Gate site_packages CMake prefix

Signed-off-by: Cristian Le <[email protected]>

README.md

@@ -308,6 +308,10 @@ messages.after-failure = ""
 # A message to print after a successful build.
 messages.after-success = ""
 
+# Add the install (or build isolation) site_packages folder to the CMake prefix
+# paths.
+use-site-packages = true
+
 # List dynamic metadata fields and hook locations in this table.
 metadata = {}
 

src/scikit_build_core/builder/builder.py

@@ -149,12 +149,13 @@ def configure(
 
         # Add site-packages to the prefix path for CMake
         site_packages = Path(sysconfig.get_path("purelib"))
-        self.config.prefix_dirs.append(site_packages)
-        logger.debug("SITE_PACKAGES: {}", site_packages)
-        if site_packages != DIR.parent.parent:
-            self.config.prefix_dirs.append(DIR.parent.parent)
-            logger.debug("Extra SITE_PACKAGES: {}", DIR.parent.parent)
-            logger.debug("PATH: {}", sys.path)
+        if self.settings.search.use_site_packages:
+            self.config.prefix_dirs.append(site_packages)
+            logger.debug("SITE_PACKAGES: {}", site_packages)
+            if site_packages != DIR.parent.parent:
+                self.config.prefix_dirs.append(DIR.parent.parent)
+                logger.debug("Extra SITE_PACKAGES: {}", DIR.parent.parent)
+                logger.debug("PATH: {}", sys.path)
 
         # Add the FindPython backport if needed
         if self.config.cmake.version < self.settings.backport.find_python:

src/scikit_build_core/resources/scikit-build.schema.json

@@ -93,6 +93,17 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "search": {
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "use-site-packages": {
+          "default": true,
+          "description": "Add the install (or build isolation) site_packages folder to the CMake prefix paths.",
+          "type": "boolean"
+        }
+      },
+      "type": "object"
+    },
     "ninja": {
       "type": "object",
       "additionalProperties": false,
@@ -599,6 +610,9 @@
           "metadata": {
             "$ref": "#/properties/metadata"
           },
+          "search": {
+            "$ref": "#/properties/search"
+          },
           "strict-config": {
             "$ref": "#/properties/strict-config"
           },

src/scikit_build_core/settings/skbuild_model.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "MessagesSettings",
     "NinjaSettings",
     "SDistSettings",
+    "SearchSettings",
     "ScikitBuildSettings",
     "WheelSettings",
 ]
@@ -80,6 +81,15 @@ class CMakeSettings:
     """
 
 
+@dataclasses.dataclass
+class SearchSettings:
+    use_site_packages: bool = True
+    """
+    Add the install (or build isolation) site_packages folder to the CMake prefix
+    paths.
+    """
+
+
 @dataclasses.dataclass
 class NinjaSettings:
     minimum_version: Optional[Version] = None
@@ -326,6 +336,7 @@ class ScikitBuildSettings:
     install: InstallSettings = dataclasses.field(default_factory=InstallSettings)
     generate: List[GenerateSettings] = dataclasses.field(default_factory=list)
     messages: MessagesSettings = dataclasses.field(default_factory=MessagesSettings)
+    search: SearchSettings = dataclasses.field(default_factory=SearchSettings)
 
     metadata: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]] = dataclasses.field(default_factory=dict)
     """

tests/test_skbuild_settings.py

@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ def test_skbuild_settings_pyproject_toml_broken(
         == """\
       ERROR: Unrecognized options in pyproject.toml:
         tool.scikit-build.cmake.verison -> Did you mean: tool.scikit-build.cmake.version, tool.scikit-build.cmake.verbose, tool.scikit-build.cmake.define?
-        tool.scikit-build.logger -> Did you mean: tool.scikit-build.logging, tool.scikit-build.generate, tool.scikit-build.fail?
+        tool.scikit-build.logger -> Did you mean: tool.scikit-build.logging, tool.scikit-build.generate, tool.scikit-build.search?
       """.split()
     )