Same here. I have been running edgy for since late July. I tried to install scribus-ng which depends on python2.3 and the python2.3 package is broken, as above.
It can't be removed/purged even using dpkg. Here is what i get when trying to remove it. $ sudo dpkg -P --force-all python2.3 (Reading database ... 185658 files and directories currently installed.) Removing python2.3 ... Unlinking and removing bytecode for runtime python2.3... pycentral: pycentral rtremove: installed runtime python2.3 not found pycentral rtremove: installed runtime python2.3 not found dpkg: error processing python2.3 (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: python2.3 -- Python upgrade errors https://launchpad.net/bugs/58915 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs