initial import of the packaging package in the standard library
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+"""CCompiler implementation for Unix compilers.
+
+This module contains the UnixCCompiler class, a subclass of CCompiler
+that handles the "typical" Unix-style command-line C compiler:
+  * macros defined with -Dname[=value]
+  * macros undefined with -Uname
+  * include search directories specified with -Idir
+  * libraries specified with -lllib
+  * library search directories specified with -Ldir
+  * compile handled by 'cc' (or similar) executable with -c option:
+    compiles .c to .o
+  * link static library handled by 'ar' command (possibly with 'ranlib')
+  * link shared library handled by 'cc -shared'
+"""
+
+import os, sys
+
+from packaging.util import newer
+from packaging.compiler.ccompiler import CCompiler
+from packaging.compiler import gen_preprocess_options, gen_lib_options
+from packaging.errors import (PackagingExecError, CompileError,
+                               LibError, LinkError)
+from packaging import logger
+import sysconfig
+
+
+# XXX Things not currently handled:
+#   * optimization/debug/warning flags; we just use whatever's in Python's
+#     Makefile and live with it.  Is this adequate?  If not, we might
+#     have to have a bunch of subclasses GNUCCompiler, SGICCompiler,
+#     SunCCompiler, and I suspect down that road lies madness.
+#   * even if we don't know a warning flag from an optimization flag,
+#     we need some way for outsiders to feed preprocessor/compiler/linker
+#     flags in to us -- eg. a sysadmin might want to mandate certain flags
+#     via a site config file, or a user might want to set something for
+#     compiling this module distribution only via the setup.py command
+#     line, whatever.  As long as these options come from something on the
+#     current system, they can be as system-dependent as they like, and we
+#     should just happily stuff them into the preprocessor/compiler/linker
+#     options and carry on.
+
+def _darwin_compiler_fixup(compiler_so, cc_args):
+    """
+    This function will strip '-isysroot PATH' and '-arch ARCH' from the
+    compile flags if the user has specified one them in extra_compile_flags.
+
+    This is needed because '-arch ARCH' adds another architecture to the
+    build, without a way to remove an architecture. Furthermore GCC will
+    barf if multiple '-isysroot' arguments are present.
+    """
+    stripArch = stripSysroot = False
+
+    compiler_so = list(compiler_so)
+    kernel_version = os.uname()[2] # 8.4.3
+    major_version = int(kernel_version.split('.')[0])
+
+    if major_version < 8:
+        # OSX before 10.4.0, these don't support -arch and -isysroot at
+        # all.
+        stripArch = stripSysroot = True
+    else:
+        stripArch = '-arch' in cc_args
+        stripSysroot = '-isysroot' in cc_args
+
+    if stripArch or 'ARCHFLAGS' in os.environ:
+        while True:
+            try:
+                index = compiler_so.index('-arch')
+                # Strip this argument and the next one:
+                del compiler_so[index:index+2]
+            except ValueError:
+                break
+
+    if 'ARCHFLAGS' in os.environ and not stripArch:
+        # User specified different -arch flags in the environ,
+        # see also the sysconfig
+        compiler_so = compiler_so + os.environ['ARCHFLAGS'].split()
+
+    if stripSysroot:
+        try:
+            index = compiler_so.index('-isysroot')
+            # Strip this argument and the next one:
+            del compiler_so[index:index+2]
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+
+    # Check if the SDK that is used during compilation actually exists,
+    # the universal build requires the usage of a universal SDK and not all
+    # users have that installed by default.
+    sysroot = None
+    if '-isysroot' in cc_args:
+        idx = cc_args.index('-isysroot')
+        sysroot = cc_args[idx+1]
+    elif '-isysroot' in compiler_so:
+        idx = compiler_so.index('-isysroot')
+        sysroot = compiler_so[idx+1]
+
+    if sysroot and not os.path.isdir(sysroot):
+        logger.warning(
+            "compiling with an SDK that doesn't seem to exist: %r;\n"
+            "please check your Xcode installation", sysroot)
+
+    return compiler_so
+
+class UnixCCompiler(CCompiler):
+
+    name = 'unix'
+    description = 'Standard UNIX-style compiler'
+
+    # These are used by CCompiler in two places: the constructor sets
+    # instance attributes 'preprocessor', 'compiler', etc. from them, and
+    # 'set_executable()' allows any of these to be set.  The defaults here
+    # are pretty generic; they will probably have to be set by an outsider
+    # (eg. using information discovered by the sysconfig about building
+    # Python extensions).
