[Bug 1651660] Re: package python-samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

2018-09-10 Thread Andreas Hasenack
Hi Kim, sorry for being unclear. I meant for people affected by this bug to try to run this command, which is what the package does in its post installation procedure: pycompile -p python-samba On a clean xenial install, that does not fail. If it fails for someone, it means a non-standard

[Bug 1651660] Re: package python-samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

2018-09-06 Thread Andreas Hasenack
One needs to be careful with installing other python versions on a system and making them available system-wide. Upstream samba doesn't yet fully support python3, and the samba version shipped in ubuntu 16.04 most definitely does not support it either. What's failing for you guys is this bit in