Howdy all, debhelper version 7 introduces a number of new features <URL:http://kitenet.net/~joey/blog/entry/dh_implementation/> that can greatly simplify a 'debian/rules' file.
One important feature, that can dramatically cut the number of 'dh_foo' commands specified in the 'debian/rules' file, is called "sequences", that are automagically-determined sequences of 'dh_foo' commands that will be run, logging the fact and not re-running a command unnecessarily. One can simply call 'dh install' to run all the commands that debhelper determines need to be done for the install sequence; one can also partially run sequences up to a certain point, or resume from a certain point. See 'dh(1)' for more on this feature. Early in the 7.0.x series, debhelper gained the ability to detect a Python package and run 'dh_pysupport' in the 'install' sequence, allowing a single-line 'dh install' to perform all the tasks needed in an 'install' target. However, it currently seems to lack corresponding support for 'python-central'. I'm using 'python-central' in 'bugs-everywhere' and have partially converted it to debhelper 7; the Bazaar repository is online <URL:http://bzr.debian.org/bzr/collab-maint/bugs-everywhere/be.debian/>. The 'debian/rules' file currently needs to explicitly skip the steps that would otherwise call 'dh_pysupport', which would fail on this 'python-central'-using package. e.g. instead of being able to say 'dh install', I need to write:: install: build dh install --until installdirs $(CURRENT_PYTHON_VERSION) setup.py install ${DEB_PYTHON_INSTALL_ARGS_ALL} dh install --before pysupport dh install --after pysupport and instead of 'dh binary-indep', I need to write:: binary-indep: build install dh binary-indep --before pysupport dh_pycentral dh binary-indep --after pysupport Does anyone know debhelper better than me, and can suggest ways to improve that package's current 'debian/rules' file to make better use of debhelper 7 with 'python-central'? -- \ "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does | `\ knowledge." —Charles Darwin, _The Descent of Man_, 1871 | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
