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// -*- mode:doc; -*-
// vim: set syntax=asciidoc:
=== Infrastructure for Python packages
This infrastructure applies to Python packages that use the standard
Python setuptools mechanism as their build system, generally
recognizable by the usage of a +setup.py+ script.
[[python-package-tutorial]]
==== +python-package+ tutorial
First, let's see how to write a +.mk+ file for a Python package,
with an example :
------------------------
01: ################################################################################
02: #
03: # python-foo
04: #
05: ################################################################################
06:
07: PYTHON_FOO_VERSION = 1.0
08: PYTHON_FOO_SOURCE = python-foo-$(PYTHON_FOO_VERSION).tar.xz
09: PYTHON_FOO_SITE = http://www.foosoftware.org/download
10: PYTHON_FOO_LICENSE = BSD-3c
11: PYTHON_FOO_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
12: PYTHON_FOO_ENV = SOME_VAR=1
13: PYTHON_FOO_DEPENDENCIES = libmad
14: PYTHON_FOO_SETUP_TYPE = distutils
15:
16: $(eval $(python-package))
------------------------
On line 7, we declare the version of the package.
On line 8 and 9, we declare the name of the tarball (xz-ed tarball
recommended) and the location of the tarball on the Web. Buildroot
will automatically download the tarball from this location.
On line 10 and 11, we give licensing details about the package (its
license on line 10, and the file containing the license text on line
11).
On line 12, we tell Buildroot to pass custom options to the Python
+setup.py+ script when it is configuring the package.
On line 13, we declare our dependencies, so that they are built
before the build process of our package starts.
On line 14, we declare the specific Python build system being used. In
this case the +distutils+ Python build system is used. The two
supported ones are +distutils+ and +setuptools+.
Finally, on line 16, we invoke the +python-package+ macro that
generates all the Makefile rules that actually allow the package to be
built.
[[python-package-reference]]
==== +python-package+ reference
As a policy, packages that merely provide Python modules should all be
named +python-<something>+ in Buildroot. Other packages that use the
Python build system, but are not Python modules, can freely choose
their name (existing examples in Buildroot are +scons+ and
+supervisor+).
In their +Config.in+ file, they should depend on +BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON+
so that when Buildroot will enable Python 3 usage for modules, we will
be able to enable Python modules progressively on Python 3.
The main macro of the Python package infrastructure is
+python-package+. It is similar to the +generic-package+ macro. It is
also possible to create Python host packages with the
+host-python-package+ macro.
Just like the generic infrastructure, the Python infrastructure works
by defining a number of variables before calling the +python-package+
or +host-python-package+ macros.
All the package metadata information variables that exist in the
xref:generic-package-reference[generic package infrastructure] also
exist in the Python infrastructure: +PYTHON_FOO_VERSION+,
+PYTHON_FOO_SOURCE+, +PYTHON_FOO_PATCH+, +PYTHON_FOO_SITE+,
+PYTHON_FOO_SUBDIR+, +PYTHON_FOO_DEPENDENCIES+, +PYTHON_FOO_LICENSE+,
+PYTHON_FOO_LICENSE_FILES+, +PYTHON_FOO_INSTALL_STAGING+, etc.
Note that:
* It is not necessary to add +python+ or +host-python+ in the
+PYTHON_FOO_DEPENDENCIES+ variable of a package, since these basic
dependencies are automatically added as needed by the Python
package infrastructure.
* Similarly, it is not needed to add +host-setuptools+ and/or
+host-distutilscross+ dependencies to +PYTHON_FOO_DEPENDENCIES+ for
setuptools-based packages, since these are automatically added by
the Python infrastructure as needed.
One variable specific to the Python infrastructure is mandatory:
* +PYTHON_FOO_SETUP_TYPE+, to define which Python build system is used
by the package. The two supported values are +distutils+ and
+setuptools+. If you don't know which one is used in your package,
look at the +setup.py+ file in your package source code, and see
whether it imports things from the +distutils+ module or the
+setuptools+ module.
A few additional variables, specific to the Python infrastructure, can
optionally be defined, depending on the package's needs. Many of them
are only useful in very specific cases, typical packages will
therefore only use a few of them, or none.
* +PYTHON_FOO_ENV+, to specify additional environment variables to
pass to the Python +setup.py+ script (for both the build and install
steps). Note that the infrastructure is automatically passing
several standard variables, defined in +PKG_PYTHON_DISTUTILS_ENV+
(for distutils target packages), +HOST_PKG_PYTHON_DISTUTILS_ENV+
(for distutils host packages), +PKG_PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS_ENV+ (for
setuptools target packages) and +HOST_PKG_PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS_ENV+
(for setuptools host packages).
* +PYTHON_FOO_BUILD_OPT+, to specify additional options to pass to the
Python +setup.py+ script during the build step. For target distutils
packages, the +PKG_PYTHON_DISTUTILS_BUILD_OPT+ options are already
passed automatically by the infrastructure.
* +PYTHON_FOO_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS+, +PYTHON_FOO_INSTALL_STAGING_OPTS+,
+HOST_PYTHON_FOO_INSTALL_OPTS+ to specify additional options to pass
to the Python +setup.py+ script during the target installation step,
the staging installation step or the host installation,
respectively. Note that the infrastructure is automatically passing
some options, defined in +PKG_PYTHON_DISTUTILS_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS+
or +PKG_PYTHON_DISTUTILS_INSTALL_STAGING_OPTS+ (for target distutils
packages), +HOST_PKG_PYTHON_DISTUTILS_INSTALL_OPTS+ (for host
distutils packages), +PKG_PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS+ or
+PKG_PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS_INSTALL_STAGING_OPTS+ (for target setuptools
packages) and +HOST_PKG_PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS_INSTALL_OPTS+ (for host
setuptools packages).
* +HOST_PYTHON_FOO_NEEDS_HOST_PYTHON+, to define the host python
interpreter. The usage of this variable is limited to host
packages. The two supported value are +python2+ and +python3+. It
will ensures the right host python package is available and will
invoke it for the build. If some build steps are overloaded, the
right python interpreter must be explicitly called in the commands.
With the Python infrastructure, all the steps required to build and
install the packages are already defined, and they generally work well
for most Python-based packages. However, when required, it is still
possible to customize what is done in any particular step:
* By adding a post-operation hook (after extract, patch, configure,
build or install). See xref:hooks[] for details.
* By overriding one of the steps. For example, even if the Python
infrastructure is used, if the package +.mk+ file defines its own
+PYTHON_FOO_BUILD_CMDS+ variable, it will be used instead of the
default Python one. However, using this method should be restricted
to very specific cases. Do not use it in the general case.
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