Subject: Re: [bug#33283] [PATCH] gnu: Add python-pyelftools.

From: Vagrant Cascadian <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2018 12:56:42 -0800

On 2018-11-05, Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Vagrant Cascadian <[email-masked]> skribis:
>
>> * gnu/packages/python.scm (python-pyelftools):
>>   New public variable.
>
> [...]
>
>> +    (home-page
>> +     "https://github.com/eliben/pyelftools")
>> +    (synopsis
>> +     "Library for analyzing ELF files and DWARF debugging information")
>> +    (description
>> +     "Library for analyzing ELF files and DWARF debugging information")
>
> Could you expound the description a bit?  (See
> <https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Synopses-and-Descriptions.html>.)

Updated patch attached with an updated synopsis and description,
attempting to follow the mentioned guidelines.

live well,
  vagrant

From ee20fe1b8e0ecb1fb706b7929af5e4bb63843ff5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vagrant Cascadian <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 19:36:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add python-pyelftools.

* gnu/packages/python.scm (python-pyelftools):
  New public variable.
---
 gnu/packages/python.scm | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 54ea0caac..83a62532b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -10578,6 +10578,31 @@ useful as a validator for JSON data.")
 (define-public python2-validictory
   (package-with-python2 python-validictory))
 
+(define-public python-pyelftools
+  (package
+    (name "python-pyelftools")
+    (version "0.25")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (pypi-uri "pyelftools" version))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "090vdksbz341f7ljvr0zswblw4lspa8qaiikzyjkf318arpxmil9"))))
+    (build-system python-build-system)
+    ;; Test suite requires python-setuptools
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("python-setuptools" ,python-setuptools)))
+    (home-page
+     "https://github.com/eliben/pyelftools")
+    (synopsis
+     "Analyze binary and library file information")
+    (description "This Python Library provides interfaces for parsing and
+analyzing two binary and library file formats; the Executable and Linking
+Format- ELF, and debugging information in the Debugging With Attributed
+Record Format- DWARF.")
+    (license license:public-domain)))
+
 (define-public python-pyev
   (package
     (name "python-pyev")
-- 
2.11.0