Creating packages of python

Magnus Therning magnus at therning.org
Fri Aug 12 07:07:31 UTC 2005


On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 11:35:25AM +0800, Marc Wiriadisastra wrote:
>The example I would like to use is http://rufus.sourceforge.net
>
>This has an install script in the directory the setup.py is only used
>for windows.  What I would prefer to do is create a dpkg for this
>however the rules script that I'm setting up seems to have issues where
>it won't build anything which of course isn't needed since you can just
>run it without building it.

I can't really offer a lot of advice on it, at least not without
spending a little more time than I have at the moment :-)

It sounds to me that the script isn't as much a build script as it is an
install script. Have you tried leaving the 'build' rule in 'rules' alone
and calling the script in the 'install' rule?

I vaguely remember reading some article with more details about the
'rules' file and what each and every rule should (and shouldn't) do. I
think it was written by someone on the Debian Women team. I can't seem
to get to Alioth at this time though so I can't check if my memory is
correct.

/M

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