i can confirm that building the trunk boost libraries solves this issue. boost 1.40.0rc1 was not sufficient
-- 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