnl.util.tty as tty
+import spack
+
+description ="Add package to environment using dotkit."
+
+def setup_parser(subparser):
+    subparser.add_argument(
+        'spec', nargs=argparse.REMAINDER, help='Spec of package to add.')
+
+
+def print_help():
+    tty.msg("Spack dotkit support is not initialized.",
+            "",
+            "To use dotkit with Spack, you must first run the command",
+            "below, which you can copy and paste:",
+            "",
+            "For bash:",
+            "    . %s/setup-env.bash" % spack.share_path,
+            "",
+            "ksh/csh/tcsh shells are currently unsupported",
+            "")
+
+
+def use(parser, args):
+    print_help()
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/hooks/__init__.py b/lib/spack/spack/hooks/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f0d574e49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/hooks/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Written by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://scalability-llnl.github.io/spack
+# Please also see the LICENSE file for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1 dated February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+"""This package contains modules with hooks for various stages in the
+   Spack install process.  You can add modules here and they'll be
+   executaed by package at various times during the package lifecycle.
+
+   Each hook is just a function that takes a package as a parameter.
+   Hooks are not executed in any particular order.
+
+   Currently the following hooks are supported:
+
+      * post_install()
+      * post_uninstall()
+
+   This can be used to implement support for things like module
+   systems (e.g. modules, dotkit, etc.) or to add other custom
+   features.
+"""
+import imp
+from llnl.util.lang import memoized, list_modules
+from llnl.util.filesystem import join_path
+import spack
+
+@memoized
+def all_hook_modules():
+    modules = []
+    for name in list_modules(spack.hooks_path):
+        path = join_path(spack.hooks_path, name) + ".py"
+        modules.append(imp.load_source('spack.hooks', path))
+    return modules
+
+
+class HookRunner(object):
+    def __init__(self, hook_name):
+        self.hook_name = hook_name
+
+    def __call__(self, pkg):
+        for module in all_hook_modules():
+            if hasattr(module, self.hook_name):
+                hook = getattr(module, self.hook_name)
+                if hasattr(hook, '__call__'):
+                    hook(pkg)
+
+
+#
+# Define some functions that can be called to fire off hooks.
+#
+post_install = HookRunner('post_install')
+post_uninstall = HookRunner('post_uninstall')
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/hooks/dotkit.py b/lib/spack/spack/hooks/dotkit.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9920e3622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/hooks/dotkit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Written by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://scalability-llnl.github.io/spack
+# Please also see the LICENSE file for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1 dated February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+import os
+import re
+import textwrap
+import shutil
+from contextlib import closing
+
+from llnl.util.filesystem import join_path
+
+import spack
+
+
+def dotkit_file(pkg):
+    dk_file_name = pkg.spec.format('$_$@$%@$+$=$#') + ".dk"
+    return join_path(spack.dotkit_path, dk_file_name)
+
+
+def post_install(pkg):
+    if not os.path.exists(spack.dotkit_path):
+        mkdirp(spack.dotkit_path)
+
+    alterations = []
+    for var, path in [
+        ('PATH', pkg.prefix.bin),
+        ('MANPATH', pkg.prefix.man),
+        ('MANPATH', pkg.prefix.share_man),
+        ('LD_LIBRARY_PATH', pkg.prefix.lib),
+        ('LD_LIBRARY_PATH', pkg.prefix.lib64)]:
+
+        if os.path.isdir(path):
+            alterations.append("dk_alter %s %s\n" % (var, path))
+
+    if not alterations:
+        return
+
+    alterations.append("dk_alter CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH %s\n" % pkg.prefix)
+
+    dk_file = dotkit_file(pkg)
+    with closing(open(dk_file, 'w')) as dk:
+        # Put everything in the spack category.
+        dk.write('#c spack\n')
+
+        dk.write('#d %s\n' % pkg.spec.format("$_ $@"))
+
+        # Recycle the description
+        if pkg.__doc__:
+            doc = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', pkg.__doc__)
+            for line in textwrap.wrap(doc, 72):
+                dk.write("#h %s\n" % line)
+
+        # Write alterations
+        for alter in alterations:
+            dk.write(alter)
+
+
+def post_uninstall(pkg):
+    dk_file = dotkit_file(pkg)
+    if os.path.exists(dk_file):
+        shutil.rmtree(dk_file, ignore_errors=True)
+
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/package.py b/lib/spack/spack/package.py
index da599037dd..f45ddeaa6d 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/package.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/package.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 import spack
 import spack.spec
 import spack.error
+import spack.hooks
 import spack.build_environment as build_env
 import spack.url as url
 from spack.version import *
@@ -495,7 +496,7 @@ def installed_dependents(self):
            on this one."""
         dependents = []
         for spec in spack.db.installed_package_specs():
-            if self.name in spec.dependencies:
+            if self in spec.dependencies:
                 dependents.append(spec)
         return dependents
 
