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# `package-installs-python-egg`

Python eggs should not be installed, since the Debian package is supposed to do the required steps for installing the Python code.

The egg may contain pre-compiled Python bytecode or shared libraries.

Severity: | `error`
Experimental: | `false`

## See also

- Documentation (Section 3.7) in the Debian Python Policy 0.12.0.0 documentation

- list of all the affected packages
- the source of this tag