update-manager (1:0.85.4) hardy; urgency=low
* DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py:
- do not use python2.5 try:/expect:/finally: - we need to run
on 2.4 as well for dapper->hardy (LP: #164947)
-- Michael Vogt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:47:57
+0100
** Changed in: update-ma
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
Assignee: (unassigned) => Michael Vogt (mvo)
Status: Confirmed => In Progress
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update-manager fails to compile with python 2.4 on hardy
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/164947
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Also confirmed
Setting up update-manager (1:0.85.3) ...
Compiling /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py ...
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py", line
452
finally:
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
pycentral: pycentral pkg
A number of people have confirmed this, so I'm changing this to
confirmed in the hopes that it will get fixed faster - it's really not
okay for the update manager to be broken for too long, though I
recognize that people running Hardy are far more likely to know how to
use alternatives than the ave
I can confirm the problem. The issue here is python < 2.5 lacking
try/except/finally statements. The fix is to embed a try/except within
the try/finally (as done above.) Yay for python. :-/
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update-manager fails to compile with python 2.4 on hardy
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/164947
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python expects:
try:
code
finally:
code
OR
try:
code
except ErrorType:
code
to get update-manager working do this:
mkdir tmp
cd tmp
(speicher das attachment update-manager.patch in dieses verzeichnis)
apt-get source update-manager
dpkg-source -x update-manager_0.85.3
Never mind, I figure it out. Here is what mine looks like now, from line
414 to line 456
try:
try:
# upgrade (and make sure this way that the cache is ok)
self.upgrade(True)
# check that everythink in priority required is installed
HI,
Thanks, could you show me or tell me in more detail what you have to
change? Thanks
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update-manager fails to compile with python 2.4 on hardy
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/164947
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