Dominik George wrote: > I wouldn't open an RC bug against python-apt because it calls init_config(),
Sure; I explained poorly — packages that *use* apt_pkg would call init_config() which presumably has side-effects (?), not python-apt itself… There's no need to check this specific instance, it's just one example of a potential side-effects that mean importing everything is, alas, by design broken. Don't forget all the other import-time monkey-patching, etc. too. Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk `-