Package: python-central Version: 0.6.16 Severity: serious
If during lenny->squeeze/sid upgrade python is upgraded before python-central, pure-python modules handled by python-central are left in an unusable state. Here's an example transcript:
# apt-cache policy python-tz python python-central
python-tz:
Installed: 2008c-2
Candidate: 2008c-2
Version table:
*** 2008c-2 0
500 http://ftp.pl.debian.org lenny/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
python:
Installed: 2.5.2-3
Candidate: 2.5.2-3
Version table:
*** 2.5.2-3 0
500 http://ftp.pl.debian.org lenny/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
python-central:
Installed: 0.6.8
Candidate: 0.6.8
Version table:
*** 0.6.8 0
500 http://ftp.pl.debian.org lenny/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
# python -c 'import pytz; print pytz'
<module 'pytz' from '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pytz/__init__.pyc'>
# vim /etc/apt/sources/list
[snip]
# apt-get install python
[snip]
# apt-get install python-central
[snip]
# apt-cache policy python-tz python python-central
python-tz:
Installed: 2008c-2
Candidate: 2010b-1
Version table:
2010b-1 0
500 http://ftp.pl.debian.org unstable/main Packages
*** 2008c-2 0
500 http://ftp.pl.debian.org lenny/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
python:
Installed: 2.6.5-5
Candidate: 2.6.5-5
Version table:
*** 2.6.5-5 0
500 http://ftp.pl.debian.org unstable/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.5.2-3 0
500 http://ftp.pl.debian.org lenny/main Packages
python-central:
Installed: 0.6.16
Candidate: 0.6.16
Version table:
*** 0.6.16 0
500 http://ftp.pl.debian.org unstable/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0.6.8 0
500 http://ftp.pl.debian.org lenny/main Packages
# python -c 'import pytz; print pytz'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named pytz
# ls -ld /usr/lib/python*/*-packages/*tz/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 23 12:57 /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pytz/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 23 12:59 /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pytz/
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Jakub Wilk
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