Hashing: force hash consistency for values read from config (#18446)

The 'external_modules' attribute on a Spec, when read from a YAML
configuration file, may contain extra formatting that is lost when
that Spec is written-to/read-from JSON format. This was resulting in
a hashing instability (when the Spec was read back, it would report a
different hash). This commit adds a function which removes the extra
formatting from 'external_modules' as it is passed to the Spec in
__init__ to ensure a consistent hash.

lib/spack/spack/spec.py

@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ def __init__(self, spec_like=None,
         self._normal = normal
         self._concrete = concrete
         self.external_path = external_path
-        self.external_modules = external_modules
+        self.external_modules = Spec._format_module_list(external_modules)
         self._full_hash = full_hash
 
         # This attribute is used to store custom information for
@@ -1025,6 +1025,24 @@ def __init__(self, spec_like=None,
         elif spec_like is not None:
             raise TypeError("Can't make spec out of %s" % type(spec_like))
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _format_module_list(modules):
+        """Return a module list that is suitable for YAML serialization
+        and hash computation.
+
+        Given a module list, possibly read from a configuration file,
+        return an object that serializes to a consistent YAML string
+        before/after round-trip serialization to/from a Spec dictionary
+        (stored in JSON format): when read in, the module list may
+        contain YAML formatting that is discarded (non-essential)
+        when stored as a Spec dictionary; we take care in this function
+        to discard such formatting such that the Spec hash does not
+        change before/after storage in JSON.
+        """
+        if modules:
+            modules = list(modules)
+        return modules
+
     @property
     def external(self):
         return bool(self.external_path) or bool(self.external_modules)
@@ -1383,8 +1401,8 @@ def _spec_hash(self, hash):
         """
         # TODO: curently we strip build dependencies by default.  Rethink
         # this when we move to using package hashing on all specs.
-        yaml_text = syaml.dump(
+        node_dict = self.to_node_dict(hash=hash)
-            self.to_node_dict(hash=hash), default_flow_style=True)
+        yaml_text = syaml.dump(node_dict, default_flow_style=True)
         sha = hashlib.sha1(yaml_text.encode('utf-8'))
         b32_hash = base64.b32encode(sha.digest()).lower()
 

lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/env.py

@@ -2154,3 +2154,38 @@ def test_can_update_attributes_with_override(tmpdir):
 
     # Check that an update does not raise
     env('update', '-y', str(abspath.dirname))
+
+
+@pytest.mark.regression('18338')
+def test_newline_in_commented_sequence_is_not_an_issue(tmpdir):
+    spack_yaml = """
+spack:
+  specs:
+  - dyninst
+  packages:
+    libelf:
+      externals:
+      - spec: libelf@0.8.13
+        modules:
+        - libelf/3.18.1
+
+  concretization: together
+"""
+    abspath = tmpdir.join('spack.yaml')
+    abspath.write(spack_yaml)
+
+    def extract_build_hash(environment):
+        _, dyninst = next(iter(environment.specs_by_hash.items()))
+        return dyninst['libelf'].build_hash()
+
+    # Concretize a first time and create a lockfile
+    with ev.Environment(str(tmpdir)) as e:
+        concretize()
+        libelf_first_hash = extract_build_hash(e)
+
+    # Check that a second run won't error
+    with ev.Environment(str(tmpdir)) as e:
+        concretize()
+        libelf_second_hash = extract_build_hash(e)
+
+    assert libelf_first_hash == libelf_second_hash