> > How about patching distutils in Debian to get rid of this bug? > > While I'm all for patching stupid upstream behavior, it would be a > pretty big API deviation. There's a relatively simple fix, which is > using /usr/bin/python for the last run (or even just for an > install_scripts run).
+1. The proposal doesn't fix a bug. The same thing can be done by calling the unversioned interpreter, if it's the default one. or by explicitely changing the interpreter, like it's currently done in many packages. Matthias PYVERS=$(shell pyversions -r) PYDEF=$(shell pyversions -d) [...] build: build-stamp build-stamp: $(PYVERS:%=build-ext-%) touch $@ build-ext-%: dh_testdir $(subst $(PYDEF),python,$*) setup.py build touch $@ [...] install: install-stamp install-stamp: build-stamp $(PYVERS:%=install-ext-%) install-ext-%: $(subst $(PYDEF),python,$*) setup.py install --root $(CURDIR)/debian/python-foo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]