Comment 3 for bug 294681

Merci JB,

I purged the python installation and finished the upgrade...

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get clean

#sudo apt-get autoremove
lsb_release -a
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
Codename: intrepid
#

Thks for your answer...

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Jean-Baptiste Lallement
<email address hidden> wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 291262 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/291262
>
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. 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.
>
> ** Changed in: python-setuptools (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: update-manager => python-setuptools
> Status: New => Confirmed
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 291262
> MASTER - package failed to install/upgrade: pycentral pkginstall: not overwriting local files
>
> --
> ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 distupgrade failled
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294681
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> of the bug.
>
> Status in "python-setuptools" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: update-manager
>
> first the following message came>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Could not install 'python-setuptools'
>
> The upgrade will continue but the 'python-setuptools' package may be in a not working state. Please consider submitting a bugreport about it.
>
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> But the installation was still going on until the update manager encountered a fatal error
>
> I attached you the logs let me know if you need anything else!
>
> Sincerely yours
>
> --
> Eric
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> Package: update-manager 1:0.93.32
> PackageArchitecture: all
> SourcePackage: update-manager
> Title: package update-manager 1:0.93.32 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686
>

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