ok. some progress. After guessing a *slew* of other packages that affect early boot, and upgrading them in small groups, i finally got to python*. upgrading one of the following packages causes the issue:
libpython2.7 python python-minimal python2.7 python2.7-minimal
ok. some progress. After guessing a *slew* of other packages that affect early boot, and upgrading them in small groups, i finally got to python*. upgrading one of the following packages causes the issue:
libpython2.7 python python-minimal python2.7 python2.7-minimal