pkgs.buildRubyGem

The following is the current implementation of this function.

{
    name ? null,
    gemName,
    version ? null,
    type ? "gem",
    document ? [ ], # e.g. [ "ri" "rdoc" ]
    platform ? "ruby",
    ruby ? defs.ruby,
    stdenv ? ruby.stdenv,
    namePrefix ? (
      let
        rubyName = builtins.parseDrvName ruby.name;
      in
      "${rubyName.name}${lib.versions.majorMinor rubyName.version}-"
    ),
    nativeBuildInputs ? [ ],
    buildInputs ? [ ],
    meta ? { },
    patches ? [ ],
    gemPath ? [ ],
    dontStrip ? false,
    # Assume we don't have to build unless strictly necessary (e.g. the source is a
    # git checkout).
    # If you need to apply patches, make sure to set `dontBuild = false`;
    dontBuild ? true,
    dontInstallManpages ? false,
    propagatedBuildInputs ? [ ],
    propagatedUserEnvPkgs ? [ ],
    buildFlags ? [ ],
    passthru ? { },
    # bundler expects gems to be stored in the cache directory for certain actions
    # such as `bundler install --redownload`.
    # At the cost of increasing the store size, you can keep the gems to have closer
    # alignment with what Bundler expects.
    keepGemCache ? false,
    ...
  }@attrs:

  let
    src =
      attrs.src or (
        if type == "gem" then
          fetchurl {
            urls = map (remote: "${remote}/gems/${gemName}-${suffix}.gem") (
              attrs.source.remotes or [ "https://rubygems.org" ]
            );
            inherit (attrs.source) sha256;
          }
        else if type == "git" then
          fetchgit {
            inherit (attrs.source)
              url
              rev
              sha256
              fetchSubmodules
              ;
          }
        else if type == "url" then
          fetchurl attrs.source
        else
          throw "buildRubyGem: don't know how to build a gem of type \"${type}\""
      );

    # See: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/7a7b234721c375874b7e22b1c5b14925b943f04e/bundler/lib/bundler/source/git.rb#L103
    suffix =
      if type == "git" then
        builtins.substring 0 12 attrs.source.rev
      else if platform != "ruby" then
        "${version}-${platform}"
      else
        version;

    documentFlag = if document == [ ] then "-N" else "--document ${lib.concatStringsSep "," document}";

  in

  stdenv.mkDerivation (
    (builtins.removeAttrs attrs [ "source" ])
    // {
      inherit ruby;
      inherit dontBuild;
      inherit dontStrip;
      inherit suffix;
      gemType = type;

      nativeBuildInputs =
        [
          ruby
          makeWrapper
        ]
        ++ lib.optionals (type == "git") [ gitMinimal ]
        ++ lib.optionals (type != "gem") [ bundler ]
        ++ nativeBuildInputs;

      buildInputs =
        [
          ruby
        ]
        ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ libobjc ]
        ++ buildInputs;

      #name = builtins.trace (attrs.name or "no attr.name" ) "${namePrefix}${gemName}-${version}";
      name = attrs.name or "${namePrefix}${gemName}-${suffix}";

      inherit src;

      unpackPhase =
        attrs.unpackPhase or ''
          runHook preUnpack

          if [[ -f $src && $src == *.gem ]]; then
            if [[ -z "''${dontBuild-}" ]]; then
              # we won't know the name of the directory that RubyGems creates,
              # so we'll just use a glob to find it and move it over.
              gempkg="$src"
              sourceRoot=source
              gem unpack $gempkg --target=container
              cp -r container/* $sourceRoot
              rm -r container

              # copy out the original gemspec, for convenience during patching /
              # overrides.
              gem specification $gempkg  --ruby > original.gemspec
              gemspec=$(readlink -f .)/original.gemspec
            else
              gempkg="$src"
            fi
          else
            # Fall back to the original thing for everything else.
            dontBuild=""
            preUnpack="" postUnpack="" unpackPhase
          fi

          runHook postUnpack
        '';

