Invalid Syntax Error with Python 2.4

[Derek Morton]

Binary package hint: command-not-found

Ubuntu 8.04
command-not-found version: 0.2.17ubuntu1

Command-not-found errors with a syntax error when Python 2.4 is used as the Python interpreter, instead of 2.5 that ships by default.

Example with Python 2.5 as interpreter:

derek@interpol:~$ dog
The program 'dog' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install dog
-bash: dog: command not found

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Example with Python 2.4 as interpreter:

derek@interpol:~$ dog
  File "/usr/lib/command-not-found", line 40
    finally:
          ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

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I'm switching python versions by using the following command as root:
 unlink /usr/bin/python && ln -s /usr/bin/python2.4 /usr/bin/python

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package command-not-found - 0.2.25ubuntu2

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command-not-found (0.2.25ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low

  [ Era Eriksson ]
  * Print where-to-find-command, incorrect-PATH, and crash-guard messages to
    stderr rather than stdout (LP: #212723).

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Fix various crash bugs in the crash handler (LP: #269821).
  * Adjust crash handler syntax to be friendly to Python 2.4 (LP: #234540).

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:27:20 +0100