Hi, I have a growing suspicion that dh_python does not do the right thing for private pure Python modules in the presence of XS-Python-version
This is how dh_python behaves: *** PRIVATE PURE MODULE: If there is a .py file, and it is in a private dir. only one version is supported, even though the private module can be recompiled for any new version. **** Add dir to $private_dirs_list{"$dir"} (for recompilation) **** add to the deps var if no -V option is given. ***** If versions_field is unset (so precedence goes to extensions), ****** if $min_version and min_version=max_version (1 version supported) $versions_field = $min_version ****** else $versions_field = current ????? **** or set $verdeps{X.Y} if only version X.Y is supported (-V) ***** Each entry is in the verdeps hash gets added to depends **** No pyversions_found. ****** Set Versions to $versions_field So, if I have a package with a private pure python module, and I have set XS-Python-Version to suggest that a ubset of python versions are supported, and I have not used -V (since more than one python version is to be supported). What happens? Case A: I have only one version in XS-Python-Version (say, 2.4) ,---- | Package: python-foo | XB-Python-Version: X.Y | Provides: pythonX.Y-foo `---- But the package does not depend on pythonX.Y, which I think it should (since we have stated that only X.Y is supported). Case B: There is no lower bound, but there is an upper bound ,---- | Package: python-foo | XB-Python-Version: 2.3 | Provides: python2.3-foo `---- Hmm. I suppose this is OK, since if we do not support the current version, we should not be uploading the package. Case C: I have a range in the XS-Python-Version Case C1: The current version is not supported (say, I support 2.4 and 2.5) ,---- | Package: python-foo | XB-Python-Version: 2.3 | Provides: python2.3-foo `---- This is wrong. Case C2: The current version is supported ,---- | Package: python-foo | XB-Python-Version: 2.3 | Provides: python2.3-foo `---- This is OK as well. So, I posit that dh_python, as currently coded, does not handle case A and C1 correctly. manoj -- Sex is like air. It's only a big deal if you can't get any. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]