nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/default.nix
Eelco Dolstra ab3eeabfed Rename buildNativeInputs -> nativeBuildInputs
Likewise for propagatedBuildNativeInputs, etc.  "buildNativeInputs"
sounds like an imperative rather than a noun phrase.
2012-12-28 19:20:09 +01:00

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/* This function provides a generic Python package builder. It is
intended to work with packages that use `setuptools'
(http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/), which represents a large
number of Python packages nowadays. */
{ python, setuptools, wrapPython, lib, offlineDistutils, setuptoolsSite }:
{ name, namePrefix ? "python-"
, buildInputs ? []
, propagatedBuildInputs ? []
, # 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 ? []
, installCommand ?
''
easy_install --always-unzip --prefix="$out" .
''
, preConfigure ? "true"
, buildPhase ? "true"
, doCheck ? true
, checkPhase ?
''
runHook preCheck
python setup.py test
runHook postCheck
''
, postInstall ? ""
, ... } @ attrs:
# Keep extra attributes from ATTR, e.g., `patchPhase', etc.
python.stdenv.mkDerivation (attrs // {
inherit doCheck buildPhase checkPhase;
name = namePrefix + name;
phases = "unpackPhase patchPhase configurePhase buildPhase installPhase checkPhase fixupPhase distPhase";
buildInputs = [ python wrapPython setuptools ] ++ buildInputs ++ pythonPath;
# setuptoolsSite is responsible for loading pth files
propagatedBuildInputs = propagatedBuildInputs ++ [ setuptoolsSite ];
buildInputStrings = map toString buildInputs;
pythonPath = [ setuptools] ++ pythonPath;
preConfigure = ''
PYTHONPATH="${offlineDistutils}/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH"
${preConfigure}
'';
installPhase = ''
mkdir -p "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages"
echo "installing \`${name}' with \`easy_install'..."
export PYTHONPATH="$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH"
${installCommand}
# A pth file might have been generated to load the package from
# within its own site-packages, rename this package not to
# collide with others.
eapth="$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")/${name}.pth
fi
# Remove any site.py files generated by easy_install as these
# cause collisions. If pth files are to be processed a
# corresponding site.py needs to be included in the PYTHONPATH.
#
# leave them until we have a better solution: see #209
#rm -f "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/site.py*
${postInstall}
'';
postFixup =
''
wrapPythonPrograms
# If a user installs a Python package, she probably also wants its
# dependencies in the user environment (since Python modules don't
# have something like an RPATH, so the only way to find the
# dependencies is to have them in the PYTHONPATH variable).
if test -e $out/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs; then
ln -s $out/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs $out/nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages
fi
createBuildInputsPth build-inputs "$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
'';
})