tag 173512 + fixed thanks The -X option has been implemented in dh_python debhelper 5.0.37.2 and can be used to not scan some directories/files.
Some remarks: - in new policy mode, dh_python doesn't take care of byte-compiling, one has to use python-central/python-support for that, so the initial intent of this bugs is out of scope of dh_python. However -X can be still be used to avoid generating dependencies that we don't want due to scanning of the shebang lines (avoids to use sed to fix them in modules where the shebang is not used anyway) - in old policy mode, excluding a single file may not give the expected result since byte-compilation is still managed directory by directory. If another .py file is present in the same directory than the excluded file, the directory will still be marked for byte-compilation. You can however exclude whole directories from the byte-compilation. I believe this is enough to close this bug report. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Premier livre français sur Debian GNU/Linux : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/
