Re: Debhelper support should be ready tomorrow
Raphael Hertzog writes:
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Joe Wreschnig wrote:
> > > > - python (>= 2.3.5-7) (for pyversions script)
> >
> > Okay, I've updated the policy document to use that version in the Build
> > Dependencies section.
>
> Which is only really needed for extensions. Modules don't need more than
> an unversioned dependency on python / python-dev.
>
> Extensions will also need a build-dep on python-all-dev.
except if you build an extension for just the default version.
> > > Hmm, I guess it's called by dh_python, and debhelper doesn't depend on
> > > python at all.
>
> No, pyversions is not (yet) used by dh_python. I don't need to know which
> versions I'm building but which version I have built...
>
> If we want dh_python to fail when the versions built do not match what has
> been announced in XS-Python-Version, then I might start using it (but I
> have perl code to do the same since it was in my first dh_python).
we should detect that. the resulting package will not be usable?
Matthias
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