[Bug 501514] Re: update-manager-core 1:0.126.9 package installation fails with Python

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[Expired for update-manager (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity
for 60 days.]

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  update-manager-core 1:0.126.9 package installation fails with Python

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager-core

  Update Manager reported problems updating a couple of packages: update
  manager and nvidia (this latter reported separately).  Did not take
  notes to start with so tried to re-install through Synaptic the two
  packages for update manager already installed and got the error quoted
  below (presumed the same errors as in the first occurrence).

  Details: The first occurrence of the error with the update manage
  package was during the very first session of Update Manager in a fresh
  installation of Ubuntu 9.10 for a desktop CD (downloaded a week after
  release but re-installed today), thus hopefully reproducible.

  Error as reported in Synaptic's Changes Applied dialog, Details box
  during package re-installation:

  (Reading database ... 137879 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to replace update-manager-core 1:0.126.9 (using .../update-manager-core_1%3a0.126.9_i386.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement update-manager-core ...
  Setting up update-manager-core (1:0.126.9) ...

  Setting up update-manager (1:0.126.9) ...
  Compiling /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py ...
  SyntaxError: ('invalid syntax', ('/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py', 542, 63, '      self.on_treeview_update_cursor_changed(self.treeview_upd!te)\n'))

  pycentral: pycentral pkginstall: error byte-compiling files (12)
  pycentral pkginstall: error byte-compiling files (12)
  dpkg: error processing update-manager (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
  A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
  Setting up update-manager (1:0.126.9) ...
  Compiling /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py ...
  SyntaxError: ('invalid syntax', ('/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py', 542, 63, '      self.on_treeview_update_cursor_changed(self.treeview_upd!te)\n'))

  pycentral: pycentral pkginstall: error byte-compiling files (12)
  pycentral pkginstall: error byte-compiling files (12)
  dpkg: error processing update-manager (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   update-manager

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