Re: How to prevent debhelper using Python 2
On Nov 14, 2012, at 11:44 AM, Thomas Kluyver wrote:
>While working on the python3-sympy package, I've seen that if Python 2 is
>installed, various dh_* commands, like dh_auto_clean, will automatically
>try to run setup.py in Python 2. In this case, setup.py checks the Python
>version and fails. This isn't a problem when building in a clean
>environment like a buildd, but it's annoying when trying to build the
>package locally.
>
>I could specify the relevant override_dh_* targets in debian/rules, but I
>mostly want to let the default things run, just not with Python 2. Is there
>a good way to specify this in the packaging?
Sadly, I think the best you can currently do is add the overrides and inhibit
the up-calls for targets where you don't want to run the Python 2 versions.
-Barry
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