"chmod 000 /usr/bin/pycentral" may also work as a work-around. This may depend on the versions of the old packages that are being removed.
When finished, a reinstall of python-central should complete the deferred byte-compiles. Indeed, this looks very similar to bug #146943 -- Dapper->hardy upgrade failed during do-release-upgrade (apparently a python-apt issue) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194448 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