[Distutils] stdeb-0.3 error

[Gerry Reno]

Andrew Straw wrote:
> Gerry Reno wrote:
>   
>> Andrew Straw wrote:
>>     
>>> Gerry Reno wrote:
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> It's going to be tough to get stdeb running on Ubuntu 8.0.4 LTS.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Well, I'd qualify that with stdeb version 0.4 may be more tough to get
>>> running. It is the bleeding edge, after all. :) 0.3 works as well as it
>>> ever did, but new features are going into 0.4.
>>>
>>> But now that you mention it, I have backported debhelper and
>>> python-support to Hardy. See http://debs.astraw.com/hardy you can
>>> download the binaries or source packages from there. (You can also add
>>> my repo to your /etc/apt/sources.list)
>>>   
>>>       
>> Wow, there's quite a few packages there.  Is debhelper and
>> python-support all that are needed or do I need any others because of
>> dependencies?
>>     
> I can't remember -- you'll have to attempt installation to find out. I
> think there are some but not too many dependencies that need to be
> upgraded (I guess on the order of 5 packages or so).
>
>
>   
Ok, here is the simplest way that I got stdeb working on Hardy:
$ easy_install stdeb  # installs 0.3
copied stdeb egg to workarea and edited util.py and removed all 
"--single-version-externally-managed" options
repackaged egg
copied egg back to site-packages

Now dpkg-buildpackage is happy and no more complaints about unrecognized 
option or missing dependencies.

So my question is this: can you make a special version of the current 
stdeb 0.3 without the --single-version-externally-managed options and 
put it into your hardy repo?
This would be much easier and less worrisome to hardy users than trying 
to get them to upgrade a lot of different packages.

Regards,
Gerry