Fix: "python ABS/PATH/TO/ipython.py" fails

The following line in setupbase.py was the problem.  It assumes
that your CWD is always at the repository root.  This patch removes
this assumption.

    execfile(pjoin('IPython','core','release.py'), globals())

setupbase.py

@@ -1,469 +1,468 b''
 # encoding: utf-8
 """
 This module defines the things that are used in setup.py for building IPython
 
 This includes:
 
     * The basic arguments to setup
     * Functions for finding things like packages, package data, etc.
     * A function for checking dependencies.
 """
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2008  The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import os
 import sys
 
 try:
     from configparser import ConfigParser
 except:
     from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
 from distutils.command.build_py import build_py
 from distutils.cmd import Command
 from glob import glob
 
 from setupext import install_data_ext
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Useful globals and utility functions
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # A few handy globals
 isfile = os.path.isfile
 pjoin = os.path.join
+repo_root = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
 def oscmd(s):
     print(">", s)
     os.system(s)
 
 # Py3 compatibility hacks, without assuming IPython itself is installed with
 # the full py3compat machinery.
 
 try:
     execfile
 except NameError:
     def execfile(fname, globs, locs=None):
         locs = locs or globs
         exec(compile(open(fname).read(), fname, "exec"), globs, locs)
 
 # A little utility we'll need below, since glob() does NOT allow you to do
 # exclusion on multiple endings!
 def file_doesnt_endwith(test,endings):
     """Return true if test is a file and its name does NOT end with any
     of the strings listed in endings."""
     if not isfile(test):
         return False
     for e in endings:
         if test.endswith(e):
             return False
     return True
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Basic project information
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # release.py contains version, authors, license, url, keywords, etc.
-execfile(pjoin('IPython','core','release.py'), globals())
+execfile(pjoin(repo_root, 'IPython','core','release.py'), globals())
 
 # Create a dict with the basic information
 # This dict is eventually passed to setup after additional keys are added.
 setup_args = dict(
       name             = name,
       version          = version,
       description      = description,
       long_description = long_description,
       author           = author,
       author_email     = author_email,
       url              = url,
       download_url     = download_url,
       license          = license,
       platforms        = platforms,
       keywords         = keywords,
       classifiers      = classifiers,
       cmdclass         = {'install_data': install_data_ext},
       )
 
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Find packages
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def find_packages():
     """
     Find all of IPython's packages.
     """
     excludes = ['deathrow', 'quarantine']
     packages = []
     for dir,subdirs,files in os.walk('IPython'):
         package = dir.replace(os.path.sep, '.')
         if any(package.startswith('IPython.'+exc) for exc in excludes):
             # package is to be excluded (e.g. deathrow)
             continue
         if '__init__.py' not in files:
             # not a package
             continue
         packages.append(package)
     return packages
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Find package data
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def find_package_data():
     """
     Find IPython's package_data.
     """
     # This is not enough for these things to appear in an sdist.
     # We need to muck with the MANIFEST to get this to work
     
     # exclude static things that we don't ship (e.g. mathjax)
     excludes = ['mathjax']
     
     # add 'static/' prefix to exclusions, and tuplify for use in startswith
     excludes = tuple([os.path.join('static', ex) for ex in excludes])
     
     # walk notebook resources:
     cwd = os.getcwd()
     os.chdir(os.path.join('IPython', 'frontend', 'html', 'notebook'))
     static_walk = list(os.walk('static'))
     os.chdir(cwd)
     static_data = []
     for parent, dirs, files in static_walk:
         if parent.startswith(excludes):
             continue
         for f in files:
             static_data.append(os.path.join(parent, f))
 
     package_data = {
         'IPython.config.profile' : ['README*', '*/*.py'],
         'IPython.testing' : ['*.txt'],
         'IPython.testing.plugin' : ['*.txt'],
         'IPython.frontend.html.notebook' : ['templates/*'] + static_data,
         'IPython.frontend.qt.console' : ['resources/icon/*.svg'],
     }
     return package_data
 
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Find data files
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def make_dir_struct(tag,base,out_base):
     """Make the directory structure of all files below a starting dir.
 
     This is just a convenience routine to help build a nested directory
     hierarchy because distutils is too stupid to do this by itself.
 
