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PYTHON-MKDEBIAN

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
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AUTHOR

NAME

python-mkdebian - Generate a suitable Debian source package for a standard distutils application

SYNOPSIS

python-mkdebian [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

This script generates a reasonably Debian Policy compliant Debian source package for a Python application that uses distutils properly. It assumes that there are no public Python modules, and generates just a single application binary package.

Information is taken from setup.py’s generated .egg-info file: author, project name, description, version, upstream source, license, and required and provided Python modules (which are translated to Debian python library package names, and automatically added as package dependencies).

It generates a simple cdbs/python-support rules file.

python-mkdebian was designed to be used with the DistUtilsExtra.auto module, which calculates required Python dependencies automatically. However, it makes no explicit assumptions about DistUtilsExtra , so if setup.py has complete information it will work with any distutils setup.

OPTIONS

--force-control = FORCE_CONTROL

Force control file behaviour. Can be one of "none" (keep unchanged), "deps" (only update dependencies), or "full" (recreate whole file). By default only dependencies will be updated ("deps").

--force-copyright

Force whole copyright file to be recreated. By default it will not touch an already existing copyright file, so that you can customize them.

--force-rules

Force whole rules file to be recreated. By default it will not touch an already existing rules file, so that you can customize them.

--changelog = CHANGELOG

Add changelog entry to debian/changelog (can be specified multiple times)

--dependency = PACKAGENAME

Add additional debian package dependency (can be specified multiple times)

--prefix = PREFIX

Ask for installing all your modules in the dedicated PREFIX (default is /usr)

--version

Show program’s version number and exit

-h , --help

Show this help message and exit

AUTHOR

python-mkdebian is developed by Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>.