[Python-apps-team] Bug#533282: Bug#533282: pylint: AttributeError on program invocation

[Helmut Grohne]

Hi Sandro,

I just found one interesting thing: A dead-link farm to pyshared.

$ ls -l /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/logilab/astng/
total 400
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    45 Jul 20  2008 __init__.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/__init__.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12426 Nov 30  2008 __init__.pyc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12426 Nov 30  2008 __init__.pyo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    48 Jul 20  2008 __pkginfo__.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/__pkginfo__.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1854 Nov 30  2008 __pkginfo__.pyc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1854 Nov 30  2008 __pkginfo__.pyo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    48 Jul 20  2008 _exceptions.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/_exceptions.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2693 Jul 20  2008 _exceptions.pyc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2693 Jul 20  2008 _exceptions.pyo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    45 Jul 20  2008 astutils.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/astutils.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2240 Jul 20  2008 astutils.pyc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2240 Jul 20  2008 astutils.pyo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    44 Jul 20  2008 builder.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/builder.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21691 Jul 20  2008 builder.pyc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21453 Jul 20  2008 builder.pyo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    46 Jul 20  2008 inference.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/inference.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22460 Nov 30  2008 inference.pyc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22460 Nov 30  2008 inference.pyo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    46 Jul 20  2008 inspector.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/inspector.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8989 Nov 30  2008 inspector.pyc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8989 Nov 30  2008 inspector.pyo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    43 Jul 20  2008 lookup.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/lookup.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  5922 Nov 30  2008 lookup.pyc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  5922 Nov 30  2008 lookup.pyo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    44 Jul 20  2008 manager.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/manager.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14413 Nov 30  2008 manager.pyc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14372 Nov 30  2008 manager.pyo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    42 Jul 20  2008 nodes.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/nodes.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37248 Nov 30  2008 nodes.pyc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37154 Nov 30  2008 nodes.pyo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    49 Jul 20  2008 raw_building.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/raw_building.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  9793 Jul 20  2008 raw_building.pyc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  9793 Jul 20  2008 raw_building.pyo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    49 Jul 20  2008 scoped_nodes.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/scoped_nodes.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25335 Nov 30  2008 scoped_nodes.pyc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25335 Nov 30  2008 scoped_nodes.pyo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    42 Jul 20  2008 utils.py -> /usr/share/pyshared/logilab/astng/utils.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6233 Nov 30  2008 utils.pyc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6233 Nov 30  2008 utils.pyo
$

All these links are dead.

After removing these pylint works as expected.

Do you know why these are left there? Maybe postinst should clean them?

I suggest downgrading severity.

Helmut