Pyprojectize
Convert a spec file from %py3_build etc. macros to %pyproject_*
Install / Use
/learn @hroncok/PyprojectizeREADME
pyprojectize
<!-- [[[cog import pyprojectize, os, pathlib, urllib3 print(pyprojectize.__doc__) print("```") print("$ python pyprojectize.py --help") pyprojectize.__doc__ = "" pyprojectize.argparser().print_help() print() commit = "16a7deeb" spec = pathlib.Path("ampy.spec") response = urllib3.PoolManager().request("GET", f"https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/ampy/raw/{commit}/f/ampy.spec") spec.write_bytes(response.data) print(f"$ python pyprojectize.py ampy.spec # {commit}") pyprojectize.main([str(spec)]) spec.unlink() print("```") ]]] -->This helps you convert a Fedora RPM spec file from %py3_build etc. to %pyproject macros.
This program only operates on the spec file itself, and hence has limited knowledge.
The resulting spec file is not guaranteed to be buildable and manual verification
and completion of the transition is strongly advised.
$ python pyprojectize.py --help
usage: pyprojectize [-h] [-l] [-i MODIFIER] [-x MODIFIER [MODIFIER ...] |
-o MODIFIER] [-s SOURCEDIR]
[SPECFILE]
positional arguments:
SPECFILE path to the spec file to convert
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-l, --list-modifiers list all available modifiers and exit
-i, --info MODIFIER display documentation for given modifier
-x, --exclude MODIFIER [MODIFIER ...]
exclude given modifier
-o, --only MODIFIER run only one given modifier
-s, --sourcedir SOURCEDIR
path to the source directory, relevant for %include
etc. (default: spec's parent)
If you wish to process multiple specfiles at a time, run this tool via
parallel, etc. If you wish to inspect/commit result of each modififer
separatelly, you can loop over pyprojectize -l calling pyprojectize -o
$modifer each time.
$ python pyprojectize.py ampy.spec # 16a7deeb
✅ add_pyproject_buildrequires: %generate_buildrequires with %pyproject_buildrequires added
✅ remove_setuptools_br: removed BuildRequires for setuptools
✅ py3_build_to_pyproject_wheel: replaced %py3_build with %pyproject_wheel in %build
✅ py3_install_to_pyproject_install: replaced %py3_install with %pyproject_install in %install
✅ egginfo_to_distinfo: replaced .egg-info with .dist-info in %files
✅ add_pyproject_files: %{python3_sitelib}/%{python3_sitearch} lines replaced with %{pyproject_files}
✅ add_pyproject_check_import: existing %check prepended with %pyproject_check_import
👌 update_extras_subpkg: %{?python_extras_subpkg:%python_extras_subpkg ...} not found
✅ remove_python_provide: %python_provide removed or replaced with %py_provides
✅ remove_python_enable_dependency_generator: %python_enable_dependency_generator removed
✅ remove_pyp2rpm_comment: # Created by pyp2rpm-X.Y.Z comment removed
👌 remove_remove_bundled_egginfo: no removal of bundled .egg-info
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Demo
https://github.com/hroncok/pyprojectize/compare/originals..specfiles
Installation
This is a pip-installable package.
pip install pyprojectize
Or use uv, pipx etc.
Available modifiers
<!-- [[[cog for name, func in pyprojectize._modifiers.items(): print() print(f"### {name}") print() print(pyprojectize.docstring(func)) print() ]]] -->add_pyproject_buildrequires
If there is no %generate_buildrequires section, add it after %prep.
Insert %pyproject_buildrequires to the end of %generate_buildrequires.
remove_setuptools_br
Remove BuildRequires for setuptools, they should be generated.
py3_build_to_pyproject_wheel
In the %build section, replace %py3_build with %pyproject_wheel.
Arguments (if any) are passed to -C--global-option.
Environment variables (if any) are exported on the previous line.
py3_install_to_pyproject_install
In the %install section, replace %py3_install with %pyproject_install.
Any arguments or environment variables are discarded. Installing a wheel does not need those.
egginfo_to_distinfo
In all the %files sections, replace .egg-info with .dist-info.
The .dist-info filename is updated if possible (e.g. to use canonical name and version).
Works reasonably well even with macronized filenames.
add_pyproject_files
If there is only one %files section with %{python3_sitelib} or %{python3_sitearch},
replace the manually listed files with %pyproject_save_files and -f %{pyproject_files}.
In case the %license files match patterns recognized by setuptools' defaults,
uses %pyproject_save_files with -l and removes them.
add_pyproject_check_import
If %pyproject_save_files is used in %install and %pyproject_check_import
is not used in %check, add %pyproject_check_import to the beginning of %check
(create the section if needed).
update_extras_subpkg
Replace %python_extras_subpkg -i ... with %pyproject_extras_subpkg,
preserve other arguments.
remove_python_provide
Remove %python_provide or replace it with %py_provides if the package name isn't the same.
If %py_provides is added, also remove the Provides: for the same name.
This does not detect packages without files yet.
Packages without files need %py_provides even when the package name is the same.
remove_python_enable_dependency_generator
Remove %python_enable_dependency_generator, as the generator is enabled by default.
remove_pyp2rpm_comment
Remove the # Created by pyp2rpm-X.Y.Z comment.
The spec file is changed enough for this to no longer matter.
remove_remove_bundled_egginfo
Remove the # Remove bundled egg-info comment and the followup rm ...egg-info.
There is no such thing as "bundled egg-info".
License
MIT-0, see LICENSE.
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