> On Nov 14, 2020, at 9:31 AM, Lumír Balhar <lbal...@redhat.com> wrote: > > Hello, Michael. > > On 11/14/20 1:50 AM, mabinm wrote: >> Hi Peter. >> >> You can build the kind of dependency-aware rpm you're looking for in two >> ways. >> >> Do a pip download of the python package with or without dependencies and >> have the %post scriptlet in the RPM spec file do a pip install of the wheel, >> tar.gz or egg into the target python installation, which will pull other >> dependent packages required by the python package file. > This is considered a very bad idea given the fact that it can completely > destroy your system. This is similar to doing `sudo pip install <package>` > which might rewrite files installed from RPMs to the global system > site-packages — files that not only dnf but also other system libraries might > depend on. > > If something is packaged as RPM, package maintainers make sure that the > package is compatible with the rest of the system. Installing something from > the PyPI to the global site-packages is a bad idea. > > Have a nice day. > > Lumír > Yes. I get this would not be desirable for the system python. But for an alternative python location it would be fine.
Michael Mabin >> >> >> Maybe no file at all needs to be included in the rpm itself, just the rpm >> post scriptlet doing the pip install. >> >> The fpm utility can be used to convert a pip package to an rpm package. You >> still may need to provide a postinstall script argument that does the pip >> install of dependencies. >> >> Michael Mabin >> >> >> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone >> >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Peter Oliver <lists.fedoraproject....@mavit.org.uk> >> <mailto:lists.fedoraproject....@mavit.org.uk> >> Date: 11/13/20 4:50 PM (GMT-06:00) >> To: python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org >> <mailto:python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org> >> Subject: Automated Python packaging? >> >> Thereʼs a Python module Iʼd like to package for Fedora. I made a start on >> Copr, but I rapidly got lost in a maze of missing dependencies and broken >> builds. >> >> OTOH, running `pip install` takes seconds and everything just works. >> >> I feel like someone must have come up with an easy way of building a chain >> of PyPI dependencies into a collection of RPMs. Am I missing a trick? >> >> -- >> Peter Oliver >> _______________________________________________ >> python-devel mailing list -- python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org >> <mailto:python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org> >> To unsubscribe send an email to python-devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org >> <mailto:python-devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org> >> Fedora Code of Conduct: >> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ >> <https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/> >> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines> >> List Archives: >> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org >> >> <https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> python-devel mailing list -- python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org >> <mailto:python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org> >> To unsubscribe send an email to python-devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org >> <mailto:python-devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org> >> Fedora Code of Conduct: >> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ >> <https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/> >> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines> >> List Archives: >> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org >> >> <https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org>
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