PackagingPitfalls

There are several common pitfalls which I came across while building Python packages for Debian.

.deb file

Check for Mac OSX artifacts (._*) inside the archive.

rules

Overriding dh_auto_test

Don't forget to check for the existence of nocheck in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS if you run your own tests: %CODE{lang="makefile"}% .PHONY: override_dh_auto_test override_dh_auto_test: ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS))) set -e; ... run tests here ... endif %ENDCODE%

copyright

Search for authors

%CODE{lang="bash"}% grep copyr -Ri * %ENDCODE%

control

clean

Try to use generic patterns to keep the file simple.

pyversions

Check for existence!

docs

patches

Provide Description!