Hi Barry, On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:44:13PM -0400, Barry Warsaw wrote: > I'm having some trouble with the instructions on converting from > python-central to dh_python2 while retaining cdbs. > http://wiki.debian.org/Python/PyCentral2DhPython2 > I see that Steve just added another hint, but that didn't help me much. I'm > proofing the instructions with lp:ubuntu-system-services but I see that Martin > Pitt completed the conversion of that package while I was asleep. ;) > Now, Martin did exactly how I was able to successfully convert the package, > but that entailed *also* converting from cdbs to dh7. In my experience, > those two go hand-in-hand, and in fact it's usually pretty easy and successful > to convert to dh_python2+dh7. The problem I've had is with *just* converting > to dh_python2 but keeping cdbs. I think the instructions on the wiki page are > not complete, or not correct. > When I look at the resulting package contents, the dh_python2+cdbs version is > woefully lacking. It doesn't contain any pyshared or UbuntuSystemServices > package. Even adding > DEB_PYTHON2_MODULE_PACKAGES="UbuntuSystemService" Did you try with: DEB_PYTHON2_MODULE_PACKAGES = ubuntu-system-service ? This is a list of Debian package names, not python package names. If cdbs isn't explicitly told about the packages it should run on, it doesn't run setup.py at all. > Any suggestions are welcome. Or, if you have an example diff showing the > conversion of a python-central+cdbs package to dh_python2+cdbs, I would love > to see it. I don't have an example, because my test case also got converted from cdbs to dh(1) in the middle of the night ;-) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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