cannot start NetworkManager as dhcdbd could not start

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Following an update to python-2.5 and after running python-updater to rebuild various things I noticed NetworkManager no longer worked. The icon displays "NetworkManager" is not running, when I attempt to /etc/init.d/NetworkManager start it results in * ERROR: cannot start NetworkManager as dhcdbd could not start.

I suspect something in hal and or dhcp is broken, just looking for pointers to fix this.