Questions tagged [cdbs]

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easy, straightforward way to package a python program for debian?

i'm having trouble navigating the maze of distribution tools for python and debian; cdbs, debhelper, python-support, python-central, blah blah blah .. my application is a fairly straightforward one - a single python package (directory containing…
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How often do I run autoconf?

In my company I'm currently working on creating a Debian deb package out of a 3rd party library. The library is built using Autotools. I have never worked with Autotools before and I'm having some hard time. Library sources contain configure.in and…
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setuptools / dpkg-buildpackage: Refuse to build if nosetests fail

I have a very simple python package that I build into debian packages using setuptools, cdbs and pycentral: setup.py: from setuptools import setup setup(name='PHPSerialize', version='1.0', py_modules=['PHPSerialize'], test_suite =…
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Packaging with CDBS: delete png file from source packages when build package (debian)

I'm trying to package a source tarball, which contains contain help/C/figures directory with 5 png files. I want to delete 2 png files from this directory. Putting the deletion in the clean target could be an option, but I really hate to modify my…
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If a python module says its dependent on debhelper and cdbs is there no way to get it to run on a nondebian linux?

I want to try python purple but I don't have debian. Is there a way to get it to run on either windows or a different linux?
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