Re: Fw: RFS: python-coverage 3.0.1-1

[Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>]

Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de> writes:

> Ben Finney wrote:

> > I can't find where ‘/usr/bin/’ is excluded from requirement to be
> > created; is it in a part of Policy that I've overlooked?
>
> There is no need to use a .dirs file if setup.py creates the directory
> for you.

Gotcha. Okay, removed.

> > The changelog entry for ‘debhelper’ 7.3.5 says:
> > 
> >   * python_distutils buildsystem: […] Also build with python*-dbg if
> >     the package build-depends on them.
> > 
> > What does it mean “if the package build-depends on them”? […]
>
> Checking if -dbg interpreters are installed is not enough to decide if
> you want to buiid with them as you don't necessarily have a clean
> chroot. So dh needs to look into the build-deps.

Ah, I see. So this means it will check the ‘Build-Depends’ field for the
packages ‘python2.4-dbg’, ‘python2.5-dbg’, or ‘python-all-dbg’; nothing
to do with dependencies on ‘foo-dbg’. Right?

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