[Bug 1068948] Re: package python3-gi 3.4.0-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Martin Pitt]

Setting up python3-gi (3.4.0-1) ...
This is the error message:

dpkg-query: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0004' near line 0:
 newline in field name `#padding'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/py3compile", line 289, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/py3compile", line 269, in main
    options.force, options.optimize, e_patterns)
  File "/usr/bin/py3compile", line 154, in compile
    for fn, versions_to_compile in filter_files(files, e_patterns, versions):
  File "/usr/bin/py3compile", line 107, in filter_files
    for fn in files:
  File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 71, in filter_public
    for fn in files:
  File "/usr/share/python3/debpython/files.py", line 53, in from_package
    raise Exception("cannot get content of %s" % package_name)
Exception: cannot get content of python3-gi

This is not something which is specific to pygobject. It's either a
weird corner-case bug in dpkg, or more probably, memory/disk corruption.

** Summary changed:

- package python3-gi 3.4.0-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
+ package python3-gi 3.4.0-1 failed to install/upgrade: newline in field name `#padding'

** Package changed: pygobject (Ubuntu) => dpkg (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  package python3-gi 3.4.0-1 failed to install/upgrade: newline in field
  name `#padding'

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  automatically report by apport

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: python3-gi 3.4.0-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.4.0-5.11-generic 3.4.0
  Uname: Linux 3.4.0-5-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Oct 20 10:37:31 2012
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120612)
  SourcePackage: pygobject
  Title: package python3-gi 3.4.0-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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