Re: Packaging a python module when already using cmake buildsystem

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Subject: Re: Packaging a python module when already using cmake buildsystem
From: Gregor Riepl <onitake@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 22:01:07 +0200
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> It has a setup.py and uses SetupTools and DistUtils so I was hoping to
> add --with Python3 and hope that a lot of magic would be done by pybuild.
> However as I'm already using cmake as the build system I can't stick
> pybuild in there.

We use both pybuild and cmake for a couple of SIP packages:
https://salsa.debian.org/3dprinting-team/libarcus

However, in this case, upstream doesn't provide a setup.py at all, so
cmake is used automatically.

I do believe that you can force the use of cmake by adding a "--with
cmake" - have you tried that?

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