Package: python2.4 Version: 2.4.5-1 Severity: normal Hi,
I was trying to locate where a particular Python package was on disk -- the quickest way I could think of was doing: strace -eopen python -c 'import foo' When I did that, I noticed a number of directories mentioned that will never exist on Debian (or, even Linux) being stat'd. eve:[~]% strace -eopen python -c 'import foo' 2>&1 | head -15 open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/lib/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/lib/i686/cmov/libutil.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/lib/i686/cmov/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/proc/meminfo", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/usr/lib/python24.zip/site.so", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/python24.zip/sitemodule.so", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/python24.zip/site.py", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/python24.zip/site.pyc", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/python2.4/site.so", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/python2.4/sitemodule.so", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/python2.4/site.py", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 open("/usr/lib/python2.4/site.pyc", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 4 Obviously /usr/lib/python24.zip is not required. Removing this directory may make Python startup faster. Thanks, Anand -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (650, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages python2.4 depends on: ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.5-0.1 high-quality block-sorting file co ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libdb4.5 4.5.20-11 Berkeley v4.5 Database Libraries [ ii libncursesw5 5.6+20080308-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libreadline5 5.2-3 GNU readline and history libraries ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8g-8 SSL shared libraries ii mime-support 3.40-1.1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap ii python2.4-minimal 2.4.5-1 A minimal subset of the Python lan python2.4 recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]