@Dave: is "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/gtk/merge.py" on your system also a dangling symlink? /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/reportlab contains all the dangling symlinks on my system- I may removed the package a while ago. You can scan for them using the symlinks program in the same Debian package or with checking the output of the patch.
@all: I created a little patch which identifies the symlinks and skips them in pycompile but beware.. it's a hack. -- Who is 'responsible' for removing these symlinks?
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