Bug 10561 – slow python due to timestamps altered on merge

• Product: Portage Development
• Status: VERIFIED TEST-REQUEST

[Description Peter Maxwell 2002-11-10 19:54:45 UTC]

My most recently installed python packages  
have all their .pyc and .py file timestamps  
set the same, eg: 
 
 $ emerge dev-python/twisted 
 $ cd  /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/twisted/internet 
 $ ls -gG base.* 
-rw-r--r--    1    12689 Nov  6 15:49 base.py 
-rw-r--r--    1    20603 Nov  6 15:49 base.pyc 
 
So (as a non-root user): 
 $ python -v -c 'import twisted.internet.base' 2>&1 | grep base 
# ..../base.pyc has bad mtime 
import twisted.internet.base # from ..../base.py 
# can't create ..../base.pyc 
 
.pyc files which are no newer than their .py files are useless! 
 
I think this happens on merge because the  
timestamps on the files made in /var/tmp by  
 
 $ ebuild /usr/portage/dev-python/twisted/twisted-1.0.0.ebuild install 
 
are OK.

[Comment 1 Marius Mauch (RETIRED) 2004-01-12 01:58:41 UTC]

still an issue ?

[Comment 2 Marius Mauch (RETIRED) 2004-02-04 23:03:36 UTC]

I assume not

[Comment 3 Marius Mauch (RETIRED) 2007-01-11 10:35:07 UTC]

Closing after 3 years.