Hello,
I'm running into some issues porting my icoextract package to
pyproject.toml. I've gotten it to build and function with
pybuild-plugin-pyproject, but it required some hacks along the way.
However, I'm not sure if I'm seeing bugs/limitations in the toolchain,
or I'm using the tools in some non-standard manner.
I've staged the changes at
https://salsa.debian.org/jlu/icoextract/-/tree/debian/experimental?ref_type=heads.
(Disclaimer: I am also the upstream author)
1) The .deb package seems to leave behind
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/build/lib/icoextract. I can remove it
manually with an execute_after_dh_auto_install rule, but it doesn't feel
like this should be necessary. I've attached what the file list looks
like without the rm -rf rule.
2) lintian complains about additional files in
/usr/lib/python3.14/dist-packages/icoextract-0.3.0.dist-info/. The rest
of the source files are installed to
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/icoextract/, which is what I expect from
previous versions currently in the archive.
3) `export PYBUILD_INSTALL_ARGS=--install-scripts=debian/tmp` doesn't
seem to do anything now. I think that might be because --install-scripts
is a setup.py specific feature, but the wiki is still hinting at this
approach for packaging programs[1][2]. In my case, I'm fine with
changing python3-icoextract to contain the library & CLI utils, and
making icoextract a meta-package instead. AFAICT most distros did not
bother to split the package at all.
I'd appreciate any advice on fixing up the port!
Best,
James
[1]: https://wiki.debian.org/Python/Pybuild#CUSTOMIZATION
[2]:
https://wiki.debian.org/Python/LibraryStyleGuide#Executables_and_library_packages$ dpkg-deb -c ../python3-icoextract_0.3.0-1_all.deb
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50 ./
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50 ./usr/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50 ./usr/bin/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 226 2026-06-06 13:50 ./usr/bin/icoextract
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 226 2026-06-06 13:50 ./usr/bin/icolist
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50 ./usr/lib/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50 ./usr/lib/python3/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50 ./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/build/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/build/lib/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/build/lib/icoextract/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 3042 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/build/lib/icoextract/__init__.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root 2754 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/build/lib/icoextract/base_extractor.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root 747 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/build/lib/icoextract/exceptions.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root 4530 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/build/lib/icoextract/ne_extractor.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root 7616 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/build/lib/icoextract/pe_extractor.py
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/build/lib/icoextract/scripts/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 48 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/build/lib/icoextract/scripts/__init__.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1490 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/build/lib/icoextract/scripts/extract.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1632 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/build/lib/icoextract/scripts/icolist.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root 3425 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/build/lib/icoextract/scripts/thumbnailer.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root 2055 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/build/lib/icoextract/types.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root 22 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/build/lib/icoextract/version.py
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/icoextract/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 3042 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/icoextract/__init__.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root 2754 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/icoextract/base_extractor.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root 747 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/icoextract/exceptions.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root 4530 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/icoextract/ne_extractor.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root 7616 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/icoextract/pe_extractor.py
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/icoextract/scripts/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 48 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/icoextract/scripts/__init__.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1490 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/icoextract/scripts/extract.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1632 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/icoextract/scripts/icolist.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root 3425 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/icoextract/scripts/thumbnailer.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root 2055 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/icoextract/types.py
-rw-r--r-- root/root 22 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/icoextract/version.py
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/icoextract-0.3.0.dist-info/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 7 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/icoextract-0.3.0.dist-info/INSTALLER
-rw-r--r-- root/root 4394 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/icoextract-0.3.0.dist-info/METADATA
-rw-r--r-- root/root 91 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/icoextract-0.3.0.dist-info/WHEEL
-rw-r--r-- root/root 173 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/icoextract-0.3.0.dist-info/entry_points.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 24 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/icoextract-0.3.0.dist-info/top_level.txt
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50 ./usr/lib/python3.14/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3.14/dist-packages/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3.14/dist-packages/icoextract-0.3.0.dist-info/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 7 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3.14/dist-packages/icoextract-0.3.0.dist-info/INSTALLER
-rw-r--r-- root/root 18 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/lib/python3.14/dist-packages/icoextract-0.3.0.dist-info/top_level.txt
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50 ./usr/share/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50 ./usr/share/doc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/share/doc/python3-icoextract/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 967 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/share/doc/python3-icoextract/changelog.Debian.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1301 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/share/doc/python3-icoextract/changelog.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1691 2026-06-05 23:19
./usr/share/doc/python3-icoextract/copyright
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50 ./usr/share/man/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2026-06-06 13:50 ./usr/share/man/man1/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 473 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/share/man/man1/icoextract.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root 401 2026-06-06 13:50
./usr/share/man/man1/icolist.1.gz
