Subject: Re: [devuan-dev] bug#662: software-properties-gtk: does not start due to lack of devuan distro template

From: Boian Bonev <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2022 07:39:33 +0200

Hello,

Please test with python-apt-common-devuan from ceres - it does not depend on
anything, so should be safe to install in beowulf/chimaera.

With best regards,
b.

On Sun, 2022-01-30 at 18:39 -0500, Elliot wrote:
> Package: software-properties-gtk
> Version: 0.96.20.2-2.1
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: [email-masked]
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> When launching software-properties-gtk, the program produces an error
> saying that it does not have a proper template for Devuan Chimera. It
> seems that it just needs one to be implemented and/or patched in, but I
> am not sure about this.
> 
> Full Python Traceback:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 101, in <module>
>     app = SoftwarePropertiesGtk(datadir=options.data_dir, options=options,
> file=file)
>   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-
> packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 109, in
> __init__
>     SoftwareProperties.__init__(self, options=options, datadir=datadir)
>   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-
> packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 109, in __init__
>     self.reload_sourceslist()
>   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-
> packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 599, in
> reload_sourceslist
>     self.distro.get_sources(self.sourceslist)    
>   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 91, in
> get_sources
>     raise NoDistroTemplateException(
> aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a
> distribution template for Devuan/chimaera
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Distributor ID: Devuan
> Description:    Devuan GNU/Linux 4 (chimaera)
> Release:        4
> Codename:       chimaera
> Architecture: x86_64
> 
> Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-11-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads)
> Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE,
> TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not
> set
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> Init: OpenRC (via /run/openrc), PID 1: init
> LSM: AppArmor: enabled
> 
> Versions of packages software-properties-gtk depends on:
> ii  gir1.2-gtk-3.0               3.24.24-4
> ii  python3                      3.9.2-3
> ii  python3-gi                   3.38.0-2
> ii  python3-software-properties  0.96.20.2-2.1
> ii  software-properties-common   0.96.20.2-2.1
> 
> software-properties-gtk recommends no packages.
> 
> Versions of packages software-properties-gtk suggests:
> pn  gnome-software  <none>
> 
> -- no debconf information
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