From 8cffeac108fe8a4cf35f34dd9029679db6d15240 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jopejoe1 <jopejoe1@missing.ninja>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:39:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] python3Packages.scancode-toolkit: make use of
 writableTmpDirAsHomeHook

---
 .../python-modules/scancode-toolkit/default.nix           | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scancode-toolkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scancode-toolkit/default.nix
index bd89b5a31047..089c4af137e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scancode-toolkit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scancode-toolkit/default.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
   typecode,
   typecode-libmagic,
   urlpy,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
   xmltodict,
   zipp,
 }:
@@ -130,12 +131,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.9") [ zipp ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
+  ];
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
-  # Importing scancode needs a writeable home, and preCheck happens in between
-  # pythonImportsCheckPhase and pytestCheckPhase.
   postInstall = ''
-    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
   '';
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "scancode" ];

From 9b60b131514809822a64279e7f0abd6b7a93e27f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jopejoe1 <jopejoe1@missing.ninja>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:39:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] python3Packages.scancode-toolkit: pre-generate index file

this is needed to run the scancode cli to scan a codebase otherwise it complains about a non-writable file.
---
 pkgs/development/python-modules/scancode-toolkit/default.nix | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scancode-toolkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scancode-toolkit/default.nix
index 089c4af137e1..26280e0a3d70 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scancode-toolkit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scancode-toolkit/default.nix
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
+  # Pre-genrating license index
   postInstall = ''
+    $out/bin/scancode-reindex-licenses
   '';
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "scancode" ];

From 869c176220a1dcc639c1e7fe6cbb5863acd8e844 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jopejoe1 <jopejoe1@missing.ninja>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:40:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] python3Packages.scancode-toolkit: renable tests

---
 .../development/python-modules/scancode-toolkit/default.nix | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scancode-toolkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scancode-toolkit/default.nix
index 26280e0a3d70..42fd4f6c258d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scancode-toolkit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scancode-toolkit/default.nix
@@ -144,12 +144,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "scancode" ];
 
-  disabledTestPaths = [
-    # Tests are outdated
-    "src/formattedcode/output_spdx.py"
-    "src/scancode/cli.py"
-  ];
-
   # Takes a long time and doesn't appear to do anything
   dontStrip = true;