package python-pexpect 2.1-1build1 failed to install/upgrade: pycentral pkginstall: not overwriting local files

[Iwan Smith]

Binary package hint: python-pexpect

This happened when upgrading ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: python-pexpect 2.1-1build1
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: pexpect
Title: package python-pexpect 2.1-1build1 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

The error is:
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Setting up python-pexpect (2.1-1build1) ...
pycentral: pycentral pkginstall: not overwriting local files
pycentral pkginstall: not overwriting local files
dpkg: error processing python-pexpect (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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Did you install a previous version of the package manually ?

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!