[debhelper-devel] Bug#761051: debhelper: dh_pysupport executed even with no Python file to package

[Martin-Éric Racine]

Package: debhelper
Version: 9.20140817
Severity: normal

dh_pysupport is routinely executed by the build target, even when the package doesn't contain any Python file. 

Personally, I find it hard to imagine how that would be a feature, so I'm reporting this as a bug.

Of course, if there's any rationale for this, I would love to hear it. 

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (1001, 'testing'), (1001, 'oldstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.14-2-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages debhelper depends on:
ii  binutils    2.24.51.20140903-1
ii  dpkg        1.17.13
ii  dpkg-dev    1.17.13
ii  file        1:5.19-2
ii  man-db      2.6.7.1-1
ii  perl        5.20.0-6
ii  po-debconf  1.0.16+nmu3

debhelper recommends no packages.

Versions of packages debhelper suggests:
pn  dh-make  <none>

-- no debconf information