Václav, of course, I might have gotten something wrong, but I've just tried it again. I've used the nz.archive.ubuntu.com mirror, and this time I have downloaded the package manually:
gkl...@it041227:~$ wget http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/b/boost1.38/libboost-python1.38.0_1.38.0-6ubuntu6.1_i386.deb --2010-05-11 10:23:32-- http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/b/boost1.38/libboost-python1.38.0_1.38.0-6ubuntu6.1_i386.deb Resolving alb-cache.massey.ac.nz... 130.123.225.69 Connecting to alb-cache.massey.ac.nz|130.123.225.69|:8080... connected. Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 240038 (234K) [application/x-debian-package] Saving to: `libboost-python1.38.0_1.38.0-6ubuntu6.1_i386.deb' 100%[=================================================>] 240,038 --.-K/s in 0.02s 2010-05-11 10:23:33 (10.1 MB/s) - `libboost- python1.38.0_1.38.0-6ubuntu6.1_i386.deb' saved [240038/240038] Now install it manually, after before (forcefully) removing it: $ sudo dpkg -i libboost-python1.38.0_1.38.0-6ubuntu6.1_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package libboost-python1.38.0. (Reading database ... 337560 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libboost-python1.38.0 (from libboost-python1.38.0_1.38.0-6ubuntu6.1_i386.deb) ... Setting up libboost-python1.38.0 (1.38.0-6ubuntu6.1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place And now for the test: gkl...@it041227:~$ python Python 2.6.4 (r264:75706, Dec 7 2009, 18:45:15) [GCC 4.4.1] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from visual import * Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/visual/__init__.py", line 58, in <module> import cvisual AttributeError: 'Boost.Python.StaticProperty' object attribute '__doc__' is read-only >>> -- [SRU, 9.10] libboost-python1.38 issues with __doc__ property in Python >= 2.6.3 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/457688 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs