Re: strace of python shows nonsense

2013-01-14 Thread Dieter Maurer
Joep van Delft writes: > ... > What puzzles me, is the amount of errors for open and stat64. The high number of errors comes from Python's import logic: when Python should import a module/package (not yet imported), it looks into each member on "sys.path" for about 6 different potential filename

Re: strace of python shows nonsense

2013-01-14 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:50:01 +0100, Joep van Delft wrote: > Hi there, > > > I am puzzled at how I borked my installation. Python loads slow on my > machine, and I decided to use strace and /usr/bin/time to see what is > actually happening. Before dropping down to such a low level, I suggest you