upstream Python problem on Ubuntu

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Issue migrated (2015-06-05) from old issue tracker http://mirrorbrain.org/issues/issue120

Title    upstream Python problem on Ubuntu
 Priority   bug     Status    chatting
Superseder         Nosy List  floeff, poeml
Assigned To poeml  Keywords   Packaging

msg420 (view) Author: floeff Date: 2013-03-14.16:29:32

It seems that starting with Ubuntu 11.10, one has to patch Python in order to
make MirrorBrain work. Sadly, I forgot to document the precise error message
today, but here's what I had to patch in order to make it run:

sed -i s/"conn.autocommit(auto)"/"conn.autocommit = auto"/g
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/sqlobject/postgres/pgconnection.py

sed -i s/"conn.autocommit(1)"/"conn.autocommit = 1"/g
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/sqlobject/postgres/pgconnection.py

msg453 (view) Author: poeml Date: 2014-01-12.23:19:39

That's actually a bug in Ubuntu's python-sqlobject package then.

Looking at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlobject/+changelog ,
it has been fixed at some time, but I can't see on which Ubuntu versions
an update was issued. Anyway, we can't do anything here than

1. document the problem, and
2. complain upstreams (Ubuntu resp. python-sqlobject upstream).

Do you happen to know if the problem was fixed everywhere?

msg456 (view) Author: floeff Date: 2014-01-13.09:55:56

I agree, we can't fix it, but stating a warning makes sense.
I just grabbed http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/python-sqlobject and looked at
the file, and it seems this bug is still in 12.04. Given that LTS release is in
wide use, a warning makes sense.

msg457 (view) Author: floeff Date: 2014-01-13.09:58:11

And, can you confirm that this is really a bug in Ubuntu? I'm a Python noob, so
I don't know in detail. Happy to open a bug report if so (I thought I had, but
can't find it right now somehow...)

msg459 (view) Author: poeml Date: 2014-01-22.20:13:13

Yes, it is really a bug in Ubuntu.

And I found the bug report you were thinking of:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlobject/+bug/941382

msg469 (view) Author: floeff Date: 2014-01-23.10:34:06

Seems to require some work to get that escalated to be fixed in 12.04. I lack
time for it right now, but maybe someone wants to have a look :-)

History
         Date          User  Action                     Args
2014-01-23 10:34:06 floeff set    messages: + msg469
                                    messages: + msg459
2014-01-22 20:13:13 poeml  set    keyword: + Packaging
                                    title: Python problems on Ubuntu -> upstream
                                    Python problem on Ubuntu
2014-01-13 09:58:11 floeff set    messages: + msg457
2014-01-13 09:55:56 floeff set    messages: + msg456
                                    status: unread -> chatting
2014-01-12 23:19:39 poeml  set    assignedto: poeml
                                    messages: + msg453
                                    nosy: + poeml
2013-03-14 16:29:32 floeff create

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