From 98d9acd376c1ffcde0b5c418f5739cb24bb8e99d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Theodore Ni <3806110+tjni@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2023 01:13:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] python2Packages.ninja: alias it to ninja build tool

---
 pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
index 7b36e82f99fb..073ffa0be2c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python2-packages.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ with self; with super; {
 
   more-itertools = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/more-itertools { };
 
+  # ninja python stub was created to help simplify python builds using PyPA's
+  # build tool in Python 3, but it does not yet support Python 2
+  ninja = pkgs.buildPackages.ninja;
+
   packaging = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/packaging { };
 
   pip = callPackage ../development/python2-modules/pip { };