backwards compat for python-support on old Debian/Ubuntu releases

packaging/debian/README.md

@@ -4,11 +4,16 @@ Ansible Debian Package
 To create an Ansible DEB package:
 
     sudo apt-get install python-paramiko python-yaml python-jinja2 python-httplib2 python-setuptools python-six sshpass
-    sudo apt-get install cdbs debhelper dpkg-dev git-core reprepro dh-python fakeroot asciidoc devscripts docbook-xml xsltproc libxml2-utils
+    sudo apt-get install cdbs debhelper dpkg-dev git-core reprepro fakeroot asciidoc devscripts docbook-xml xsltproc libxml2-utils
+    sudo apt-get install dh-python
     git clone git://github.com/ansible/ansible.git
     cd ansible
     make deb
 
+On older releases that do not have `dh-python` (like Ubuntu 12.04), install `python-support` instead:
+
+    sudo apt-get install python-support
+
 The debian package file will be placed in the `../` directory. This can then be added to an APT repository or installed with `dpkg -i <package-file>`.
 
 Note that `dpkg -i` does not resolve dependencies.

packaging/debian/control

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: admin
 Priority: optional
 Standards-Version: 3.9.3
 Maintainer: Ansible, Inc. <support@ansible.com>
-Build-Depends: cdbs, debhelper (>= 5.0.0), asciidoc, python, dh-python, python-setuptools
+Build-Depends: cdbs, debhelper (>= 5.0.0), asciidoc, python, dh-python | python-support, python-setuptools
 Homepage: http://ansible.github.com/
 
 Package: ansible

packaging/debian/rules

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # -- makefile --
 
 DEB_PYTHON2_MODULE_PACKAGES=ansible
+ifneq ($(shell dpkg-query -f '$${Version}' -W python-support 2>/dev/null),)
+DEB_PYTHON_SYSTEM=pysupport
+endif
 
 include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk
 include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/python-distutils.mk