Package: debhelper Version: 7.2.16 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Python2.6, currently uploaded in experimental, installs Python modules under /usr/local to ease local administrators' job. Debian packages are supposed to install modules under /usr by mean of --install-layout=deb option. See [1] for additional details.
Python 2.6 transition has not started yet, but will happen soon when python2.6 will be moved to unstable, implementing this avoids tons of packages to install modules in wrong locations. --install-layout=deb has been implemented (as no-op) for python2.5 [2] and python2.4 [3] and is currently available in unstable and testing, so it should be safe implementing this change right now. Attached patch against current git snapshot implements this. [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/02/msg00431.html [2] http://packages.qa.debian.org/p/python2.5/news/20081221T093209Z.html [3] http://packages.qa.debian.org/p/python2.4/news/20081221T091912Z.html Regards, -- . ''`. Luca Falavigna : :' : Ubuntu MOTU Developer `. `'` Debian Maintainer `- GPG Key: 0x86BC2A50
diff --git a/dh_auto_install b/dh_auto_install
index 264725c..61ed904 100755
--- a/dh_auto_install
+++ b/dh_auto_install
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ elsif (-e "setup.py") {
doit("python", "setup.py", "install",
"--root=$destdir",
"--no-compile", "-O0",
+ "--install-layout=deb",
@{$dh{U_PARAMS}});
}
elsif (-e "Build.PL" && -e "Build") {
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