Package: python3-lxml
Version: 3.4.4-1+b1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
When trying to perform the following with Python 3:
from lxml.html.soupparser import fromstring
The following error is raised:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lxml/html/soupparser.py", line 7, in
<module>
from BeautifulSoup import \
ImportError: No module named 'BeautifulSoup'
According to StackOverflow <http://stackoverflow.com/q/14042023>, this is
because the currently packaged version of python3-lxml depends on version 3 of
BeautifulSoup. However, Debian ships version 4 of that module (python3-bs4).
According to the same source, recent lxml versions know how to use version 4 of
BeautifulSoup, see e.g.,
<https://github.com/lxml/lxml/blob/master/src/lxml/html/soupparser.py>.
I think this change should be ported to the Debian version (or the Debian
version updated) so that python3-lxml works with python3-bs4.
--
Antoine Amarilli
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (650, 'testing'), (600, 'experimental'), (600, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.1.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages python3-lxml depends on:
ii libc6 2.19-22
ii libxml2 2.9.2+zdfsg1-4
ii libxslt1.1 1.1.28-2+b2
ii python3 3.4.3-6
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1
Versions of packages python3-lxml recommends:
ii python3-bs4 4.4.0-1
ii python3-html5lib 0.999-3
Versions of packages python3-lxml suggests:
pn python-lxml-doc <none>
pn python3-lxml-dbg <none>
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