Bug#384189: python-gtk2: postinst/prerm failure: "/usr/share/python-support/python-gtk does not exist"

[Toby Speight]

Package: python-gtk2
Version: 2.8.6-5
Severity: important

I get this when I try to install:

/--------
| Setting up python-gtk2 (2.8.6-5) ...
| Traceback (most recent call last):
|   File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 246, in ?
|     raise "%s does not exist"%arg
| /usr/share/python-support/python-gtk does not exist
| dpkg: error processing python-gtk2 (--configure):
|  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
| Errors were encountered while processing:
|  python-gtk2
| E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
| A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
| Setting up python-gtk2 (2.8.6-5) ...
| Traceback (most recent call last):
|   File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 246, in ?
|     raise "%s does not exist"%arg
| /usr/share/python-support/python-gtk does not exist
| dpkg: error processing python-gtk2 (--configure):
|  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
\--------

and I then can't install/upgrade/remove the package at all.  Editing
/var/lib/dpkg/info/python-gtk2.prerm and
/var/lib/dpkg/info/python-gtk2.postinst to change the calls to
update-python-modules to refer to "python-gtk" instead of
"python-gtk2" seems to make it work (until the next upgrade).

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (900, 'stable'), (400, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages python-gtk2 depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0                  1.12.1-1    The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                    1.2.2-1     The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libfontconfig1               2.3.2-7     generic font configuration library
ii  libglib2.0-0                 2.10.3-3    The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0                  2.8.20-1    The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpango1.0-0                1.12.3-1+b1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libx11-6                     2:1.0.0-8   X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1                  1.1.5.2-5   X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                     1:1.0.0-4   X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3                   1:3.0.1.2-4 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6                       1:1.0.0-5   X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1                 1:1.0.1-4.1 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxrandr2                   2:1.1.0.2-4 X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                  1:0.9.0.2-4 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  python                       2.3.5-11    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-cairo                 1.2.0-1     Python bindings for the Cairo vect
ii  python-numeric               24.2-5      Numerical (matrix-oriented) Mathem
ii  python-support               0.3.8       automated rebuilding support for p

python-gtk2 recommends no packages.

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