Re: python-wheel backport to Wheezy
On July 13, 2014 6:00:58 AM EDT, Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>There's more and more packages in Sid which requires python-wheel. I
>was
>wondering if it was possible to do a backport of it. It seems very
>likely, because the setup.py is handling old stuff like Python prior
>2.7. Many backports which used to be trivial aren't anymore because of
>this.
>
>Currently, backporting python-wheel seems to work, except that it does,
>in Wheezy:
>
>dh_python3 --shebang=/usr/bin/python3
>mkdir -p debian/python-wheel-common/usr
>mv debian/python3-wheel/usr/bin debian/python-wheel-common/usr
>mv: cannot stat `debian/python3-wheel/usr/bin': No such file or
>directory
>make[1]: *** [override_dh_python3] Error 1
>
>It's looking like to me that it's trying to move
>/usr/bin/{wheel,wininst2wheel,egg2wheel} inside python-wheel-common,
>however, they aren't present in debian/python3-wheel/usr/bin when I
>rebuild in Wheezy. What's the way to fix this correctly? (I could hack
>something, but I would much prefer to understand)
>
>Barry, what do you think? Your thoughts?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Thomas Goirand (zigo)
>
>P.S: Note that even if we decide that an official backport isn't
>appropriate, I'd like to fix the issue for myself in the best possible
>way.
What packages are there that need it?
Scott K
Reply to: