Make the wheel repairing configurable

Signed-off-by: Cristian Le <git@lecris.dev>

Author: LecrisUT

README.md

@@ -260,6 +260,14 @@ wheel.build-tag = ""
 # EXPERIMENTAL: Do automatic repairs of the compiled binaries and libraries.
 wheel.repair.enable = false
 
+# Patch the dynamic links to libraries installed in the current wheel.
+wheel.repair.in-wheel = true
+
+# Patch the dynamic links to libraries in other wheels. BEWARE that this may
+# result in incompatible wheels. Use this only if the wheels are strongly linked
+# to each other and strict manylinux compliance is not required.
+wheel.repair.cross-wheel = false
+
 # If CMake is less than this value, backport a copy of FindPython. Set to 0
 # disable this, or the empty string.
 backport.find-python = "3.26.1"

src/scikit_build_core/repair_wheel/rpath.py

@@ -164,8 +164,14 @@ def patch_target(self, target: Target) -> None:
         for install_path in target_install_paths:
             target_path = self.install_dir / install_path
             artifact_path = target_path / artifact.path.name
-            dependency_rpaths = self.get_dependency_rpaths(target, install_path)
-            package_rpaths = self.get_package_rpaths(target, install_path)
+            if self.settings.wheel.repair.in_wheel:
+                dependency_rpaths = self.get_dependency_rpaths(target, install_path)
+            else:
+                dependency_rpaths = []
+            if self.settings.wheel.repair.cross_wheel:
+                package_rpaths = self.get_package_rpaths(target, install_path)
+            else:
+                package_rpaths = []
             existing_rpaths = self.get_existing_rpaths(artifact_path)
             logger.debug(
                 "Patching rpaths for artifact {artifact}\n"

src/scikit_build_core/repair_wheel/windows.py

@@ -210,8 +210,15 @@ def get_package_dll(self, target: Target) -> list[Path]:
 
     def patch_target(self, target: Target) -> None:
         # Here we just gather all dll paths needed for each target
-        package_dlls = self.get_package_dll(target)
-        dependency_dlls = self.get_dependency_dll(target)
+        if self.settings.wheel.repair.in_wheel:
+            dependency_dlls = self.get_dependency_dll(target)
+        else:
+            dependency_dlls = []
+        if self.settings.wheel.repair.cross_wheel:
+            package_dlls = self.get_package_dll(target)
+        else:
+            package_dlls = []
+
         if not package_dlls and not dependency_dlls:
             logger.warning(
                 "No dll files found for target {target}",

src/scikit_build_core/resources/scikit-build.schema.json

@@ -248,6 +248,16 @@
               "type": "boolean",
               "default": false,
               "description": "EXPERIMENTAL: Do automatic repairs of the compiled binaries and libraries."
+            },
+            "in-wheel": {
+              "type": "boolean",
+              "default": true,
+              "description": "Patch the dynamic links to libraries installed in the current wheel."
+            },
+            "cross-wheel": {
+              "type": "boolean",
+              "default": false,
+              "description": "Patch the dynamic links to libraries in other wheels. BEWARE that this may result in incompatible wheels. Use this only if the wheels are strongly linked to each other and strict manylinux compliance is not required."
             }
           },
           "description": "Wheel repair options"

src/scikit_build_core/settings/skbuild_model.py

@@ -189,6 +189,19 @@ class WheelRepair:
     EXPERIMENTAL: Do automatic repairs of the compiled binaries and libraries.
     """
 
+    in_wheel: bool = True
+    """
+    Patch the dynamic links to libraries installed in the current wheel.
+    """
+
+    cross_wheel: bool = False
+    """
+    Patch the dynamic links to libraries in other wheels.
+    BEWARE that this may result in incompatible wheels. Use this only if the
+    wheels are strongly linked to each other and strict manylinux compliance is
+    not required.
+    """
+
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass
 class WheelSettings:

tests/packages/repair_wheel/pyproject.toml

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ dependencies = ["base_project"]
 build.requires = ["base_project @ {root:uri}/extern"]
 wheel.install-dir = "repair_wheel"
 wheel.repair.enable = true
+wheel.repair.cross-wheel = true
 
 [project.scripts]
 main = "repair_wheel.__main__:run"