01/07: gnu: meson: Extend the python path in the installed program.

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civodul pushed a commit to branch core-updates-frozen
in repository guix.

commit 021d3a32f5a2544e1111f8bbec20b75c40ad007d
Author: Vivien Kraus <vivien@planete-kraus.eu>
AuthorDate: Thu Nov 18 15:17:52 2021 +0100

    gnu: meson: Extend the python path in the installed program.
    
    * gnu/packages/build-tools.scm (meson-wrapped): New variable.
    
    Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
---
 gnu/packages/build-tools.scm | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm b/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
index 849101c..6a8a9c6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/build-tools.scm
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ files and generates build instructions for the Ninja build 
system.")
     (inputs `(("ninja" ,ninja)))
     (propagated-inputs `(("python" ,python)))
     (home-page "https://mesonbuild.com/";)
+    (properties '((hidden? . #t)))
     (synopsis "Build system designed to be fast and user-friendly")
     (description
      "The Meson build system is focused on user-friendliness and speed.
@@ -297,6 +298,29 @@ files}, are written in a custom domain-specific language 
(@dfn{DSL}) that
 resembles Python.")
     (license license:asl2.0)))
 
+(define-public meson-wrapped
+  (package/inherit meson
+    (arguments
+     `(;; FIXME: Tests require many additional inputs and patching many
+       ;; hard-coded file system locations in "run_unittests.py".
+       #:tests? #f
+       #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
+                  ;; Meson calls the various executables in out/bin through the
+                  ;; Python interpreter, so we cannot use the shell wrapper.
+                  (replace 'wrap
+                    (lambda* (#:key outputs inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+                      (let ((python-version
+                             (python-version (assoc-ref inputs "python")))
+                            (output (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+                        (substitute* (string-append output "/bin/meson")
+                          (("# EASY-INSTALL-ENTRY-SCRIPT")
+                           (format #f "\
+import sys
+sys.path.insert(0, '~a/lib/python~a/site-packages')
+# EASY-INSTALL-ENTRY-SCRIPT"
+                                   output python-version)))))))))
+    (properties '())))
+
 ;;; This older Meson variant is kept for now for gtkmm and others that may
 ;;; have problems with 0.60.
 (define-public meson-0.59