configure neovim properly for building

tasks/config/neovim.yml

@@ -5,13 +5,25 @@
     neovim:
       method: "{{ pkgconfig.neovim.methods[ansible_distribution] | default(pkgconfig.neovim.methods.default) }}"
 
-- name: Set neovim config
+- name: Set neovim sys package manager config
+  when:
+    - neovim.method == 'sys'
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
     neovim:
       method: "{{ neovim.method }}"
-      vers: "v{{ pkgconfig.neovim.version }}"
       pkgs: "{{ pkgconfig.neovim.pkgs[ansible_distribution] | default(pkgconfig.neovim.pkgs.default) }}"
+
+- name: Set neovim src build config
+  when:
+    - neovim.method == 'src'
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    neovim:
+      method: "{{ neovim.method }}"
+      vers: "{{ pkgconfig.neovim.git_branch }}"
+      build_deps: "{{ pkgconfig.neovim.build_deps[ansible_os_family] }}"
       git_repo: "{{ pkgconfig.neovim.git_repo }}"
+      git_path: "{{ d_tempdir.path }}/neovim"
+      build_type: "{{ pkgconfig.neovim.build_type }}"
 
 - name: Set neovim config for appimage install
   when:

tasks/pkgs/neovim.yml

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
       when:
         - neovim.method == 'src'
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        pkg_sys: "{{ pkg_sys + neovim.build_deps }}"
         pkg_src: "{{ pkg_src + ['neovim'] }}"
 
     - name: Set neovim_configured

tasks/src/neovim.yml

@@ -3,15 +3,17 @@
 - name: Clone neovim git repository
   ansible.builtin.git:
     depth: 1
-    dest: "{{ d_tempdir.path }}/neovim"
+    dest: "{{ neovim.git_path }}"
     repo: "{{ neovim.git_repo }}"
     version: "{{ neovim.vers }}"
+    recursive: true
 
 - name: Build and install neovim
   become: "{{ ext_become }}"
-  ansible.builtin.make:
+  community.general.make:
-    chdir: "{{ d_tempdir.path }}/neovim"
+    chdir: "{{ neovim.git_path }}"
     params:
       CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: "{{ neovim.build_type }}"
-      CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX: "{{ path.prefix }}"
+      CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS: "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX={{ path.prefix }}"
     target: install
+    jobs: "{{ ansible_processor_nproc | int }}"

vars/pkgs/neovim.yml

@@ -1,31 +1,69 @@
 neovim:
-  version: nightly
+  version: v0.10.4
+  build_type: Release
   git_repo: https://github.com/neovim/neovim
+  git_branch: nightly
   appimage:
     base_url: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download
     link_name: nvim
   methods:
     default: src
+    AlmaLinux: appimage
     Alpine: src
+    Debian: appimage
     Fedora: src
-    Ubuntu: sys
     MacOSX: sys
+    RedHat: appimage
+    Rocky: appimage
+    Ubuntu: src
   pkgs:
     default:
       - neovim
+    Alpine:
+      - neovim
+    Arch:
+      - neovim
+      - python-pynvim
+    RedHat: &rhelbased
+      - neovim
+      - python3-neovim
+    AlmaLinux: *rhelbased
+    Rocky: *rhelbased
+    Debian:
+      - neovim
+      - python3-neovim
+    Fedora:
+      - neovim
+      - python3-neovim
+    Ubuntu:
+      - neovim
+      - python3-neovim
+    FreeBSD:
+      - neovim
+      - py36-pynvim
   build_deps:
-    RedHat: []
+    RedHat:
-    Debian: []
+      - cmake
-    Darwin: []
+      - curl
+      - gcc
+      - gettext
+      - glibc-gconv-extra
+      - make
+      - ninja-build
+    Debian:
+      - build-essential
+      - cmake
+      - curl
+      - gettext
+      - ninja-build
+    Darwin:
+      - cmake
+      - curl
+      - gettext
+      - ninja
     Alpine:
       - build-base
       - cmake
-      - libuv-dev
+      - coreutils
-      - libuv
+      - curl
-      - libluv
+      - gettext-tiny-dev
-      - lua-luv-dev
-      - utf8proc-dev
-      - luajit-dev
-      - luajit
-      - lua-lpeg-dev
-      - unibilium-dev