Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-applets
The postinstall script for gnome-applets version 2.16.1-0ubuntu4 contains a
compileall.py
directive which tries to compile
/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/py-0.8.0_alpha2-py2.4.egg/py/test/testing/data/syntax_error.py
among others.
However, 'syntax_error.py' is test function designed to be malformed, invalid
python (and thus uncompilable).
This is on Edgy Eft.
Workaround I used was to temporarily comment out the one line in
syntax_error.py. Temporarily moving it somewhere else would also
probably work.
Output of apt-get install
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up gnome-applets (2.16.1-0ubuntu4) ...
Compiling
/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/py-0.8.0_alpha2-py2.4.egg/py/test/testing/data/syntax_error.py
...
File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/py-0.8.0_alpha2-py2.4.egg/py/test/testing/data/syntax_error.py",
line 3
this is really not python
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
dpkg: error processing gnome-applets (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
gnome-applets
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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** Affects: gnome-applets (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Critical bug in gnome-applets postinstall script
https://launchpad.net/bugs/81857
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