Re: [PATCH] gnu: python-pyqt: Fix build by explicitly setting the stubsdir.

[Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>]

Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com> writes:

> Without this option the stub files are tried to be installed into
> the python package's site-package directory.
>
> * gnu/packages.qt.scm (python-pyqt, python2-pyqt)[arguments]: In phase
> 'configure' pass option --stubsdir.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/qt.scm | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/qt.scm b/gnu/packages/qt.scm
> index b442356..92c6d4b 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/qt.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/qt.scm
> @@ -982,13 +982,15 @@ module provides support functions to the automatically generated code.")
>                          "."))
>                      (lib (string-append out "/lib/python"
>                                          python-major+minor
> -                                        "/site-packages")))
> +                                        "/site-packages"))
> +                    (stubs (string-append lib "/PyQt5")))
>                 (zero? (system* "python" "configure.py"
>                                 "--confirm-license"
>                                 "--bindir" bin
>                                 "--destdir" lib
>                                 "--designer-plugindir" designer
>                                 "--qml-plugindir" qml
> +                               "--stubsdir" stubs  ; PEP 484 Type Hints stubs
>                                 "--sipdir" sip))))))))
>      (home-page "https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/intro")
>      (synopsis "Python bindings for Qt")

The patch looks okay to me, but I’d prefer to see your comment about why
this is needed inline above the option.  “PEP 484…” doesn’t tell me
anything, whereas your description in this email was very clear.

-- 
Ricardo

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