Re: Bug#548392: debhelper: python_distutils buildsystem and, setuptools entry_points don't use default python

[Vincent Danjean <vdanjean.ml@free.fr>]

Andrew Straw wrote:
> setuptools doesn't modify the shebang in the script -- it constructs the
> entire script when told to, at install time, on the basis of its
> entry_points declaration and the version of python actually being run
> (see get_script_header() in setuptools/commands/easy_install.py ).
> Therefore order-of-python-running is important for setuptools script
> installation, because the last one wins. So, the default python should
> run last during the install stage.

In the mercurial package, I call sed to ensure a good shebang line:
==================
override_dh_auto_install: $(PYVERS:%=install-python%)

install-python%: build-python%
        python$* setup.py install --root $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp
        # Do not hardcode the python interpreter
        sed -i '1c#!/usr/bin/python' debian/tmp/usr/bin/hg
==================
This setup can probably be adapted for packages needing it.

  Regards,
    Vincent

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