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

[Joey Hess]

Package: xen-utils-3.0.3-1
Version: 3.0.3-0-2
Severity: normal

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.

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

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-xen-k7
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages xen-utils-3.0.3-1 depends on:
ii  iproute                      20061002-3  Professional tools to control the 
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libncurses5                  5.5-5       Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  python                       2.4.4-2     An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-central               0.5.12      register and build utility for Pyt
ii  udev                         0.103-1     /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
ii  xen-utils-common             3.0.3-0-2   XEN administrative tools - common 
ii  zlib1g                       1:1.2.3-13  compression library - runtime

Versions of packages xen-utils-3.0.3-1 recommends:
ii  bridge-utils                 1.2-1       Utilities for configuring the Linu
ii  libc6-xen                    2.3.6.ds1-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [X
ii  xen-hypervisor-3.0.3-1-i386  3.0.3-0-2   The Xen Hypervisor on i386

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