Add a custom BOBRC file

to customize the location of automated downloads
This should prevents errors like https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.bio.face/-/jobs/238053

MANIFEST.in

 include LICENSE README.rst buildout.cfg version.txt
 recursive-include doc conf.py *.rst *.sh *.png *.ico *.crt
-recursive-include bob/devtools/data *.md *.yaml *.pem matplotlibrc
+recursive-include bob/devtools/data *.md *.yaml *.pem matplotlibrc bobrc
 recursive-include bob/devtools/templates conf.py *.rst *.png *.ico LICENSE COPYING MANIFEST.in .gitlab-ci.yml .gitignore *.cfg *.txt *.py *.yaml .flake8

bob/devtools/constants.py

@@ -126,3 +126,7 @@ MATPLOTLIB_RCDIR = pkg_resources.resource_filename(__name__, "data")
 
 It is required for certain builds that use matplotlib functionality.
 """
+
+BOBRC_PATH = pkg_resources.resource_filename(__name__, "data", "bobrc")
+"""The path to custom Bob configuration file to be used during the CI
+"""

bob/devtools/data/bobrc

+{
+    "bob_data_folder": "./bob_data",
+}

bob/devtools/scripts/build.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from ..build import next_build_number
 from ..build import root_logger_protection
 from ..build import should_skip_build
 from ..constants import BASE_CONDARC
+from ..constants import BOBRC_PATH
 from ..constants import CONDA_BUILD_CONFIG
 from ..constants import CONDA_RECIPE_APPEND
 from ..constants import MATPLOTLIB_RCDIR
@@ -218,6 +219,7 @@ def build(
     conda_config = make_conda_config(config, python, append_file, condarc_options)
 
     set_environment("MATPLOTLIBRC", MATPLOTLIB_RCDIR)
+    set_environment("BOBRC", BOBRC_PATH)
 
     # setup BOB_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER environment variable (used for bob.extension
     # and derived documentation building via Sphinx)

bob/devtools/scripts/graph.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from ..bootstrap import get_channels
 from ..bootstrap import set_environment
 from ..build import make_conda_config
 from ..constants import BASE_CONDARC
+from ..constants import BOBRC_PATH
 from ..constants import CONDA_BUILD_CONFIG
 from ..constants import CONDA_RECIPE_APPEND
 from ..constants import MATPLOTLIB_RCDIR
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ def graph(
     conda_config = make_conda_config(config, python, append_file, condarc_options)
 
     set_environment("MATPLOTLIBRC", MATPLOTLIB_RCDIR)
+    set_environment("BOBRC", BOBRC_PATH)
 
     # setup BOB_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER environment variable (used for bob.extension
     # and derived documentation building via Sphinx)

bob/devtools/scripts/rebuild.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from ..build import next_build_number
 from ..build import root_logger_protection
 from ..build import should_skip_build
 from ..constants import BASE_CONDARC
+from ..constants import BOBRC_PATH
 from ..constants import CONDA_BUILD_CONFIG
 from ..constants import CONDA_RECIPE_APPEND
 from ..constants import MATPLOTLIB_RCDIR
@@ -211,6 +212,7 @@ def rebuild(
     conda_config = make_conda_config(config, python, append_file, condarc_options)
 
     set_environment("MATPLOTLIBRC", MATPLOTLIB_RCDIR)
+    set_environment("BOBRC", BOBRC_PATH)
 
     # setup BOB_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER environment variable (used for bob.extension
     # and derived documentation building via Sphinx)

bob/devtools/scripts/test.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from ..build import get_env_directory
 from ..build import make_conda_config
 from ..build import root_logger_protection
 from ..constants import BASE_CONDARC
+from ..constants import BOBRC_PATH
 from ..constants import CONDA_BUILD_CONFIG
 from ..constants import CONDA_RECIPE_APPEND
 from ..constants import MATPLOTLIB_RCDIR
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ def test(
     conda_config = make_conda_config(config, None, append_file, condarc_options)
 
     set_environment("MATPLOTLIBRC", MATPLOTLIB_RCDIR)
+    set_environment("BOBRC", BOBRC_PATH)
 
     # setup BOB_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER environment variable (used for bob.extension
     # and derived documentation building via Sphinx)