Package: python-minimal Version: 2.6.5-0ubuntu1launchpad1 Severity: important Tags: patch
Hi, The python-minimal postinst script contains this line: python -m compileall /usr/share/python/ >/dev/null My unlucky officemate had python 2.4 installed as /usr/local/bin/python, and as /usr/local/bin precedes /usr/bin in roots $PATH (this surprised me, fwiw), python2.4 is used to try to compile the various things using 2.5 and 2.6 syntax in /usr/share/python with confusing results. This was encountered on an Ubuntu system during the upgrade from Lucid to Maverick, but the postinst script is still the same in sid as far as I can tell. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers lucid-updates APT policy: (500, 'lucid-updates'), (500, 'lucid-security'), (500, 'lucid') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages python-minimal depends on: ii dpkg 1.15.5.6ubuntu4.1 Debian package management system ii python2.6-minimal 2.6.5-1ubuntu6 A minimal subset of the Python lan Versions of packages python-minimal recommends: ii python 2.6.5-0ubuntu1launchpad1 An interactive high-level object-o python-minimal suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
=== modified file 'debian/python-minimal.postinst' --- debian/python-minimal.postinst 2010-07-11 17:08:19 +0000 +++ debian/python-minimal.postinst 2010-09-06 22:41:03 +0000 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ #! /bin/sh set -e -python -m compileall /usr/share/python/ >/dev/null +/usr/bin/python -m compileall /usr/share/python/ >/dev/null #DEBHELPER#
