[Bug 1651660] Re: package python-samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

[Andreas Hasenack]

One needs to be careful with installing other python versions on a
system and making them available system-wide. Upstream samba doesn't yet
fully support python3, and the samba version shipped in ubuntu 16.04
most definitely does not support it either.

What's failing for you guys is this bit in postinst:

# Automatically added by dh_python2:
if which pycompile >/dev/null 2>&1; then
        pycompile -p python-samba
fi

Can you run pycompile? In a new xenial container where I installed
python-samba, I can:

root at xenial-samba-python-backtrace:~# pycompile -p python-samba
root at xenial-samba-python-backtrace:~# 


** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu)
       Status: Expired => Incomplete

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Title:
  package python-samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to
  install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit
  status 1

Status in samba package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  while starting my laptop it could not find the cifs shares

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: python-samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-53.74-generic 4.4.30
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-53-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Dec 21 08:34:15 2016
  ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-28 (175 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
   apt  1.2.15ubuntu0.2
  SambaClientRegression: Yes
  SourcePackage: samba
  Title: package python-samba 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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