Bug 264308 – python.eclass is broken with package managers that preserve mtime

• Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 256953
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Maximilian Grothusmann 2009-03-30 15:57:07 UTC]

When updating/downgrading/reinstalling a package, .pyc/.pyo files aren't regenerated because their mtime is newer than the mtime of the newly installed .py files.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
* Install some python package, mess up the .pyc files, reinstall again and find your .pyc files still broken.
* After downgrading a python package, the .pyc files will also not be regenerated
* Can happen with normal upgrades too, if your upgrade has been released before you installed the older version.
Actual Results:  
.pyc files broken

Expected Results:  
.pyc files regenerated when installing a package

[Comment 1 Maximilian Grothusmann 2009-03-30 15:58:08 UTC]

Created attachment 186771 [details]
This should demonstrate the bug quite clearly

[Comment 2 Serkan Kaba (RETIRED) 2009-03-30 17:14:36 UTC]

Is this a dupe of bug #256953?

[Comment 3 Maximilian Grothusmann 2009-03-30 17:54:48 UTC]

Bleh. Indeed, it's a dupe.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 256953 ***