guix_mirror_bot pushed a commit to branch gnome-team
in repository guix.
commit 101bdd69abb458b311fdd66f310b11fa7d219a4f
Author: Nicolas Graves <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Jan 20 09:22:02 2026 +0100
gnu: python-setuptools-bootstrap: Install the distutils hack.
* gnu/packages/python-build.scm (python-setuptools-bootstrap)
[arguments]<#·phases>: Add phase 'fix-installation.
Signed-off-by: Liliana Marie Prikler <[email protected]>
---
gnu/packages/python-build.scm | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-build.scm b/gnu/packages/python-build.scm
index 737f34f577..2cdc6a5bcb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-build.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-build.scm
@@ -417,7 +417,24 @@ facilitate packaging Python projects, where packaging
includes:
(invoke "python" "./setup.py" "install"
(string-append "--prefix=" #$output) "--no-compile")
(invoke "python" "-m" "compileall"
- "--invalidation-mode=unchecked-hash" #$output))))))
+ "--invalidation-mode=unchecked-hash" #$output)))
+ ;; XXX: Despite using the same setup.py, it seems that the
+ ;; bootstrap version is not able to install the distutils hack.
+ (add-after 'install 'fix-installation
+ (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+ (with-directory-excursion
+ (car (find-files #$output "site-packages"
+ #:directories? #t))
+ (call-with-output-file "distutils-precedence.pth"
+ (lambda (port)
+ (display
+ (string-join
+ '("import os"
+ "var = 'SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS'"
+ "enabled = os.environ.get(var, 'local') == 'local'"
+ "enabled and
__import__('_distutils_hack').add_shim();")
+ "; ")
+ port)))))))))
(native-inputs (list))
;; Avoid introducing an additional module-dependency.
(inputs (list (module-ref (resolve-interface '(gnu packages python))
