[Bug 1017043] [NEW] dh_auto_clean tries to use python instead of python3 when --with python3 specified

[Umang Varma]

Public bug reported:

I'm running debhelper 9.20120115ubuntu3

Here's an snippet from debuild output:

 fakeroot debian/rules clean
dh clean --with python3
   dh_testdir
   dh_auto_clean
  File "setup.py", line 3
SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xc2' in file setup.py on line 3, but no encoding declared; see http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for details

Now, in Python3, UTF-8 is the default encoding. So it looks to me that
it uses python2 instead of python3.

** Affects: debhelper (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

- I'm running debhelper (VERSION)
+ I'm running debhelper 9.20120115ubuntu3
  
  Here's an snippet from debuild output:
  
-  fakeroot debian/rules clean
- dh clean --with python3 
-    dh_testdir
-    dh_auto_clean
-   File "setup.py", line 3
+  fakeroot debian/rules clean
+ dh clean --with python3
+    dh_testdir
+    dh_auto_clean
+   File "setup.py", line 3
  SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xc2' in file setup.py on line 3, but no encoding declared; see http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for details
  
  Now, in Python3, UTF-8 is the default encoding. So it looks to me that
  it uses python2 instead of python3.

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Title:
  dh_auto_clean tries to use python instead of python3 when --with
  python3 specified

Status in “debhelper” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm running debhelper 9.20120115ubuntu3

  Here's an snippet from debuild output:

   fakeroot debian/rules clean
  dh clean --with python3
     dh_testdir
     dh_auto_clean
    File "setup.py", line 3
  SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xc2' in file setup.py on line 3, but no encoding declared; see http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for details

  Now, in Python3, UTF-8 is the default encoding. So it looks to me that
  it uses python2 instead of python3.

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