Re: Python packages without setup.py

[Niclas Rosenvik <nros%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, 10 Jan 2022 20:54:28 +0100
Adam <adam%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:

> Some recent Python packages do not distribute setup.py, but rely on
> other tools to build and package.
> 
> Here are the steps I've taken to generate setup.py for PkgSrc using
> devel/py-flit.
> 
> 
> cd ${WRKSRC}
> flit-3.10 build --format sdist --setup-py
> bsdtar --strip-components 1 -zxvf dist/*.tar.gz '*/setup.py'
> sed -i '' -e '/generated by flit/d' -e 's,distutils.core,setuptools,'
> setup.py
> 
> 
> Copy setup.py to ${FILESDIR}/setup.py
> 
> 
> Add these to Makefile:
> 
> # Important: Re-generate files/setup.py on update.
> 
> pre-configure:
> 	${CP} ${FILESDIR}/setup.py ${WRKSRC}/
> 
> 
> I used this method on py-flit_core, py-flit, py-tomli, and py-tomli_w.
> 
> I know it's a little bit messy and only applies to packages using
> Flit as a tool in pyproject.toml.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Adam

We already have support building using pyproject.toml in wip, I just
tried building your mention packages using this and it works very well.
Will add wheel.mk to pkgsrc-current tomorrow.

Regards,
Niclas