PY2DSC-DEB(1)

🌸 PY2DSC-DEB 💅

okay bestie, listen up, because py2dsc-deb is a whole vibe and you're gonna be obsessed.

✨ NAME ✨

py2dsc-deb — a dpkg-buildpackage wrapper that integrates with py2dsc and builds a binary package 🎀

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea, fr fr. the usage is literally this:

usage: py2dsc-deb [options] distfile

or, if you just need the girlies to explain themselves:

py2dsc-deb --help

and distfile? that's a .zip or .tar.gz file built with the sdist command of distutils. that's it. that's the whole input. slay. ✨

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💖 OPTIONS 💖

like, every single one. no skips. no skimming. we don't do that here. 🫶

• --dist-dir (-d) — directory to put final built distributions in (default='deb_dist')
• --patch-already-applied (-a) — patch was already applied (used when py2dsc calls sdist_dsc)
• --default-distribution — deprecated 👑 (see --suite)
• --suite (-z) — distribution name to use if not specified in .cfg (default='unstable')
• --default-maintainer — deprecated 💀 (see --maintainer)
• --maintainer (-m) — maintainer name and email to use if not specified in .cfg (default from setup.py)
• --debian-version — debian version (Default: 1)
• --extra-cfg-file (-x) — additional .cfg file (in addition to stdeb.cfg if present)
• --patch-file (-p) — patch file applied before setup.py called (incompatible with file specified in .cfg)
• --patch-level (-l) — patch file applied before setup.py called (incompatible with file specified in .cfg)
• --patch-posix (-q) — apply the patch with --posix mode
• --remove-expanded-source-dir (-r) — remove the expanded source directory
• --ignore-install-requires (-i) — ignore the requirements from requires.txt in the egg-info directory
• --pycentral-backwards-compatibility — This option has no effect, is here for backwards compatibility, and may be removed someday. 🙈
• --workaround-548392 — This option has no effect, is here for backwards compatibility, and may be removed someday. 🙈
• --no-backwards-compatibility — This option has no effect, is here for backwards compatibility, and may be removed someday. 🙈
• --guess-conflicts-provides-replaces — If True, attempt to guess Conflicts/Provides/Replaces in debian/control based on apt-cache output. (Default=False).
• --with-python2 — If True, build package for python 2. (Default=False).
• --with-python3 — If True, build package for python 3. (Default=True). ⭐
• --no-python2-scripts — If True, do not install scripts for python 2. (Default=False).
• --no-python3-scripts — If True, do not install scripts for python 3. (Default=False).
• --force-x-python3-version — Override default minimum python3:any dependency with value from x-python3- version
• --allow-virtualenv-install-location — Allow installing into /some/random/virtualenv-path
• --compat (-c) — Debian compatibility level (Default=9)
• --with-dh-virtualenv — Use dh_virtualenv to build the package instead of python_distutils. This is useful to embed an application with all its dependencies and dont touch to the system libraries.
• --with-dh-systemd — Adds the systemd addon that will dh_systemd_enable and dh_systemd_start helpers at the correct time during build.
• --sign-results — Use gpg to sign the resulting .dsc and .changes file
• --sign-key — Specify signing key
• --ignore-source-changes — Ignore all changes on source when building source package (add -i.* option to dpkg-source)

quick note bestie: a few of these are deprecated and a few are literally doing nothing — they're just chillin' for backwards compatibility and could get yeeted someday. also --patch-file and --patch-level are incompatible with a file specified in .cfg. read the fine print, i'm begging. 😭

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🌈 the sign-off 🌈

this was py2dsc-deb 0.10.2, dated August 2025. iconic. timeless. ate and left no crumbs. mwah 💅✨💖