Package: python2.7-minimal
Version: 2.7-9
Severity: grave

Stock experimental system.  python2.6 is already installed and
working great.  Trying to investigate [1], I hope to install python2.7:

 # cupt install python2.7
 [...]
 (Reading database ... 118078 files and directories currently installed.)
 Unpacking python2.7-minimal (from .../python2.7-minimal_2.7-9_i386.deb) ...
 Setting up python2.7-minimal (2.7-9) ...
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 552, in <module>
     main()
   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 534, in main
     known_paths = addusersitepackages(known_paths)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 261, in addusersitepackages
     user_site = getusersitepackages()
   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 236, in getusersitepackages
     user_base = getuserbase() # this will also set USER_BASE
   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 226, in getuserbase
     USER_BASE = get_config_var('userbase')
   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/sysconfig.py", line 558, in get_config_var
     return get_config_vars().get(name)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/sysconfig.py", line 457, in get_config_vars
     _init_posix(_CONFIG_VARS)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/sysconfig.py", line 310, in _init_posix
     raise IOError(msg)
 IOError: invalid Python installation: unable to open 
/usr/lib/python2.7/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)
 dpkg: error processing python2.7-minimal (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Indeed, there is no /usr/lib/python2.7/config directory.  Unpacking
python2.7 with an explicit dpkg invocation allows the installation to
continue, so all is well.

[1] http://bugs.python.org/issue1736483



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