Package: python-setuptools Version: 20.1.1-1 Severity: important It seems that, despite the docs clearly indicating that this should work:
https://docs.python.org/2/distutils/setupscript.html#installing-additional-files The syntax: data_files=[('bitmaps', ['bm/b1.gif', 'bm/b2.gif'])], results in b1.gif and b2.gif being silently ignored whereas data_files=[('config', ['cfg/data.cfg'])], works. This was seen with lava-server and lava-dispatcher. lava-server has the more complex data_files listing: https://git.linaro.org/lava/lava-server.git/blob/HEAD:/setup.py data_files=[ ('/etc/lava-server', ['etc/settings.conf', 'etc/uwsgi.ini', 'etc/debug.wsgi', 'etc/lava-server.wsgi', 'etc/uwsgi.reload', 'etc/env.yaml']), ('/etc/apache2/sites-available', ['etc/lava-server.conf']), These files suddenly went missing from the package (and are missing in 2016.2), necessitating these changes in the packaging: https://github.com/Linaro/pkg-lava-server/commit/e9549b77efc8891946149c43cdc544ce94845017 https://github.com/Linaro/pkg-lava-server/commit/dc6acf7991353fa54ec75dabedd9d6a08de6cdf1 https://github.com/Linaro/pkg-lava-server/commit/fc5398d03e4d6333301b4d39402bd45aa2f2fb83 Yet, lava-dispatcher has this block in setup.py: data_files=[ ('/usr/share/lava-dispatcher/', ['etc/tftpd-hpa']), ('/etc/exports.d', ['etc/lava-dispatcher-nfs.exports']), ('/etc/modprobe.d', ['etc/lava-options.conf']), ('/etc/modules-load.d/', ['etc/lava-modules.conf']), ('/etc/init.d/', ['etc/lava-slave.init']), ... and these files were all preserved in the package and exist currently: https://packages.debian.org/sid/amd64/lava-dispatcher/filelist despite no such changes being required in the .install file (no changes in 2 years): https://github.com/Linaro/pkg-lava-dispatcher/blob/master/debian/lava-dispatcher.install In each case, the rule to install the data_files into the appropriate locations is: python setup.py install --root=$(CURDIR)/debian/lava-dispatcher/ --install-layout=deb (s/lava-dispatcher/lava-server/ for the lava-server package.) -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386, armhf, arm64 Kernel: Linux 4.3.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages python-setuptools depends on: ii python-pkg-resources 20.1.1-1 pn python:any <none> python-setuptools recommends no packages. Versions of packages python-setuptools suggests: pn python-setuptools-doc <none> -- no debconf information
