Bug#396394: python2.5: README.Debian provides incorrect information about distutils
Package: python2.5
Version: 2.5-3
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
In /usr/share/doc/python2.5/README.Debian,
"""
distutils can be found in the python2.5-dev package. Development files
like the python library or Makefiles can be found in the python2.5-dev
package in /usr/lib/python2.5/config.
"""
should be changed to something like
"""
distutils can be found in the python2.5 package. Development files
like the python library or Makefiles can be found in the python2.5-dev
package in /usr/lib/python2.5/config. Therefore, if you need to install
a pure python extension, you only need python2.5. On the other hand, to
install a C extension, you need python2.5-dev
"""
I am reporting this against the python2.5 package, but the README.Debian
file should be fixed in python2.3 and python2.4 too, since the change
occured a long time ago (nov 2004, from the changelog)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-amd64
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15) (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_FR@euro)
Versions of packages python2.5 depends on:
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.3-6 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libdb4.4 4.4.20-8 Berkeley v4.4 Database Libraries [
ii libncursesw5 5.5-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libreadline5 5.2-1 GNU readline and history libraries
ii libsqlite3-0 3.3.8-1 SQLite 3 shared library
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8c-3 SSL shared libraries
ii mime-support 3.37-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii python2.5-minimal 2.5-3 A minimal subset of the Python lan
python2.5 recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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