Package: python-scooby Version: 0.11.0-1 Severity: normal Tags: patch User: [email protected] Usertags: origin-ubuntu resolute ubuntu-patch
Dear Maintainer, I have encountered an issue with tqdm package in Ubuntu (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tqdm/4.67.3-1) It installs the following distinfo: ==== /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/tqdm-4.67.3.dist-info /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/tqdm-4.67.3.dist-info/INSTALLER /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/tqdm-4.67.3.dist-info/METADATA /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/tqdm-4.67.3.dist-info/WHEEL /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/tqdm-4.67.3.dist-info/entry_points.txt /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/tqdm-4.67.3.dist-info/top_level.txt /usr/lib/python3.14 /usr/lib/python3.14/dist-packages /usr/lib/python3.14/dist-packages/tqdm-4.67.3.dist-info /usr/lib/python3.14/dist-packages/tqdm-4.67.3.dist-info/INSTALLER /usr/lib/python3.14/dist-packages/tqdm-4.67.3.dist-info/top_level.txt ==== Which I understand is the expected behaviour because the python debian helper strips duplicate metadata. Scooby uses the following code to retrieve package names: https://github.com/banesullivan/scooby/blob/220e6464f5025a9c5bdbc52625f65fed5d3bd7de/scooby/report.py#L240:L243 installed = sorted( (dist.metadata['Name'] for dist in distributions()), key=str.lower, ) It produces an exception if the distinfo does not contain the metadata file: 416s File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/scooby/report.py", line 376, in __repr__ 416s repr_dict = self.to_dict() 416s File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/scooby/report.py", line 537, in to_dict 416s out['other'] = json.dumps(self.other_packages) 416s ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 416s File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/scooby/report.py", line 259, in other_packages 416s installed: dict[str, str] = self.installed_packages 416s ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 416s File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/scooby/report.py", line 240, in installed_packages 416s installed = sorted( 416s (dist.metadata['Name'] for dist in distributions()), 416s key=str.lower, 416s ) 416s TypeError: descriptor 'lower' for 'str' objects doesn't apply to a 'NoneType' object Since the code collects a list of package names, we can ignore the missing metadata entries. The attached patch can be applied to achieve the following: * d/p/ignore-empty-metadata.patch: Ignore dist-info with missing metadata when collecting the package list (LP: #2143273). Thanks for considering the patch. -- System Information: Debian Release: forky/sid APT prefers questing-updates APT policy: (500, 'questing-updates'), (500, 'questing-security'), (500, 'questing'), (100, 'questing-backports') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 6.17.0-14-generic (SMP w/32 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled
diff -Nru python-scooby-0.11.0/debian/patches/ignore-empty-metadata.patch python-scooby-0.11.0/debian/patches/ignore-empty-metadata.patch --- python-scooby-0.11.0/debian/patches/ignore-empty-metadata.patch 1970-01-01 12:00:00.000000000 +1200 +++ python-scooby-0.11.0/debian/patches/ignore-empty-metadata.patch 2026-03-05 16:08:49.000000000 +1300 @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +Description: Ignore dist-info with the missing metadata + Python debian helper strips duplicate metadata, so + a version-specific dist-info may not have it available. +Author: Vladimir Petko <[email protected]> +Bug: https://github.com/banesullivan/scooby/issues/144 +Bug-Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-scooby/+bug/2143273 +Last-Update: 2026-03-05 + +--- a/scooby/report.py ++++ b/scooby/report.py +@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ + """ + # sort case-insensitively by name + installed = sorted( +- (dist.metadata['Name'] for dist in distributions()), ++ (dist.name for dist in distributions() if dist.name), + key=str.lower, + ) + packages: dict[str, str] = {} diff -Nru python-scooby-0.11.0/debian/patches/series python-scooby-0.11.0/debian/patches/series --- python-scooby-0.11.0/debian/patches/series 1970-01-01 12:00:00.000000000 +1200 +++ python-scooby-0.11.0/debian/patches/series 2026-03-05 16:08:49.000000000 +1300 @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +ignore-empty-metadata.patch
