python-setuptool could not be installed

[stephan0h]

Binary package hint: update-manager

when upgrading from hardy to intrepic ibex i got the error message that python-setuptools could not be installed - subprocess returned error-value of 1

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This is very likely a duplicate of bug 291262 .
Could you please attach the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade to this bug report?

This will greatly aid us in tracking down your problem.

[stephan0h (stephan0h)]

here are the requested files ...

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

The casue of the failure is:
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Richte python-setuptools ein (0.6c9-0ubuntu1) ...

pycentral: pycentral pkginstall: not overwriting local files

pycentral pkginstall: not overwriting local files

dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von python-setuptools (--configure):

 Unterprozess post-installation script gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück

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This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 291262, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report.

Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.