Package: dh-python
Version: 4.20191017
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
dpkg-gencontrol emits warnings for defined but unused subst
variables. An example:
dpkg-gencontrol: warning: package python3-notcurses: substitution variable
${python3:Versions} unused, but is defined
dpkg-gencontrol: warning: package python3-notcurses: substitution variable
${python3:Versions} unused, but is defined
dh-python, through both dh_python2 and dh_python3, emits a
definition for python3:Versions (or python:Versions in the
former case). So far as I can tell, this was done in conjunction with
an XB-Python-Version initiative which has since been deprecated:
"The use of XB-Python-Version in the binary package paragraphs of
debian/control file has been deprecated and should be removed in the normal
course of package updates. It never achieved sufficient deployment to support
its intended purpose of managing Python transitions. This purpose can be
adequately accomplished by examining package dependencies."
--https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/ch-
module_packages.html
"unused substitution,variable ${python:Versions}"
--https://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2010/07/msg00011.html
I am not a Python expert by any means, so I might be missing
something. If not, this warning is annoying, and there seems
no reason to emit the subst. This patch removes it (also available
from g...@salsa.debian.org:nickblack-guest/dh-python.git).
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diff --git dh_python2 dh_python2
index 64cd438..36dd797 100755
--- dh_python2
+++ dh_python2
@@ -439,8 +439,6 @@ def main():
dependencies.parse(stats, options)
if stats['public_vers']:
- dh.addsubstvar(package, 'python:Versions',
- ', '.join(str(i) for i in
sorted(stats['public_vers'])))
ps = package.split('-', 1)
if len(ps) > 1 and ps[0] == 'python':
dh.addsubstvar(package, 'python:Provides',
diff --git dh_python3 dh_python3
index 5f58d9b..77a75c0 100755
--- dh_python3
+++ dh_python3
@@ -201,8 +201,6 @@ def main():
dependencies.parse(stats, options)
if stats['ext_vers']:
- dh.addsubstvar(package, 'python3:Versions',
- ', '.join(str(v) for v in
sorted(stats['ext_vers'])))
ps = package.split('-', 1)
if len(ps) > 1 and ps[0] == 'python3':
dh.addsubstvar(package, 'python3:Provides',
----------------------------------
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (300, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.5.3nlb (SMP w/20 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE,
TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages dh-python depends on:
ii python3 3.7.5-3
ii python3-distutils 3.8.0-1
dh-python recommends no packages.
Versions of packages dh-python suggests:
ii dpkg-dev 1.19.7
ii libdpkg-perl 1.19.7
-- no debconf information
>From cf21b467f3051a69a27ef2aacd4cb29736d4f3f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nick black <dankamong...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 22:37:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Don't emit python[3]:Versions
---
dh_python2 | 2 --
dh_python3 | 2 --
2 files changed, 4 deletions(-)
diff --git dh_python2 dh_python2
index 64cd438..36dd797 100755
--- dh_python2
+++ dh_python2
@@ -439,8 +439,6 @@ def main():
dependencies.parse(stats, options)
if stats['public_vers']:
- dh.addsubstvar(package, 'python:Versions',
- ', '.join(str(i) for i in
sorted(stats['public_vers'])))
ps = package.split('-', 1)
if len(ps) > 1 and ps[0] == 'python':
dh.addsubstvar(package, 'python:Provides',
diff --git dh_python3 dh_python3
index 5f58d9b..77a75c0 100755
--- dh_python3
+++ dh_python3
@@ -201,8 +201,6 @@ def main():
dependencies.parse(stats, options)
if stats['ext_vers']:
- dh.addsubstvar(package, 'python3:Versions',
- ', '.join(str(v) for v in
sorted(stats['ext_vers'])))
ps = package.split('-', 1)
if len(ps) > 1 and ps[0] == 'python3':
dh.addsubstvar(package, 'python3:Provides',
--
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