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Re: Question regarding binaries in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/

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From	Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org>
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Subject	Re: Question regarding binaries in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/
Date	Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:10:01 +0200
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On Thursday, April 23, 2026 11:53:06 AM Mountain Standard Time Andrey 
Rakhmatullin wrote:
> On the other hand, shipping data of various kinds in dist-packages/ is
> relatively popular and usually tolerated. This seems to be similar to it,
> and to be honest I would make sure these executables are meant to be
> executed at all, as opposed to being included into the pyinstaller output
> (see "bootloader"), before e.g. contacting the upstream (or the DPT, but
> that's too late).

Yes, these executables are integral to the operation of Pyinstaller.  
PyInstaller bundles a Python application and all its dependencies into a 
single package.  The bootloaders are used as part of this bundling.

https://pyinstaller.org/en/stable/

Regarding upstream, they are very responsive and I have a wonderful 
relationship with them.  However, I felt it was appropriate to ask here first 
to make sure I knew what the standard Debian practice was before I contacted 
them.

Unless there is some strong recommendation that these executables need to be 
moved to /usr/libexec/, I am inclined to leave them where they are.

-- 
Soren Stoutner
soren@debian.org

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