Re: error upgrading debconf in debian unstable - python2.2: invalid option -- O
On Thursday 24 July 2003 01.26, Joey Hess wrote:
> johan wrote:
> > Hello! I have problems upgrading to debconf 1.3.4. I get the following
> > error message:
> >
> > Setting up debconf (1.3.4) ...
> > python2.2: invalid option -- O
> > Try `python2.2 --help' for more information.
> > dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure):
> > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> >
> > It's been like this for a week now, and it causes a lot of trouble
> > because all packages that depends on debconf complains that debconf isn't
> > configured yet.
> >
> > Does anyone else have this problem or am I doing something wrong?
>
> Do you perhaps have a local install of python that is broken and does
> not understand the -O flag? The -O flag is documented on python's man
> page.
I reinstalled python and that seems to have solved the problem. I don't know
what the problem was, but I should have tried this before asking for help.
Thanks for taking your time!
/Johan
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