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DH_PYTHON2(1)							 DH_PYTHON2(1)

NAME
       dh_python2 - calculates Python dependencies, adds maintainer scripts to
       byte compile files, etc.

SYNOPSIS
	  dh_python2 -p PACKAGE [-V [X.Y][-][A.B]] DIR_OR_FILE [-X REGEXPR]

DESCRIPTION
   QUICK GUIDE FOR MAINTAINERS
	  · if necessary, describe supported Python versions via X-Python-Ver‐
	    sion field in debian/control,

	  · build-depend   on  python  or  python-all  or  python-all-dev  (>=
	    2.6.6-3~),

	  · build module/application using its standard build system, remember
	    to	build  extensions for all supported Python versions (loop over
	    pyversions -vr),

	  · install files to the standard locations, add  --install-layout=deb
	    to setup.py's install command if your package is using distutils,

	  · add python2 to dh's --with option, or:

	  · include	  /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/python-distutils.mk	    in
	    debian/rules and depend on cdbs (>= 0.4.90), or:

	  · call dh_python2 in the binary-* target,

	  · add ${python:Depends} to Depends

   NOTES
       In order to support more than one Python version	 in  the  same	binary
       package, dh_python2 (unlike dh_pycentral and dh_pysupport) creates sym‐
       links to all supported Python versions at build time. It	 means	binNMU
       (or  sourceful  upload in case of architecture independent packages) is
       required once a list of	supported  Python  version  is	changed.  It's
       faster and more robust than its competitors, though.

   dependencies
       dh_python2  tries  to  translate	 Python dependencies from requires.txt
       file to Debian dependencies. Use debian/pydist-overrides or --no-guess‐
       ing-deps	 option	 to override it if the guess is incorrect. If you want
       dh_python2 to generate more strict  dependencies	 (f.e.	to  avoid  ABI
       problems)      create	  debian/python-foo.pydist	file.	   See
       /usr/share/doc/python-doc/README.PyDist (provided by  python-doc	 pack‐
       age)  for  more information. If the pydist file contains PEP386 flag or
       set of (uscan like) rules, dh_python2 will make the depedency versioned
       (version requirements are ignored by default).

   namespace feature
       dh_python2  parses  Egg's  namespace_packages.txt files (in addition to
       --namespace command line argument(s)) and drops empty __init__.py files
       from binary package. pycompile will regenerate them at install time and
       pyclean will remove them at uninstall time (if they're no  longer  used
       in  installed  packages). It's still a good idea to provide __init__.py
       file in one of binary packages (even if all  other  packages  use  this
       feature).

   private dirs
       /usr/share/foo,	     /usr/share/games/foo,	 /usr/lib/foo	   and
       /usr/lib/games/foo private directories are scanned for Python files  by
       default (where foo is binary package name). If your package is shipping
       Python files in some other directory, add another  dh_python2  call  in
       debian/rules with directory name as an argument - you can use different
       set of options in this call. If you need to change options (f.e. a list
       of  supported  Python versions) for a private directory that is checked
       by default,  invoke  dh_python2	with  --skip-private  option  and  add
       another call with a path to this directory and new options.

   debug packages
       In   binary   packages	which  name  ends  with	 -dbg,	all  files  in
       /usr/lib/python2.X/{site,dist}-packages/ directory that have extensions
       different  than	so or h are removed by default.	 Use --no-dbg-cleaning
       option to disable this feature.

   pyinstall files
       Files listed in debian/pkg.pyinstall file will be installed  as	public
       modules	for  all  requested  Python  versions (dh_install doesn't know
       about python's site- vs. dist-packages issue).

       Syntax: path/to/file [VERSION_RANGE] [NAMESPACE]

       debian directory is automatically removed from the  path,  so  you  can
       place  your files in debian/ directory and install them from this loca‐
       tion (if you want to install them in "debian" namespace, set  NAMESPACE
       to  debian). If NAMESPACE is set, all listed files will be installed in
       .../dist-packages/NAMESPACE/ directory.

