Bug 264308

Summary:	python.eclass is broken with package managers that preserve mtime
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Maximilian Grothusmann <maxi>
Component:	Eclasses	Assignee:	Python Gentoo Team <python>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	major	CC:	dev-portage, ferringb, loki_val, lpmichalik, m.debruijne, serkan
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	This should demonstrate the bug quite clearly

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) gentoo-dev

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 ***