[Steve Langasek, 2013-02-22]
> Package: python3
> Version: 3.3.0-2
> Severity: normal
>
> pybuild's distutils support assembles a .pydistutils.cfg that includes the
> following:
>
> [install]
> {...}
> skip-build=1
>
> This is incompatible with build_i18n from distutils-extras, which relies on
> being called from the install target in order to extend the data_files list:
>
> data_files = self.distribution.data_files
> [...]
> for po_file in glob.glob("%s/*.po" % self.po_dir):
> [...]
> data_files.append((targetpath, (mo_file,)))
>
> This doesn't work when build_i18n is never called from the install target -
> as is the case when skip-build=1 is passed.
>
> So it seems to me that passing 'skip-build=1' by default is an interface
> change that should be reverted, to maximize compatibility with existing build
> systems.
You do realize it's a bug in distutils/setuptools/distribute and not in
pybuild, right?
All I can do is to add yet another workaround (.pydistutils.cfg one is
already a dirty hack). I'm not sure if I want to, I'd rather suggest you
to add to debian/rules:
export PYBUILD_INSTALL_ARGS=build
or use PYBUILD_BEFORE_INSTALL / --before-install
Do you know how many packages it affects? Maybe it's worth making the
build longer if that's what many upstream authors rely on (I wouldn't be
surprised to be honest - distutils is a mess)
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