Subject: [bug#43443] [PATCH] gnu: Add python-pypandoc.

From: Ricardo Wurmus <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 17:18:55 +0200

Konrad Hinsen <[email-masked]> writes:

>> It would be better to avoid this huge monolithic package.  Does
>> texlive-tiny work?  If it doesn’t: what else does it need that could be
>> added to a texlive-union?
>
> texlive-tiny doesn't work, and after experimenting for about an hour
> I have given up on finding a small combination of packages for
> a texlive-union. It needs ifluatex.sty which apparently is part of
> texlive-latex-oberdiek, but if I add that package the test fails
> in creating a temporary directory for whatever reason.

The attached thing works for me:

diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index 24fc512178..7f724bc907 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -21994,14 +21994,19 @@ By default it uses the open Python vulnerability database Safety DB.")
          "1zvn9764cf7kkjkmr9gw6wc8adpk06qxr1rhxwa9pg0zmdvrk90l"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (inputs
-     `(("pandoc" ,ghc-pandoc)
-       ("pandoc-citeproc" ,ghc-pandoc-citeproc)))
+     `(("pandoc" ,pandoc)
+       ("pandoc-citeproc" ,pandoc-citeproc)))
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("pip" ,python-pip)
        ("setuptools" ,python-setuptools)
        ("wheel" ,python-wheel)))
     (native-inputs
-     `(("texlive" ,texlive)))
+     `(("texlive" ,(texlive-union (list texlive-amsfonts
+                                        texlive-fonts-ec
+                                        texlive-latex-hyperref
+                                        texlive-latex-oberdiek
+                                        texlive-lm
+                                        texlive-xcolor)))))
     (arguments
      `(#:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
@@ -22011,6 +22016,8 @@ By default it uses the open Python vulnerability database Safety DB.")
              (substitute* "tests.py"
                (("test_basic_conversion_from_http_url")
                 "skip_test_basic_conversion_from_http_url"))
+             ;; XXX: Needed by texlive-union to generate fonts
+             (setenv "HOME" "/tmp")
              #t)))))
     (home-page "https://github.com/bebraw/pypandoc")
     (synopsis "Python wrapper for pandoc.")

-- 
Ricardo