On Tuesday 08 May 2012 23:13:54 martin kalcher wrote: > > Hey, > > > > these pycache folders *should* be created with a python setup script > > [0], which *should* be called in the PKGBUILD during buildtime, so they > > *should* be part of the package. If not, python creates them during > > runtime and messes up your system... > > > > So the cleanest way is to write a setup script and send it to the > > maintainer. > > > > The quicker way is to write a simple script, the checks your file system > > for disowned files. See: [1] > > > > [0] http://docs.python.org/py3k/distutils/setupscript.html > > [1] > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman_Tips#Identify_files_not_owned_ > > by_any_package > Or use pacmans -f switch to overwrite them. > > Cheers, ushi Thanks for the clarification. I would try to write a script for the package and send it to the maintainer. pacman -f seems a bad option. It seems hazardous to make it a habit. :-( -- Cheers and Regards Jayesh Badwaik stop html mail | always bottom-post www.asciiribbon.org | www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html
