Address review comments

Makefile.envs

 export PATH := $(PYODIDE_ROOT)/ccache:$(PYODIDE_ROOT)/emsdk/emsdk:$(PYODIDE_ROOT)/emsdk/emsdk/clang/tag-e1.38.10/build_tag-e1.38.10_64/bin:$(PYODIDE_ROOT)/emsdk/emsdk/node/8.9.1_64bit/bin:$(PYODIDE_ROOT)/emsdk/emsdk/emscripten/tag-1.38.10:$(PYODIDE_ROOT)/emsdk/emsdk/binaryen/tag-1.38.10_64bit_binaryen/bin:$(PATH)
-export PYTHONPATH := $(PYTHONPATH):$(PYODIDE_ROOT)/
 
 export EMSDK = $(PYODIDE_ROOT)/emsdk/emsdk
 export EM_CONFIG = $(PYODIDE_ROOT)/emsdk/emsdk/.emscripten

bin/pyodide

+#!/bin/sh
+
+# get the absolute path to the root directory
+ROOTDIR="$(cd ${BASH_SOURCE%/*}/../; pwd)";
+
+export PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH}:${ROOTDIR}"
+python -m pyodide_build "$@"

packages/Makefile

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ PYODIDE_ROOT=$(abspath ..)
 include ../Makefile.envs
 
 all:
-	python -m pyodide_build buildall . ../build \
+	../bin/pyodide buildall . ../build \
 		--ldflags="$(SIDE_LDFLAGS)" --host=$(HOSTPYTHONROOT) --target=$(TARGETPYTHONROOT)
 
 clean:

pyodide_build/__main__.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from . import pywasmcross
 
 
 def main():
-    main_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    main_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='pyodide')
     subparsers = main_parser.add_subparsers(help='action')
 
     for command_name, module in (("buildpkg", buildpkg),

pyodide_build/buildpkg.py

@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ def compile(path, srcpath, pkg, args):
     try:
         subprocess.run([
             str(Path(args.host) / 'bin' / 'python3'),
-            '-m', 'pyodide_build',
-            'pywasmcross',
+            '-m', 'pyodide_build', 'pywasmcross',
             '--cflags',
             args.cflags + ' ' +
             pkg.get('build', {}).get('cflags', ''),

pyodide_build/pywasmcross.py

@@ -208,6 +208,11 @@ def build_wrap(args):
 
 
 def make_parser(parser):
+    basename = Path(sys.argv[0]).name
+    if basename in symlinks:
+        # skip parsing of all arguments
+        parser._actions = []
+    else:
         parser.description = (
             'Cross compile a Python distutils package. '
             'Run from the root directory of the package\'s source')
@@ -226,7 +231,7 @@ def make_parser(parser):
     return parser
 
 
-def main(args, unknown=None):
+def main(args):
     basename = Path(sys.argv[0]).name
     if basename in symlinks:
         collect_args(basename)
@@ -235,6 +240,10 @@ def main(args, unknown=None):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    basename = Path(sys.argv[0]).name
+    if basename in symlinks:
+        main(None)
+    else:
         parser = make_parser(argparse.ArgumentParser())
-    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
-    main(args, unknown)
+        args = parser.parse_args()
+        main(args)

setup.py

-from setuptools import setup
-import sys
-from pyodide_build import __version__
-
-if 'install' in sys.argv or 'bdist_wheel' in sys.argv:
-    print("Error: pyodode_build is currently not fully standalone, "
-          "and can only be installed in development mode. Use:\n"
-          "        pip install -e . \n"
-          "to install it.")
-    sys.exit(1)
-
-
-with open('README.md', 'rt') as fh:
-    LONG_DESCRIPTION = fh.read()
-
-
-setup(name='pyodide_build',
-      version=__version__,
-      description='pyodide builder',
-      entry_points={
-        'console_scripts': [
-            'pyodide = pyodide_build.__main__:main'
-        ]},
-      url="https://github.com/iodide-project/pyodide",
-      license='MPL',
-      packages=['pyodide_build'])