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.
still an issue ?
I assume not
Closing after 3 years.