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gadfly package

package python-gadfly 1.0.0-13ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 (uses keyword "as", illegal from Python 2.6)

Bug #341057 reported by Max Bowsher
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gadfly (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
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Jaunty
Fix Released
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gadfly

Compiling /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gadfly/bindings.py ...
SyntaxError: ('invalid syntax', ('/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gadfly/bindings.py', 64, 37, ' [create, view, name, namelist, as, selection] = l\n'))

Needs to be patched to not use "as" as a variable name, since it's a keyword from Python 2.6 onwards.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: python-gadfly 1.0.0-13ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: gadfly
Title: package python-gadfly 1.0.0-13ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-9-generic x86_64

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lp:ubuntu/karmic/gadfly
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Max Bowsher (maxb) wrote :
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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

From my upgrade test:

Setting up python-gadfly (1.0.0-13ubuntu1) ...
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gadfly/bindings.py:64: Warning: 'as' will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gadfly/bindings.py:291: Warning: 'as' will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gadfly/bindings.py:295: Warning: 'as' will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gadfly/bindings.py:549: Warning: 'as' will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6
Compiling /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gadfly/bindings.py ...
SyntaxError: ('invalid syntax', ('/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gadfly/bindings.py', 64, 37, ' [create, view, name, namelist, as, selection] = l\n'))
pycentral: pycentral pkginstall: error byte-compiling files (24)
pycentral pkginstall: error byte-compiling files (24)
dpkg: error processing python-gadfly (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Changed in gadfly:
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Confirmed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gadfly - 1.0.0-13ubuntu2

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gadfly (1.0.0-13ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low

  * fix python2.6 install error (LP: #341057)

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:30:13 +0100

Changed in gadfly:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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