frida: build from source

[milahu]

currently nixpkgs has a binary build of frida
NixOS#231229

probably based on nur.repos.dschrempf.frida-tools
https://github.com/dschrempf/nur-packages/blob/master/pkgs/hacking/frida-tools/default.nix
https://github.com/dschrempf/nur-packages/blob/master/pkgs/hacking/frida-python/default.nix

which is based on nur.repos.genesis.frida-tools
https://github.com/bignaux/nur-packages/blob/master/pkgs/frida-tools/default.nix
https://github.com/bignaux/nur-packages/blob/master/pkgs/frida-compile/default.nix
https://github.com/bignaux/nur-packages/blob/master/pkgs/frida-agent-example/default.nix

build frida from source

building frida from source is complex
because frida uses many patched dependencies
and the whole build process is controlled by makefiles

my draft has about 200 commits, maybe can be squashed to 20 commits
https://github.com/milahu/nixpkgs/tree/frida-init

i got the build working, but the python module failed to load
because it failed to load the _frida.so library...
i spent many hours on that problem alone, but i found no fix

you better have a fast build server, or this will take "forever"
the most compile-time is needed for frida-v8
pkgs/development/tools/analysis/frida/v8/default.nix

also, i wanted to write an updater, which parses the pinned versions from makefiles
but i got stuck, looking for a makefile parser
see also
pkgs/development/tools/analysis/frida/update.sh

cc @lf- via NixOS#254047
(i just found that by accident, i dont receive mentions since im banned from nixos)

related

• https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues?q=in%3Atitle+frida
• can‘t compile frida from source according to https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Frida NixOS/nixpkgs#194018
• https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Frida
• https://github.com/search?q=org%3Afrida+author%3Amilahu+is%3Aopen&type=issues

[lf-]

Oh excellent work. I can try to upstream it piece by piece, first, just enough to package my project clipper.