python-pyinotify fails to configure on install, leaving broken package

[Tom Simnett]

Binary package hint: python-pyinotify

Both the postinst and prerm files need exit0 to uninstall the package, and it fails to configure.

This happens in Jaunty 9.04 amd64:

Linux grace 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:58:03 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Ubuntu 2.6.28-11.42-generic

[Guilherme Salgado (salgado)]

How can you tell that it failed to configure when installing? I just installed it on a vanilla jaunty and it seemed to install successfully, but after that I can't import 'pyinotify' in a python (2.6 or 2.5) shell.

After a quick look, this seems to be a consequence of a missing __init__.py in /var/lib/python-support/python2.6/pyinotify/

[Guilherme Salgado (salgado)]

It's now working after a "dpkg-reconfigure python-pyinotify"

[Tom Simnett (tom+launchpad-initforthe)]

This appears to install OK for me now. I could tell it failed to configure because of the dpkg errors telling me so.

[Guilherme Salgado (salgado)]

It turns out the problem I was having was because of a custom version of python-support I had installed, so it's not the same as this bug. Tom, since it works ok for you now, I think the bug should be invalidated, no?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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