stray .pyc file prevents stdeb build

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had to unpack and remove by hand: helpers.pyc
then setup worked

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What was the full path and what symptom did you observe when it was in place?

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trying install

$ sudo pypi-install python-docx
[sudo] password for mxyzptlk:
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running the following command in directory: deb_dist/tmp_py2dsc/python-docx-0.8.5
/usr/bin/python setup.py --command-packages stdeb.command sdist_dsc --dist-dir=/tmp/user/0/tmpGTOP_A/deb_dist --use-premade-distfile=/tmp/user/0/tmpGTOP_A/python-docx-0.8.5.tar.gz bdist_deb
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running sdist_dsc
running egg_info
writing requirements to python_docx.egg-info/requires.txt
writing python_docx.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing top-level names to python_docx.egg-info/top_level.txt
writing dependency_links to python_docx.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
reading manifest file 'python_docx.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
writing manifest file 'python_docx.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 81, in
setup(**params)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 151, in setup
dist.run_commands()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/stdeb/command/sdist_dsc.py", line 123, in run
raise RuntimeError('original source dist cannot '
RuntimeError: original source dist cannot contain .pyc files
ERROR running: /usr/bin/python setup.py --command-packages stdeb.command sdist_dsc --dist-dir=/tmp/user/0/tmpGTOP_A/deb_dist --use-premade-distfile=/tmp/user/0/tmpGTOP_A/python-docx-0.8.5.tar.gz bdist_deb
ERROR in deb_dist/tmp_py2dsc/python-docx-0.8.5
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/pypi-install", line 67, in
main()
File "/usr/bin/pypi-install", line 53, in main
subprocess.check_call(cmd, shell=True)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 540, in check_call
raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command 'py2dsc-deb python-docx-0.8.5.tar.gz' returned non-zero exit status 1

look at the source package

$ tar -xzvf python-docx-0.8.5.tar.gz
$ cd python-docx-0.8.5/

try a build inside

$ python setup.py --command-packages=stdeb.command bdist_deb

• lots of build-fu and:
  ... RuntimeError: original source dist cannot contain .pyc files

where is it ?

$ find . -name '*.pyc'

./features/steps/helpers.pyc
./deb_dist/tmp_sdist_dsc/python-docx-0.8.5/features/steps/helpers.pyc
./deb_dist/python-docx-0.8.5/features/steps/helpers.pyc

removal of the file

./features/steps/helpers.pyc

• before setup
• allows build
• allows install of built .deb

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Fixed in release v0.8.7 circa Aug 18 2018.