Problem with .pth files under linux

[Fernando Pérez]

I'm sure this is simple and stupid, but I still don't know what's going on. I 
have some modules without a package structure (no __init__.py) but which have 
a .pth file. Specifically, Numeric. It comes in its own directory: 
site-packages/Numeric, and in site-packages I have a file Numeric.pth whose 
contents is simply 'Numeric' (no quotes).

Yet import Numeric doesn't work! I solved it by hand-coding Numeric into 
sys.path, but it annoys me and I have the same problem with other modules 
I'll need to use soon.

Could anyone tell me what I'm missing or doing wrong? (Python 2.1.1 under 
Linux, Mandrake 8.0).

Thanks,

F.