Re: System needs repair after fsck

[Marty <martyb@ix.netcom.com>]

Uwe Dippel wrote:

> Setting up debconf (1.4.30.13) ...
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/compileall.py", line 156, in ?
>     exit_status = not main()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/compileall.py", line 146, in main
>     force, rx, quiet):
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/compileall.py", line 83, in compile_dir
>     if not compile_dir(fullname, maxlevels - 1, dfile, force, rx, quiet):
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/compileall.py", line 83, in compile_dir
>     if not compile_dir(fullname, maxlevels - 1, dfile, force, rx, quiet):
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/compileall.py", line 83, in compile_dir
>     if not compile_dir(fullname, maxlevels - 1, dfile, force, rx, quiet):
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/compileall.py", line 68, in compile_dir
>     except py_compile.PyCompileError,err:
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'PyCompileError'
> dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure):

Here's what I get on my sarge system:

$ apt-cache rdepends debconf |grep python
  python2.3-popy
  python2.2-popy
  python2.1-popy
  libapache2-mod-python2.3
  libapache2-mod-python2.2

> As long as debconf fails and cannot be reinstalled, I'm afraid, there
> won't be any solution (had started another thread, but now I think it is
> the same problem).

There is always a solution if you have a running system.

> Is there really no solution but re-install ??

That's never a solution.

> Uwe