This is really a python bug (see the bug watch I just added), but I've worked around it in ubiquity for my next upload.
** Bug watch added: SourceForge.net Tracker #1646728 http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1646728 ** Also affects: python (upstream) via http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=1646728 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Watson Status: Needs Info => Fix Committed -- xubuntu installation problem https://launchpad.net/bugs/57952 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs