initial import of the packaging package in the standard library
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+"""CCompiler implementations for Cygwin and mingw32 versions of GCC.
+
+This module contains the CygwinCCompiler class, a subclass of
+UnixCCompiler that handles the Cygwin port of the GNU C compiler to
+Windows, and the Mingw32CCompiler class which handles the mingw32 port
+of GCC (same as cygwin in no-cygwin mode).
+"""
+
+# problems:
+#
+# * if you use a msvc compiled python version (1.5.2)
+#   1. you have to insert a __GNUC__ section in its config.h
+#   2. you have to generate a import library for its dll
+#      - create a def-file for python??.dll
+#      - create a import library using
+#             dlltool --dllname python15.dll --def python15.def \
+#                       --output-lib libpython15.a
+#
+#   see also http://starship.python.net/crew/kernr/mingw32/Notes.html
+#
+# * We put export_symbols in a def-file, and don't use
+#   --export-all-symbols because it doesn't worked reliable in some
+#   tested configurations. And because other windows compilers also
+#   need their symbols specified this no serious problem.
+#
+# tested configurations:
+#
+# * cygwin gcc 2.91.57/ld 2.9.4/dllwrap 0.2.4 works
+#   (after patching python's config.h and for C++ some other include files)
+#   see also http://starship.python.net/crew/kernr/mingw32/Notes.html
+# * mingw32 gcc 2.95.2/ld 2.9.4/dllwrap 0.2.4 works
+#   (ld doesn't support -shared, so we use dllwrap)
+# * cygwin gcc 2.95.2/ld 2.10.90/dllwrap 2.10.90 works now
+#   - its dllwrap doesn't work, there is a bug in binutils 2.10.90
+#     see also http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2000-06/msg01274.html
+#   - using gcc -mdll instead dllwrap doesn't work without -static because
+#     it tries to link against dlls instead their import libraries. (If
+#     it finds the dll first.)
+#     By specifying -static we force ld to link against the import libraries,
+#     this is windows standard and there are normally not the necessary symbols
+#     in the dlls.
+#   *** only the version of June 2000 shows these problems
+# * cygwin gcc 3.2/ld 2.13.90 works
+#   (ld supports -shared)
+# * mingw gcc 3.2/ld 2.13 works
+#   (ld supports -shared)
+
+
+import os
+import sys
+import copy
+
+from packaging import logger
+from packaging.compiler.unixccompiler import UnixCCompiler
+from packaging.util import write_file
+from packaging.errors import PackagingExecError, CompileError, UnknownFileError
+from packaging.util import get_compiler_versions
+import sysconfig
+
+
+def get_msvcr():
+    """Include the appropriate MSVC runtime library if Python was built
+    with MSVC 7.0 or later.
+    """
+    msc_pos = sys.version.find('MSC v.')
+    if msc_pos != -1:
+        msc_ver = sys.version[msc_pos+6:msc_pos+10]
+        if msc_ver == '1300':
+            # MSVC 7.0
+            return ['msvcr70']
+        elif msc_ver == '1310':
+            # MSVC 7.1
+            return ['msvcr71']
+        elif msc_ver == '1400':
+            # VS2005 / MSVC 8.0
+            return ['msvcr80']
+        elif msc_ver == '1500':
+            # VS2008 / MSVC 9.0
+            return ['msvcr90']
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("Unknown MS Compiler version %s " % msc_ver)
+
+
+class CygwinCCompiler(UnixCCompiler):
+    """ Handles the Cygwin port of the GNU C compiler to Windows.
+    """
+    name = 'cygwin'
+    description = 'Cygwin port of GNU C Compiler for Win32'
+    obj_extension = ".o"
+    static_lib_extension = ".a"
+    shared_lib_extension = ".dll"
+    static_lib_format = "lib%s%s"
+    shared_lib_format = "%s%s"
+    exe_extension = ".exe"
+
+    def __init__(self, verbose=0, dry_run=False, force=False):
+
+        UnixCCompiler.__init__(self, verbose, dry_run, force)
+
+        status, details = check_config_h()
+        logger.debug("Python's GCC status: %s (details: %s)", status, details)
+        if status is not CONFIG_H_OK:
+            self.warn(
+                "Python's pyconfig.h doesn't seem to support your compiler. "
+                "Reason: %s. "
+                "Compiling may fail because of undefined preprocessor macros."
+                % details)
+
+        self.gcc_version, self.ld_version, self.dllwrap_version = \
+            get_compiler_versions()
+        logger.debug(self.name + ": gcc %s, ld %s, dllwrap %s\n",
+                     self.gcc_version,
+                     self.ld_version,
+                     self.dllwrap_version)
+
+        # ld_version >= "2.10.90" and < "2.13" should also be able to use
+        # gcc -mdll instead of dllwrap
+        # Older dllwraps had own version numbers, newer ones use the
+        # same as the rest of binutils ( also ld )
+        # dllwrap 2.10.90 is buggy
+        if self.ld_version >= "2.10.90":
+            self.linker_dll = "gcc"
+        else:
+            self.linker_dll = "dllwrap"
+
+        # ld_version >= "2.13" support -shared so use it instead of
+        # -mdll -static
+        if self.ld_version >= "2.13":
+            shared_option = "-shared"
+        else:
+            shared_option = "-mdll -static"
+
+        # Hard-code GCC because that's what this is all about.
