macOS Python package receipts do not have version numbers

[SheaCraig]

BPO	31049
Nosy	@ronaldoussoren, @ned-deily
Superseder	bpo-24502: OS X installer provides flat sub-packages with no version numbers

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2017-07-26.19:09:34.021>
created_at = <Date 2017-07-26.18:07:35.840>
labels = ['OS-mac']
title = 'macOS Python package receipts do not have version numbers'
updated_at = <Date 2017-07-26.19:09:34.020>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/SheaCraig'

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activity = <Date 2017-07-26.19:09:34.020>
actor = 'ned.deily'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2017-07-26.19:09:34.021>
closer = 'ned.deily'
components = ['macOS']
creation = <Date 2017-07-26.18:07:35.840>
creator = 'Shea Craig'
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issue_num = 31049
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messages = ['299257', '299258']
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'duplicate'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = '24502'
type = None
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue31049'
versions = ['Python 3.6']

[SheaCraig]

The Python installer package for macOS is versioned, however, the included sub packages have no version information. This results in the receipts having no version. Many enterprise software management tools rely on the receipt information to determine whether something is present and whether it's due for an update. We use Munki, are are currently working around this issue, but ideally the subpackages would have the version info included.

$ for PKG in $(pkgutil --pkgs | grep org.python);do pkgutil --pkg-info $PKG;done
package-id: org.python.Python.PythonApplications-3.6
version: 0
volume: /
location: Applications
install-time: 1494351483
package-id: org.python.Python.PythonDocumentation-3.6
version: 0
volume: /
location: Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation
install-time: 1494351483
package-id: org.python.Python.PythonFramework-3.6
version: 0
volume: /
location: Library/Frameworks/Python.framework
install-time: 1494351483
package-id: org.python.Python.PythonUnixTools-3.6
version: 0
volume: /
location: usr/local/bin
install-time: 1494351483

[ned-deily]

Thanks for the report. bpo-24502 has already reported this issue. Feel free to add yourself to the Nosy List there.