Bug#628783: Fails to start: assert gtk.pygtk_version >= pygtkver

[Bruce Stephens]

Package: meld
Version: 1.4.0-2
Followup-For: Bug #628783

May be something wrong with python-support.

An strace shows that one of the last files being read by the broken
version is /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py, which
is empty.

I can run "sudo pbuilder --login", then install python-gtk2, there's
no /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/gtk-2.0 directory.  Running
"update-python-modules -afv" does not create one.

On my main box (where meld is broken) "update-python-modules -afv"
does create the directory /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/gtk-2.0 and the
various files in it.

So I guess the bug (whatever it is) isn't in meld, but is more likely
in python-support.

Simply removing the /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/gtk-2.0 directory
allows meld to run.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages meld depends on:
ii  python                        2.6.6-14   interactive high-level object-orie
ii  python-glade2                 2.24.0-1   GTK+ bindings: Glade support
ii  python-gtk2                   2.24.0-1   Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii  python-support                1.0.13     automated rebuilding support for P

Versions of packages meld recommends:
ii  python-gconf             2.28.1-2        Python bindings for the GConf conf
ii  python-gnome2            2.28.1-2        Python bindings for the GNOME desk
ii  python-gtksourceview2    2.10.1-1+b1     Python bindings for the GtkSourceV
ii  yelp                     2.30.1+webkit-1 Help browser for GNOME

meld suggests no packages.

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