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
SEE ALSO¶
Python help for the distutils module
AUTHOR¶
python-mkdebian is developed by Martin Pitt
<martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>.