+    executables = {'preprocessor' : None,
+                   'compiler'     : ["cc"],
+                   'compiler_so'  : ["cc"],
+                   'compiler_cxx' : ["cc"],
+                   'linker_so'    : ["cc", "-shared"],
+                   'linker_exe'   : ["cc"],
+                   'archiver'     : ["ar", "-cr"],
+                   'ranlib'       : None,
+                  }
+
+    if sys.platform[:6] == "darwin":
+        executables['ranlib'] = ["ranlib"]
+
+    # Needed for the filename generation methods provided by the base
+    # class, CCompiler.  NB. whoever instantiates/uses a particular
+    # UnixCCompiler instance should set 'shared_lib_ext' -- we set a
+    # reasonable common default here, but it's not necessarily used on all
+    # Unices!
+
+    src_extensions = [".c",".C",".cc",".cxx",".cpp",".m"]
+    obj_extension = ".o"
+    static_lib_extension = ".a"
+    shared_lib_extension = ".so"
+    dylib_lib_extension = ".dylib"
+    static_lib_format = shared_lib_format = dylib_lib_format = "lib%s%s"
+    if sys.platform == "cygwin":
+        exe_extension = ".exe"
+
+    def preprocess(self, source,
+                   output_file=None, macros=None, include_dirs=None,
+                   extra_preargs=None, extra_postargs=None):
+        ignore, macros, include_dirs = \
+            self._fix_compile_args(None, macros, include_dirs)
+        pp_opts = gen_preprocess_options(macros, include_dirs)
+        pp_args = self.preprocessor + pp_opts
+        if output_file:
+            pp_args.extend(('-o', output_file))
+        if extra_preargs:
+            pp_args[:0] = extra_preargs
+        if extra_postargs:
+            pp_args.extend(extra_postargs)
+        pp_args.append(source)
+
+        # We need to preprocess: either we're being forced to, or we're
+        # generating output to stdout, or there's a target output file and
+        # the source file is newer than the target (or the target doesn't
+        # exist).
+        if self.force or output_file is None or newer(source, output_file):
+            if output_file:
+                self.mkpath(os.path.dirname(output_file))
+            try:
+                self.spawn(pp_args)
+            except PackagingExecError as msg:
+                raise CompileError(msg)
+
+    def _compile(self, obj, src, ext, cc_args, extra_postargs, pp_opts):
+        compiler_so = self.compiler_so
+        if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+            compiler_so = _darwin_compiler_fixup(compiler_so, cc_args + extra_postargs)
+        try:
+            self.spawn(compiler_so + cc_args + [src, '-o', obj] +
+                       extra_postargs)
+        except PackagingExecError as msg:
+            raise CompileError(msg)
+
+    def create_static_lib(self, objects, output_libname,
+                          output_dir=None, debug=False, target_lang=None):
+        objects, output_dir = self._fix_object_args(objects, output_dir)
+
+        output_filename = \
+            self.library_filename(output_libname, output_dir=output_dir)
+
+        if self._need_link(objects, output_filename):
+            self.mkpath(os.path.dirname(output_filename))
+            self.spawn(self.archiver +
+                       [output_filename] +
+                       objects + self.objects)
+
+            # Not many Unices required ranlib anymore -- SunOS 4.x is, I
+            # think the only major Unix that does.  Maybe we need some
+            # platform intelligence here to skip ranlib if it's not
+            # needed -- or maybe Python's configure script took care of
+            # it for us, hence the check for leading colon.
+            if self.ranlib:
+                try:
+                    self.spawn(self.ranlib + [output_filename])
+                except PackagingExecError as msg:
+                    raise LibError(msg)
+        else:
+            logger.debug("skipping %s (up-to-date)", output_filename)
+
+    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):
+        objects, output_dir = self._fix_object_args(objects, output_dir)
+        libraries, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs = \
+            self._fix_lib_args(libraries, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs)
+
+        lib_opts = gen_lib_options(self, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs,
+                                   libraries)
+        if type(output_dir) not in (str, type(None)):
+            raise TypeError("'output_dir' must be a string or None")
+        if output_dir is not None:
+            output_filename = os.path.join(output_dir, output_filename)
+
+        if self._need_link(objects, output_filename):
+            ld_args = (objects + self.objects +
+                       lib_opts + ['-o', output_filename])
+            if debug:
+                ld_args[:0] = ['-g']
+            if extra_preargs:
+                ld_args[:0] = extra_preargs
+            if extra_postargs:
+                ld_args.extend(extra_postargs)
+            self.mkpath(os.path.dirname(output_filename))
+            try:
+                if target_desc == CCompiler.EXECUTABLE:
+                    linker = self.linker_exe[:]
+                else:
+                    linker = self.linker_so[:]
+                if target_lang == "c++" and self.compiler_cxx:
+                    # skip over environment variable settings if /usr/bin/env
+                    # is used to set up the linker's environment.
