gdesklets requires python2.5 without package dependency

Confirm this bug.
Dependencies state :
python (<2.7)
python (>=2.6)

First line in /usr/bin/gdesklets :
#!/usr/bin/python2.5

I tried creating a symlink to python2.6 as python2.5, but gdesklets didn't run. Installing python2.5 fixed it.

This bug was fixed in the package gdesklets - 0.36.1-2ubuntu1

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gdesklets (0.36.1-2ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * Merge from debian unstable (LP: #375461)
  * Dropped previous efforts to make the package use python2.5. It didn't
    get the depencencies right, causing LP: #350562
  * debian/patch/10_python2.6.patch:
    - Fix exception when running under python2.6. LP: #344079

gdesklets (0.36.1-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Upload to unstable. Drop check-dist.mk.

gdesklets (0.36.1-1) experimental; urgency=low

  [ Deng Xiyue ]
  * New upstream release. (Closes: #506194)
    - debian/patches/10_manpage_fix.diff:
      debian/patches/40_dont_update_mime.diff:
      debian/patches/20_gdesklets-05-shift-f10.diff:
      debian/patches/70_relibtoolize.diff:
      Dropped, applied or fixed upstream or no longer necessary.
  * Adjust debian/watch and GNOME_DOWLOAD_URL to new location.
  * Upload to experimental due to Lenny freeze. Add check-dist.mk.
  * Update Standard-Version to 3.8.0.

  [ Loic Minier ]
  * Don't unregister the schema during first configuration.

 -- Michael Terry <email address hidden> Tue, 12 May 2009 13:47:58 -0400

Ah wait, bug #350562 - perhaps Michael Terry can send it to
jaunty-backports (or even jaunty-updates)? :)

2009/6/27 cerebro84 <email address hidden>:
> Karmic? No backport scheduled?
>
> --
> cannot run gdesklets with python2.6
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/344079
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

2009/6/27 Savvas Radevic <email address hidden>:
>> Karmic? No backport scheduled?
>
> What for? Doesn't the package in jaunty work?
>

And what for 9.04 users? Will package be backported?

as the bug is still not fixed in ubuntu 9.04 please reopen the bug for ubuntu 9.04.

Added debdiff for correct dependency on python 2.5

SRU, could you have a look at this please? If you need extra information or anything else, feel free to contact me.

Thanks!

I had some time yesterday so I build the package on my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~wesleys/+archive/ppa

If people want to test this, then add my ppa to your sources.list and see how it works for you (you might want to remove the python2.5 package to see that the behaviour is really correct ;)).

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/wesleys/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/wesleys/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

$ apt-cache policy gdesklets
gdesklets:
  Installed: 0.36-5ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.36-5ubuntu1
  Version table:
     0.36.1-2ubuntu1 0
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
     0.36-5ubuntu2 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty/main Packages
 *** 0.36-5ubuntu1 0
        995 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ gdesklets
zsh: /usr/bin/gdesklets: bad interpreter: /usr/bin/python2.5: no such file or directory

$ sudo aptitude install gdesklets=0.36-5ubuntu2
[sudo] password for wesleys:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  python2.5{a} python2.5-minimal{a}
The following packages will be upgraded:
  gdesklets
1 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

$ gdesklets
Starting gdesklets-daemon...
Connected to daemon in 165 microseconds.

Wesley, please update your debdiff according to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates :
 - version should be 0.36-5ubuntu1
 - target jaunty-proposed, not jaunty
 - your debdiff modifies uploaders list, which I think it should not do
- #384550 is a duplicate of this bug - I marked it as such and it shouldn't be mentioned in changelog

Also, please update the bug report description according to the procedure from that page. Re-subscribe u-u-s when necessary.

The version string should be 0.36-5ubuntu1.1 (not 0.36-5ubuntu2) for the debdiff.

@Ilya

 - version should be 0.36-5ubuntu1.1
 - target jaunty-proposed, not jaunty
 - #384550 is a duplicate of this bug - I marked it as such and it shouldn't be mentioned in changelog

Done.

 - your debdiff modifies uploaders list, which I think it should not do

It reflects the uploaders list in Karmic:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/gdesklets
http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/gdesklets

I did not change this. When I build the package with pbuilder I see the following:

rm -f debian/stamp-makefile-build
rm -f debian/stamp-autotools-files
test -d . && cd . && \
          rm -f intltool-extract intltool-merge intltool-update po/.intltool-merge-cache; \
          if test -d doc; then find doc -name '*.omf.out' -exec rm -f \{\} \; ; fi; \
          if test -d help; then find help -name '*.omf.out' -exec rm -f \{\} \; ; fi
sed "s/@GNOME_TEAM@/Debian GNOME Maintainers <email address hidden>, Deng Xiyue <email address hidden>, Sebastian Dröge <email address hidden>/" \
                debian/control.in > debian/control
 dpkg-source -b gdesklets-0.36
dpkg-source: info: using source format `1.0'
dpkg-source: info: building gdesklets using existing gdesklets_0.36.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: info: building gdesklets in gdesklets_0.36-5ubuntu1.1.diff.gz

I've added this to the changelog.

I'm uploading the changes to my PPA to see how it builds and once that is OK and tested, I will subscribe the universe sponsors again.

The new debdiff is attached for those who want to review it.

ACK from ubuntu-sru. Proceed with upload!

Uploaded to jaunty-proposed.

Wesley, thank you for your contribution. The change to uploaders list must be due to differing versions of gnome-pkg-tools. It's not intentional (nor significant), so I left it out of the changelog.

Benjamin, thank for correcting me :)

Accepted gdesklets into jaunty-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Hi all,

I've enabled-proposed and tested the package, works for me :)

$ apt-cache policy gdesklets
gdesklets:
  Installed: 0.36-5ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.36-5ubuntu1.1
  Package pin: 0.36-5ubuntu1.1
  Version table:
     0.36-5ubuntu1.1 995
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-proposed/universe Packages
       -100 http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty/main Packages
 *** 0.36-5ubuntu1 995
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ gdesklets
zsh: /usr/bin/gdesklets: bad interpreter: /usr/bin/python2.5: no such file or directory

$ sudo aptitude install gdesklets=0.36-5ubuntu1.1
[sudo] password for wesleys:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  python2.5{a} python2.5-minimal{a}
The following packages will be upgraded:
  gdesklets
1 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

$ gdesklets
Starting gdesklets-daemon...
Connected to daemon in 164 microseconds.

This bug was fixed in the package gdesklets - 0.36-5ubuntu1.1

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gdesklets (0.36-5ubuntu1.1) jaunty-proposed; urgency=low

  * python depends are not correct: 2.5 is now forced (LP: #350562)
 -- Wesley Schwengle <email address hidden> Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:07:09 +0100