python3.pkgs.pygobject3: propagate gobject-introspection setup hook and glib#308488
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Will be fixed less invasively in next commit. This reverts commit dd897ed.
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Previously, if a package just depended on GLib (or other bindings shipped with gobject-introspection), wrapper was not needed since `${gobject-introspection}/lib/girepository-1.0` is implicitly on typelib path. Now that GLib bindings were moved to `glib` package, `${glib}/lib/girepository-1.0` must be added to `GI_TYPELIB_PATH` by the wrapper (or `gobject-introspection` setup hook for build time).
This broke packages like `power-profile-daemon` at runtime and `python3.pkgs.pydbus` at build time.
While we cannot sensibly propagate wrapping, we can at least fix the build time issues by propagating `glib` and the g-i setup hook.
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I believe it should be possible to use `pygobject3` without `GLib` bindings in theory, so propagating `glib` is not exactly correct. But since all practical projects will probably need `GLib` or `GObject` anyway, it might still be a a good idea to propagate `glib` from `pygobject3`.
We probably want to propagate `gobject-introspection.setupHook` from `pygobject3` all the time because without the environment variables set by the setup hook, no bindings will be available.
I do not think we do not want to propagate `gobject-introspection` since it now just contains typelibs for bunch of third-party libraries (e.g. cairo, fontconfig, xrandr…) which are not needed most of the time, the old libgirepository (which is usually only linked against) and build tools (needed for producing bindings, not for consuming them).
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If `pygobject3` goes to `buildInputs` (`(0,1)`), `gobject-introspection.setupHook` should go to `depsBuildBuildPropagated` (`(-1,-1)`) in `pygobject3` to result in `(-1,0)` (`nativeBuildInputs`) in dependents, and `glib` should go to `depsHostHostPropagated` (`(0,0)`), if we want it in `(0,1)` (`buildInputs`). We cannot propagate `setupHook` attribute directly, since it is not a package, though.
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Also make the loading cleaner. NixOS/nixpkgs#308488
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Previously, if a package just depended on GLib (or other bindings shipped with gobject-introspection), wrapper was not needed since
${gobject-introspection}/lib/girepository-1.0is implicitly on typelib path. Now that GLib bindings were moved toglibpackage,${glib}/lib/girepository-1.0must be added toGI_TYPELIB_PATHby the wrapper (orgobject-introspectionsetup hook for build time).This broke packages like
power-profile-daemonat runtime andpython3.pkgs.pydbusat build time.While we cannot sensibly propagate wrapping, we can at least fix the build time issues by propagating
gliband the g-i setup hook.I believe it should be possible to use
pygobject3withoutGLibbindings in theory, so propagatingglibis not exactly correct. But since all practical projects will probably needGLiborGObjectanyway, it might still be a a good idea to propagateglibfrompygobject3.We probably want to propagate
gobject-introspection.setupHookfrompygobject3all the time because without the environment variables set by the setup hook, no bindings will be available.I do not think we do not want to propagate
gobject-introspectionsince it now just contains typelibs for bunch of third-party libraries (e.g. cairo, fontconfig, xrandr…) which are not needed most of the time, the old libgirepository (which is usually only linked against) and build tools (needed for producing bindings, not for consuming them).If
pygobject3goes tobuildInputs((0,1)),gobject-introspection.setupHookshould go todepsBuildBuildPropagated((-1,-1)) inpygobject3to result in(-1,0)(nativeBuildInputs) in dependents, andglibshould go todepsHostHostPropagated((0,0)), if we want it in(0,1)(buildInputs). We cannot propagatesetupHookattribute directly, since it is not a package, though.Things done
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