Hi Sandro, I just found one interesting thing: A dead-link farm to pyshared.
$ ls -l /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/logilab/astng/ total 400 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 Jul 20 2008 __init__.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/__init__.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12426 Nov 30 2008 __init__.pyc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12426 Nov 30 2008 __init__.pyo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 48 Jul 20 2008 __pkginfo__.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/__pkginfo__.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1854 Nov 30 2008 __pkginfo__.pyc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1854 Nov 30 2008 __pkginfo__.pyo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 48 Jul 20 2008 _exceptions.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/_exceptions.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2693 Jul 20 2008 _exceptions.pyc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2693 Jul 20 2008 _exceptions.pyo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 Jul 20 2008 astutils.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/astutils.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2240 Jul 20 2008 astutils.pyc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2240 Jul 20 2008 astutils.pyo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Jul 20 2008 builder.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/builder.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21691 Jul 20 2008 builder.pyc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21453 Jul 20 2008 builder.pyo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 Jul 20 2008 inference.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/inference.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22460 Nov 30 2008 inference.pyc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22460 Nov 30 2008 inference.pyo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 Jul 20 2008 inspector.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/inspector.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8989 Nov 30 2008 inspector.pyc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8989 Nov 30 2008 inspector.pyo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 43 Jul 20 2008 lookup.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/lookup.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5922 Nov 30 2008 lookup.pyc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5922 Nov 30 2008 lookup.pyo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Jul 20 2008 manager.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/manager.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14413 Nov 30 2008 manager.pyc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14372 Nov 30 2008 manager.pyo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Jul 20 2008 nodes.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/nodes.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37248 Nov 30 2008 nodes.pyc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37154 Nov 30 2008 nodes.pyo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 Jul 20 2008 raw_building.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/raw_building.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9793 Jul 20 2008 raw_building.pyc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9793 Jul 20 2008 raw_building.pyo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 Jul 20 2008 scoped_nodes.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/scoped_nodes.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25335 Nov 30 2008 scoped_nodes.pyc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25335 Nov 30 2008 scoped_nodes.pyo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Jul 20 2008 utils.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/utils.py -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6233 Nov 30 2008 utils.pyc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6233 Nov 30 2008 utils.pyo $ All these links are dead. After removing these pylint works as expected. Do you know why these are left there? Maybe postinst should clean them? I suggest downgrading severity. Helmut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

