[Python-apps-team] Bug#510457: wicd: daemon fails to start while installing the package

[Bernd Zeimetz]

Package: wicd
Version: 1.5.7-1
Severity: grave

Hi,

wicd fails to start while installing:

Setting up wicd (1.5.7-1) ...
Stopping Network connection manager: wicd.
Starting Network connection manager: wicd failed!
Starting Network connection manager: wicd failed!
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...


There're two problems here:
- the postinst stuff is a *mess*. You obviously tried to fix another bug
  there, but the result is an extra stop and start mess...
- python-support compiles the modules with a trigger, so they are not
  in place when the daemon is startet. Unfortunately I can't give you
  a hint right now what the best way to work around that is, probably
  dh_pysupport needs a new option... This also smells like it would break
  upgrades...

Cheers,

Bernd


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27.10-think (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages wicd depends on:
ii  dhcp3-client                3.1.1-5      DHCP client
ii  ethtool                     6+20080913-1 display or change Ethernet device 
ii  iproute                     20080725-2   networking and traffic control too
ii  net-tools                   1.60-22      The NET-3 networking toolkit
ii  python                      2.5.2-3      An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-dbus                 0.83.0-1     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  python-glade2               2.12.1-6     GTK+ bindings: Glade support
ii  python-gtk2                 2.12.1-6     Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii  python-support              0.8.7        automated rebuilding support for P
ii  wireless-tools              29-1.1       Tools for manipulating Linux Wirel
ii  wpasupplicant               0.6.4-3      Client support for WPA and WPA2 (I

wicd recommends no packages.

Versions of packages wicd suggests:
ii  pm-utils                      1.1.2.4-1  utilities and scripts for power ma

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