invalid syntax 3.0.1-0ubuntu12 except IOError, msg:

[Micah Gersten]

Binary package hint: python3.0

Got this when upgrading today:
Setting up python3.0 (3.0.1-0ubuntu12) ...
  File "/usr/lib/python3.0/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py", line 345
    except IOError, msg:
                  ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
MediaBuild: Xubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" - Release amd64 (20081030.3)
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: python3.0 3.0.1-0ubuntu12
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: python3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

I can confirm this bug:
Setting up python3.0 (3.0.1-0ubuntu12) ...
  File "/usr/lib/python3.0/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py", line 345
    except IOError, msg:
                  ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

$ apt-cache policy python3.0
python3.0:
  Installed: 3.0.1-0ubuntu12
  Candidate: 3.0.1-0ubuntu12
  Version table:
 *** 3.0.1-0ubuntu12 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

++ except IOError, msg:
++ raise DistutilsFileError, str(msg) + ', please install the python%s-dev package' % sys.version[:3]

I think it needs an "as" in patch debian/patches/bdist-wininst-notfound.dpatch:
http://docs.python.org/3.0/reference/compound_stmts.html#except

except IOError as msg:

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package python3.0 - 3.0.1-0ubuntu13

---------------
python3.0 (3.0.1-0ubuntu13) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Fix syntax error in distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py. LP: #361301.
  * Always use `site-packages' as site directory name in virtualenv.
  * Don't run the `rtinstall' hooks for 3.0. LP: #354228.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:33:26 +0200