Package: python2.6 Version: 2.6.6-8 Severity: normal With the latest upgrade to 2.6.6-8 of python2.6 I get the following error in the postinstall script: ============================================ Setting up python2.6 (2.6.6-8) ... Sorry: TypeError: ('compile() expected string without null bytes',)dpkg: error processing python2.6 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 configured to not write apport reports dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python: python depends on python2.6 (>= 2.6.6-1~); however: Package python2.6 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpython2.6: libpython2.6 depends on python2.6 (= 2.6.6-8); however: Package python2.6 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libpython2.6 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured configured to not write apport reports configured to not write apport reports Errors were encountered while processing: python2.6 python libpython2.6 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ============================================
After that it tries it again and fails again, leaving those packages in an unconfigured state. Trying to downgrade those packages also fails, since it appears aptitude wants to configure those packages first, which, as described earlier, fails. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages python2.6 depends on: ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.5-6 high-quality block-sorting file co ii libc6 2.11.2-7 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libdb4.8 4.8.30-3 Berkeley v4.8 Database Libraries [ ii libexpat1 2.0.1-7 XML parsing C library - runtime li ii libncursesw5 5.7+20100313-4 shared libraries for terminal hand ii libreadline6 6.1-3 GNU readline and history libraries ii libsqlite3-0 3.7.4-1 SQLite 3 shared library ii mime-support 3.51-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap ii python2.6-minimal 2.6.6-8 A minimal subset of the Python lan python2.6 recommends no packages. Versions of packages python2.6 suggests: ii binutils 2.20.1-15 The GNU assembler, linker and bina pn python2.6-doc <none> (no description available) pn python2.6-profiler <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org