      # As of ruby 3.0, ruby headers require -fdeclspec when building with clang
      # Introduced in https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/0958e19ffb047781fe1506760c7cbd8d7fe74e57
      env = lib.optionalAttrs (attrs ? env) attrs.env // {
        NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString (
          lib.optionals
            (ruby.rubyEngine == "ruby" && stdenv.cc.isClang && lib.versionAtLeast ruby.version.major "3")
            [
              "-fdeclspec"
            ]
          ++ lib.optional (attrs.env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE or "" != "") attrs.env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE
        );
      };

      buildPhase =
        attrs.buildPhase or ''
          runHook preBuild

          if [[ "$gemType" == "gem" ]]; then
            if [[ -z "$gemspec" ]]; then
              gemspec="$(find . -name '*.gemspec')"
              echo "found the following gemspecs:"
              echo "$gemspec"
              gemspec="$(echo "$gemspec" | head -n1)"
            fi

            exec 3>&1
            output="$(gem build $gemspec | tee >(cat - >&3))"
            exec 3>&-

            gempkg=$(echo "$output" | grep -oP 'File: \K(.*)')

            echo "gem package built: $gempkg"
          elif [[ "$gemType" == "git" ]]; then
            git init
            # remove variations to improve the likelihood of a bit-reproducible output
            rm -rf .git/logs/ .git/hooks/ .git/index .git/FETCH_HEAD .git/ORIG_HEAD .git/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD .git/config
            # support `git ls-files`
            git add .
          fi

          runHook postBuild
        '';

      # Note:
      #   We really do need to keep the $out/${ruby.gemPath}/cache.
      #   This is very important in order for many parts of RubyGems/Bundler to not blow up.
      #   See https://github.com/bundler/bundler/issues/3327
      installPhase =
        attrs.installPhase or ''
          runHook preInstall

          export GEM_HOME=$out/${ruby.gemPath}
          mkdir -p $GEM_HOME

          echo "buildFlags: $buildFlags"

          ${lib.optionalString (type == "url") ''
            ruby ${./nix-bundle-install.rb} \
              "path" \
              '${gemName}' \
              '${version}' \
              '${lib.escapeShellArgs buildFlags}'
          ''}
          ${lib.optionalString (type == "git") ''
            ruby ${./nix-bundle-install.rb} \
              "git" \
              '${gemName}' \
              '${version}' \
              '${lib.escapeShellArgs buildFlags}' \
              '${attrs.source.url}' \
              '.' \
              '${attrs.source.rev}'
          ''}

          ${lib.optionalString (type == "gem") ''
            if [[ -z "$gempkg" ]]; then
              echo "failure: \$gempkg path unspecified" 1>&2
              exit 1
            elif [[ ! -f "$gempkg" ]]; then
              echo "failure: \$gempkg path invalid" 1>&2
              exit 1
            fi

            gem install \
              --local \
              --force \
              --http-proxy 'http://nodtd.invalid' \
              --ignore-dependencies \
              --install-dir "$GEM_HOME" \
              --build-root '/' \
              --backtrace \
              --no-env-shebang \
              ${documentFlag} \
              $gempkg $gemFlags -- $buildFlags

            # looks like useless files which break build repeatability and consume space
            pushd $out/${ruby.gemPath}
            find doc/ -iname created.rid -delete -print
            find gems/*/ext/ extensions/ \( -iname Makefile -o -iname mkmf.log -o -iname gem_make.out \) -delete -print
            ${lib.optionalString (!keepGemCache) "rm -fvr cache"}
            popd

            # write out metadata and binstubs
            spec=$(echo $out/${ruby.gemPath}/specifications/*.gemspec)
            ruby ${./gem-post-build.rb} "$spec"
          ''}

          ${lib.optionalString (!dontInstallManpages) ''
            for section in {1..9}; do
              mandir="$out/share/man/man$section"
              find $out/lib \( -wholename "*/man/*.$section" -o -wholename "*/man/man$section/*.$section" \) \
                -execdir mkdir -p $mandir \; -execdir cp '{}' $mandir \;
            done
          ''}

          # For Ruby-generated binstubs, shebang paths are already in Nix store but for
          # ruby used to build the package. Update them to match the host system. Note
          # that patchShebangsAuto ignores scripts where shebang line is already in Nix
          # store.
          if [[ -d $GEM_HOME/bin ]]; then
            patchShebangs --update --host -- "$GEM_HOME"/bin
          fi

          runHook postInstall
        '';

      propagatedBuildInputs = gemPath ++ propagatedBuildInputs;
      propagatedUserEnvPkgs = gemPath ++ propagatedUserEnvPkgs;

      passthru = passthru // {
        isRubyGem = true;
      };
      meta = {
        # default to Ruby's platforms
        platforms = ruby.meta.platforms;
        mainProgram = gemName;
      } // meta;
    }
  )