Bug#590138: python-central: rtupdate must be forgiving for syntax errors

[Jakub Wilk]

reassign 590138 python-central 0.6.14+nmu2
severity 590138 serious
clone 594012 -1
reassign -1 python-central 0.6.14+nmu2
forcemerge 590138 -1
retitle 590138 python-central: rtupdate must be forgiving for syntax errors
thanks

* Michael Deegan <bugs at deegan.id.au>, 2010-07-24, 12:16:
>During a partial upgrade (installing squeeze's GIMP on lenny, which pulls
>in python 2.6, among other things), I discovered that lenny's pitivi does
>not coexist happily with python-2.6:
>
>   Setting up python (2.6.5-5) ...
>   running python rtupdate hooks for python2.6...
>   Compiling /usr/lib/pitivi/python/pitivi/objectfactory.py ...
>   SyntaxError: ('invalid syntax', ('/usr/lib/pitivi/python/pitivi/objectfactory.py', 297, 14, '            as = self.audio_info_stream\n'))
>
>   pycentral: pycentral updatedefault: error byte-compiling files (47)
>   pycentral updatedefault: error byte-compiling files (47)
>   error running python rtupdate hook pycentral
>   [snip the sound of many, many packages failing to be configured due to python configuration failing]

There are a few packages in lenny that are using constructs no longer 
allowed in python2.6. python-central must not break upgrade just because 
it failed to bytecompile them.

(Another possible solution to fix this issue would be to identify all 
the affected modules/versions and make python2.6-minimal break them.)

-- 
Jakub Wilk
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