Add the -M flag to %pyproject_save_files

- The flag can be used to indicate no Python modules should be saved

The change wrt users using '*' was necessary,
as `glob` was undefined when `module_globs` was empty.

README.md

@@ -289,6 +289,14 @@ However, in Fedora packages, always list executables explicitly to avoid uninten
     %doc README.rst
     %{_bindir}/downloader
 
+If the package has no Python modules in it, you can explicitly use `-M` to denote that.
+
+    %install
+    %pyproject_install
+    %pyproject_save_files -M
+
+Otherwise, at least one module-glob argument is required.
+
 `%pyproject_save_files` can automatically mark license files with `%license` macro
 and  language (`*.mo`) files with `%lang` macro and appropriate language code.
 Only license files declared via [PEP 639] `License-File` field are detected.

macros.pyproject

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ fi
 # https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/issues/1749#issuecomment-1020420616
 # Since we support both ways, we pass either 4.19 or 4.18 to the script, so it knows which one to use
 # Rather than passing the actual version, we let RPM compare the versions, as it is easier done here than in Python
-%pyproject_save_files(lL) %{expand:\\\
+%pyproject_save_files(lLM) %{expand:\\\
 %{expr:v"0%{?rpmversion}" >= v"4.18.90" ? "RPM_FILES_ESCAPE=4.19" : "RPM_FILES_ESCAPE=4.18" } \\
 %{__python3} %{_rpmconfigdir}/redhat/pyproject_save_files.py \\
   --output-files "%{pyproject_files}" \\

pyproject-rpm-macros.spec

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ License:        MIT
 #   Increment Y and reset Z when new macros or features are added
 #   Increment Z when this is a bugfix or a cosmetic change
 # Dropping support for EOL Fedoras is *not* considered a breaking change
-Version:        1.16.4
+Version:        1.17.0
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 
 # Macro files
 Source001:      macros.pyproject
@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ export HOSTNAME="rpmbuild"  # to speedup tox in network-less mock, see rhbz#1856
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 30 2025 Miro Hrončok <miro@hroncok.cz> - 1.17.0-1
+- Add the -M flag to %%pyproject_save_files
+- The flag can be used to indicate no Python modules should be saved
+
 * Sat Jan 18 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.16.4-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild
 

pyproject_save_files.py

@@ -614,7 +614,9 @@ def generate_file_list(paths_dict, module_globs, include_others=False):
     # Users using '*' don't care about the files in the package, so it's ok
     # not to fail the build when no modules are detected
     # There can be legitimate reasons to create a package without Python modules
-    if not modules and fnmatch.fnmatchcase("", glob):
+    if not modules:
+        for glob in module_globs:
+            if fnmatch.fnmatchcase("", glob):
                 done_globs.add(glob)
 
     missed = module_globs - done_globs
@@ -782,7 +784,7 @@ def dist_metadata(buildroot, record_path):
     return dist.metadata
 
 
-def pyproject_save_files_and_modules(buildroot, sitelib, sitearch, python_version, pyproject_record, prefix, assert_license, varargs):
+def pyproject_save_files_and_modules(buildroot, sitelib, sitearch, python_version, pyproject_record, prefix, assert_license, allow_no_modules, varargs):
     """
     Takes arguments from the %{pyproject_save_files} macro
 
@@ -797,6 +799,15 @@ def pyproject_save_files_and_modules(buildroot, sitelib, sitearch, python_versio
     sitedirs = sorted({sitelib, sitearch})
 
     globs, include_auto = parse_varargs(varargs)
+    if not globs and not allow_no_modules:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "At least one module glob needs to be provided to %pyproject_save_files. "
+            "Alternatively, use -M to indicate no Python modules should be saved."
+        )
+    if globs and allow_no_modules:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "%pyproject_save_files -M cannot be used together with module globs."
+        )
     parsed_records = load_parsed_record(pyproject_record)
 
     final_file_list = []
@@ -840,6 +851,7 @@ def main(cli_args):
         cli_args.pyproject_record,
         cli_args.prefix,
         cli_args.assert_license,
+        cli_args.allow_no_modules,
         cli_args.varargs,
     )
 
@@ -853,7 +865,7 @@ def argparser():
         prog="%pyproject_save_files",
         add_help=False,
         # custom usage to add +auto
-        usage="%(prog)s  [-l|-L] MODULE_GLOB [MODULE_GLOB ...] [+auto]",
+        usage="%(prog)s  [-l|-L] MODULE_GLOB|-M [MODULE_GLOB ...] [+auto]",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         '--help', action='help',
@@ -878,7 +890,11 @@ def argparser():
         help="Don't fail when no License-File (PEP 639) is found (the default).",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "varargs", nargs="+", metavar="MODULE_GLOB",
+        "-M", "--allow-no-modules", action="store_true", default=False,
+        help="Don't fail when no globs are provided, only include non-modules data in the generated filelist.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "varargs", nargs="*", metavar="MODULE_GLOB",
         help="Shell-like glob matching top-level module names to save into %%{pyproject_files}",
     )
     return parser

tests/python-coverage-pth.spec

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+Name:           python-coverage-pth
+Version:        0.0.2
+Release:        0%{?dist}
+Summary:        Coverage PTH file to enable coverage at the virtualenv level
+License:        BSD
+URL:            https://github.com/dougn/coverage_pth
+Source:         %{pypi_source coverage_pth}
+
+BuildArch:      noarch
+BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+
+%description
+This package exists to test %%pyproject_save_files -M.
+It contains no Python modules, just a single .pth file.
+
+
+%package -n     python3-coverage-pth
+Summary:        %{summary}
+
+%description -n python3-coverage-pth
+...
+
+
+%prep
+%autosetup -p1 -n coverage_pth-%{version}
+# support multi-digit Python versions in setup.py regexes
+sed -i 's/d)/d+)/' setup.py
+
+
+%generate_buildrequires
+%pyproject_buildrequires
+
+
+%build
+%pyproject_wheel
+
+
+%install
+%pyproject_install
+
+# internal check for our macros:
+# this should not work without -M
+%pyproject_save_files -L && exit 1 || true
+
+# but this should:
+%pyproject_save_files -LM
+
+
+%files -n python3-coverage-pth -f %{pyproject_files}
+%{python3_sitelib}/coverage_pth.pth

tests/tests.yml

@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@
     - virtualenv:
         dir: .
         run: ./mocktest.sh python-virtualenv
+    - coverage_pth:
+        dir: .
+        run: ./mocktest.sh python-coverage-pth
     - pello:
         dir: .
         run: ./mocktest.sh python-pello