python-central doesn't handle modified symlinks created with symlinks -c

which version of python-central was used for the upgrade?
please could you recheck after installing the current python-central version?

thanks, Matthias

I have two fully up-to-date systems (one 32 and one 64 bit), with the latest python-central. that's 0.6.1ubuntu1

both systems recently were hit by this resolved bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-central/+bug/192992), maybe that is the origin of this problem?

note that I don't have any custom python stuff installed, so the "not overwriting" error is bogus.

furthermore, if this is a python-central bug, then so are bug #204524 and #204528

workaround:
---------------

temporarily add
  overwrite-local = 1
to /etc/python/debian_config.

result:
--------

Setting up python-gmenu (2.22.0-0ubuntu1) ...
overwriting local files
warning: already exists: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/GMenuSimpleEditor/__init__.py -> ../../../../share/pyshared/GMenuSimpleEditor/__init__.py
warning: already exists: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/GMenuSimpleEditor/config.py -> ../../../../share/pyshared/GMenuSimpleEditor/config.py
warning: already exists: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/GMenuSimpleEditor/main.py -> ../../../../share/pyshared/GMenuSimpleEditor/main.py
warning: already exists: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/GMenuSimpleEditor/maindialog.py -> ../../../../share/pyshared/GMenuSimpleEditor/maindialog.py
warning: already exists: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/GMenuSimpleEditor/menufilewriter.py -> ../../../../share/pyshared/GMenuSimpleEditor/menufilewriter.py
warning: already exists: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/GMenuSimpleEditor/menutreemodel.py -> ../../../../share/pyshared/GMenuSimpleEditor/menutreemodel.py

> warning: already exists: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/GMenuSimpleEditor/__init__.py -> ../../../../share/pyshared/GMenuSimpleEditor/__init__.py

this is strange; we only create absolute symlinks to the pyshared area. I can't see how those are created.

Oh, I know why: I run symlinks from time to time to cleanup broken links, like this:

sudo symlinks -cdrs /

I guess this is the culprit then?

yes it is.

This bug was fixed in the package python-central - 0.6.5ubuntu1

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python-central (0.6.5ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  * Don't complain about absolute symlinks replaced by relative symlinks
    pointing to the pyshared directory. Might happen if a user runs
    symlinks -c, or a chroot is prepared for use with fakechroot (Ubuntu's
    apport retrace service runs in such an environment). LP: #204526.
  * Don't create preinst scripts, if the packages doesn't have any shared
    files.
  * On upgrade, remove byte-code files for private modules not existing
    anymore in a new version of a package. Closes: #476976.
  * pycentral pkgprepare: Skip package, if the required runtime is not
    yet installed. Closes: #476685.
  * pycentral version: New subcommand.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:02:46 +0200

I also had trouble with this link today:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 55 2008-04-21 02:55 /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/GMenuSimpleEditor/menufilewriter.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/GMenuSimpleEditor/menufilewriter.py

"aptitude reinstall python-gmenu" didn't help. My workaround was to run this:
sudo ln -s /usr/share/python-support/python-gmenu/GMenuSimpleEditor/ /usr/share/pyshared/

I'm on ubuntu 8.10, on a machine that has been upgraded through a few past versions of ubuntu.

this work around worked for me, on intrepid.

Note that this bug has been reposted here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-menus/+bug/301571