Bug#681744: python-apt: FTBFS with Python 3.3: error: '_PyUnicode_AsDefaultEncodedString' was not declared in this scope

[Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>]

tag 681744 confirmed
thanks

On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 08:49:45AM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> Source: python-apt
> Version: 0.8.6
> Severity: important
> User: debian-python@lists.debian.org
> Usertags: python3.3
> 
> python-apt FTBFS when built against Python 3.3:
> | running build_ext
> | building 'apt_pkg' extension
> | creating build/temp.linux-i686-3.3-pydebug
> | creating build/temp.linux-i686-3.3-pydebug/python
> | gcc -pthread -g -O0 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-write-strings -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC -I/usr/include/python3.3dm -c python/acquire.cc -o build/temp.linux-i686-3.3-pydebug/python/acquire.o
> | cc1plus: warning: command line option '-Wstrict-prototypes' is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++ [enabled by default]
> | In file included from python/acquire.cc:25:0:
> | python/generic.h: In function 'const char* PyUnicode_AsString(PyObject*)':
> | python/generic.h:85:62: error: '_PyUnicode_AsDefaultEncodedString' was not declared in this scope
> | error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
> | [102069 refs]
> | dh_auto_build: python3.3-dbg setup.py build --force returned exit code 1
> | make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_build] Error 1

Thanks, this is known. We use a Python-internal function for encoding
unicode strings that was dropped in 3.3 with the unicode changes. We
will switch the code to use PyUnicode_AsUTF8() now that it is finally
available in Python.

-- 
Julian Andres Klode  - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member

See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/.