@@ -703,6 +704,10 @@ def do_install(self, **kwargs):
             sys.exit(1)
 
 
+        # Once everything else is done, run post install hooks
+        spack.hooks.post_install(self)
+
+
     def do_install_dependencies(self):
         # Pass along paths of dependencies here
         for dep in self.spec.dependencies.values():
@@ -731,13 +736,17 @@ def do_uninstall(self, **kwargs):
 
         if not force:
             deps = self.installed_dependents
+            formatted_deps = [s.format('$_$@$%@$+$=$#') for s in deps]
             if deps: raise InstallError(
                 "Cannot uninstall %s. The following installed packages depend on it: %s"
-                % (self.spec, deps))
+                % (self.spec, formatted_deps))
 
         self.remove_prefix()
         tty.msg("Successfully uninstalled %s." % self.spec)
 
+        # Once everything else is done, run post install hooks
+        spack.hooks.post_uninstall(self)
+
 
     def do_clean(self):
         if self.stage.expanded_archive_path:
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/util/prefix.py b/lib/spack/spack/util/prefix.py
index 1b5ab5933f..7bd63c16ca 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/util/prefix.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/util/prefix.py
@@ -69,13 +69,25 @@ def __new__(cls, path):
         s.share   = join_path(s, 'share')
         s.doc     = join_path(s.share, 'doc')
         s.info    = join_path(s.share, 'info')
-        s.man     = join_path(s.share, 'man')
-        s.man1    = join_path(s.man, 'man1')
-        s.man2    = join_path(s.man, 'man2')
-        s.man3    = join_path(s.man, 'man3')
-        s.man4    = join_path(s.man, 'man4')
-        s.man5    = join_path(s.man, 'man5')
-        s.man6    = join_path(s.man, 'man6')
-        s.man7    = join_path(s.man, 'man7')
-        s.man8    = join_path(s.man, 'man8')
+
+        s.man  = join_path(s, 'man')
+        s.man1 = join_path(s.man, 'man1')
+        s.man2 = join_path(s.man, 'man2')
+        s.man3 = join_path(s.man, 'man3')
+        s.man4 = join_path(s.man, 'man4')
+        s.man5 = join_path(s.man, 'man5')
+        s.man6 = join_path(s.man, 'man6')
+        s.man7 = join_path(s.man, 'man7')
+        s.man8 = join_path(s.man, 'man8')
+
+        s.share_man  = join_path(s.share, 'man')
+        s.share_man1 = join_path(s.share_man, 'man1')
+        s.share_man2 = join_path(s.share_man, 'man2')
+        s.share_man3 = join_path(s.share_man, 'man3')
+        s.share_man4 = join_path(s.share_man, 'man4')
+        s.share_man5 = join_path(s.share_man, 'man5')
+        s.share_man6 = join_path(s.share_man, 'man6')
+        s.share_man7 = join_path(s.share_man, 'man7')
+        s.share_man8 = join_path(s.share_man, 'man8')
+
         return s
diff --git a/share/spack/setup-env.bash b/share/spack/setup-env.bash
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e22a259167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/spack/setup-env.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Written by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://scalability-llnl.github.io/spack
+# Please also see the LICENSE file for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1 dated February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+
+#
+#
+# This file is part of Spack and sets up the spack environment for
+# bash shells.  This includes dotkit support as well as putting spack
+# in your path.  Source it like this:
+#
+#    . /path/to/spack/share/spack/setup-env.bash
+#
+#
+
+
+########################################################################
+# This is a wrapper around the spack command that forwards calls to
+# 'spack use' and 'spack unuse' to shell functions.  This in turn
+# allows them to be used to invoke dotkit functions.
+#
+# 'spack use' is smarter than just 'use' because it converts its
+# arguments into a unique spack spec that is then passed to dotkit
+# commands.  This allows the user to use packages without knowing all
+# their installation details.
+#
+# e.g., rather than requring a full spec for libelf, the user can type:
+#
+#     spack use libelf
+#
+# This will first find the available libelf dotkits and use a
+# matching one.  If there are two versions of libelf, the user would
+# need to be more specific, e.g.:
+#
+#     spack use libelf@0.8.13
+#
+# This is very similar to how regular spack commands work and it
+# avoids the need to come up with a user-friendly naming scheme for
+# spack dotfiles.
+########################################################################
+function spack {
+    _spack_subcommand=$1; shift
+    _spack_spec="$@"
+
+    # Filter out use and unuse.  For any other commands, just run the
+    # command.
+    case $_spack_subcommand in
+        "use") ;;
+        "unuse") ;;
+        *)
+            command spack $_spack_subcommand "$@"
+            return
+            ;;
+    esac
+
+    # If no args or -h, just run that command as well.
+    if [ -z "$1" -o "$1" = "-h" ]; then
+        command spack $_spack_subcommand -h
+        return
+    fi
+
+    # Shift any other args for use off before parsing spec.
+    _spack_use_args=""
+    if [[ "$1" =~ ^- ]]; then
+        _spack_use_args="$1"; shift
+        _spack_spec="$@"
+    fi
+
+    # Here the user has run use or unuse with a spec.  Find a matching
+    # spec with a dotkit using spack dotkit, then use or unuse the
+    # result.  If spack dotkit comes back with an error, do nothing.
+    if _spack_full_spec=$(command spack dotkit $_spack_spec); then
+        $_spack_subcommand $_spack_use_args $_spack_full_spec
+    fi
+}
+
+########################################################################
+# Prepends directories to path, if they exist.
+#      pathadd /path/to/dir            # add to PATH
+# or   pathadd OTHERPATH /path/to/dir  # add to OTHERPATH
+########################################################################
+function _spack_pathadd {
+    # If no variable name is supplied, just append to PATH
+    # otherwise append to that variable.
+    varname=PATH
+    path="$1"
+    if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+        varname="$1"
+        path="$2"
+    fi
+
+    # Do the actual prepending here.
+    eval "oldvalue=\"\$$varname\""
+    if [ -d "$path" ] && [[ ":$oldvalue:" != *":$path:"* ]]; then
+        if [ -n "$oldvalue" ]; then
+            eval "export $varname=\"$path:$oldvalue\""
+        else
+            export $varname="$path"
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+
+#
+# Set up dotkit and path in the user environment
+#
+_spack_share_dir="$(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})"
+_spack_prefix="$(dirname $(dirname $_spack_share_dir))"
+
+_spack_pathadd DK_NODE "$_spack_share_dir/dotkit"
+_spack_pathadd PATH    "$_spack_prefix/bin"
+
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/libdwarf/package.py b/var/spack/packages/libdwarf/package.py
index 000187736c..abd6d1f4a1 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/libdwarf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/packages/libdwarf/package.py
@@ -29,6 +29,17 @@
 dwarf_dirs = ['libdwarf', 'dwarfdump2']
 