+        # XXX optimization, warnings etc. should be customizable.
+        self.set_executables(compiler='gcc -mcygwin -O -Wall',
+                             compiler_so='gcc -mcygwin -mdll -O -Wall',
+                             compiler_cxx='g++ -mcygwin -O -Wall',
+                             linker_exe='gcc -mcygwin',
+                             linker_so=('%s -mcygwin %s' %
+                                        (self.linker_dll, shared_option)))
+
+        # cygwin and mingw32 need different sets of libraries
+        if self.gcc_version == "2.91.57":
+            # cygwin shouldn't need msvcrt, but without the dlls will crash
+            # (gcc version 2.91.57) -- perhaps something about initialization
+            self.dll_libraries=["msvcrt"]
+            self.warn(
+                "Consider upgrading to a newer version of gcc")
+        else:
+            # Include the appropriate MSVC runtime library if Python was built
+            # with MSVC 7.0 or later.
+            self.dll_libraries = get_msvcr()
+
+    def _compile(self, obj, src, ext, cc_args, extra_postargs, pp_opts):
+        """Compile the source by spawning GCC and windres if needed."""
+        if ext == '.rc' or ext == '.res':
+            # gcc needs '.res' and '.rc' compiled to object files !!!
+            try:
+                self.spawn(["windres", "-i", src, "-o", obj])
+            except PackagingExecError as msg:
+                raise CompileError(msg)
+        else: # for other files use the C-compiler
+            try:
+                self.spawn(self.compiler_so + cc_args + [src, '-o', obj] +
+                           extra_postargs)
+            except PackagingExecError as msg:
+                raise CompileError(msg)
+
+    def link(self, target_desc, objects, output_filename, output_dir=None,
+             libraries=None, library_dirs=None, runtime_library_dirs=None,
+             export_symbols=None, debug=False, extra_preargs=None,
+             extra_postargs=None, build_temp=None, target_lang=None):
+        """Link the objects."""
+        # use separate copies, so we can modify the lists
+        extra_preargs = copy.copy(extra_preargs or [])
+        libraries = copy.copy(libraries or [])
+        objects = copy.copy(objects or [])
+
+        # Additional libraries
+        libraries.extend(self.dll_libraries)
+
+        # handle export symbols by creating a def-file
+        # with executables this only works with gcc/ld as linker
+        if ((export_symbols is not None) and
+            (target_desc != self.EXECUTABLE or self.linker_dll == "gcc")):
+            # (The linker doesn't do anything if output is up-to-date.
+            # So it would probably better to check if we really need this,
+            # but for this we had to insert some unchanged parts of
+            # UnixCCompiler, and this is not what we want.)
+
+            # we want to put some files in the same directory as the
+            # object files are, build_temp doesn't help much
+            # where are the object files
+            temp_dir = os.path.dirname(objects[0])
+            # name of dll to give the helper files the same base name
+            dll_name, dll_extension = os.path.splitext(
+                os.path.basename(output_filename))
+
+            # generate the filenames for these files
+            def_file = os.path.join(temp_dir, dll_name + ".def")
+            lib_file = os.path.join(temp_dir, 'lib' + dll_name + ".a")
+
+            # Generate .def file
+            contents = [
+                "LIBRARY %s" % os.path.basename(output_filename),
+                "EXPORTS"]
+            for sym in export_symbols:
+                contents.append(sym)
+            self.execute(write_file, (def_file, contents),
+                         "writing %s" % def_file)
+
+            # next add options for def-file and to creating import libraries
+
+            # dllwrap uses different options than gcc/ld
+            if self.linker_dll == "dllwrap":
+                extra_preargs.extend(("--output-lib", lib_file))
+                # for dllwrap we have to use a special option
+                extra_preargs.extend(("--def", def_file))
+            # we use gcc/ld here and can be sure ld is >= 2.9.10
+            else:
+                # doesn't work: bfd_close build\...\libfoo.a: Invalid operation
+                #extra_preargs.extend(("-Wl,--out-implib,%s" % lib_file))
+                # for gcc/ld the def-file is specified as any object files
+                objects.append(def_file)
+
+        #end: if ((export_symbols is not None) and
+        #        (target_desc != self.EXECUTABLE or self.linker_dll == "gcc")):
+
+        # who wants symbols and a many times larger output file
+        # should explicitly switch the debug mode on
+        # otherwise we let dllwrap/ld strip the output file
+        # (On my machine: 10KB < stripped_file < ??100KB
+        #   unstripped_file = stripped_file + XXX KB
+        #  ( XXX=254 for a typical python extension))
+        if not debug:
+            extra_preargs.append("-s")
+
+        UnixCCompiler.link(self, target_desc, objects, output_filename,
+                           output_dir, libraries, library_dirs,
+                           runtime_library_dirs,
+                           None, # export_symbols, we do this in our def-file
+                           debug, extra_preargs, extra_postargs, build_temp,
+                           target_lang)
+
+    # -- Miscellaneous methods -----------------------------------------
+
+    def object_filenames(self, source_filenames, strip_dir=False,
+                         output_dir=''):
+        """Adds supports for rc and res files."""
