On 11/6/05, Linas Vepstas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Package: reportbug > Version: 3.17 > > I'm having trouble reporting bugs :-) > Below follows more info; please contact me at > Linas Vepstas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> rather than at this > email address. > > Here's more info > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> /home/linas %dpkg -s reportbug > Package: reportbug > Status: install ok installed > Priority: standard > Section: utils > Installed-Size: 372 > Maintainer: Chris Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Architecture: all > Version: 3.17 > Depends: python2.3 > Recommends: python2.3-cjkcodecs | python2.3-iconvcodec > Suggests: postfix | exim4 | mail-transport-agent, gnupg | pgp, debconf-utils > (>> 1.1.0), debsums, file (>> 1.30), dlocate > > > etc. > > Here's the actual crash: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> /home/linas %reportbug > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 40, in ? > import rfc822, smtplib, reportbug, cStringIO, socket, debianbts, > checkbuildd > File "/usr/share/reportbug/reportbug.py", line 30, in ? > import time, sys, os, locale, re, pwd, commands, shlex, debianbts, rfc822 > File "/usr/share/reportbug/debianbts.py", line 27, in ? > import sgmllib, glob, os, re, reportbug, rfc822, time, urllib, > checkversions > ValueError: bad marshal data > > I don't know how to turn on python debuging
That error message suggests that your Python installation is messed up (one or more of the .pyc files is corrupted). Try running apt-get --reinstall install python2.3 Chris -- Chris Lawrence - http://blog.lordsutch.com/
