Bug#572998: python-apt: Inconsitent return values in apt.package.Package.get_changelog
Am Montag, den 08.03.2010, 07:20 +0100 schrieb Sebastian Heinlein:
> Package: python-apt
> Version: 0.7.93.3
> Severity: normal
>
> The method get_changelog of apt.package.Package will return an unicode
> instance if the changelog could be downloaded. If the download fails it
> will return an error string.
It returns the return value of apt_pkg.gettext() which is an object of
the default string type (on Python 3, this is an unicode string on
Python 2, it is a bytes string); previously it used gettext.gettext()
which did the same thing.
I could change the code to decode the bytes string it received from
apt_pkg.gettext() to an unicode one; but I have to be careful not to
break the Python 3 build; where apt_pkg.gettext() is already an unicode
string.
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: squeeze/sid
> APT prefers unstable
> APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> Versions of packages python-apt depends on:
> ii apt [libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6-4. 0.7.25.3 Advanced front-end for dpkg
> ii apt-utils [libapt-inst-libc6 0.7.25.3 APT utility programs
> ii libc6 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
> ii libgcc1 1:4.4.3-3 GCC support library
> ii libstdc++6 4.4.3-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
> ii python 2.5.4-9 An interactive high-level object-o
> ii python-central 0.6.14+nmu2 register and build utility for Pyt
> ii python2.6 2.6.4-6 An interactive high-level object-o
>
> Versions of packages python-apt recommends:
> ii iso-codes 3.14-1 ISO language, territory, currency,
> ii libjs-jquery 1.4.1-1 JavaScript library for dynamic web
> ii lsb-release 3.2-23 Linux Standard Base version report
>
> Versions of packages python-apt suggests:
> ii python-apt-dbg 0.7.93.3 Python interface to libapt-pkg (de
> ii python-gtk2 2.16.0-2 Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
> ii python-vte 1:0.22.5-2 Python bindings for the VTE widget
>
> -- no debconf information
>
>
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Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member
See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/.
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