Quick addendum:

Upstream has moved away from calling `setup.py` and now uses `pip`:

https://github.com/nest/nest-simulator/blob/v3.4/pynest/CMakeLists.txt#L91

Still not sure how to use the pyproject macros though.

On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 15:04:54 +0100, Ankur Sinha wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I'm in the process of updating the nest package to the latest release.
> It uses cmake as its build system, but then the cmake calls `python
> setup.py install` and so on to install the Python API. So, we strip that
> bit out and call these commands ourselves in the right places in the
> spec[1,2,3].
> 
> As you'll also see from the spec, nest supports MPI, so we build it 3
> times:
> - without MPI
> - once with openmpi
> - once with mpich
> 
> For the MPI builds, we need to pass the `--install-lib=$MPI_SITEARCH`
> option to `python setup.py install` to get it to install the bits in the
> right MPI related locations.
> 
> I've noticed that using this system now gives us deprecation warnings
> during the build since calling `setup.py ...` explicitly is deprecated.
> 
> However, I can't figure out how I would replicate the build using the
> `pyproject` macros. I guess `pyproject_wheel` usage is straightforward
> (?), but how do I get `pyproject_install` to install in the
> $MPI_SITEARCH locations, and then how do I get `pyproject_save_files` to
> store the files in three different lists that I can use in the different
> `%files` sections?
> 
> [1]
> https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/nest/blob/rawhide/f/0001-Disable-python-setups.patch#_34
> [2]
> https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/nest/blob/rawhide/f/nest.spec#_342
> [3]
> https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/nest/blob/rawhide/f/nest.spec#_424
> 
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Regards,
> Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" (He / Him / His) | 
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha
> Time zone: Europe/London



-- 
Thanks,
Regards,
Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" (He / Him / His) | 
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha
Time zone: Europe/London

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