Subject: Re: bug#64813: [PATCH] gnu: Add python-manimpango.

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 22:35:15 +0200

Hi,

"Wamm K. D" <[email-masked]> skribis:

> * gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm (python-manimpango): New variable.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
> index db3e69fb45..14cb375a8a 100644
>
> Right now, the tests are failing with "No module named 'manimpango.cmanimpango'";
> it's clearly trying to import the package so it can use it for testing but the
> test files are failing to find it (it looks like the "cmanimpango" file is a C
> file (along with .pxd and .pyx files) so maybe it's Cython related?).
>
> Is there a way we usually handle this for Python/Cython packages?

I don’t know if there are specific tricks here, though maybe you could
grep around or look for other packages that depend on Cython?

HTH,
Ludo’.