2 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/cmd/make.lua b/src/luarocks/cmd/make.lua
index d3d02814..bfdddb37 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/cmd/make.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/cmd/make.lua
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ This command is useful as a tool for debugging rockspecs.
 To install rocks, you'll normally want to use the "install" and
 "build" commands. See the help on those for details.
 
+NB: Use `luarocks install` with the `--only-deps` flag if you want to install
+only dependencies of the rockspec (see `luarocks help install`).
+
 --pack-binary-rock  Do not install rock. Instead, produce a .rock file
                     with the contents of compilation in the current
                     directory.
diff --git a/src/luarocks/repos.lua b/src/luarocks/repos.lua
index 14c26313..1abb5628 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/repos.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/repos.lua
@@ -446,4 +446,26 @@ function repos.which(name, version, item_type, item_name, repo)
    return deploy_path
 end
 
+--- Find full path to a file providing a module or a command
+-- in a package.
+-- @param name string: name of package.
+-- @param version string: exact package version in string format.
+-- @param item_type string: "module" or "command".
+-- @param item_name string: module or command name.
+-- @param root string or nil: A local root dir for a rocks tree. If not given, the default is used.
+-- @return string: absolute path to the file providing given module
+-- or command.
+function repos.which(name, version, item_type, item_name, repo)
+   local deploy_type, file_path = manif.get_providing_file(name, version, item_type, item_name, repo)
+   local non_versioned, versioned = get_deploy_paths(name, version, deploy_type, file_path, repo)
+   local cur_name, cur_version = manif.get_current_provider(item_type, item_name)
+   local deploy_path = (name == cur_name and version == cur_version) and non_versioned or versioned
+
+   if deploy_type == "bin" and cfg.wrapper_suffix and cfg.wrapper_suffix ~= "" then
+      deploy_path = find_suffixed(deploy_path, cfg.wrapper_suffix) or deploy_path
+   end
+
+   return deploy_path
+end
+
 return repos