Lars Wirzenius writes: > Um, yeah, it does contain a .pyc. I don't think it should: the postinst > compiles the eoc.py file. The inclusion of the .pyc file seems like a > bug due to unforeseen interaction with the upstream Makefile's install > target. I'll have to remove the .pyc from the .deb in the next release. this does not help. it will be recreated when "a user" runs as root: python foo.py. so you have to remove it anyway in the prerm.