Package: debhelper Version: 9.20160115 Severity: wishlist Hi, when using --buildsystem=python_distutils there's no way to pass global options to setup.py, so using:
dh_auto_build -- --foo --bar results in: python setup.py install --force --root=/build/.../debian/tmp --no-compile -O0 --foo --bar but sometimes one needs the options prepended before the install target: python setup.py --foo --bar install --force --root=/build/.../debian/tmp --no-compile -O0 since the option is a global one on setup.py not for the install distutils command. Looking at python_distutils.pm it seems optons are always appended and can never be prepended. This happened with recent virt-manage that needs: python setup.py --no-update-icon-cache --no-compile-schemas install --force --root=/build/virt-manager-1.3.2*/debian/tmp --no-compile -O0 Please add a way to allow for this. Cheers, -- Guido -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.1.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages debhelper depends on: ii autotools-dev 20150820.1 ii binutils 2.26-2 ii dh-strip-nondeterminism 0.015-1 ii dpkg 1.18.4 ii dpkg-dev 1.18.4 ii file 1:5.25-2 ii libdpkg-perl 1.18.4 ii man-db 2.7.5-1 ii perl 5.22.1-4 ii po-debconf 1.0.19 debhelper recommends no packages. Versions of packages debhelper suggests: ii dh-make 2.201604 -- no debconf information
