dh_pysupport

use the python-support framework to handle Python modules

Synopsis

dh_pysupport [debhelper options] [-V X.Y] [-X item [...]] [-n] [module dirs ...]

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description

dh_pysupport is a debhelper program that will scan your package, detect public modules in /usr/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages, and move them to the shared Python modules location. It will generate appropriate postinst/prerm scripts to byte-compile modules installed there for all available python versions.

It will also look for private Python modules and will byte-compile them with the current Python version. You may have to list the directories containing private Python modules.

If a file named debian/pyversions exists, it is used to determine the python versions with which the package can work.

Appropriate dependencies on python-support, python and pythonX.Y are put in ${python:Depends}. The ${python:Versions} and ${python:Provides} optional substitution variables are made available as well.

options

module dirs

If your package installs private python modules in non-standard directories, you can make dh_pysupport check those directories by passing their names on the command line. By default, it will check /usr/lib/$PACKAGE, /usr/share/$PACKAGE, /usr/lib/games/$PACKAGE and /usr/share/games/$PACKAGE

-n, --noscripts

Do not modify postinst/postrm scripts.

-d

This option is deprecated.

-V X.Y

Force private modules to be bytecompiled with the specific X.Y python version, regardless of the default python version on the system.

-X item, --exclude=item

Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from being taken into account to generate the python dependency. It also excludes them from byte-compilation. You may use this option multiple times to build up a list of things to exclude.

conforms to

Python policy as of 2006-08-10

see also

debhelper

This program is a part of python-support but is made to work with debhelper.

authors

Josselin Mouette <joss[:at:]debian[:dot:]org>, Raphael Hertzog <hertzog[:at:]debian[:dot:]org>