Bug#896245: python3-gleetex: gleetex fails to import

[Matthias Klose]

Control: severity -1 important
Control: tags -1 + patch
Control: retitle -1 python3-gleetex: please avoid usage of distutils

please avoid the usage of distutils, it's not really needed, and the os module
can be used for that kind of usage. patch attached.



diff -Nru gladtex-2.3.1/debian/changelog gladtex-2.3.1/debian/changelog
--- gladtex-2.3.1/debian/changelog	2018-04-23 13:14:20.000000000 +0200
+++ gladtex-2.3.1/debian/changelog	2018-04-26 07:50:29.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+gladtex (2.3.1-2.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * Avoid the usage of distutils at runtime.
+  * python3-gleetex: Drop the dependency on python3-distutils.
+
+ -- Matthias Klose <d...@debian.org>  Thu, 26 Apr 2018 07:50:29 +0200
+
 gladtex (2.3.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [Ondřej Nový]
diff -Nru gladtex-2.3.1/debian/control gladtex-2.3.1/debian/control
--- gladtex-2.3.1/debian/control	2018-04-22 17:25:48.000000000 +0200
+++ gladtex-2.3.1/debian/control	2018-04-26 07:50:29.000000000 +0200
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 Package: python3-gleetex
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}, texlive-latex-recommended,
-    texlive-fonts-recommended, preview-latex-style, dvipng, python3-distutils
+    texlive-fonts-recommended, preview-latex-style, dvipng
 Description: Module to embed LaTeX equations in HTML files
  GleeTeX is a python module to create images from formulas. It can parse HTML
  documents and replace all occurrences of <eq>some formula</eq> through images.
diff -Nru gladtex-2.3.1/debian/patches/avoid-distutils.diff gladtex-2.3.1/debian/patches/avoid-distutils.diff
--- gladtex-2.3.1/debian/patches/avoid-distutils.diff	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ gladtex-2.3.1/debian/patches/avoid-distutils.diff	2018-04-26 07:50:29.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+Index: b/gleetex/image.py
+===================================================================
+--- a/gleetex/image.py
++++ b/gleetex/image.py
+@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
+ """
+ This module takes care of the actual image creation process.
+ """
+-import distutils.dir_util
+ import os
+ import re
+ import shutil
+@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ class Tex2img:
+         # create directory for image if that doesn't exist
+         base_name = os.path.split(output_fn)[0]
+         if base_name and not os.path.exists(base_name):
+-            distutils.dir_util.mkpath(base_name)
++            os.makedirs(base_name)
+ 
+ 
+     def set_dpi(self, dpi):
+Index: b/tests/test_convenience.py
+===================================================================
+--- a/tests/test_convenience.py
++++ b/tests/test_convenience.py
+@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
+ #pylint: disable=too-many-public-methods,import-error,too-few-public-methods,missing-docstring,unused-variable
+-import distutils
+ import os
+ import shutil
+ import tempfile
+@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ class Tex2imgMock():
+         self.output_name = output_fn
+         base_name = os.path.split(output_fn)[0]
+         if base_name and not os.path.exists(base_name):
+-            distutils.dir_util.mkpath(base_name)
++            os.makedirs(base_name)
+         self.set_dpi = self.set_transparency = self.set_foreground_color \
+                 = self.set_background_color = lambda x: None # do nothing
+ 
diff -Nru gladtex-2.3.1/debian/patches/series gladtex-2.3.1/debian/patches/series
--- gladtex-2.3.1/debian/patches/series	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ gladtex-2.3.1/debian/patches/series	2018-04-26 07:44:39.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+avoid-distutils.diff