       Examples:

	      · foo.py installs	 .../dist-packages/foo.py  for	all  supported
		Python versions

	      · foo/bar.py 2.6- installs .../dist-packages/foo/bar.py for ver‐
		sions >= 2.6

	      · foo/bar.py spam installs .../dist-packages/spam/bar.py

	      · debian/*.py  spam.egg  2.5  installs  .../python2.5/site-pack‐
		ages/spam/egg/*.py files

   pyremove files
       If  you	want  to remove some files installed by build system (from all
       supported Python versions or only from a subset of these versions), add
       them to debian/pkg.pyremove file.

       Examples:

	      · *.pth removes .pth files from .../dist-packages/

	      · bar/baz.py 2.5 removes .../python2.5/site-packages/bar/baz.py

   overriding supported / default Python versions
       If  you	want to override system's list of supported Python versions or
       the default one (f.e. to build a package	 that  includes	 symlinks  for
       older version of Python or compile .py files only for given interpreter
       version),   you	 can   do   that   via	 DEBPYTHON_SUPPORTED	and/or
       DEBPYTHON_DEFAULT env. variables.

       Example: 2.5,2.7 limits the list of supported Python versions to Python
       2.5 and Python 2.7.

OPTIONS
       --version
	      show program's version number and exit

       -h, --help
	      show help message and exit

       --no-guessing-versions
	      disable guessing other supported Python versions

       --no-guessing-deps
	      disable guessing dependencies

       --no-dbg-cleaning
	      do not remove any files from debug packages

       --no-shebang-rewrite
	      do not rewrite shebangs

       --skip-private
	      don't check private directories

       -v, --verbose
	      turn verbose mode on

       -i, --indep
	      act on architecture independent packages

       -a, --arch
	      act on architecture dependent packages

       -q, --quiet
	      be quiet

       -p PACKAGE, --package=PACKAGE
	      act on the package named PACKAGE

       -N NO_PACKAGE, --no-package=NO_PACKAGE
	      do not act on the specified package

       -V VRANGE
	      specify list of supported Python versions. See pycompile(1)  for
	      examples

       -X REGEXPR, --exclude=REGEXPR
	      exclude  items that match given REGEXPR. You may use this option
	      multiple times to build up a list of things to exclude.

       --compile-all
	      compile all files from given private directory in postinst/rtup‐
	      date not just the ones provided by the package (i.e. do not pass
	      the --package parameter to pycompile/pyclean)

       --depends=DEPENDS
	      translate given requirements into Debian	dependencies  and  add
	      them   to	  ${python:Depends}.  Use  it  for  missing  items  in
	      requires.txt

       --recommends=RECOMMENDS
	      translate given requirements into Debian	dependencies  and  add
	      them to ${python:Recommends}

       --suggests=SUGGESTS
	      translate	 given	requirements  into Debian dependencies and add
	      them to ${python:Suggests}

       --namespace
	      use this option (multiple time if necessary) if  namespace_pack‐
	      ages.txt is not complete

       --ignore-namespace
	      ignore  Egg's namespace declaration and --namespace option. This
	      option will disable removing (and recreating  at	install	 time)
	      empty  __init__.py  files.  Removing namespace_packages.txt from
	      egg-info directory has the same effect.

       --clean-pycentral
	      generate maintainer script that will remove byte code  generated
	      by python-central helper

       --shebang=COMMAND
	      use given command as shebang in scripts

       --ignore-shebangs
	      do not translate shebangs into Debian dependencies

SEE ALSO
       · /usr/share/doc/python/python-policy.txt.gz

       · /usr/share/doc/python-doc/README.PyDist (python-doc package)

       · pycompile(1), pyclean(1)

       · dh_python3(1), py3compile(1), py3clean(1)

       · Wiki	  page	   about    converting	  package    to	   dh_python2:
	 http://wiki.debian.org/Python/TransitionToDHPython2

AUTHOR
       Piotr Ożarowski, 2012-2013

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