Bug#856926: Processed: rekall: package not installable after no-change rebuild
rekall's setup.py contains? (in install_requires):
"pycrypto == 2.6.1"
which is translated by dh_python2 into "python-crypto (= 2.6.1)"
(translating == into = and not simply ignoring it, or replacing with
">=" which is IMO the least problematic solution, is a new thing
introduced in dh-python 2.20170125, I'm not a big fan of it but
apparently it's what maintainers want)
Why pycrypto is translated and other requirements not?
That's because pycrypto (Debian) maintainer flagged? pycrypto's
versioning as compatible with Debian's (it's disabled by default, you
can `dh_python2 --accept-upstream-versions` if you want that behaviour
with other modules/requirements)
What to do to fix it?
* patch setup.py to replace == with >= or remove version completly, no
matter what's the outcome of next point:
* start a thread on debian-python at l.d.o abuot what to do with ==
(ignore? translate into =, translate into >=)
[?] https://sources.debian.net/src/rekall/1.6.0%2Bdfsg-1/rekall-core/setup.py/#L61
[?] https://sources.debian.net/src/python-crypto/2.6.1-7/debian/python-crypto.pydist/
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