Apply diff2.txt from SF patch http://www.python.org/sf/572113
(with one small bugfix in bgen/bgen/scantools.py)
This replaces string module functions with string methods
for the stuff in the Tools directory. Several uses of
string.letters etc. are still remaining.
diff --git a/Tools/scripts/byteyears.py b/Tools/scripts/byteyears.py
index f67be70..2b0f9b2 100755
--- a/Tools/scripts/byteyears.py
+++ b/Tools/scripts/byteyears.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
# Options -[amc] select atime, mtime (default) or ctime as age.
import sys, os, time
-import string
from stat import *
# Use lstat() to stat files if it exists, else stat()
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@
size = st[ST_SIZE]
age = now - anytime
byteyears = float(size) * float(age) / secs_per_year
- print string.ljust(file, maxlen),
- print string.rjust(`int(byteyears)`, 8)
+ print file.ljust(maxlen),
+ print repr(int(byteyears)).rjust(8)
sys.exit(status)