[Python-apps-team] Bug#637688: mercurial: 'removing byte-compiled files...' removes everything

[Simon L'nu]

Package: mercurial
Version: 1.9.1-2
Severity: grave
Tags: sid
Justification: renders package unusable

hi,

tagged it thus because when this comes up:

Setting up mercurial (1.9.1-2) ...
Removing old python byte-compiled files in /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/mercurial
Removing old python byte-compiled files in /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/hgext

not only are the byte-compiled files removed, but the entire directories are
removed. i'm using stock mercurial, no homebrew anything or plugins (if it
does plugins).

when i tried to use 'hg', it wasn't working. it looked like it was missing
some modules. i looked, and they were gone. no hgext/ and no mercurial/,
anywhere. i looked all over, and there were none, i had to extract it (dpkg
-x) somewhere and replace all those files.

thanks


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (995, 'unstable'), (990, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-2-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages mercurial depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.13-16     Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  mercurial-common             1.9.1-2     scalable distributed version contr
ii  python                       2.6.7-3     interactive high-level object-orie
ii  python2.6                    2.6.7-4     An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python2.7                    2.7.2-4     An interactive high-level object-o
ii  ucf                          3.0025+nmu2 Update Configuration File: preserv

mercurial recommends no packages.

Versions of packages mercurial suggests:
ii  kdiff3    0.9.95-7+b1                    compares and merges 2 or 3 files o
ii  meld      1.5.1-1                        graphical tool to diff and merge f
ii  qct       1.7-2                          GUI commit tool
ii  tk8.4 [wi 8.4.19-4                       Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11, v8.4 -
ii  tk8.5 [wi 8.5.10-1                       Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11, v8.5 -
ii  vim       2:7.3.154+hg~74503f6ee649-2+b1 Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
ii  vim-athen 2:7.3.154+hg~74503f6ee649-2+b1 Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor -
ii  vim-gnome 2:7.3.154+hg~74503f6ee649-2+b1 Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor -
ii  vim-gtk [ 2:7.3.154+hg~74503f6ee649-2+b1 Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor -
ii  xxdiff    1:3.2-10                       graphical file/directory compariso

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