cardinal_pythonlib.buildfunc


Original code copyright (C) 2009-2022 Rudolf Cardinal (rudolf@pobox.com).

This file is part of cardinal_pythonlib.

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Support for building software.

cardinal_pythonlib.buildfunc.download_if_not_exists(url: str, filename: str, skip_cert_verify: bool = True, mkdir: bool = True) → None[source]

Downloads a URL to a file, unless the file already exists.

cardinal_pythonlib.buildfunc.fetch(args: List[str], env: Dict[str, str] = None, encoding: str = 'utf-8') → str[source]

Run a command and returns its stdout.

Parameters:
  • args – the command-line arguments
  • env – the operating system environment to use
  • encoding – the encoding to use for stdout
Returns:

the command’s stdout output

cardinal_pythonlib.buildfunc.git_clone(prettyname: str, url: str, directory: str, branch: str = None, commit: str = None, clone_options: List[str] = None, run_func: Callable = None, git_executable: str = None) → bool[source]

Fetches a Git repository, unless we have it already.

Parameters:
  • prettyname – name to display to user
  • url – URL
  • directory – destination directory
  • branch – repository branch
  • commit – repository commit tag
  • clone_options – additional options to pass to git clone
  • run_func – function to use to call an external command
  • git_executable – name of git executable (default git)
Returns:

did we need to do anything?

cardinal_pythonlib.buildfunc.make_copy_paste_env(env: Dict[str, str]) → str[source]

Convert an environment into a set of commands that can be copied/pasted, on the build platform, to recreate that environment.

cardinal_pythonlib.buildfunc.run(args: List[str], env: Dict[str, str] = None, capture_stdout: bool = False, echo_stdout: bool = True, capture_stderr: bool = False, echo_stderr: bool = True, debug_show_env: bool = True, encoding: str = 'utf-8', allow_failure: bool = False, **kwargs) → Tuple[str, str][source]

Runs an external process, announcing it.

Optionally, retrieves its stdout and/or stderr output (if not retrieved, the output will be visible to the user).

Parameters:
  • args – list of command-line arguments (the first being the executable)
  • env – operating system environment to use (if None, the current OS environment will be used)
  • capture_stdout – capture the command’s stdout?
  • echo_stdout – allow the command’s stdout to go to sys.stdout?
  • capture_stderr – capture the command’s stderr?
  • echo_stderr – allow the command’s stderr to go to sys.stderr?
  • debug_show_env – be verbose and show the environment used before calling
  • encoding – encoding to use to translate the command’s output
  • allow_failure – if True, continues if the command returns a non-zero (failure) exit code; if False, raises an error if that happens
  • kwargs – additional arguments to teed_call()
Returns:

(stdout, stderr). If the output wasn’t captured, an empty string will take its place in this tuple.

Return type:

a tuple

cardinal_pythonlib.buildfunc.tar_supports_force_local_switch(tar_executable: str) → bool[source]

Does tar support the --force-local switch? We ask it.

cardinal_pythonlib.buildfunc.untar_to_directory(tarfile: str, directory: str, verbose: bool = False, gzipped: bool = False, skip_if_dir_exists: bool = True, run_func: Callable = None, chdir_via_python: bool = True, tar_executable: str = None, tar_supports_force_local: bool = None) → None[source]

Unpacks a TAR file into a specified directory.

Parameters:
  • tarfile – filename of the .tar file
  • directory – destination directory
  • verbose – be verbose?
  • gzipped – is the .tar also gzipped, e.g. a .tar.gz file?
  • skip_if_dir_exists – don’t do anything if the destrination directory exists?
  • run_func – function to use to call an external command
  • chdir_via_python – change directory via Python, not via tar. Consider using this via Windows, because Cygwin tar v1.29 falls over when given a Windows path for its -C (or --directory) option.
  • tar_executable – name of the tar executable (default is tar)
  • tar_supports_force_local – does tar support the --force-local switch? If you pass None (the default), this is checked directly via tar --help. Linux/GNU tar does; MacOS tar doesn’t; Cygwin tar does; Windows 10 (build 17063+) tar doesn’t.