Do not add a timestamp attribute to .pyc files

omniosorg · Oct 4, 2023 · 19de7ff · 19de7ff
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commit 19de7ff
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diff --git a/lib/mog/global-transforms.mog b/lib/mog/global-transforms.mog
@@ -47,13 +47,12 @@
 <transform file -> default mode 0644>
 <transform dir -> default mode 0755>
 
-# The timestamp on any compiled python objects that are shipped in a package
-# must always be newer than the corresponding source file, or python recompiles
-# and the benefit of shipping the compiled version is lost, particularly if
-# python is not running with privileges that can update the compiled version on
-# disk.
+# The timestamp of Python .py files is embedded in the associated compiled .pyc
+# file. We must explicitly set the timstamp for these otherwise Python will
+# recompile and the benefit of shipping the compiled version is lost,
+# particularly if python is not running with privileges that can update the
+# compiled version on disk.
 <transform file path=.*\.py$ -> default timestamp $(TS_SRC)>
-<transform file path=.*\.pyc$ -> default timestamp $(TS_OBJ)>
 
 # Overrides
 <transform file dir path=(lib|var)/svc/manifest/ -> set group sys>