"""distutils.cmd
Provides the Command class, the base class for the command classes
in the distutils.command package.
"""
"""Abstract base class for defining command classes, the "worker bees"
of the Distutils. A useful analogy for command classes is to think of
them as subroutines with local variables called "options". The options
are "declared" in 'initialize_options()' and "defined" (given their
final values, aka "finalized") in 'finalize_options()', both of which
must be defined by every command class. The distinction between the
two is necessary because option values might come from the outside
world (command line, config file, ...), and any options dependent on
other options must be computed *after* these outside influences have
been processed -- hence 'finalize_options()'. The "body" of the
subroutine, where it does all its work based on the values of its
options, is the 'run()' method, which must also be implemented by every
command class.
"""
# 'sub_commands' formalizes the notion of a "family" of commands,
# eg. "install" as the parent with sub-commands "install_lib",
# "install_headers", etc. The parent of a family of commands
# defines 'sub_commands' as a class attribute; it's a list of
# (command_name : string, predicate : unbound_method | string | None)
# tuples, where 'predicate' is a method of the parent command that
# determines whether the corresponding command is applicable in the
# current situation. (Eg. we "install_headers" is only applicable if
# we have any C header files to install.) If 'predicate' is None,
# that command is always applicable.
#
# 'sub_commands' is usually defined at the *end* of a class, because
# predicates can be unbound methods, so they must already have been
# defined. The canonical example is the "install" command.
=
# -- Creation/initialization methods -------------------------------
"""Create and initialize a new Command object. Most importantly,
invokes the 'initialize_options()' method, which is the real
initializer and depends on the actual command being
instantiated.
"""
# late import because of mutual dependence between these classes
=
# Per-command versions of the global flags, so that the user can
# customize Distutils' behaviour command-by-command and let some
# commands fall back on the Distribution's behaviour. None means
# "not defined, check self.distribution's copy", while 0 or 1 mean
# false and true (duh). Note that this means figuring out the real
# value of each flag is a touch complicated -- hence "self._dry_run"
# will be handled by __getattr__, below.
# XXX This needs to be fixed.
= None
# verbose is largely ignored, but needs to be set for
# backwards compatibility (I think)?
=
# Some commands define a 'self.force' option to ignore file
# timestamps, but methods defined *here* assume that
# 'self.force' exists for all commands. So define it here
# just to be safe.
= None
# The 'help' flag is just used for command-line parsing, so
# none of that complicated bureaucracy is needed.
= 0
# 'finalized' records whether or not 'finalize_options()' has been
# called. 'finalize_options()' itself should not pay attention to
# this flag: it is the business of 'ensure_finalized()', which
# always calls 'finalize_options()', to respect/update it.
= 0
# XXX A more explicit way to customize dry_run would be better.
=
return
return
= 1
# Subclasses must define:
# initialize_options()
# provide default values for all options; may be customized by
# setup script, by options from config file(s), or by command-line
# options
# finalize_options()
# decide on the final values for all options; this is called
# after all possible intervention from the outside world
# (command-line, option file, etc.) has been processed
# run()
# run the command: do whatever it is we're here to do,
# controlled by the command's various option values
"""Set default values for all the options that this command
supports. Note that these defaults may be overridden by other
commands, by the setup script, by config files, or by the
command-line. Thus, this is not the place to code dependencies
between options; generally, 'initialize_options()' implementations
are just a bunch of "self.foo = None" assignments.
This method must be implemented by all command classes.
"""
"""Set final values for all the options that this command supports.
This is always called as late as possible, ie. after any option
assignments from the command-line or from other commands have been
done. Thus, this is the place to code option dependencies: if
'foo' depends on 'bar', then it is safe to set 'foo' from 'bar' as
long as 'foo' still has the same value it was assigned in
'initialize_options()'.
This method must be implemented by all command classes.
"""
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"""A command's raison d'etre: carry out the action it exists to
perform, controlled by the options initialized in
'initialize_options()', customized by other commands, the setup
script, the command-line, and config files, and finalized in
'finalize_options()'. All terminal output and filesystem
interaction should be done by 'run()'.
This method must be implemented by all command classes.
"""
"""If the current verbosity level is of greater than or equal to
'level' print 'msg' to stdout.
"""
"""Print 'msg' to stdout if the global DEBUG (taken from the
DISTUTILS_DEBUG environment variable) flag is true.
"""
# -- Option validation methods -------------------------------------
# (these are very handy in writing the 'finalize_options()' method)
#
# NB. the general philosophy here is to ensure that a particular option
# value meets certain type and value constraints. If not, we try to
# force it into conformance (eg. if we expect a list but have a string,
# split the string on comma and/or whitespace). If we can't force the
# option into conformance, raise DistutilsOptionError. Thus, command
# classes need do nothing more than (eg.)
# self.ensure_string_list('foo')
# and they can be guaranteed that thereafter, self.foo will be
# a list of strings.
=
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"""Ensure that 'option' is a string; if not defined, set it to
'default'.
"""
r"""Ensure that 'option' is a list of strings. If 'option' is
currently a string, we split it either on /,\s*/ or /\s+/, so
"foo bar baz", "foo,bar,baz", and "foo, bar baz" all become
["foo", "bar", "baz"].
"""
=
return
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"""Ensure that 'option' is the name of an existing file."""
# -- Convenience methods for commands ------------------------------
return
return
"""Set the values of any "undefined" options from corresponding
option values in some other command object. "Undefined" here means
"is None", which is the convention used to indicate that an option
has not been changed between 'initialize_options()' and
'finalize_options()'. Usually called from 'finalize_options()' for
options that depend on some other command rather than another
option of the same command. 'src_cmd' is the other command from
which option values will be taken (a command object will be created
for it if necessary); the remaining arguments are
'(src_option,dst_option)' tuples which mean "take the value of
'src_option' in the 'src_cmd' command object, and copy it to
'dst_option' in the current command object".
"""
# Option_pairs: list of (src_option, dst_option) tuples
=
"""Wrapper around Distribution's 'get_command_obj()' method: find
(create if necessary and 'create' is true) the command object for
'command', call its 'ensure_finalized()' method, and return the
finalized command object.
"""
=
return
# XXX rename to 'get_reinitialized_command()'? (should do the
# same in dist.py, if so)
return
"""Run some other command: uses the 'run_command()' method of
Distribution, which creates and finalizes the command object if
necessary and then invokes its 'run()' method.
"""
"""Determine the sub-commands that are relevant in the current
distribution (ie., that need to be run). This is based on the
'sub_commands' class attribute: each tuple in that list may include
a method that we call to determine if the subcommand needs to be
run for the current distribution. Return a list of command names.
"""
=
return
# -- External world manipulation -----------------------------------
"""Copy a file respecting verbose, dry-run and force flags. (The
former two default to whatever is in the Distribution object, and
the latter defaults to false for commands that don't define it.)"""
return
"""Copy an entire directory tree respecting verbose, dry-run,
and force flags.
"""
return
"""Move a file respecting dry-run flag."""
return
"""Spawn an external command respecting dry-run flag."""
return
"""Special case of 'execute()' for operations that process one or
more input files and generate one output file. Works just like
'execute()', except the operation is skipped and a different
message printed if 'outfile' already exists and is newer than all
files listed in 'infiles'. If the command defined 'self.force',
and it is true, then the command is unconditionally run -- does no
timestamp checks.
"""
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# Allow 'infiles' to be a single string
=
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# If 'outfile' must be regenerated (either because it doesn't
# exist, is out-of-date, or the 'force' flag is true) then
# perform the action that presumably regenerates it
# Otherwise, print the "skip" message