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package python-apt 0.7.4ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #193249 reported by Miguel Ruiz on 2008-02-19

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #193283: pycentral crashed with AttributeError in byte_compile(). Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	python-apt (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: python-apt

I was updating python related stuff and I got the following error:

Setting up python-apt (0.7.4ubuntu5) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1593, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1587, in main
    rv = action.run(global_options)
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 982, in run
    self.pkg.byte_compile(bc_option, self.options.exclude)
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 624, in byte_compile
    rt.byte_compile(files, bc_option, exclude_regex)
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'byte_compile'
dpkg: error processing python-apt (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Feb 18 23:00:16 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: ipw2100
Package: python-apt 0.7.4ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: python-apt
Title: package python-apt 0.7.4ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux numbat 2.6.24-8-generic #1 SMP Thu Feb 14 20:40:45 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

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Miguel Ruiz (mruiz) wrote on 2008-02-19:

Dependencies.txt Edit (840 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.gz Edit (17.2 KiB, application/x-gzip)

Changed in python-apt:
status:	New → Confirmed

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Mathieu Marquer (slasher-fun) wrote on 2008-02-19:

Confirming on amd64 as well :

Paramétrage de python-apt (0.7.4ubuntu5) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1593, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1587, in main
    rv = action.run(global_options)
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 982, in run
    self.pkg.byte_compile(bc_option, self.options.exclude)
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 624, in byte_compile
    rt.byte_compile(files, bc_option, exclude_regex)
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'byte_compile'
dpkg : erreur de traitement de python-apt (--configure) :
le sous-processus post-installation script a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 1