Merge pull request #205815 from thiagokokada/strip-down-python2-resholve

resholve: use stripped-down python27

pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix

@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
 , rebuildBytecode ? true
 , reproducibleBuild ? false
 , enableOptimizations ? false
+, strip2to3 ? false
+, stripConfig ? false
+, stripIdlelib ? false
+, stripTests ? false
 , pythonAttr ? "python${sourceVersion.major}${sourceVersion.minor}"
 }:
 
@@ -318,6 +322,16 @@ in with passthru; stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     postFixup = ''
       # Include a sitecustomize.py file. Note it causes an error when it's in postInstall with 2.7.
       cp ${../../sitecustomize.py} $out/${sitePackages}/sitecustomize.py
+    '' + optionalString strip2to3 ''
+      rm -R $out/bin/2to3 $out/lib/python*/lib2to3
+    '' + optionalString stripConfig ''
+      rm -R $out/bin/python*-config $out/lib/python*/config-*
+    '' + optionalString stripIdlelib ''
+      # Strip IDLE
+      rm -R $out/bin/idle* $out/lib/python*/idlelib
+    '' + optionalString stripTests ''
+      # Strip tests
+      rm -R $out/lib/python*/test $out/lib/python*/**/test{,s}
     '';
 
     enableParallelBuilding = true;

pkgs/development/misc/resholve/default.nix

@@ -1,19 +1,37 @@
 { lib
-, stdenv
+, pkgs
 , pkgsBuildHost
 , ...
 }:
 
 let
-  pkgs = import ../../../.. {
+  python27' = (pkgsBuildHost.python27.overrideAttrs (old:
-    inherit (stdenv.hostPlatform) system;
+    {
-    # Allow python27 with known security issues only for resholve,
+      # Overriding `meta.knownVulnerabilities` here, see #201859 for why it exists
-    # see issue #201859 for the reasoning
+      # In resholve case this should not be a security issue,
-    # In resholve case this should not be a security issue,
+      # since it will only be used during build, not runtime
-    # since it will only be used during build, not runtime
+      meta = (old.meta or { }) // { knownVulnerabilities = [ ]; };
-    config.permittedInsecurePackages = [ pkgsBuildHost.python27.name ];
+    }
+  )).override {
+    self = python27';
+    pkgsBuildHost = pkgsBuildHost // { python27 = python27'; };
+    # strip down that python version as much as possible
+    openssl = null;
+    bzip2 = null;
+    readline = null;
+    ncurses = null;
+    gdbm = null;
+    sqlite = null;
+    libffi = null;
+    rebuildBytecode = false;
+    stripBytecode = true;
+    strip2to3 = true;
+    stripConfig = true;
+    stripIdlelib = true;
+    stripTests = true;
+    enableOptimizations = false;
   };
-  callPackage = lib.callPackageWith pkgs;
+  callPackage = lib.callPackageWith (pkgs // { python27 = python27'; });
   source = callPackage ./source.nix { };
   deps = callPackage ./deps.nix { };
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