Package: python-support
Version: 1.0.9
Severity: normal
My attempt to update to python-defaults 2.6.x initially ran into a
cascade of errors stemming from
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 460, in <module>
private_packages[package].bytecompile()
File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 120, in bytecompile
+ self)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 470, in call
return Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs).wait()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 623, in __init__
errread, errwrite)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 1139, in _execute_child
raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
error running python rtupdate hook python-support
dpkg: error processing python (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 4
Some digging revealed the problem: an obsolete package I had installed
featured a .pyversion reading "2.4-", so update-python-modules tried
to direct the nonexistent python2.4- interpreter to byte-compile its
files. Removing the offending package allowed u-p-m to succeed, but I
for one would appreciate it if you could please arrange for u-p-m to
produce clearer errors that at the very least indicate the source of
trouble.
Thanks!
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 (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 python-support depends on:
ii dpkg 1.15.7.2 Debian package management system
ii python 2.6.5-5 An interactive high-level object-o
python-support recommends no packages.
python-support suggests no packages.
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