Package: base Severity: normal
MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" From: Ben Finney <b...@benfinney.id.au> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <sub...@bugs.debian.org> Subject: python2.6-minimal: fails with error during dpkg unpack Bcc: Ben Finney <b...@benfinney.id.au> X-Reportbug-Version: 4.10.1 Package: python2.6-minimal Version: 2.6.4-4 Severity: important I have successfully installed ‘python2.6-minimal’ (as a dependency of ‘python2.6’) on several machines, so this is not severity ‘serious’. But on a few i386 machines, the following error occurs: ===== Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 311012 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 ===== -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-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/bash 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 -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-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/bash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org