nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/default.nix
2014-05-21 14:46:37 +02:00

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/* This function provides a generic Python package builder. It is
intended to work with packages that use `distutils/setuptools'
(http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/), which represents a large
number of Python packages nowadays. */
{ python, setuptools, unzip, wrapPython, lib, recursivePthLoader, distutils-cfg }:
{ name
# by default prefix `name` e.g. "python3.3-${name}"
, namePrefix ? python.libPrefix + "-"
, buildInputs ? []
# pass extra information to the distutils global configuration (think as global setup.cfg)
, distutilsExtraCfg ? ""
# propagate build dependencies so in case we have A -> B -> C,
# C can import propagated packages by A
, propagatedBuildInputs ? []
# passed to "python setup.py install"
, setupPyInstallFlags ? []
# passed to "python setup.py build"
, setupPyBuildFlags ? []
# enable tests by default
, doCheck ? true
# List of packages that should be added to the PYTHONPATH
# environment variable in programs built by this function. Packages
# in the standard `propagatedBuildInputs' variable are also added.
# The difference is that `pythonPath' is not propagated to the user
# environment. This is preferrable for programs because it doesn't
# pollute the user environment.
, pythonPath ? []
, meta ? {}
# Execute before shell hook
, preShellHook ? ""
# Execute after shell hook
, postShellHook ? ""
, ... } @ attrs:
# Keep extra attributes from `attrs`, e.g., `patchPhase', etc.
python.stdenv.mkDerivation (attrs // {
inherit doCheck;
name = namePrefix + name;
buildInputs = [
python wrapPython setuptools
(distutils-cfg.override { extraCfg = distutilsExtraCfg; })
] ++ buildInputs ++ pythonPath
++ (lib.optional (lib.hasSuffix "zip" attrs.src.name or "") unzip);
propagatedBuildInputs = propagatedBuildInputs ++ [ recursivePthLoader ];
pythonPath = [ setuptools ] ++ pythonPath;
configurePhase = attrs.configurePhase or ''
runHook preConfigure
# patch python interpreter to write null timestamps when compiling python files
# with following var we tell python to activate the patch so that python doesn't
# try to update them when we freeze timestamps in nix store
export DETERMINISTIC_BUILD=1
# prepend following line to import setuptools before distutils
# this way we make sure setuptools monkeypatches distutils commands
# this way setuptools provides extra helpers such as "python setup.py test"
sed -i '0,/import distutils/s//import setuptools;import distutils/' setup.py
sed -i '0,/from distutils/s//import setuptools;from distutils/' setup.py
runHook postConfigure
'';
checkPhase = attrs.checkPhase or ''
runHook preCheck
${python}/bin/${python.executable} setup.py test
runHook postCheck
'';
buildPhase = attrs.buildPhase or ''
runHook preBuild
${python}/bin/${python.executable} setup.py build ${lib.concatStringsSep " " setupPyBuildFlags}
runHook postBuild
'';
installPhase = attrs.installPhase or ''
runHook preInstall
mkdir -p "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages"
export PYTHONPATH="$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH"
${python}/bin/${python.executable} setup.py install \
--install-lib=$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages \
--old-and-unmanageable \
--prefix="$out" ${lib.concatStringsSep " " setupPyInstallFlags}
# --install-lib:
# sometimes packages specify where files should be installed outside the usual
# python lib prefix, we override that back so all infrastructure (setup hooks)
# work as expected
# --old-and-unmanagable:
# instruct setuptools not to use eggs but fallback to plan package install
# this also reduces one .pth file in the chain, but the main reason is to
# force install process to install only scripts for the package we are
# installing (otherwise it will install scripts also for dependencies)
# A pth file might have been generated to load the package from
# within its own site-packages, rename this package not to
# collide with others.
eapth="$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/easy-install.pth
if [ -e "$eapth" ]; then
# move colliding easy_install.pth to specifically named one
mv "$eapth" $(dirname "$eapth")/${name}.pth
fi
# Remove any site.py files generated by easy_install as these
# cause collisions. If pth files are to be processed a
# corresponding site.py needs to be included in the PYTHONPATH.
rm -f "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/site.py*
runHook postInstall
'';
postFixup = attrs.postFixup or ''
wrapPythonPrograms
# If a user installs a Python package, they probably also wants its
# dependencies in the user environment profile (only way to find the
# dependencies is to have them in the PYTHONPATH variable).
# Allows you to do: $ PYTHONPATH=~/.nix-profile/lib/python2.7/site-packages python
if test -e $out/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs; then
ln -s $out/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs $out/nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages
fi
# TODO: document
createBuildInputsPth build-inputs "$buildInputStrings"
for inputsfile in propagated-build-inputs propagated-native-build-inputs; do
if test -e $out/nix-support/$inputsfile; then
createBuildInputsPth $inputsfile "$(cat $out/nix-support/$inputsfile)"
fi
done
'';
shellHook = attrs.shellHook or ''
mkdir -p /tmp/$name/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages
${preShellHook}
export PATH="/tmp/$name/bin:$PATH"
export PYTHONPATH="/tmp/$name/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH"
python setup.py develop --prefix /tmp/$name
${postShellHook}
'';
meta = with lib.maintainers; {
# default to python's platforms
platforms = python.meta.platforms;
} // meta // {
# add extra maintainer(s) to every package
maintainers = (meta.maintainers or []) ++ [ chaoflow iElectric ];
};
})