/* 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="$out" . '' , preConfigure ? "true" , buildPhase ? "true" , doCheck ? true , checkPhase ? '' runHook preCheck python setup.py test runHook postCheck '' , preInstall ? "" , postInstall ? "" , ... } @ attrs: # Keep extra attributes from ATTR, e.g., `patchPhase', etc. python.stdenv.mkDerivation (attrs // { inherit doCheck buildPhase checkPhase; name = namePrefix + name; phases = "unpackPhase patchPhase configurePhase buildPhase installPhase checkPhase fixupPhase distPhase"; buildInputs = [ python wrapPython setuptools ] ++ buildInputs ++ pythonPath; # setuptoolsSite is responsible for loading pth files propagatedBuildInputs = propagatedBuildInputs ++ [ setuptoolsSite ]; buildInputStrings = map toString buildInputs; pythonPath = [ setuptools] ++ pythonPath; preConfigure = '' PYTHONPATH="${offlineDistutils}/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH" ${preConfigure} ''; installPhase = preInstall + '' mkdir -p "$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 ''; })