dh_auto_clean: setup.py clean can create pyc files. Remove. Closes: #481899

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/dh_auto_clean b/dh_auto_clean
index 4468fef9..13035703 100755
--- a/dh_auto_clean
+++ b/dh_auto_clean
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ if (-e "Makefile" || -e "makefile" || -e "GNUmakefile") {
 }
 elsif (-e "setup.py") {
 	doit("python", "setup.py", "clean", "-a", @{$dh{U_PARAMS}});
+	# The setup.py might import files, leading to python creating pyc
+	# files.
+	doit('find', '.', '-name', '*.pyc', '-exec', 'rm', '{}', ';');
 }
 elsif (-e "Build.PL" && -e "Build") {
 	doit("perl", "Build", "--allow_mb_mismatch", 1, "distclean", @{$dh{U_PARAMS}});