SyntaxError in python script

[Anna Jonna Armannsdottir]

Binary package hint: python-pyscript

Symptoms:

Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Compiling /var/lib/python-support/python2.6/pyscript/groups.py ...
SyntaxError: ('invalid syntax', ('/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/pyscript/groups.py', 390, 6, " as = options.get('as', a2)\n"))

The file that contains the violating syntax:
ls -lFart /var/lib/python-support/python2.6/pyscript/groups.py
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 60 2009-06-27 09:33 /var/lib/python-support/python2.6/pyscript/groups.py -> /usr/share/python-support/python-pyscript/pyscript/groups.py

 /usr/share/python-support/python-pyscript/pyscript/groups.py
Belongs to the python-pyscript package.

Other info:

apt-cache policy python-pyscript
python-pyscript:
  Installed: 0.6.1-2
  Candidate: 0.6.1-2
  Version table:
 *** 0.6.1-2 0
        500 http://ftp.rhnet.is jaunty/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package pyscript - 0.6.1-2ubuntu1

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pyscript (0.6.1-2ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/01_Python2.6_reserved_words.patch:
    - Do not use "as" as variable name, it's a reserved word in
      Python 2.6 (LP: #392870).

 -- Luca Falavigna <email address hidden> Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:34:11 +0000

[Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz)]

Also committed in Debian:
http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/python-modules?view=rev&revision=8881