Bug 574501 - Install giscanner Python module to private directory

We don't want to pollute the global namespace with our private
libraries.  Also, this sidesteps all the craziness that is happening
with OS vendors changing how Python installs modules.

1 files changed, 39 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/g-ir-scanner.in b/tools/g-ir-scanner.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b7197c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/g-ir-scanner.in
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- Mode: Python -*-
+# GObject-Introspection - a framework for introspecting GObject libraries
+# Copyright (C) 2008  Johan Dahlin
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+# 02110-1301, USA.
+#
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+# This only works on unix systems
+currentdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))
+basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(currentdir, '..'))
+if (os.path.exists(os.path.join(basedir, '.svn')) or
+    os.path.exists(os.path.join(basedir, '.git'))):
+    path = basedir
+else:
+    # This is a private directory, we don't want to pollute the global
+    # namespace.
+    path = os.path.join('@libdir@', 'gobject-introspection')
+sys.path.insert(0, path)
+
+from giscanner.scannermain import scanner_main
+
+sys.exit(scanner_main(sys.argv))