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
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>