Bug#404530: [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#404530: python modules not installed using python policy; .pyc cruft as result

[Bastian Blank]

tags 404530 moreinfo unreproducible
thanks

On Mon, Dec 25, 2006 at 07:06:22PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> Since this package installs python modules in
> /usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/lib/python/, and uses them directly from there,
> not following the python policy, once xend has started up, lots of .pyc
> files are created there, which will not be removed if the package is
> purged.

In my tests, they are properly removed. Even the python-central code
looks like it handles any non-public files which ends with .py the same
way.

> These pyc files may also cause problem for future python upgrades, I
> don't know.

Why?

Bastian

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