[Python-modules-team] Bug#571551: Bug#571551: namebench: FTBFS with Python 2.6 as default

[Miguel Landaeta]

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 08:50:06PM +0100, Sandro Tosi wrote:
>  On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 15:06:51 -0430, Miguel Landaeta wrote:
> > This seems easy to fix, but I don't find a correct way to
> > switch to python2.6. I have been waiting for python2.6 as
> > default version for ages and still it is not the default
> > version...
> 
> What I do is:
> 
> - setup a separate pbuilder chroot, in my case
> /home/morph/deb/pbuilder/base_python2.6default.tgz
> - sudo pbuilder --login --save-after-login --basetgz
> /home/morph/deb/pbuilder/base_python2.6default.tgz
> - change /usr/share/python/debian_defaults and set python2.6 as default
> - change the symlinks /usr/bin/python* to point to 2.6
> - exit from the pbuilder chroot and --build the package with that --basetgz.

Thanks for the info Sandro. I really should have RTFM.
I did something similar to that: I installed python2.6,
changed /usr/bin/python symlink and edited /usr/share/python/debian_defaults.

After fixing some buggy lines in debian/rules, I still can't
build namebench because of some python-support error.

I don't know if I should file a bug in python-support or
keep waiting and waiting for proper python2.6 support.

Anyway, below is the relevant part of my build log, maybe someone know how
to override this problem with python-support:

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/miguel/src/namebench/ftbfs/namebench-1.1+dfsg'
   dh_installcatalogs
   dh_installcron
   dh_installdebconf
   dh_installemacsen
   dh_installifupdown
   dh_installinfo
   dh_pysupport
dh_pysupport: The default python version is greater than all supported versions
make: *** [binary] Error 9
dpkg-buildpackage: error: fakeroot debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2

> PS: let's thank the python maintainers for not having provided an
> environment where to test such problems and for waiting more and more
> for the switch....

Totally, what is it still needed to make the switch?
I am really willing to help to complete this switch.

Regards,

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