[Python-modules-team] Bug#589349: python-yaml: import yaml throws ValueError: bad marshal data

[Anders Kaseorg]

Package: python-yaml
Version: 3.09-3
Severity: important

python-yaml 3.09-3 fails to import:

$ python
>>> import yaml
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: bad marshal data

After downgrading from 3.09-3 to 3.09-2+b2, the problem goes away.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages python-yaml depends on:
ii  libc6                   2.11.2-2         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libyaml-0-2             0.1.3-1          Fast YAML 1.1 parser and emitter l
ii  python                  2.6.5-5          An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python2.5               2.5.5-6          An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python2.6               2.6.5+20100706-1 An interactive high-level object-o

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