1 files changed, 39 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypcap/default.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypcap/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dc916213fcd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypcap/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ lib, writeText, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, libpcap, dpkt }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pypcap";
+  version = "1.2.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "07ww25z4xydp11hb38halh1940gmp5lca11hwfb63zv3bps248x3";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # The default setup.py searchs for pcap.h in a static list of default
+    # folders. So we have to add the path to libpcap in the nix-store.
+    (writeText "libpcap-path.patch"
+      ''
+      --- a/setup.py
+      +++ b/setup.py
+      @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ def recursive_search(path, target_files):
+
+       def find_prefix_and_pcap_h():
+           prefixes = chain.from_iterable((
+      +        '${libpcap}',
+               ('/usr', sys.prefix),
+               glob.glob('/opt/libpcap*'),
+               glob.glob('../libpcap*'),
+      '')
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ libpcap ];
+  checkInputs = [ dpkt ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/pynetwork/pypcap;
+    description = "Simplified object-oriented Python wrapper for libpcap";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ geistesk ];
+  };
+}