On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 15:33, Brent S. Elmer <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: python2.6 > Version: 2.6.4-6 > Severity: important > > python2.5 is the default python for Debian. 2.5 is old and I have installed > 2.6 and set /usr/bin/python to use python2.6 as the default. This seems to > work fine except for installing package upgrades. I get messages like the > following when I install some python packages.
so you broke your system on purpose and blame the debian package? mmmh :) additionally to change /usr/bin/python* to python2.6* (relative symlinks) also /usr/share/python/debian_defaults has to be edited. > Surely it is possible to use python 2.6 or 3.x as the default on a Debian > system. not a smooth process, tho > What else needs to be done other than changing /usr/bin/python back to 2.5 > whenever installing or upgrading packages? that won't make your plan work; all the modules you use have to be prepared for 2.6; for example, in your case, lsb_release is not found. Regards, -- Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu) My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
