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python2.6 package

  1. Bug #223281
  2. Comment #31

Comment 31 for bug 223281

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 223281] Re: locale._parse_localename fails when localename does not contain encoding information (was: alacarte crashed with ValueError in _parse_localename() )

Jonathan Marsden [2009-12-07 17:39 -0000]:
> Martin, Thanks so much for looking at this. I noticed you used the
> command python, whereas was using the command python2.6 for my tests.
> Is the default Python in Lucid Python 3.0.x maybe?

No, it's 2.6.

> Just a guess at this point. It may be a silly mistake in my
> packaging, too! The Karmic one definitely works well for several
> end users...

Right, I didn't test the karmic update. I guess the karmic->lucid
packaging changed a bit. The python2.6 packaging is very weird and
uses a custom patch system. I think it's simply not applied on build.