[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#742754: qiime: When installing, get: W: pycompile:160: dangling symlink skipped: /usr/lib/qiime/bin/add_metadata.py

[Steve Lane]

Hello,

I originally installed qiime version 1.7 on several machines which had not
previously had qiime installed on them at all.  When I did the original
installs, I received the following warning during all of them:

W: pycompile:160: dangling symlink skipped: /usr/lib/qiime/bin/add_metadata.py (../../../bin/add_biom_metadata)

I have since upgraded qiime to the version reported in the bug report
(1.8.0+dfsg-2).  I do not recall if I received the same warning when
doing the upgrade from 1.7 to 1.8, but I don't believe so.

Please note that, when I did the original installs:

- /usr/bin/add_metadata existed

- I did have python-biom-format installed

Please note that, as far as I am aware, there have been no adverse
consequences as a result of this warning, but also that I am not
the user of the software on these machines.

Thanks/best

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Steve Lane