 class Libdwarf(Package):
+    """The DWARF Debugging Information Format is of interest to
+       programmers working on compilers and debuggers (and any one
+       interested in reading or writing DWARF information). It was
+       developed by a committee (known as the PLSIG at the time)
+       starting around 1991. Starting around 1991 SGI developed the
+       libdwarf and dwarfdump tools for internal use and as part of
+       SGI IRIX developer tools. Since that time dwarfdump and
+       libdwarf have been shipped (as an executable and archive
+       respectively, not source) with every release of the SGI
+       MIPS/IRIX C compiler."""
+
     homepage = "http://www.prevanders.net/dwarf.html"
     url      = "http://www.prevanders.net/libdwarf-20130729.tar.gz"
     list_url = homepage
diff --git a/var/spack/packages/tau/package.py b/var/spack/packages/tau/package.py
index 373c51c8b8..62c467b572 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/tau/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/packages/tau/package.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 from spack import *
 
+import os
+from llnl.util.filesystem import join_path
+
 class Tau(Package):
     """A portable profiling and tracing toolkit for performance
        analysis of parallel programs written in Fortran, C, C++, UPC,
@@ -18,3 +21,16 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
         # After that, it's relatively standard.
         configure("-prefix=%s" % prefix)
         make("install")
+
+        # Link arch-specific directories into prefix since there is
+        # only one arch per prefix the way spack installs.
+        self.link_tau_arch_dirs()
+
+
+    def link_tau_arch_dirs(self):
+        for subdir in os.listdir(self.prefix):
+            for d in ('bin', 'lib'):
+                src  = join_path(self.prefix, subdir, d)
+                dest = join_path(self.prefix, d)
+                if os.path.isdir(src) and not os.path.exists(dest):
+                    os.symlink(join_path(subdir, d), dest)