My C++ library uses external dependencies, most of which are open source, but at least one of them is only available as cross-compiled binaries. In our CI workflow, we typically fetch the artifact that was compiled for a particular architecture, then link it. I'm now working on Python bindings, and I started writing the setup.py file that compiles the shared library using CMake. Is it possible to achieve the same thing as the Github Action, namely to fetch the proper cross-compiled artifact from the dependency's repo automatically? I read about the runtime_library_dirs and package_data options, but (all) the artifacts should be available locally. I also tried to give the path to the .tar.gz to install_requires, but that didn't work either (and it wouldn't pick the proper artifact automatically anyway). Hope there's a way to do it! Continue reading...
