Package: python2.6-minimal Version: python2.6-minimal_2.6.4-4_i386.deb Severity: normal
-- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages python2.6-minimal depends on: ii libc6 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8k-8 SSL shared libraries ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime Versions of packages python2.6-minimal recommends: pn python2.6 <none> (no description available) Versions of packages python2.6-minimal suggests: ii binfmt-support 1.2.15 Support for extra binary formats -- report -- please see attached for apts output. I can confirm the fail to install completely with a caveat: This package did report its install successfully (whilst trying to reproduce the error) on a similar i686 machine (SMP) with source installs (under /usr/local/) of Python 2.5 2.6 and 3.0 Which may have snuck the symlink error through. (probably how it snuck through ?) In any case should this package be actually attempting to do other than symlink to /usr/local/X ? Finally while the "apt" error output was helpful it is unclear from the message where the symlink should actually be located (even given the incorrect target). Of course I can simply compare with previous installs to repair but what would dpkg think of me :) This bug is not grave here just important.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 282998 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking python2.6-minimal (from .../python2.6-minimal_2.6.4-4_i386.deb) ... new installation of python2.6-minimal; /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages is a directory which is expected a symlink to /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages. please find the package shipping files in /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages and file a bug report to ship these in /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages instead aborting installation of python2.6-minimal dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/python2.6-minimal_2.6.4-4_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/python2.6-minimal_2.6.4-4_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
