Comment 10 for bug 1157687

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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

Selecting previously unselected package libpython2.7-minimal:amd64.
Unpacking libpython2.7-minimal:amd64 (from .../libpython2.7-minimal_2.7.3-16ubuntu2_am
d64.deb) ...
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Preparing to replace python-novaclient 1:2.9.0-0ubuntu1 (using .../python-novaclient_1
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Preparing to replace python2.7 2.7.3-5ubuntu4 (using .../python2.7_2.7.3-16ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
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Preparing to replace python2.7-minimal 2.7.3-5ubuntu4 (using .../python2.7-minimal_2.7.3-16ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
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and after that this works again.

I don't see yet why the import fails, because the extensions didn't change, and _sre is built as a builtin anyway.

So maybe libpython2.7-minimal should break python2.7-minimal (<< earlier version)?