Lintian tag: package-installs-python-egg
Type: error
Description (from lintian-explain-tags)
Python eggs should not be installed, since the Debian package is supposed
to do the required steps for installing the Python code.
The egg may contain pre-compiled Python bytecode or shared libraries.
Please refer to Documentation (Section 3.7) in the Debian Python Policy
0.12.0.0 documentation for details.
Visibility: error
Show-Always: no
Check: languages/python
Affected packages
| source |
version |
binary |
level |
tag |
count |
information |
| python3.13 |
3.13.9-1 |
libpython3.13-testsuite/3.13.9-1 |
overridden |
package-installs-python-egg |
1 |
[usr/lib/python3.13/test/test_importlib/metadata/data/example-21.12-py3.6.egg] |
| python3.14 |
3.14.0-4 |
libpython3.14-testsuite/3.14.0-4 |
overridden |
package-installs-python-egg |
1 |
[usr/lib/python3.14/test/test_importlib/metadata/data/example-21.12-py3.6.egg] |
| rust-python-pkginfo |
0.6.5-2 |
librust-python-pkginfo-dev/0.6.5-2 |
error |
package-installs-python-egg |
9 |
[usr/share/cargo/registry/python-pkginfo-0.6.5/tests/fixtures/build-0.4.0-py3.9.egg] |
