vpp-python-api deb packaging - use easy_install to install the python api

(cherry picked from commit 5a68debd8173a487dbd67b3e574d962308c91bcc)

Change-Id: Iabad73d6092b4561ba9d4d22a057bb5871d850a6
Signed-off-by: Gabriel Ganne <gabriel.ganne@qosmos.com>

diff --git a/build-root/deb/debian/vpp-python-api.postinst b/build-root/deb/debian/vpp-python-api.postinst
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..ca1c856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-root/deb/debian/vpp-python-api.postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+# after installing python-api files
+python2_sitedir=$(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")
+easy_install --install-dir=$python2_sitedir  -z $python2_sitedir/vpp_papi/vpp_papi-*.egg

diff --git a/build-root/deb/debian/vpp-python-api.prerm b/build-root/deb/debian/vpp-python-api.prerm
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..e6d92df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-root/deb/debian/vpp-python-api.prerm
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+# before removing python-api files
+python2_sitedir=$(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")
+easy_install --install-dir=$python2_sitedir -mxNq vpp_papi
+
+# the egg has been copied during install
+rm $python2_sitedir/vpp_papi-*.egg

diff --git a/vpp-api/python/setup.py b/vpp-api/python/setup.py
index 99a0147..8a34d50 100644 (file)
--- a/vpp-api/python/setup.py
+++ b/vpp-api/python/setup.py
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@ setup (name = 'vpp_papi',
                libraries = ['pneum'],
            )],
        long_description = '''VPP Python language binding.''',
+       zip_safe = True,
 )