I'm struggling to get pants to build a wheel that ...
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powerful-scooter-95162
04/10/2025, 8:11 PMI'm struggling to get pants to build a wheel that includes a pth file; I have this in my //sdk/python/BUILD file
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resource(
name="patch.pth",
source="patch.pth",
)
python_distribution(
name="dist",
dependencies=[
"//sdk/python/package/__init__.py",
"//sdk/python:patch.pth"
],
)powerful-scooter-95162
04/10/2025, 8:12 PMI tried a file target too for the pth target, which also did not get included; I also tried to have it be a python source, but pants was unhappy with it not ending in .py(i)
powerful-scooter-95162
04/10/2025, 8:47 PMI have a feeling I need to make my own setup.py since I need to set data_files which pants does not set nor allow setting
powerful-scooter-95162
04/10/2025, 9:09 PMmaking my own setup.py with
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data_files=[
("../../", ["patch.pth"]),
],h
happy-kitchen-89482
04/10/2025, 10:00 PMYeah, presumably the generated
setup.py.pthhappy-kitchen-89482
04/10/2025, 10:01 PMThat whole area needs some work, it’s quite old now
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powerful-scooter-95162
04/10/2025, 10:02 PMMy cursory glance at this made it seem like there was no particular reason that data_files could not be removed from the deny list: https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/22185
powerful-scooter-95162
04/10/2025, 10:03 PMI didn't see pants actually setting the data_files param at all
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