[gentoo-python] [PATCH] Add distutils_install_for_testing().

[gentoo-python] [PATCH] Add distutils_install_for_testing().

[Michał Górny]

This is a copy and rework of the crazy 'esetup.py install'
from logilab-common. A common function which can be used
in python_test() to obtain a working installation of almost
any distutils or setuptools package.
---
 gx86/eclass/distutils-r1.eclass | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gx86/eclass/distutils-r1.eclass b/gx86/eclass/distutils-r1.eclass
index 24589f0..963bdf9 100644
--- a/gx86/eclass/distutils-r1.eclass
+++ b/gx86/eclass/distutils-r1.eclass
@@ -239,6 +239,60 @@ esetup.py() {
 	"${@}" || die
 }
 
+# @FUNCTION: distutils_install_for_testing
+# @USAGE: [<args>...]
+# @DESCRIPTION:
+# Install the package into a temporary location for running tests.
+# Update PYTHONPATH appropriately and set TEST_DIR to the test
+# installation root. The Python packages will be installed in 'lib'
+# subdir, and scripts in 'scripts' subdir (like in BUILD_DIR).
+#
+# Please note that this function should be only used if package uses
+# namespaces (and therefore proper install needs to be done to enforce
+# PYTHONPATH) or tests rely on the results of install command.
+# For most of the packages, tests built in BUILD_DIR are good enough.
+distutils_install_for_testing() {
+	debug-print-function ${FUNCNAME} "${@}"
+
+	# A few notes:
+	# 1) because of namespaces, we can't use 'install --root',
+	# 2) 'install --home' is terribly broken on pypy, so we need
+	#    to override --install-lib and --install-scripts,
+	# 3) non-root 'install' complains about PYTHONPATH and missing dirs,
+	#    so we need to set it properly and mkdir them,
+	# 4) it runs a bunch of commands which write random files to cwd,
+	#    in order to avoid that, we need to run them ourselves to pass
+	#    alternate build paths,
+	# 5) 'install' needs to go before 'bdist_egg' or the latter would
+	#    re-set install paths.
+
+	if [[ ${DISTUTILS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD} ]]; then
+		# use 'build' subdirectory to reduce the risk of collisions
+		local BUILD_DIR=${BUILD_DIR}/build
+	fi
+
+	TEST_DIR=${BUILD_DIR}/test
+	local bindir=${TEST_DIR}/scripts
+	local libdir=${TEST_DIR}/lib
+	PYTHONPATH=${libdir}:${PYTHONPATH}
+
+	local add_args=(
+		install
+			--home="${TEST_DIR}"
+			--install-lib="${libdir}"
+			--install-scripts="${bindir}"
+	)
+
+	if "${PYTHON:-python}" setup.py --help bdist_egg &>/dev/null; then
+		add_args+=(
+			bdist_egg --dist-dir="${TEST_DIR}"
+		)
+	fi
+
+	mkdir -p "${libdir}" || die
+	esetup.py "${add_args[@]}"
+}
+
 # @FUNCTION: distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
 # @DESCRIPTION:
 # The default python_prepare_all(). It applies the patches from PATCHES
-- 
1.8.1.2

[gentoo-python] Re: [PATCH] Add distutils_install_for_testing().

[Mike Gilbert]

On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> wrote:
> This is a copy and rework of the crazy 'esetup.py install'
> from logilab-common. A common function which can be used
> in python_test() to obtain a working installation of almost
> any distutils or setuptools package.

Yeah, I guess there are a few packages that could make use of this. Sounds good.