The affected packages had been removed (by "apt-get autoremove") but not
purged. A workaround to enable purging is to install them:
# apt-get install python3.2 python3.2-minimal
Once installed, purge succeeds:
# apt-get purge python3.2 python3.2-minimal
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
python3.2* python3.2-minimal*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 25 not upgraded.
After this operation, 14.6 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 138643 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing python3.2 ...
Purging configuration files for python3.2 ...
Removing python3.2-minimal ...
Unlinking and removing bytecode for runtime python3.2
Purging configuration files for python3.2-minimal ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for mime-support ...
The failure to purge is repeatable, and can be seen with an install,
remove, and then purge:
# apt-get install python3.2 python3.2-minimal
[...]
# apt-get remove python3.2 python3.2-minimal
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
python3.2 python3.2-minimal
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 25 not upgraded.
After this operation, 14.6 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 138643 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing python3.2 ...
Removing python3.2-minimal ...
Unlinking and removing bytecode for runtime python3.2
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for mime-support ...
# apt-get purge python3.2 python3.2-minimal
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
python3.2* python3.2-minimal*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 25 not upgraded.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
E: apt Pre-Install-Pkgs is giving me fewer fields than expected.
E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10 returned an error
code (10)
E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10
Is this an apt-listbugs bug or a python3.2 packaging problem?
Kind regards,
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Ben Caradoc-Davies <[email protected]>
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