     XXX - this needs a proper docstring!
     """
 
     # we'll use these a lot below
     lbase = len(base)
     pathsep = os.path.sep
     lpathsep = len(pathsep)
 
     out = []
     for (dirpath,dirnames,filenames) in os.walk(base):
         # we need to strip out the dirpath from the base to map it to the
         # output (installation) path.  This requires possibly stripping the
         # path separator, because otherwise pjoin will not work correctly
         # (pjoin('foo/','/bar') returns '/bar').
 
         dp_eff = dirpath[lbase:]
         if dp_eff.startswith(pathsep):
             dp_eff = dp_eff[lpathsep:]
         # The output path must be anchored at the out_base marker
         out_path = pjoin(out_base,dp_eff)
         # Now we can generate the final filenames. Since os.walk only produces
         # filenames, we must join back with the dirpath to get full valid file
         # paths:
         pfiles = [pjoin(dirpath,f) for f in filenames]
         # Finally, generate the entry we need, which is a pari of (output
         # path, files) for use as a data_files parameter in install_data.
         out.append((out_path, pfiles))
 
     return out
 
 
 def find_data_files():
     """
     Find IPython's data_files.
 
     Most of these are docs.
     """
 
     docdirbase  = pjoin('share', 'doc', 'ipython')
     manpagebase = pjoin('share', 'man', 'man1')
 
     # Simple file lists can be made by hand
     manpages = [f for f in glob(pjoin('docs','man','*.1.gz')) if isfile(f)]
     if not manpages:
         # When running from a source tree, the manpages aren't gzipped
         manpages = [f for f in glob(pjoin('docs','man','*.1')) if isfile(f)]
 
     igridhelpfiles = [f for f in glob(pjoin('IPython','extensions','igrid_help.*')) if isfile(f)]
 
     # For nested structures, use the utility above
     example_files = make_dir_struct(
         'data',
         pjoin('docs','examples'),
         pjoin(docdirbase,'examples')
     )
     manual_files = make_dir_struct(
         'data',
         pjoin('docs','html'),
         pjoin(docdirbase,'manual')
     )
 
     # And assemble the entire output list
     data_files = [ (manpagebase, manpages),
                    (pjoin(docdirbase, 'extensions'), igridhelpfiles),
                    ] + manual_files + example_files
 
     return data_files
 
 
 def make_man_update_target(manpage):
     """Return a target_update-compliant tuple for the given manpage.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     manpage : string
       Name of the manpage, must include the section number (trailing number).
 
     Example
     -------
 
     >>> make_man_update_target('ipython.1') #doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
     ('docs/man/ipython.1.gz',
      ['docs/man/ipython.1'],
      'cd docs/man && gzip -9c ipython.1 > ipython.1.gz')
     """
     man_dir = pjoin('docs', 'man')
     manpage_gz = manpage + '.gz'
     manpath = pjoin(man_dir, manpage)
     manpath_gz = pjoin(man_dir, manpage_gz)
     gz_cmd = ( "cd %(man_dir)s && gzip -9c %(manpage)s > %(manpage_gz)s" %
                locals() )
     return (manpath_gz, [manpath], gz_cmd)
 
 # The two functions below are copied from IPython.utils.path, so we don't need
 # to import IPython during setup, which fails on Python 3.
 
 def target_outdated(target,deps):
     """Determine whether a target is out of date.
 
     target_outdated(target,deps) -> 1/0
 
     deps: list of filenames which MUST exist.
     target: single filename which may or may not exist.
 
     If target doesn't exist or is older than any file listed in deps, return
     true, otherwise return false.
     """
     try:
         target_time = os.path.getmtime(target)
     except os.error:
         return 1
     for dep in deps:
         dep_time = os.path.getmtime(dep)
         if dep_time > target_time:
             #print "For target",target,"Dep failed:",dep # dbg
             #print "times (dep,tar):",dep_time,target_time # dbg
             return 1
     return 0
 
 
 def target_update(target,deps,cmd):
     """Update a target with a given command given a list of dependencies.
 
     target_update(target,deps,cmd) -> runs cmd if target is outdated.
 
     This is just a wrapper around target_outdated() which calls the given
     command if target is outdated."""
 
     if target_outdated(target,deps):
         os.system(cmd)
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Find scripts
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def find_scripts(entry_points=False, suffix=''):
     """Find IPython's scripts.
 
     if entry_points is True:
         return setuptools entry_point-style definitions
     else:
         return file paths of plain scripts [default]
 
