Bug#598432: #598432: python-apt: upgrade fails

[Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>]

Package: python-apt
Version: 0.7.98
Severity: grave

Hi,

interestingly here (sid/amd64) it does not fail because of python3 or
python3.1 but because of python2.7:

Setting up python-apt (0.7.98) ...
INFO: using unknown version '/usr/bin/python2.7' (debian_defaults not up-to-date?)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 2334, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 2328, in main
    rv = action.run(global_options)
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1481, in run
    pkg.read_version_info()
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 899, in read_version_info
    self.version_info = pyversions.parse_versions(self.version_field)
  File "/usr/share/pycentral-data/pyversions.py", line 68, in parse_versions
    raise ValueError, 'error parsing Python-Version attribute'
ValueError: error parsing Python-Version attribute
dpkg: error processing python-apt (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Installed versions of python:

ii  python2.5                                    2.5.5-8
ii  python2.6                                    2.6.6-5
ii  python2.7                                    2.7-8
ii  python3                                      3.1.2-12
ii  python3.1                                    3.1.2+20100926-1
ii  python3.2                                    3.2~a2-6

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (600, 'testing'), (400, 'stable'), (110, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO-8859-15 (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages python-apt depends on:
ii  apt [libapt-pkg4.10]         0.8.5       Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  apt-utils [libapt-inst1.2]   0.8.5       APT utility programs
ii  libc6                        2.11.2-6    Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgcc1                      1:4.4.4-17  GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6                   4.4.4-17    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  python                       2.6.6-3     interactive high-level object-orie
ii  python-central               0.6.16+nmu1 register and build utility for Pyt

Versions of packages python-apt recommends:
ii  iso-codes                     3.20-1     ISO language, territory, currency,
ii  lsb-release                   3.2-24     Linux Standard Base version report
ii  python2.6                     2.6.6-5    An interactive high-level object-o

Versions of packages python-apt suggests:
pn  python-apt-dbg                <none>     (no description available)
pn  python-apt-doc                <none>     (no description available)
ii  python-gtk2                   2.17.0-4   Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
pn  python-vte                    <none>     (no description available)

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