Thank you for your bug report, The problem seems to lie in __init.py__
and the fact that no coding has been specified. A potential workaround
may be adding:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
You can do this with the following command:
sudo nano /usr/lib/python2.5/xml/__init__.py
And then adding
# -*-
Whoa; just got a nice little surprise. Over a dozen programs all
crashed in a row, apparently all because of this same corrupted file.
dpkg --search /usr/lib/python2.5/xml/__init__.py
python2.5: /usr/lib/python2.5/xml/__init__.py
With this insight, I reinstalled python2.5 and update-manager
I tried that, but it didn't change anything. The file appeared to be
binary, as I was getting plenty of non-ASCII digits. The second time I
opened it, nano said converted from Mac formatting. Still no idea on
how the file got corrupted. I've attached it (the copy before I edited
it) if anyone
