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python-mkdebian(1) [debian man page]

PYTHON-MKDEBIAN(1)						   User Commands						PYTHON-MKDEBIAN(1)

NAME

       python-mkdebian - Generate a suitable Debian source package for a standard distutils application

SYNOPSIS

       python-mkdebian [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This  script generates a reasonably Debian Policy compliant Debian source package for a Python application that uses distutils properly. It
       assumes that there are no public Python modules, and generates just a single application binary package.

       Information is taken from setup.py's generated .egg-info file: author, project name, description, version, upstream  source,  license,  and
       required  and  provided	Python	modules  (which  are translated to Debian python library package names, and automatically added as package
       dependencies).

       It generates a simple cdbs/python-support rules file.

       python-mkdebian was designed to be used with the DistUtilsExtra.auto module, which calculates required Python  dependencies  automatically.
       However,  it  makes  no	explicit assumptions about DistUtilsExtra, so if setup.py has complete information it will work with any distutils
       setup.

OPTIONS

       --force-control=FORCE_CONTROL
	      Force control file behaviour. Can be one of "none" (keep unchanged), "deps" (only update dependencies), or  "full"  (recreate  whole
	      file). By default only dependencies will be updated ("deps").

       --force-copyright
	      Force whole copyright file to be recreated. By default it will not touch an already existing copyright file, so that you can custom-
	      ize them.

       --force-rules
	      Force whole rules file to be recreated. By default it will not touch an already existing rules file, so that you can customize them.

       --changelog=CHANGELOG
	      Add changelog entry to debian/changelog (can be specified multiple times)

       --dependency=PACKAGENAME
	      Add additional debian package dependency (can be specified multiple times)

       --prefix=PREFIX
	      Ask for installing all your modules in the dedicated PREFIX (default is /usr)

       --version
	      Show program's version number and exit

       -h, --help
	      Show this help message and exit

SEE ALSO

       Python help for the distutils module

AUTHOR

       python-mkdebian is developed by Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>.

python-mkdebian 						     May 2010							PYTHON-MKDEBIAN(1)

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DH_PYSUPPORT(1) 						  python-support						   DH_PYSUPPORT(1)

NAME

       dh_pysupport - use the python-support framework to handle Python modules

SYNOPSIS

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

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(7)

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

AUTHORS

       Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>, Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>

1.0.15								    2012-06-30							   DH_PYSUPPORT(1)
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