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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] python and frieds installs test code
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:50:25
Message-Id: f23f0d3d23be98e3252d59c3aa0183001e9448eb.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] python and frieds installs test code by Joakim Tjernlund
1 On Thu, 2021-04-22 at 10:50 +0000, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
2 > I have noted that python, portage and gentoolkit appers to install many MB of what appers
3 > to be test code:
4 > python: /usr/lib/python*/test, /usr/lib/python*/ctypes/test, /usr/lib/python*/lib2to3/tests,
5 >         /usr/lib/python*/unittest, /usr/lib/python*/distutils/tests ...
6 >
7 > portage/gentoolkit: /usr/lib/python*/site-packages/portage/tests /usr/lib/python*/site-packages/gentoolkit/test ..
8 >
9 > Didn't look further, I guess there is more pkgs
10 >
11 > The question then is, are these required in a running system?
12 >
13
14 Yes.
15
16 --
17 Best regards,
18 Michał Górny