dh_pysupport is a debhelper program that will scan your package, detect
public modules in /usr/share/python-support and generate appropriate
postinst/prerm scripts to byte-compile modules installed there for all
available python versions.
It will also look for private Python modules and will byte-compile them
with the current Python version. You may have to list the directories
containing private Python modules.
If a file named debian/pyversions exists, it is installed in
/usr/share/python-support/$PACKAGE/.version.
Appropriate dependencies on python-support, python and pythonX.Y are
put in ${python:Depends}. The ${python:Versions} and ${python:Provides}
optional substitution variables are made available as well.
OPTIONS
module dirs
If your package installs private python modules in non-standard directories, you
can make dh_pysupport check those directories by passing their names on the
command line. By default, it will check /usr/lib/$PACKAGE,
/usr/share/$PACKAGE, /usr/lib/games/$PACKAGE and /usr/share/games/$PACKAGE
-n, --noscripts
Do not modify postinst/postrm scripts.
-d
This option is deprecated.
-VX.Y
Force private modules to be bytecompiled with the specific X.Y python version, regardless of the default python version on the system.
-Xitem, --exclude=item
Exclude files that contain ``item'' anywhere in their filename from being
taken into account to generate the python dependency. You may use this
option multiple times to build up a list of things to exclude.
