mdns via avahi has been broken by a system update

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Issue migrated from trac ticket # 1153

component: server | priority: major | resolution: fixed

2016-03-27 05:36:59: antoine created the issue

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This code has not changed in years and is based on this example: How to develop an Avahi client/server, which is now also broken.

The error is:

dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: \
    Method "AddService" with signature "iiussssqs" on interface "org.freedesktop.Avahi.EntryGroup" doesn't exist

Looks like they've changed or removed the interface? Oh great.
We do have a potential workaround for this: using pybonjour instead, see #899#comment:5 and r12231.

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2016-03-27 06:08:09: antoine changed status from new to closed

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2016-03-27 06:08:09: antoine set resolution to fixed

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2016-03-27 06:08:09: antoine commented

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Fixed in r12232 (will backport), with further cleanups in r12233.

Using a better wrapper is increasingly tempting, maybe python zeroconf: Pure Python Multicast DNS Service Discovery Library (Bonjour/Avahi compatible)

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2016-03-27 06:30:50: antoine edited the issue description