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-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/python.scm28
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 0a3977aabb..33082a6d94 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
#:use-module (guix packages)
#:use-module (guix download)
#:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
- #:use-module (guix build-system python))
+ #:use-module (guix build-system python)
+ #:use-module (guix build-system trivial))
(define-public python-2
(package
@@ -167,6 +168,31 @@ data types.")
(variable "PYTHONPATH")
(directories '("lib/python3.3/site-packages")))))))
+(define-public python-wrapper
+ (package (inherit python)
+ (name "python-wrapper")
+ (source #f)
+ (build-system trivial-build-system)
+ (inputs `(("python" ,python)))
+ (arguments
+ `(#:modules ((guix build utils))
+ #:builder
+ (begin
+ (use-modules (guix build utils))
+ (let ((bin (string-append (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/bin"))
+ (python (string-append (assoc-ref %build-inputs "python") "/bin/")))
+ (mkdir-p bin)
+ (for-each
+ (lambda (old new)
+ (symlink (string-append python old)
+ (string-append bin "/" new)))
+ `("python3", "pydoc3", "idle3")
+ `("python", "pydoc", "idle"))))))
+ (description (string-append (package-description python)
+ "\n\nThis wrapper package provides symbolic links to the python binaries
+ without version suffix."))))
+
+
(define-public pytz
(package
(name "pytz")