+        if output_dir is None:
+            output_dir = ''
+        obj_names = []
+        for src_name in source_filenames:
+            # use normcase to make sure '.rc' is really '.rc' and not '.RC'
+            base, ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.normcase(src_name))
+            if ext not in (self.src_extensions + ['.rc','.res']):
+                raise UnknownFileError("unknown file type '%s' (from '%s')" % (ext, src_name))
+            if strip_dir:
+                base = os.path.basename (base)
+            if ext in ('.res', '.rc'):
+                # these need to be compiled to object files
+                obj_names.append (os.path.join(output_dir,
+                                              base + ext + self.obj_extension))
+            else:
+                obj_names.append (os.path.join(output_dir,
+                                               base + self.obj_extension))
+        return obj_names
+
+# the same as cygwin plus some additional parameters
+class Mingw32CCompiler(CygwinCCompiler):
+    """ Handles the Mingw32 port of the GNU C compiler to Windows.
+    """
+    name = 'mingw32'
+    description = 'MinGW32 compiler'
+
+    def __init__(self, verbose=0, dry_run=False, force=False):
+
+        CygwinCCompiler.__init__ (self, verbose, dry_run, force)
+
+        # ld_version >= "2.13" support -shared so use it instead of
+        # -mdll -static
+        if self.ld_version >= "2.13":
+            shared_option = "-shared"
+        else:
+            shared_option = "-mdll -static"
+
+        # A real mingw32 doesn't need to specify a different entry point,
+        # but cygwin 2.91.57 in no-cygwin-mode needs it.
+        if self.gcc_version <= "2.91.57":
+            entry_point = '--entry _DllMain@12'
+        else:
+            entry_point = ''
+
+        self.set_executables(compiler='gcc -mno-cygwin -O -Wall',
+                             compiler_so='gcc -mno-cygwin -mdll -O -Wall',
+                             compiler_cxx='g++ -mno-cygwin -O -Wall',
+                             linker_exe='gcc -mno-cygwin',
+                             linker_so='%s -mno-cygwin %s %s'
+                                        % (self.linker_dll, shared_option,
+                                           entry_point))
+        # Maybe we should also append -mthreads, but then the finished
+        # dlls need another dll (mingwm10.dll see Mingw32 docs)
+        # (-mthreads: Support thread-safe exception handling on `Mingw32')
+
+        # no additional libraries needed
+        self.dll_libraries=[]
+
+        # Include the appropriate MSVC runtime library if Python was built
+        # with MSVC 7.0 or later.
+        self.dll_libraries = get_msvcr()
+
+# Because these compilers aren't configured in Python's pyconfig.h file by
+# default, we should at least warn the user if he is using a unmodified
+# version.
+
+CONFIG_H_OK = "ok"
+CONFIG_H_NOTOK = "not ok"
+CONFIG_H_UNCERTAIN = "uncertain"
+
+def check_config_h():
+    """Check if the current Python installation appears amenable to building
+    extensions with GCC.
+
+    Returns a tuple (status, details), where 'status' is one of the following
+    constants:
+
+    - CONFIG_H_OK: all is well, go ahead and compile
+    - CONFIG_H_NOTOK: doesn't look good
+    - CONFIG_H_UNCERTAIN: not sure -- unable to read pyconfig.h
+
+    'details' is a human-readable string explaining the situation.
+
+    Note there are two ways to conclude "OK": either 'sys.version' contains
+    the string "GCC" (implying that this Python was built with GCC), or the
+    installed "pyconfig.h" contains the string "__GNUC__".
+    """
+
+    # XXX since this function also checks sys.version, it's not strictly a
+    # "pyconfig.h" check -- should probably be renamed...
+    # if sys.version contains GCC then python was compiled with GCC, and the
+    # pyconfig.h file should be OK
+    if "GCC" in sys.version:
+        return CONFIG_H_OK, "sys.version mentions 'GCC'"
+
+    # let's see if __GNUC__ is mentioned in python.h
+    fn = sysconfig.get_config_h_filename()
+    try:
+        with open(fn) as config_h:
+            if "__GNUC__" in config_h.read():
+                return CONFIG_H_OK, "'%s' mentions '__GNUC__'" % fn
+            else:
+                return CONFIG_H_NOTOK, "'%s' does not mention '__GNUC__'" % fn
+    except IOError as exc:
+        return (CONFIG_H_UNCERTAIN,
+                "couldn't read '%s': %s" % (fn, exc.strerror))