+                    # This is needed on OSX. Note: this assumes that the
+                    # normal and C++ compiler have the same environment
+                    # settings.
+                    i = 0
+                    if os.path.basename(linker[0]) == "env":
+                        i = 1
+                        while '=' in linker[i]:
+                            i = i + 1
+
+                    linker[i] = self.compiler_cxx[i]
+
+                if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+                    linker = _darwin_compiler_fixup(linker, ld_args)
+
+                self.spawn(linker + ld_args)
+            except PackagingExecError as msg:
+                raise LinkError(msg)
+        else:
+            logger.debug("skipping %s (up-to-date)", output_filename)
+
+    # -- Miscellaneous methods -----------------------------------------
+    # These are all used by the 'gen_lib_options() function, in
+    # ccompiler.py.
+
+    def library_dir_option(self, dir):
+        return "-L" + dir
+
+    def _is_gcc(self, compiler_name):
+        return "gcc" in compiler_name or "g++" in compiler_name
+
+    def runtime_library_dir_option(self, dir):
+        # XXX Hackish, at the very least.  See Python bug #445902:
+        # http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php
+        #   ?func=detail&aid=445902&group_id=5470&atid=105470
+        # Linkers on different platforms need different options to
+        # specify that directories need to be added to the list of
+        # directories searched for dependencies when a dynamic library
+        # is sought.  GCC on GNU systems (Linux, FreeBSD, ...) has to
+        # be told to pass the -R option through to the linker, whereas
+        # other compilers and gcc on other systems just know this.
+        # Other compilers may need something slightly different.  At
+        # this time, there's no way to determine this information from
+        # the configuration data stored in the Python installation, so
+        # we use this hack.
+
+        compiler = os.path.basename(sysconfig.get_config_var("CC"))
+        if sys.platform[:6] == "darwin":
+            # MacOSX's linker doesn't understand the -R flag at all
+            return "-L" + dir
+        elif sys.platform[:5] == "hp-ux":
+            if self._is_gcc(compiler):
+                return ["-Wl,+s", "-L" + dir]
+            return ["+s", "-L" + dir]
+        elif sys.platform[:7] == "irix646" or sys.platform[:6] == "osf1V5":
+            return ["-rpath", dir]
+        elif self._is_gcc(compiler):
+            # gcc on non-GNU systems does not need -Wl, but can
+            # use it anyway.  Since distutils has always passed in
+            # -Wl whenever gcc was used in the past it is probably
+            # safest to keep doing so.
+            if sysconfig.get_config_var("GNULD") == "yes":
+                # GNU ld needs an extra option to get a RUNPATH
+                # instead of just an RPATH.
+                return "-Wl,--enable-new-dtags,-R" + dir
+            else:
+                return "-Wl,-R" + dir
+        elif sys.platform[:3] == "aix":
+            return "-blibpath:" + dir
+        else:
+            # No idea how --enable-new-dtags would be passed on to
+            # ld if this system was using GNU ld.  Don't know if a
+            # system like this even exists.
+            return "-R" + dir
+
+    def library_option(self, lib):
+        return "-l" + lib
+
+    def find_library_file(self, dirs, lib, debug=False):
+        shared_f = self.library_filename(lib, lib_type='shared')
+        dylib_f = self.library_filename(lib, lib_type='dylib')
+        static_f = self.library_filename(lib, lib_type='static')
+
+        for dir in dirs:
+            shared = os.path.join(dir, shared_f)
+            dylib = os.path.join(dir, dylib_f)
+            static = os.path.join(dir, static_f)
+            # We're second-guessing the linker here, with not much hard
+            # data to go on: GCC seems to prefer the shared library, so I'm
+            # assuming that *all* Unix C compilers do.  And of course I'm
+            # ignoring even GCC's "-static" option.  So sue me.
+            if os.path.exists(dylib):
+                return dylib
+            elif os.path.exists(shared):
+                return shared
+            elif os.path.exists(static):
+                return static
+
+        # Oops, didn't find it in *any* of 'dirs'
+        return None