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Re: Migrating unmanaged Python library extension from ‘python-central’ to ‘python-support’



Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> writes:

> Le mardi 14 avril 2009 à 22:09 +1000, Ben Finney a écrit :
> > Where should I put the upstream library files so that the above
> > ‘docutils-writer-manpage.install’ is not needed and ‘dh_pysupport’
> > will get them automatically? I have not come up with any combination
> > that obviated this file.
> 
> If there is no upstream build system, you need to replace it, and
> the .install file looks like the simplest way to do it. I don’t
> understand why you’d want to drop it.

Because it's double-handling: in the ‘debian/rules’ file I specify
copying the modules once, and then in ‘debian/foo.install’ I specify
copying them again. I want to copy them to one location that
‘dh_pysupport’ will automatically find them, so I don't have to specify
twice where they are.

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Ben Finney

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