[Python-modules-team] A bug or something is wrong with my old Debian's installation, python-numpy, and python-support?

[Jakub Wilk]

* Phillip Pi <ant at zimage.com>, 2011-10-15, 11:24:
>Compiling /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/yum/__init__.py ...
>SyntaxError: ('invalid syntax',
>('/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/yum/__init__.py', 1129, 44, "
>self.repos.populateSack(with='filelists')\n"))
>
>Compiling /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/yum/depsolve.py ...
>SyntaxError: ('invalid syntax',
>('/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/yum/depsolve.py', 73, 44, "
>self.repos.populateSack(with='filelists')\n"))
>
>Compiling /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/yum/repos.py ...
>SyntaxError: ('invalid syntax',
>('/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/yum/repos.py', 236, 48, "    def
>populateSack(self, which='enabled', with='metadata', callback=None,
>pickleonly=0):\n"))
>

python-numpy is a red herring here. You appear to have a very old 
version of yum installed, which is not compatible with Python 2.7. Just 
upgrade it and the warnings will go away.

(Please also note that mixing anything older that stable with testing is 
not supported. You are doing it on your own risk!)

-- 
Jakub Wilk