Bug#372748: Deprecating /usr/lib/site-python in python policy

[Thomas Viehmann <tv@beamnet.de>]

tag 372748 +patch
thanks

Dafydd Harries wrote:
> Ar 11/06/2006 am 14:35, ysgrifennodd Raphael Hertzog:
>> Someone should file a wishlist bug on lintian to check that packages don't
>> use /usr/lib/site-python any more.
> Done: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=372748
Maybe the attached patch is useful.

Kind regards

T.
-- 
Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/

diff -burN lintian-1.23.21/checks/files lintian-1.23.21.tv0/checks/files
--- lintian-1.23.21/checks/files	2006-05-04 05:37:21.000000000 +0200
+++ lintian-1.23.21.tv0/checks/files	2006-06-11 21:13:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -448,6 +448,10 @@
 	tag "package-installs-python-pyc", "$file"
     }
 
+    # ---------------- /usr/lib/site-python
+    if ($file =~ m,^usr/lib/site-python/,) {
+	tag "file-in-usr-lib-site-python", $file
+    }
     # ---------------- pythonX.Y extensions
     if ($file =~ m,^usr/lib/python\d\.\d/\S,
 	and not $file =~ m,^usr/lib/python\d\.\d/site-packages/,) {
diff -burN lintian-1.23.21/checks/files.desc lintian-1.23.21.tv0/checks/files.desc
--- lintian-1.23.21/checks/files.desc	2006-05-04 05:37:21.000000000 +0200
+++ lintian-1.23.21.tv0/checks/files.desc	2006-06-11 18:36:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -360,6 +360,12 @@
 Info: Debian packages should not install into <tt>/opt</tt>, because it
  is reserved for add-on software.
 
+Tag: file-in-usr-lib-site-python
+Type: error
+Info: The directory /usr/lib/site-python has been deprecated as a
+ location for installing Python packages. Packages should use
+ /usr/share/$package instead.
+
 Tag: third-party-package-in-python-dir
 Type: warning
 Info: According to <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/essays/packages.html";>