[Python-modules-team] Bug#498928: SyntaxError: from __future__ imports must occur at the beginning of the file

[Dominic Hargreaves]

Package: python-soappy
Version: 0.11.3-1.7
Severity: normal

When running apt on a mixed etch/lenny system (in the process of upgrading),
I get the following:

Processing triggers for python-support ...
Compiling /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/SOAPpy/Client.py ...
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/SOAPpy/Client.py", line 46
    from __future__ import nested_scopes
SyntaxError: from __future__ imports must occur at the beginning of the file

Compiling /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/SOAPpy/GSIServer.py ...
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/SOAPpy/GSIServer.py", line 49
    from __future__ import nested_scopes
SyntaxError: from __future__ imports must occur at the beginning of the file

Compiling /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/SOAPpy/Server.py ...
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/SOAPpy/Server.py", line 46
    from __future__ import nested_scopes
SyntaxError: from __future__ imports must occur at the beginning of the file

Compiling /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/SOAPpy/Types.py ...
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/SOAPpy/Types.py", line 39
    from __future__ import nested_scopes
SyntaxError: from __future__ imports must occur at the beginning of the file

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (10, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages python-soappy depends on:
ii  python-support                0.8.4      automated rebuilding support for P
ii  python-xml                    0.8.4-10.1 XML tools for Python

python-soappy recommends no packages.

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