Package: lyx
Version: 2.3.2-1
Severity: normal
lyx --export latex someFile.lyx outputs loads of errors, with this pattern:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/lyx/scripts/convertDefault.py", line 38, in <module>
output = output.decode()
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode'
PLease consider applying the attached patch, which fixes those errors.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (900, 'stable'), (499, 'testing'), (400, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.18.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages lyx depends on:
ii libc6 2.28-2
ii libenchant1c2a 1.6.0-11.1+b1
ii libgcc1 1:8.2.0-12
ii libmagic1 1:5.34-2
ii libmythes-1.2-0 2:1.2.4-3
ii libqt5core5a 5.11.2+dfsg-7
ii libqt5gui5 5.11.2+dfsg-7
ii libqt5svg5 5.11.2-2
ii libqt5widgets5 5.11.2+dfsg-7
ii libstdc++6 8.2.0-12
ii lyx-common 2.3.2-1
ii xdg-utils 1.1.3-1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-1
Versions of packages lyx recommends:
ii dvipng 1.15-1.1
ii evince [pdf-viewer] 3.30.2-1
ii fonts-lyx 2.3.2-1
ii ghostscript 9.26~dfsg-0+deb9u2
ii imagemagick 8:6.9.10.14+dfsg-7
ii imagemagick-6.q16 [imagemagick] 8:6.9.10.14+dfsg-7
ii okular [pdf-viewer] 4:17.12.2-2.1
ii poppler-utils 0.69.0-2
ii preview-latex-style 11.91-2
ii psutils 1.17.dfsg-4
ii texlive-fonts-recommended 2018.20181214-1
ii texlive-generic-extra 2018.20181214-1
ii texlive-generic-recommended 2018.20181214-1
ii texlive-latex-extra 2018.20181214-1
ii texlive-latex-recommended 2018.20181214-1
ii texlive-science 2018.20181214-1
Versions of packages lyx suggests:
pn chktex <none>
pn gnuhtml2latex <none>
pn groff <none>
ii inkscape 0.92.3-7
pn latex2rtf <none>
ii librsvg2-bin 2.44.10-1
pn libtiff-tools <none>
pn linuxdoc-tools <none>
pn noweb <none>
pn rcs <none>
pn sgmltools-lite <none>
ii tex4ht 20160814-1
ii texlive-plain-generic [tex4ht] 2018.20181214-1
ii texlive-xetex 2018.20181214-1
pn writer2latex <none>
pn wv <none>
-- no debconf information
The newest version of Python3 yields str types when one calls os.popen('somme
command').readline()
So, the test is now to know whether Python is 2 or 3, it is just to know
whether the output is
of type str or not.
Index: lyx-2.3.2/lib/scripts/convertDefault.py
===================================================================
--- lyx-2.3.2.orig/lib/scripts/convertDefault.py
+++ lyx-2.3.2/lib/scripts/convertDefault.py
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
from __future__ import print_function
import os, re, sys
-PY2 = sys.version_info[0] == 2
-
# We may need some extra options only supported by recent convert versions
re_version = re.compile(r'^Version:.*ImageMagick\s*(\d*)\.(\d*)\.(\d*).*$')
# imagemagick 7
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ if fout.close() != None:
fout = os.popen('convert -version 2>&1')
output = fout.readline()
fout.close()
-if not PY2:
+if type(output) != str:
output = output.decode()
version = re_version.match(output)
