vtk: use gdalMinimal instead of gdal #478275

qbisi · 2026-01-09T03:06:01Z

gdalMinimal is used for vtk's IO module
this pr reduce clousure size of vtk (no loonger depend on openjdk). also helps building vtk on loongarch64

first commit should triger zero rebuild, just make sure python3Packages.vtk/gdal use the same python3Packages.

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imincik

Looks good to me. Thank you @qbisi

dotlambda · 2026-01-09T08:14:52Z

pkgs/development/libraries/vtk/generic.nix

    adios2 = self.callPackage adios2.override { };
    cgns = self.callPackage cgns.override { };
    viskores = self.callPackage viskores.override { };
+    gdal = self.callPackage gdal.override { useMinimalFeatures = true; };


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gdal = self.callPackage gdal.override { useMinimalFeatures = true; };

gdal = self.callPackage gdalMinimal { }

Personly, i will use gdalMinimal as input driectly only if i don't need to override it. I should admit the commit message "vtk: use gdalMinimal" might be confusing as i have not use gdalMinimal as the input. Maybe "vtk: use gdal with minimalFeatures" matches better.

imincik · 2026-01-09T08:27:24Z

I am running nixpkgs-review now ...

qbisi · 2026-01-09T09:12:28Z

I am running nixpkgs-review now ...

Thanks, my poor machine cannot afford this.

imincik · 2026-01-09T13:40:49Z

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Command: nixpkgs-review pr 478275
Commit: 66c0becebcc5fe29f59eca1aacb082b7b2160fc6

`x86_64-linux`

❌ 21 packages failed to build:

ezminc
itk_5_2
otb
python313Packages.pyotb
python313Packages.pyotb.dist
python314Packages.dicom2nifti
python314Packages.dicom2nifti.dist
python314Packages.fast-simplification
python314Packages.fast-simplification.dist
python314Packages.gstools
python314Packages.gstools.dist
python314Packages.pykrige
python314Packages.pykrige.dist
python314Packages.pymedio
python314Packages.pymedio.dist
python314Packages.pyotb
python314Packages.pyotb.dist
python314Packages.pyvista
python314Packages.pyvista.dist
python314Packages.torchio
python314Packages.torchio.dist

✅ 92 packages built:

ants
appcsxcad
c3d
cloudcompare
csxcad
elastix
elmerfem
exhibit
f3d
f3d.man
freecad
gdcm
itk (itk_5)
mirtk
mrtrix
octavePackages.dicom
openems
paraview
parmmg
parmmg.dev
pcl
python313Packages.dicom2nifti
python313Packages.dicom2nifti.dist
python313Packages.f3d
python313Packages.f3d.man
python313Packages.fast-simplification
python313Packages.fast-simplification.dist
python313Packages.firedrake
python313Packages.firedrake.dist
python313Packages.gdcm
python313Packages.gstools
python313Packages.gstools.dist
python313Packages.itk
python313Packages.mayavi
python313Packages.mayavi.dist
python313Packages.medpy
python313Packages.medpy.dist
python313Packages.medvol
python313Packages.medvol.dist
python313Packages.napari-nifti
python313Packages.napari-nifti.dist
python313Packages.opencv4Full
python313Packages.opencv4Full.cxxdev
python313Packages.opencv4Full.package_tests
python313Packages.pykrige
python313Packages.pykrige.dist
python313Packages.pymedio
python313Packages.pymedio.dist
python313Packages.pyradiomics
python313Packages.pyradiomics.dist
python313Packages.python-csxcad
python313Packages.python-csxcad.dist
python313Packages.pyvista
python313Packages.pyvista.dist
python313Packages.simpleitk
python313Packages.simpleitk.dist
python313Packages.torchio
python313Packages.torchio.dist
python313Packages.vtk
python314Packages.f3d
python314Packages.f3d.man
python314Packages.firedrake
python314Packages.firedrake.dist
python314Packages.gdcm
python314Packages.itk
python314Packages.mayavi
python314Packages.mayavi.dist
python314Packages.medpy
python314Packages.medpy.dist
python314Packages.medvol
python314Packages.medvol.dist
python314Packages.napari-nifti
python314Packages.napari-nifti.dist
python314Packages.opencv4Full
python314Packages.opencv4Full.cxxdev
python314Packages.opencv4Full.package_tests
python314Packages.pyradiomics
python314Packages.pyradiomics.dist
python314Packages.python-csxcad
python314Packages.python-csxcad.dist
python314Packages.simpleitk
python314Packages.simpleitk.dist
python314Packages.vtk
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qcsxcad.dev
rtabmap
simpleitk
therion
vtk (vtk_9_5)
vtk-dicom
vtk-full
vtkWithQt6

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itk_5_2

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[ 56%] Linking CXX shared library ../../../../../../../lib/libitkvnl-5.2.so
[ 56%] Built target itkvnl
make: *** [Makefile:156: all] Error 2

python314Packages.pyvista

                                                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
  File "/nix/store/pmb8clh66mryha2ijzz3dg969drrkgj7-python3-3.14.2/lib/python3.14/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1398, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1371, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1342, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 938, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 759, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 491, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/nix/store/1mwp8ni7sf5153bdpxzhj9g7q0znjigs-python3.14-pyvista-0.46.4/lib/python3.14/site-packages/pyvista/__init__.py", line 14, in <module>
    from pyvista.core import *
  File "/nix/store/1mwp8ni7sf5153bdpxzhj9g7q0znjigs-python3.14-pyvista-0.46.4/lib/python3.14/site-packages/pyvista/core/__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
    from ._typing_core import *
  File "/nix/store/1mwp8ni7sf5153bdpxzhj9g7q0znjigs-python3.14-pyvista-0.46.4/lib/python3.14/site-packages/pyvista/core/_typing_core/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
    from ._aliases import ArrayLike as ArrayLike
  File "/nix/store/1mwp8ni7sf5153bdpxzhj9g7q0znjigs-python3.14-pyvista-0.46.4/lib/python3.14/site-packages/pyvista/core/_typing_core/_aliases.py", line 40, in <module>
    VectorLike.__doc__ = """One-dimensional array-like object with numerical values.
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'typing.Union' object attribute '__doc__' is read-only

qbisi · 2026-01-09T16:55:44Z

itk-5.2/itk-5.3/python314Packages.pyvista are known failure on hydra after recent staging-next cycle merged into master with gcc upgrading to gcc15.

python314Packages.pyvista will be built when new pyvista 0.47.0 released.

qbisi mentioned this pull request Jan 9, 2026

build vtk on loongarch64 #478277

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qbisi force-pushed the vtk-loong branch from 575d77e to 55cc80f Compare January 9, 2026 03:12

qbisi added 2 commits January 9, 2026 11:23

gdal: use python3Packages

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vtk: use gdalMinimal

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qbisi force-pushed the vtk-loong branch from 55cc80f to 66c0bec Compare January 9, 2026 03:23

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