Public bug reported:
Currently (as of 11.04, and I suspect in 11.10), hplip will potentially
break if you have a non-system Python executable on your PATH, e.g.
using virtualenv or a custom-built Python. As per the Debian Python
Policy (I can't find a similarly thorough document for Ubuntu),
> The preferred specification for the Python interpreter is
/usr/bin/python or /usr/bin/pythonX.Y. This ensures that a Debian
installation of python is used and all dependencies on additional python
modules are met.
> Maintainers should not override the Debian Python interpreter using
/usr/bin/env python or /usr/bin/env pythonX.Y. This is not advisable as
it bypasses Debian's dependency checking and makes the package
vulnerable to incomplete local installations of python.
I think this is reasonable, and also supported by the majority of the
Python scripts in my /usr/bin directory.
dwf@barricade:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
dwf@barricade:~$ apt-cache policy hplip
hplip:
Installed: 3.11.1-2ubuntu2
Candidate: 3.11.1-2ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 3.11.1-2ubuntu2 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
dwf@barricade:~$ grep '#!/usr/bin/env python' /usr/bin/hp-* |cut -d':' -f 1
|xargs dpkg -S
hplip: /usr/bin/hp-align
hplip: /usr/bin/hp-check
hplip: /usr/bin/hp-clean
hplip: /usr/bin/hp-colorcal
hplip: /usr/bin/hp-firmware
hplip: /usr/bin/hp-hpdio
hplip: /usr/bin/hp-info
hplip: /usr/bin/hp-levels
hplip: /usr/bin/hp-makeuri
hplip: /usr/bin/hp-pkservice
hplip: /usr/bin/hp-plugin
hplip: /usr/bin/hp-probe
hplip: /usr/bin/hp-query
hplip: /usr/bin/hp-scan
hplip: /usr/bin/hp-setup
hplip: /usr/bin/hp-testpage
hplip: /usr/bin/hp-timedate
hplip: /usr/bin/hp-unload
** Affects: hplip (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Python interpreter should be hard-coded in /usr/bin/hp-*
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