NAME

       python-mkdebian - Generate a suitable Debian source package for a standard distutils application

SYNOPSIS

       python-mkdebian [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This script generates a reasonably Debian Policy compliant Debian source package for a Python application
       that  uses  distutils  properly. It assumes that there are no public Python modules, and generates just a
       single application binary package.

       Information is taken from  setup.py's  generated  .egg-info  file:  author,  project  name,  description,
       version,  upstream  source,  license,  and  required and provided Python modules (which are translated to
       Debian python library package names, and automatically added as package dependencies).

       It generates a simple cdbs/python-support rules file.

       python-mkdebian was designed to be used with the DistUtilsExtra.auto module,  which  calculates  required
       Python  dependencies automatically. However, it makes no explicit assumptions about DistUtilsExtra, so if
       setup.py has complete information it will work with any distutils setup.

OPTIONS

       --force-control=FORCE_CONTROL
              Force control file behaviour.  Can  be  one  of  "none"  (keep  unchanged),  "deps"  (only  update
              dependencies),  or  "full"  (recreate  whole  file).  By default only dependencies will be updated
              ("deps").

       --force-copyright
              Force whole copyright file to be recreated. By default it  will  not  touch  an  already  existing
              copyright file, so that you can customize them.

       --force-rules
              Force  whole  rules  file  to be recreated. By default it will not touch an already existing rules
              file, so that you can customize them.

       --changelog=CHANGELOG
              Add changelog entry to debian/changelog (can be specified multiple times)

       --dependency=PACKAGENAME
              Add additional debian package dependency (can be specified multiple times)

       --prefix=PREFIX
              Ask for installing all your modules in the dedicated PREFIX (default is /usr)

       --version
              Show program's version number and exit

       -h, --help
              Show this help message and exit

SEE ALSO

       Python help for the distutils module

AUTHOR

       python-mkdebian is developed by Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>.

python-mkdebian                                     May 2010                                  PYTHON-MKDEBIAN(1)