Bug in pybuild's handling of --install-lib? [Was: Re: entry-point script and private module install directory]

[Ghislain Vaillant <ghisvail@gmail.com>]

On 12/05/16 09:22, Ghislain Vaillant wrote:
> On 11/05/16 18:55, Piotr Ożarowski wrote:
> > you can create a wrapper or patch /usr/bin script to
> > sys.path.append('/usr/share/pyfr') but the easiest solution is to
> > install the script to /usr/share/pyfr/ (if the module is "pyfr" as well,
> > simply rename the script to "run" or any other name) and then symlink it
> > to /usr/bin/pyfr)
> >
> >    override_dh_auto_install:
> >     dh_auto_install -- --install-lib=/usr/share/pyfr/
> >     mv debian/pyfr/usr/bin/pyfr debian/pyfr/usr/share/pyfr/run
> >
> > and add "/usr/share/pyfr/run /usr/bin/pyfr" to debian/pyfr.links
>
> Thanks Piotr, that's the solution I have been looking for.
>
> Ghis

Actually, on second look, Piotr's solution currently fails:

d/rules:

export PYBUILD_DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/tmp
[...]
override_dh_auto_install:
	dh_auto_install -- --install-lib=/usr/share/pyfr
	mv $(PYBUILD_DESTDIR)/usr/bin/pyfr $(PYBUILD_DESTDIR)/usr/share/pyfr/run


build log:

dh_auto_install -- --install-lib=/usr/share/pyfr
	install -d debian/pyfr
	install -d debian/pyfr-doc
	pybuild --install -i python{version} -p 3.5 
--install-lib=/usr/share/pyfr --dir . --dest-dir /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp
usage: pybuild [ACTION] [BUILD SYSTEM ARGS] [DIRECTORIES] [OPTIONS]
pybuild: error: unrecognized arguments: --install-lib=/usr/share/pyfr


Whereas this succeeds:

d/rules:

export PYBUILD_DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/tmp
export PYBUILD_INSTALL_ARGS=--install-lib=/usr/share/pyfr
[...]
override_dh_auto_install:
        dh_auto_install
        mv $(PYBUILD_DESTDIR)/usr/bin/pyfr 
$(PYBUILD_DESTDIR)/usr/share/pyfr/run


build log:

dh_auto_install
	install -d debian/pyfr
	install -d debian/pyfr-doc
	pybuild --install -i python{version} -p 3.5 --dir . --dest-dir 
/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp
I: pybuild base:184: /usr/bin/python3 setup.py install --root 
/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/tmp --install-lib=/usr/share/pyfr
running install
running build
running build_py
running install_lib
[...]


Is this a bug in pybuild or am I missing something?