Re: Numpy & dh_python2

[Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>]

preceeding comment kinda describes it all:

    # GIGANTIC HACK - add back libnpymath.a
    # get the file names, generate the new location, create the dir if missing, copy
    # the file and then add it to the public list

so it just adds those few trailing lines with libnpymath.a .  I am really not
an expert in dh_pysupport but .public files seems to serve per-package registry
of supported Python versions and public modules and extensions so pysupport
would know what to compile/symlink in its
/usr/sbin/update-python-modules.

So, my blunt guess would be that with dh_python2 you would not need this
and just would need to place the .a appropriately.

> I was looking at packaging numpy for Python 3 (bug #601593, LP
> #795605). As a step towards this, I was trying to convert it from
> pysupport to dh_python2, following the 'transition to dh_python2'
> guide. But I hit a section that I don't really understand, in
> override_dh_pysupport:

> # add to public modules list ;\
> echo $$installedfile >>
> ./debian/python-numpy/usr/share/python-support/python-numpy.public ;\

> What's the significance of the public modules list? Is there an
> equivalent for dh_python2?

> Thanks,
> Thomas
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