pyc files not automatically compiled on import

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.3739.1248625343.8015.python-list at python.org>,
Baz Walter  <bazwal at ftml.net> wrote:
>
>i thought that python automatically compiled pyc files after a module is 
>successfully imported. what could prevent this happening?

Looks like you got your problem fixed, but for the record, not having
write permission on a directory also causes this.  It's even uglier when
the .pyc already exists but does not have write perms.
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