python-hulahop package doesn't include modules for python 2.6

[Andrew Tipton]

Binary package hint: python-hulahop

The current binary package for python-hulahop in Jaunty (amd64) does not include bindings for Python 2.6; only Python 2.4 and Python 2.5 bindings are present.

The package version is python-hulahop_0.4.8~dfsg-3ubuntu4_amd64.

Building from the source package ('apt-get source python-hulahop' followed by 'debuild') produces a working module for 2.6, but this gets installed to the wrong directory (/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages instead of /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages). Rebuilding the configure script (using 'autoreconf') prior to running debuild produces a package that installs to the correct location. (This is because the pre-generated configure script in the source tarball was built before LP #377584 was resolved, and so the AM_PATH_PYTHON macro was incorrectly returning the site-packages directory instead of dist-packages.)

[lkcl (lkcl)]

fixing this would be a good idea. perhaps by having a version of python that's common between releases [which is the underlying serious mistake made that's causing this and other problems]

pyjamas-desktop relies on python-hulahop - http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501774 - and it ain't going in to ubuntu properly until this is fixed.

[Michael (michaelnt)]

Confirmed here that it doesn't install the python2.6 bindings and that running autoreconf and rebuilding the source package fixes the problem.

[lkcl (lkcl)]

On 8/24/09, Michael <email address hidden> wrote:
> Confirmed here that it doesn't install the python2.6 bindings and that
> running autoreconf and rebuilding the source package fixes the problem.

 oo that's great!

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[lkcl (lkcl)]

ok also confirmed: autoreconf is all that's required. that's enough to trigger the change to pick up the use of /usr/lib/python2.N/dist-packages NOTE THAT IS NOT REPEAT NOT site-packages, see this:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2009-May/028266.html

builds python 2.5 and python 2.6 both successful - and, importantly - useable.

[lkcl (lkcl)]

temporary .debs being made available here:

http://lkcl.net/pyjamas

[lkcl (lkcl)]

question for the ubuntu maintainers: how are you getting on with the simple task of running autoreconf in the build of hulahop?