Package: python Version: 2.4.4-5 Severity: important Hello,
Installing python 2.4.4-5 (upgrade) fails on postinst : (sorry localized dpkg messages) $ dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/python_2.4.4-5_all.deb (Lecture de la base de données... 214787 fichiers et répertoires déjà installés.) Préparation du remplacement de python 2.4.4-5 (en utilisant .../python_2.4.4-5_all.deb) ... Dépaquetage de la mise à jour de python ... Paramétrage de python (2.4.4-5) ... dpkg : erreur de traitement de python (--install) : le sous-processus post-installation script a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 1 Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant l'exécution : python Looking at postinst, the issue is on /var/lib/python : $ sh -x -e ./postinst configure + [ -d /etc/python ] + [ -f /etc/python/debian_config ] + [ -n ] + [ -f /var/lib/python/python2.5_already_installed ] + rm -f /var/lib/python/python2.5_already_installed + rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty /var/lib/python My system didn't have /var/lib/python, so rmdir returns an exit status that makes the postinst script die. Creating /var/lib/python fixed the install. Simple workaround for the script : ignore rmdir result with eg "|| /bin/true", or test the presence of the directory before calling rmdir. Regards, -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.20.4 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=fr_FR, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages python depends on: ii python-minimal 2.4.4-5 A minimal subset of the Python lan ii python2.4 2.4.4-4 An interactive high-level object-o python recommends no packages. -- no debconf information
