[Tutor] Moved Python installation. Need advice rebuilding all *.pyc

[Andreas]

On 03.07.2006 20:45 Adam wrote

> Erm trying to remember exactly how to do this in windows but if you do the
> equivalent of an rm -r E:\Python24\site-packages\*.pyc ie remove all the
> *.pyc files they will be rebuilt as and when you next import those modules.

Thanks for the info. However, if this is being done automatically on
import, why does "python setup.py install" often do some compilation ?