Add pre and post build hooks

Run a program (named "preBuildHook") before doing a package build and another program (named "postBuildHook") after the package is built. These two programs simply need to be on the users $PATH variable and are completely generic. Co-authored: Moritz Angermann <[email protected]>
haskell · Apr 17, 2024 · c5cd321 · c5cd321
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commit c5cd321
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diff --git a/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/ProjectBuilding/UnpackedPackage.hs b/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/ProjectBuilding/UnpackedPackage.hs
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ import qualified Data.List.NonEmpty as NE
 
 import Control.Exception (ErrorCall, Handler (..), SomeAsyncException, assert, catches)
 import System.Directory (canonicalizePath, createDirectoryIfMissing, doesDirectoryExist, doesFileExist, removeFile)
+import System.Environment (getEnv)
 import System.FilePath (dropDrive, normalise, takeDirectory, (<.>), (</>))
 import System.IO (Handle, IOMode (AppendMode), withFile)
 import System.Semaphore (SemaphoreName (..))
@@ -678,7 +679,32 @@ buildAndInstallUnpackedPackage
           runConfigure
         PBBuildPhase{runBuild} -> do
           noticeProgress ProgressBuilding
-          runBuild
+          hookDir <- (</> ".cabal/hooks") <$> getEnv "HOME"
+          -- run preBuildHook. If it returns with 0, we assume the build was
+          -- successful. If not, run the build.
+          code <-
+            rawSystemExitCode
+              verbosity
+              (Just srcdir)
+              (hookDir </> "preBuildHook")
+              [ (unUnitId $ installedUnitId rpkg)
+              , (getSymbolicPath srcdir)
+              , (getSymbolicPath builddir)
+              ]
+              `catchIO` (\_ -> return (ExitFailure 10))
+          when (code /= ExitSuccess) $ do
+            runBuild
+          -- not sure, if we want to care about a failed postBuildHook?
+          void $
+            rawSystemExitCode
+              verbosity
+              (Just srcdir)
+              (hookDir </> "postBuildHook")
+              [ (unUnitId $ installedUnitId rpkg)
+              , (getSymbolicPath srcdir)
+              , (getSymbolicPath builddir)
+              ]
+              `catchIO` (\_ -> return (ExitFailure 10))
         PBHaddockPhase{runHaddock} -> do
           noticeProgress ProgressHaddock
           runHaddock