2 files changed, 55 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/supervise_api/default.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/supervise_api/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..47cdc8a28b11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/supervise_api/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, substituteAll
+, supervise
+, isPy3k
+, whichcraft
+, utillinux
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "supervise_api";
+  version = "0.6.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1230f42294910e83421b7d3b08a968d27d510a4a709e966507ed70db5da1b9de";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./supervise-path.patch;
+      inherit supervise;
+    })
+  ];
+
+  # In the git repo, supervise_api lives inside a python subdir
+  patchFlags = [ "-p2" ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optional (!isPy3k) whichcraft;
+
+  checkInputs = [ utillinux ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "An API for running processes safely and securely";
+    homepage = https://github.com/catern/supervise;
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ catern ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/supervise_api/supervise-path.patch b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/supervise_api/supervise-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c5538ddc26e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/supervise_api/supervise-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/python/supervise_api/supervise.py b/python/supervise_api/supervise.py
+index 497d3ea..be57e35 100644
+--- a/python/supervise_api/supervise.py
++++ b/python/supervise_api/supervise.py
+@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ try:
+ except:
+     from whichcraft import which
+ 
+-supervise_utility_location = which("supervise")
+-if not supervise_utility_location:
+-    raise FileNotFoundError(errno.ENOENT, "Executable not found in PATH", "supervise")
++supervise_utility_location = '@supervise@/bin/supervise'
+ 
+ 
+ def ignore_sigchld():