Subject: dpkg error when installing python-scientific in Debian stable Package: python-scientific Version: 2.4.9-2 Severity: important
*** Please type your report below this line *** When running "sudo apt-get install python-scientific" on Debian Stable, I got the following error which prevented the package from being installed: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Tools/ccp1gui/ccp1gui$ sudo apt-get install python-scientific Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Suggested packages: python-scientific-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: python-scientific 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/101kB of archives. After unpacking 598kB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously deselected package python-scientific. (Reading database ... 189415 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking python-scientific (from .../python-scientific_2.4.9-2_all.deb) ... Setting up python-scientific (2.4.9-2) ... Compiling /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pylint/test/input/func_continue_not_in_loop.py ... File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pylint/test/input/func_continue_not_in_loop.py", line 8 continue SyntaxError: 'continue' not properly in loop Compiling /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pylint/test/input/func_noerror_defined_and_used_on_same_line_py24.py ... File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pylint/test/input/func_noerror_defined_and_used_on_same_line_py24.py", line 7 for index in range(10)) ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax Compiling /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pylint/test/input/func_noerror_staticmethod_as_decorator.py ... File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pylint/test/input/func_noerror_staticmethod_as_decorator.py", line 11 @staticmethod ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax Compiling /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pylint/test/input/func_syntax_error.py ... File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pylint/test/input/func_syntax_error.py", line 1 def toto ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax Compiling /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pylint/test/input/func_unknown_encoding.py ... Sorry: MemoryError: () Compiling /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pylint/test/input/func_w0705.py ... File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pylint/test/input/func_w0705.py", line 30 pass SyntaxError: default 'except:' must be last dpkg: error processing python-scientific (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: python-scientific E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-386 Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages python-scientific depends on: ii python 2.3.5-2 An interactive high-level object-o ii python-netcdf 2.4.9-2 A netCDF interface for Python ii python-numeric-ext 23.8-1 Extension modules for Numeric Pyth -- no debconf information Please note that I do not have the Debian pylint package installed. Rather I have installed pylint myself: pylint-0.11.0 Regards, Noel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]