Re: dh_python2 extension rename breaking module loading

[Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com>]

On February 11, 2015 10:04:50 AM EST, Michael Crusoe <michael.crusoe@gmail.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I'm working on the packaging of the khmer project[0] with the
>debian-med
>team[1] and we've run into an odd problem: dh_python2 renames the
>Python
>extension shared library from `_khmermodule.so` to a version with a
>mutliarch triplet: `_khmermodule.x86_64-linux-gnu.so`. This breaks
>module
>loading: "ImportError: No module named _khmer".
>
>I've found the '--no-ext-rename' option but I can't seem to figure out
>how
>to use it with the debhelper command sequencer + dh_python2 + pybuild
>setup:
>http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-med/khmer.git/tree/debian/rules
>
>In the mean time I've worked around this via dh_link[2]. Is there a
>better
>way?
>
>Thanks,
>
>[0] http://khmer.readthedocs.org
>[1] http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-med/khmer.git
>[2]
>http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-med/khmer.git/tree/debian/khmer.links

Given the filename, shouldn't it be import khmermodule?

Scott K