supernovas: init at 1.5.0 by activexray · Pull Request #437400 · NixOS/nixpkgs

activexray · 2025-08-27T05:35:09Z

Initial packaging for SuperNOVAS astrometry library for C/C++. Future PRs will include dependencies like CALCEPH for ephemeris integration.

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activexray · 2025-08-29T01:25:33Z

Thanks for the review @iamanaws. Just pushed the changes.

iamanaws · 2025-08-29T03:32:16Z

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supernovas

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@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "unpackPhase" }
unpacking source archive /nix/store/5gcf7i0s7p2i9w52rjr9m7b2mghvc2rx-source
source root is source
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no configure script, doing nothing
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build flags: SHELL=/nix/store/qcy443gcdq9a5x7lqi2js0bsdmaks77y-bash-5.3p3/bin/bash
which: no ldconfig in (/nix/store/a1bgawmhzc80g78941xr0f0ba37514l2-clang-wrapper-19.1.7/bin:/nix/store/25lj53ylibs00w72sa3bnapn6qv73vaq-clang-19.1.7/bin:/nix/store/4419xj3qgn8ir8qigdk5vmbf2gfkfa8x-coreutils-9.7/bin:/nix/store/kc9y5xflxl0ggmsxzsnhdgdpmffkgw6x-cctools-binutils-darwin-wrapper-1010.6/bin:/nix/store/i9mixba1994pvvac743p24rbvn7phhq8-cctools-binutils-darwin-1010.6/bin:/nix/store/axn4gy95fp9ihw21s7j7vs05ja6hcpml-xcbuild-0.1.1-unstable-2019-11-20-xcrun/bin:/nix/store/884gns60z8vjb4r67s0jqpfs2ms43ds9-which-2.23/bin:/nix/store/c35qnqp2w3nzcz14xhz9fvrs8xlghv97-libiconv-109/bin:/nix/store/4419xj3qgn8ir8qigdk5vmbf2gfkfa8x-coreutils-9.7/bin:/nix/store/dy362qhfnbwpmgl2640ais7c8l96m36j-findutils-4.10.0/bin:/nix/store/qljc0pg7a1892rkyr067jkgnwklq7msx-diffutils-3.12/bin:/nix/store/yps6adxhn723bfh2nzjiqj5v8kg6x56p-gnused-4.9/bin:/nix/store/js0k9pjw7hs7bcmpqk1z9ic7alng57pp-gnugrep-3.12/bin:/nix/store/jk41c12k87g2rjzvp8rd2wqyrjlpb9k8-gawk-5.3.2/bin:/nix/store/zpdnx6afg2l6ax80kh1zardbcvdmx66f-gnutar-1.35/bin:/nix/store/vz9r3lpbaxwap29kixvns0md9cqsccm2-gzip-1.14/bin:/nix/store/x7sym33nkfldh17vsxdrr1r2059p2xwv-bzip2-1.0.8-bin/bin:/nix/store/9skp0bwibcghf7ba5n5q6aqwgb161i9k-gnumake-4.4.1/bin:/nix/store/qcy443gcdq9a5x7lqi2js0bsdmaks77y-bash-5.3p3/bin:/nix/store/lia0hak1r4ksr6940d7ba4dbvhnhxhq2-patch-2.8/bin:/nix/store/0f7n9zh00yly71ri3aiy19pp1sh133ax-xz-5.8.1-bin/bin:/nix/store/y357ras1saj1napr3lcbr8bv2l6284p1-file-5.45/bin)
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WARNING! Doxygen is not available. Will skip 'dox' target
mkdir -p lib
clang -o lib/libsupernovas.so.1 -Iinclude -DDEFAULT_SOLSYS=3 -DBUILTIN_SOLSYS3=1 -DBUILTIN_SOLSYS_EPHEM_READER=1 -DDEFAULT_CIO_LOCATOR_FILE=\"/usr/share/CIO_RA.TXT\" -g -Os -Wall src/target.c src/observer.c src/earth.c src/equinox.c src/coords.c src/system.c src/cio.c src/orbital.c src/spectral.c src/grav.c src/nutation.c src/timescale.c src/frames.c src/place.c src/calendar.c src/refract.c src/naif.c src/parse.c src/plugin.c src/util.c src/planets.c src/solsys3.c src/solsys-ephem.c -shared -fPIC -Wl,-soname,libsupernovas.so.1 -lm
ld: unknown option: -soname
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make: *** [build.mk:15: lib/libsupernovas.so.1] Error 1

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supernovas

unpacking source archive /nix/store/5gcf7i0s7p2i9w52rjr9m7b2mghvc2rx-source
source root is source
Running phase: patchPhase
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Running phase: configurePhase
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Running phase: buildPhase
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build flags: SHELL=/nix/store/3g3sgwpnig8sd0w9wbs7d5gy512r43cq-bash-5.3p3/bin/bash
which: no ldconfig in (/nix/store/k4mvgh65zn6xb4f6zs9kypz4lq8sgmk3-clang-wrapper-19.1.7/bin:/nix/store/h7s2kf798azdmxpj7fccdirlb1hys3r8-clang-19.1.7/bin:/nix/store/9i147r2fj9gj295jxa0nf2m4nwdkc94r-coreutils-9.7/bin:/nix/store/8fgyb2w8zqwg1xmhbi766vvdghihx0m6-cctools-binutils-darwin-wrapper-1010.6/bin:/nix/store/l1z4c8rbk8fijd7f9xn1mr1a4ax6qwc1-cctools-binutils-darwin-1010.6/bin:/nix/store/2hf4za3kcpm5gfsbff9w2yfj9ksf2xa5-xcbuild-0.1.1-unstable-2019-11-20-xcrun/bin:/nix/store/ib5b16x3rb6lhwbhj3jy604hyfv8f1pf-which-2.23/bin:/nix/store/pff8c9a4l487r0jaipibq21mkww5f1yw-libiconv-109/bin:/nix/store/9i147r2fj9gj295jxa0nf2m4nwdkc94r-coreutils-9.7/bin:/nix/store/c09zwg0n8sgii76cy1ggmfs950srn4fv-findutils-4.10.0/bin:/nix/store/6p1kfmr4lsn6w42rnq2svg0gmwshr94s-diffutils-3.12/bin:/nix/store/vl63mv5qaqyfgb3y76p8zijacjm2rif3-gnused-4.9/bin:/nix/store/rvhvjvwcssnz7i8yyp436h7qrql2pvcz-gnugrep-3.12/bin:/nix/store/ahsg0s563409iwkin6pyyxxfwhrscrqs-gawk-5.3.2/bin:/nix/store/7gb37jk1hjsb8kww238by7cw1qi9sczm-gnutar-1.35/bin:/nix/store/j4mskihmv8k0fapkgjhgzci617n4qbpp-gzip-1.14/bin:/nix/store/i61lqrcdlx80p9hbgh1a9cmv8ibcn9ib-bzip2-1.0.8-bin/bin:/nix/store/hyrkz96cpqn5f0f5p7ng3fq0f044h0hb-gnumake-4.4.1/bin:/nix/store/3g3sgwpnig8sd0w9wbs7d5gy512r43cq-bash-5.3p3/bin:/nix/store/0bnp7z85h3m6559bvpfx874zjan7impi-patch-2.8/bin:/nix/store/brga3r03n3facxrgyajawm2jkmmyh5pd-xz-5.8.1-bin/bin:/nix/store/43zqrnqn3y4j6zw8m85b8zld9acg8i3v-file-5.45/bin)
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WARNING! Doxygen is not available. Will skip 'dox' target
mkdir -p lib
clang -o lib/libsupernovas.so.1 -Iinclude -DDEFAULT_SOLSYS=3 -DBUILTIN_SOLSYS3=1 -DBUILTIN_SOLSYS_EPHEM_READER=1 -DDEFAULT_CIO_LOCATOR_FILE=\"/usr/share/CIO_RA.TXT\" -g -Os -Wall src/target.c src/observer.c src/earth.c src/equinox.c src/coords.c src/system.c src/cio.c src/orbital.c src/spectral.c src/grav.c src/nutation.c src/timescale.c src/frames.c src/place.c src/calendar.c src/refract.c src/naif.c src/parse.c src/plugin.c src/util.c src/planets.c src/solsys3.c src/solsys-ephem.c -shared -fPIC -Wl,-soname,libsupernovas.so.1 -lm
ld: unknown option: -soname
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make: *** [build.mk:15: lib/libsupernovas.so.1] Error 1

activexray · 2025-08-29T03:40:45Z

Aw Darwin not building. I'll take a stab at fixing it, otherwise I'll change the platform to just Linux.

activexray · 2025-08-31T21:27:15Z

I've managed to rewrite the build system for this library in cmake, which will make it quite a bit easier to consume (not just for nix, but for other packagers). That'll take a bit to land, so if you don't mind checking out #438803 @iamanaws as that'll be an optional dep for this in the meantime, I'd appreciate it.

iamanaws · 2025-09-01T01:59:17Z

Just to have it as reference, this pkg depends on either Sigmyne/SuperNOVAS#221 or Sigmyne/SuperNOVAS#222

attipaci · 2025-09-06T18:26:36Z

@iamanaws,

I've tweaked @kiranshila's CMake configuration quite a bit, partly because it did not play well with Fedora and Ubuntu packaging requirements. For example, those Linux distros don't want to have and RPATH set for the shared libs during build, and they want to control what CFLAGS are used for the build. Hence the new CMake config does not set RPATH, and CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE no longer defaults to Release, and it sticks to the built-in default compiler options when build type is set. I have also expanded it to support more complete builds for the library, including HTML documentation, and regression testing.

All of the above has been merged to the main branch, and will also be available starting with the next release candidate (sometime next week).

SuperNOVAS is currently packaged both as an RPM (Fedora 41+, EPEL10) and for Debian. Those two Linux packages try to provide the same package structure and same install locations, except for the bits where the two distros differ on requirements (e.g. in naming conventions or install locations). I think it would be a good idea if NixOS followed the same template too, as much as possible...

There are some ways though that NixOS could deviate from the Debian and RPM packaging scheme:

There is no need to provide the supernovas-solsys1 or supernovas-solsys2 subpackages. These are only for supporting legacy NOVAS C applications. Those few who might need it, probably want to custom compile SuperNOVAS anyway, so there is little use for providing these in packaged forms.
There is no need to provide the supernovas-cio-data. It is another legacy feature that is obsoleted going forward.

I'm planning to obsolete the above subpackages in Debian and Fedora/EPEL also. Let me know if you need more info on building and packaging SuperNOVAS.

activexray · 2025-11-20T00:33:51Z

Alright @iamanaws, this should be good to go now. I've incorporated the calceph plugin as the sensible default, but wired it to be overridden if users want to use a different ephemeris provider library (not that there are any others packaged in nix right now).

Update pkgs/by-name/su/supernovas/package.nix Co-authored-by: Angel J <78835633+Iamanaws@users.noreply.github.com>

iamanaws · 2025-11-20T03:13:06Z

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activexray · 2025-11-20T03:15:41Z

Excellent! Thank you! Now for the hard part of finding someone with merge access haha.

activexray · 2025-11-28T14:35:18Z

Perhaps @Aleksanaa could merge?

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activexray changed the title ~~supernovas: init at 1.4.2~~ supernovas: init at 1.5.0 Nov 20, 2025

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