[Pkg-mailman-hackers] Bug#398771: installing mailman with python 2.3 causes loop condition during python upgrade

[Alex Kuklin]

Package: mailman
Version: 1:2.1.9-2
Severity: important

Configuring python (2.4.4-1) ...
running python rtupdate hooks for python2.4...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 268, in ?
    bytecompile_privatedir(basedir)
  File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 205, in bytecompile_privatedir
    process(basedir,bytecompile_only)
  File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 154, in process
    func(basedir, dir, file)
  File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 90, in bytecompile_only
    compile(fullpath)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/py_compile.py", line 115, in compile
    f = open(file, 'U')
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py'
error running python rtupdate hook python-support

Removing mailman allows python to be configured correctly.
Mailman may be successfully installed then.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686
Locale: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages mailman depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.87       Add and remove users and groups
ii  apache2                       2.2.3-3.1  Next generation, scalable, extenda
ii  apache2-mpm-worker [httpd]    2.2.3-3.1  High speed threaded model for Apac
ii  cron                          3.0pl1-94  management of regular background p
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.1      Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                         2.3.6-13   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  logrotate                     3.7.1-3    Log rotation utility
ii  lsb-base                      3.1-10     Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii  postfix [mail-transport-agent 2.2.10-2   A high-performance mail transport 
ii  pwgen                         2.05-1     Automatic Password generation
ii  python                        2.4.4-1    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-support                0.5.4      automated rebuilding support for p
ii  ucf                           2.0010     Update Configuration File: preserv

mailman recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
  mailman/queue_files_present:
  mailman/default_server_language: en
  mailman/gate_news: false
  mailman/site_languages: en
* mailman/used_languages:
* mailman/create_site_list: