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Package: python-central
Version: 0.5.1
Severity: grave
I originally reported this at [0]; this is just a copy/paste of that
email (with an updated version of the error message). I mentioned there
that I thought it was grave (it prevents python from installing), and I
got no responses either way, so that's how I'm reporting it.
When installing a package that uses pycentral, that I had previously
installed by hand, I got an error:
Setting up python2.3 (2.3.5-15) ...
byte-compiling files for package python2.3...
Linking and byte-compiling packages for runtime python2.3...
pycentral: pycentral rtinstall: package python-mutagen: already exists:
/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/mutagen/__init__.py
pycentral rtinstall: package python-mutagen: already exists:
/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/mutagen/__init__.py
dpkg: error processing python2.3 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
I think making this an error is a bad decision. File conflicts within
the packaging system should already be dealt with via dpkg. Outside of
the package system, dpkg always silently overwrites local
non-configuration files, and it's not an error normally.
This is particularly bad for Python, because the default install prefix
for local software is /usr, and there's no distutils uninstall command.
So you have to manually find and remove all the files from any
locally-installed package to switch to dpkg's version.
Unless there's a good reason for this behavior, I think this is a grave
bug for pycentral, since no other part of the packaging system creates
errors in this situation.
[0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2006/06/msg00292.html
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Source: python-central
Source-Version: 0.5.5
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
python-central, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
python-central_0.5.5.dsc
to pool/main/p/python-central/python-central_0.5.5.dsc
python-central_0.5.5.tar.gz
to pool/main/p/python-central/python-central_0.5.5.tar.gz
python-central_0.5.5_all.deb
to pool/main/p/python-central/python-central_0.5.5_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
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Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:04:22 +0200
Source: python-central
Binary: python-central
Architecture: source all
Version: 0.5.5
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
python-central - register and build utility for Python packages
Closes: 382157
Changes:
python-central (0.5.5) unstable; urgency=low
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* Update pycentral(1). Closes: #382157.
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