{ lib, stdenv , fetchurl , glib , flex , bison , meson , ninja , gtk-doc , docbook-xsl-nons , docbook_xml_dtd_43 , docbook_xml_dtd_45 , pkg-config , libffi , python3 , cctools , cairo , gnome , substituteAll , nixStoreDir ? builtins.storeDir , x11Support ? true }: # now that gobject-introspection creates large .gir files (eg gtk3 case) # it may be worth thinking about using multiple derivation outputs # In that case its about 6MB which could be separated stdenv.mkDerivation rec { pname = "gobject-introspection"; version = "1.70.0"; # outputs TODO: share/gobject-introspection-1.0/tests is needed during build # by pygobject3 (and maybe others), but it's only searched in $out outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" "man" ]; outputBin = "dev"; src = fetchurl { url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz"; sha256 = "0jpwraip7pwl9bf9s59am3r7074p34fasvfb5ym1fb8hwc34jawh"; }; patches = [ # Make g-ir-scanner put absolute path to GIR files it generates # so that programs can just dlopen them without having to muck # with LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. (substituteAll { src = ./absolute_shlib_path.patch; inherit nixStoreDir; }) ] ++ lib.optionals x11Support [ # Hardcode the cairo shared library path in the Cairo gir shipped with this package. # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/34080 (substituteAll { src = ./absolute_gir_path.patch; cairoLib = "${lib.getLib cairo}/lib"; }) ]; nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config flex bison gtk-doc docbook-xsl-nons docbook_xml_dtd_45 python3 setupHook # move .gir files ]; buildInputs = [ python3 ]; checkInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ cctools # for otool ]; propagatedBuildInputs = [ libffi glib ]; mesonFlags = [ "--datadir=${placeholder "dev"}/share" "-Ddoctool=disabled" "-Dcairo=disabled" "-Dgtk_doc=true" ]; doCheck = !stdenv.isAarch64; # During configurePhase, two python scripts are generated and need this. See # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/98316#issuecomment-695785692 postConfigure = '' patchShebangs tools/* ''; preCheck = '' # Our gobject-introspection patches make the shared library paths absolute # in the GIR files. When running tests, the library is not yet installed, # though, so we need to replace the absolute path with a local one during build. # We are using a symlink that we will delete before installation. mkdir -p $out/lib ln -s $PWD/tests/scanner/libregress-1.0${stdenv.targetPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary} $out/lib/libregress-1.0${stdenv.targetPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary} ''; postCheck = '' rm $out/lib/libregress-1.0${stdenv.targetPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary} ''; setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh; passthru = { updateScript = gnome.updateScript { packageName = pname; versionPolicy = "odd-unstable"; }; }; meta = with lib; { description = "A middleware layer between C libraries and language bindings"; homepage = "https://gi.readthedocs.io/"; maintainers = teams.gnome.members ++ (with maintainers; [ lovek323 ]); platforms = platforms.unix; license = with licenses; [ gpl2 lgpl2 ]; longDescription = '' GObject introspection is a middleware layer between C libraries (using GObject) and language bindings. The C library can be scanned at compile time and generate a metadata file, in addition to the actual native C library. Then at runtime, language bindings can read this metadata and automatically provide bindings to call into the C library. ''; }; }