Package python-qwt5-qt4 5.0.1.dfsg-3 cannot be installed after upgrade to 8.10 : pycentral pkgprepare: not overwriting local files

[Patrick Marchwiak]

During upgrade from 8.04 to 8.10 this package failed to upgrade. After the upgrade, I also tried to remove it and install it again, but I got the same error.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: python-qwt5-qt4 5.0.1.dfsg-3 [modified: usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_abstract_scale.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_abstract_scale_draw.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_abstract_slider.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_analog_clock.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_arrow_button.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_color_map.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_compass.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_compass_rose.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_counter.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_curve_fitter.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_data.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_dial.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_dial_needle.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_double_interval.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_double_range.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_dyngrid_layout.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_event_pattern.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_interval_data.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_knob.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_layout_metrics.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_legend.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_legend_item.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_painter.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_panner.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_picker.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_picker_machine.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_canvas.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_curve.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_dict.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_grid.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_item.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_layout.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_magnifier.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_marker.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_panner.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_picker.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_printfilter.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_rasteritem.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_spectrogram.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_svgitem.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_zoomer.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_raster_data.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_rect.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_round_scale_draw.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_scale_div.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_scale_draw.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_scale_engine.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_scale_map.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_scale_widget.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_slider.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_spline.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_symbol.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_text.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_text_engine.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_text_label.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_thermo.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_wheel.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/QwtArrayDouble.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/QwtArrayInt.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/QwtArrayQwtDoubleInterval.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/QwtArrayQwtDoublePoint.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/QwtModule.sip usr/share/pycentral/python-qwt5-qt4/site-packages/PyQt4/Qwt5/__init__.py usr/share/pycentral/python-qwt5-qt4/site-packages/PyQt4/Qwt5/qplt.py usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/Qwt5/_iqt.so usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/Qwt5/Qwt.so]
SourcePackage: pyqwt5
Title: package python-qwt5-qt4 5.0.1.dfsg-3 [modified: usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_abstract_scale.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_abstract_scale_draw.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_abstract_slider.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_analog_clock.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_arrow_button.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_color_map.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_compass.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_compass_rose.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_counter.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_curve_fitter.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_data.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_dial.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_dial_needle.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_double_interval.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_double_range.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_dyngrid_layout.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_event_pattern.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_interval_data.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_knob.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_layout_metrics.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_legend.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_legend_item.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_painter.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_panner.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_picker.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_picker_machine.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_canvas.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_curve.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_dict.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_grid.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_item.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_layout.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_magnifier.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_marker.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_panner.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_picker.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_printfilter.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_rasteritem.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_spectrogram.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_svgitem.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_plot_zoomer.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_raster_data.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_rect.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_round_scale_draw.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_scale_div.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_scale_draw.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_scale_engine.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_scale_map.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_scale_widget.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_slider.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_spline.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_symbol.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_text.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_text_engine.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_text_label.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_thermo.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/qwt_wheel.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/QwtArrayDouble.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/QwtArrayInt.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/QwtArrayQwtDoubleInterval.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/QwtArrayQwtDoublePoint.sip usr/share/sip/PyQt4/Qwt5/QwtModule.sip usr/share/pycentral/python-qwt5-qt4/site-packages/PyQt4/Qwt5/__init__.py usr/share/pycentral/python-qwt5-qt4/site-packages/PyQt4/Qwt5/qplt.py usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/Qwt5/_iqt.so usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PyQt4/Qwt5/Qwt.so] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

The error is:
Preparing to replace python-qt4 4.3.3-2ubuntu4.1 (using .../python-qt4_4.4.3-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
pycentral: pycentral pkgprepare: not overwriting local files
pycentral pkgprepare: not overwriting local files

This is a known issue with pycentral . This is due to either a previous
version of the package installed manually, or remaining files after the
removal of the package. The workaround is to uninstall the package the
reinstall it or you can set overwrite-local=1 in
/etc/python/debian_config

Thank you

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

The bug is in python-central, not pyqwt5.