Source: python-prctl Section: python Priority: optional Maintainer: Debian Python Team Uploaders: Andrew Pollock , Felix Geyer Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), dh-python, libcap-dev, python3-all-dev, python3-setuptools, python3-sphinx Standards-Version: 3.9.8 Homepage: https://github.com/seveas/python-prctl Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/python-prctl.git Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/python-prctl Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-python Package: python3-prctl Architecture: any Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends} Description: Python interface to the prctl() syscall (Python 3) The Linux prctl() function allows you to control specific characteristics of a process' behaviour. Usage of the function is fairly messy though, due to limitations in C and Linux. This module provides a nice non-messy Python(ic) interface. . This package installs the library for Python 3.