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python38Packages.telethon: Patch find_library call for libssl #97349

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python38Packages.telethon: Patch find_library call for libssl #97349

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https://github.com/LonamiWebs/Telethon/blob/8330635a725717390e1981848737b8988a419fe1/telethon/crypto/libssl.py#L19

Motivation for this change

Telethon can use libssl to speed up encryption, this is especially useful when sending files.
See https://docs.telethon.dev/en/latest/developing/philosophy.html:

If libssl is available on your system, the library will make use of it to speed up some critical parts such as encrypting and decrypting the messages. Files will notably be sent and downloaded faster.

The ctypes.util.find_library call fails on NixOS because the environmental variables that get checked (by ldconfig, gcc, etc) are obviously missing so we patch it with a direct path to libssl.

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  • Tested using sandboxing (nix.useSandbox on NixOS, or option sandbox in nix.conf on non-NixOS linux)
  • Built on platform(s)
    • NixOS
    • macOS
    • other Linux distributions
  • Tested via one or more NixOS test(s) if existing and applicable for the change (look inside nixos/tests)
  • Tested compilation of all pkgs that depend on this change using nix-shell -p nixpkgs-review --run "nixpkgs-review wip"
  • Tested execution of all binary files (usually in ./result/bin/)
  • Determined the impact on package closure size (by running nix path-info -S before and after)
  • Ensured that relevant documentation is up to date
  • Fits CONTRIBUTING.md.

Telethon can use libssl to speed up encryption. The `find_library` call fails on NixOS because the environmental variables that get checked are obviously missing so we patch it with a direct path to libssl.

https://github.com/LonamiWebs/Telethon/blob/8330635a725717390e1981848737b8988a419fe1/telethon/crypto/libssl.py#L19
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please add openssl to the inputs. And think in python-packages.nix please do:

  telethon = callPackages ..... {
     inherit (pkgs) openssl;
  };

to avoid importing the "openssl" python package

while evaluating 'callPackageWith' at /home/jon/.cache/nixpkgs-review/pr-97349/nixpkgs/lib/customisation.nix:117:35, called from /home/jon/.cache/nixpkgs-review/pr-97349/nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix:6800:14:
while evaluating 'makeOverridable' at /home/jon/.cache/nixpkgs-review/pr-97349/nixpkgs/lib/customisation.nix:67:24, called from /home/jon/.cache/nixpkgs-review/pr-97349/nixpkgs/lib/customisation.nix:121:8:
undefined variable 'openssl' at /home/jon/.cache/nixpkgs-review/pr-97349/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/telethon/default.nix:15:45

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udf commented Sep 7, 2020

Okay, it should work now.

Tested with:

[nix-shell:~/github/nixpkgs]$ python
Python 3.8.5 (default, Jul 20 2020, 13:26:22) 
[GCC 9.3.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import telethon
>>> telethon.crypto.libssl._find_ssl_lib()
<CDLL '/nix/store/ljh2y54hgm198ng3y0wk857rcf5l9dfi-openssl-1.1.1g/lib/libssl.so', handle 1182710 at 0x7fca057a21f0>
>>> 

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