     suffix is appended to script names if entry_points is True, so that the
     Python 3 scripts get named "ipython3" etc.
     """
     if entry_points:
         console_scripts = [s % suffix for s in [
             'ipython%s = IPython.frontend.terminal.ipapp:launch_new_instance',
             'pycolor%s = IPython.utils.PyColorize:main',
             'ipcontroller%s = IPython.parallel.apps.ipcontrollerapp:launch_new_instance',
             'ipengine%s = IPython.parallel.apps.ipengineapp:launch_new_instance',
             'iplogger%s = IPython.parallel.apps.iploggerapp:launch_new_instance',
             'ipcluster%s = IPython.parallel.apps.ipclusterapp:launch_new_instance',
             'iptest%s = IPython.testing.iptest:main',
             'irunner%s = IPython.lib.irunner:main'
         ]]
         gui_scripts = []
         scripts = dict(console_scripts=console_scripts, gui_scripts=gui_scripts)
     else:
         parallel_scripts = pjoin('IPython','parallel','scripts')
         main_scripts = pjoin('IPython','scripts')
         scripts = [
                    pjoin(parallel_scripts, 'ipengine'),
                    pjoin(parallel_scripts, 'ipcontroller'),
                    pjoin(parallel_scripts, 'ipcluster'),
                    pjoin(parallel_scripts, 'iplogger'),
                    pjoin(main_scripts, 'ipython'),
                    pjoin(main_scripts, 'pycolor'),
                    pjoin(main_scripts, 'irunner'),
                    pjoin(main_scripts, 'iptest')
         ]
     return scripts
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Verify all dependencies
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def check_for_dependencies():
     """Check for IPython's dependencies.
 
     This function should NOT be called if running under setuptools!
     """
     from setupext.setupext import (
         print_line, print_raw, print_status,
         check_for_sphinx, check_for_pygments,
         check_for_nose, check_for_pexpect,
         check_for_pyzmq, check_for_readline
     )
     print_line()
     print_raw("BUILDING IPYTHON")
     print_status('python', sys.version)
     print_status('platform', sys.platform)
     if sys.platform == 'win32':
         print_status('Windows version', sys.getwindowsversion())
 
     print_raw("")
     print_raw("OPTIONAL DEPENDENCIES")
 
     check_for_sphinx()
     check_for_pygments()
     check_for_nose()
     check_for_pexpect()
     check_for_pyzmq()
     check_for_readline()
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # VCS related
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-
 # utils.submodule has checks for submodule status
 execfile(pjoin('IPython','utils','submodule.py'), globals())
 
 class UpdateSubmodules(Command):
     """Update git submodules
     
     IPython's external javascript dependencies live in a separate repo.
     """
     description = "Update git submodules"
     user_options = []
     
     def initialize_options(self):
         pass
     
     def finalize_options(self):
         pass
     
     def run(self):
         failure = False
         try:
             self.spawn('git submodule init'.split())
             self.spawn('git submodule update --recursive'.split())
         except Exception as e:
             failure = e
             print(e)
         
-        if not check_submodule_status(here) == 'clean':
+        if not check_submodule_status(repo_root) == 'clean':
             print("submodules could not be checked out")
             sys.exit(1)
 
 
 def git_prebuild(pkg_dir, build_cmd=build_py):
     """Return extended build or sdist command class for recording commit
     
     records git commit in IPython.utils._sysinfo.commit
     
     for use in IPython.utils.sysinfo.sys_info() calls after installation.
     
     Also ensures that submodules exist prior to running
     """
     
     class MyBuildPy(build_cmd):
         ''' Subclass to write commit data into installation tree '''
         def run(self):
             build_cmd.run(self)
             # this one will only fire for build commands
             if hasattr(self, 'build_lib'):
                 self._record_commit(self.build_lib)
         
         def make_release_tree(self, base_dir, files):
             # this one will fire for sdist
             build_cmd.make_release_tree(self, base_dir, files)
             self._record_commit(base_dir)
         
         def _record_commit(self, base_dir):
             import subprocess
             proc = subprocess.Popen('git rev-parse --short HEAD',
                                     stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                     stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                                     shell=True)
             repo_commit, _ = proc.communicate()
             repo_commit = repo_commit.strip().decode("ascii")
             
             out_pth = pjoin(base_dir, pkg_dir, 'utils', '_sysinfo.py')
             if os.path.isfile(out_pth) and not repo_commit:
                 # nothing to write, don't clobber
                 return
             
             print("writing git commit '%s' to %s" % (repo_commit, out_pth))
             
             # remove to avoid overwriting original via hard link
             try:
                 os.remove(out_pth)
             except (IOError, OSError):
                 pass
             with open(out_pth, 'w') as out_file:
                 out_file.writelines([
                     '# GENERATED BY setup.py\n',
                     'commit = "%s"\n' % repo_commit,
                 ])
     return require_submodules(MyBuildPy)
 
 
 def require_submodules(command):
     """decorator for instructing a command to check for submodules before running"""
     class DecoratedCommand(command):
         def run(self):
-            if not check_submodule_status(here) == 'clean':
+            if not check_submodule_status(repo_root) == 'clean':
                 print("submodules missing! Run `setup.py submodule` and try again")
                 sys.exit(1)
             command.run(self)
     return DecoratedCommand