Public bug reported: Today I ran apt upgrade and apt told me that cinnamon related packages were supposed to be upgraded. I confirmed but during installation I received a lot of python related errors. Specifically, the cinnamon-common package couldn't be configured due to errors that looked very similar to python3 vs python2 usage (e.g. print without parenthesis).
I've managed to work around it by symlinking py3compile to pycompile (I found that the package calls py3compile on its postinst script). Should it call pycompile instead of py3compile? System info: Ubuntu Bionic beta Kernel: 4.15.8-041508-generic #201803091630 SMP Fri Mar 9 16:32:24 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Related question: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/667291 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: cinnamon 3.6.7-3 Uname: Linux 4.15.8-041508-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon Date: Wed Mar 28 13:23:04 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-10 (17 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180310) SourcePackage: cinnamon UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: cinnamon (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1759551 Title: dpkg fails on configure due to py3compile interpreting python 2 files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cinnamon/+bug/1759551/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
