Tore Ferner wrote: > Andrew Straw wrote: > >> Dear Tore, >> >> I think the issue you're having is that bzr-0.16 requires, syntax-wise, >> Python 2.4 or greater, but your pycentral is configured to install >> things for Python2.3. Specifically, the postinst file generated by >> dh_pycentral calls each Python interpreter to compile the bytecode of >> each source file. (I don't know if there's a way to tell pycentral not >> to use Python2.3, but we can ask how if indeed this is the problem >> you're facing.) What is the output of "pycentral showversions"? >> > > Thank you for your response! > > $ pycentral showversions > 2.4 > pycentral showversions is deprecated, use `pyversions -vs' > > $ pyversions -vs > 2.4 > > OK, I'll read up a little on pycentral and see if I need to fix my system... > Do you have python2.3 installed on your system? If you have, then there > probably is something odd with my machine. > Hmm, this is strange. Apparently pycentral isn't interested in Python2.3, and yet it does get called. It's possible there's a pycentral bug, but I'm not sure. Can you post the contents of your deb-dst/bzr-0.16.0/debian/rules file? I don't have Python2.3 installed, so I'm flying blindly here...
> >> FWIW, I built a version of python-bzr_0.16.0-1_all.deb using >> more-or-less the commands you issued just now on Ubuntu Edgy. Upon >> installing it, all went well, and I didn't get the issues you're having. >> >> Also, I just added a section "A complete example" to the webpage >> http://stdeb.python-hosting.com/ using your package as an example. This >> works fine on my system. >> > > Yes, that's helpful. Thank you! > > I have a couple of questions; if you have time, maybe you could add > information about this to your on-line example?: > > 1) bzr is, I suppose, a standalone program rather than a python module. > It would be proper to name the package "bzr", "bzr-local", "bzr-mybuild" > or something. I think "bzr" would be best, or perhaps that it at least > provides bzr. > What would be the best way to achieve this with stdeb? > Hmm, I'll have to add this. This shouldn't hard. > 2) Would it be possible to get the source documentation under doc/ > placed in /usr/share/doc/package-name (e.g. /usr/share/doc/python-bzr)? > Again, this is another feature request -- I'll have to add support for it. Unfortunately, there's not a universal standard for Python documentation (separate from the source code), so this one will require some thinking about. > 3) How to shift the installation from /usr to /usr/local? (à la > --prefix=/usr/local) > Hmm, another good question... Does pycentral actually support that? I guess it does. OK, I'll consider this another feature request! :) I'll send an email when I've implemented any or all of these features... -Andrew _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
