Bug#1029580: sepp fails with python3.11: "invalid mode rU"

[Pierre Gruet]

Hello Steve,


> Package: sepp
> Version: 4.5.1+really4.5.1+dfsg-4
> Severity: grave
> Tags: patch
> Justification: renders package unusable
> User: ubuntu-de...@lists.ubuntu.com
> Usertags: origin-ubuntu lunar ubuntu-patch
>
> Dear maintainers,
>
> sepp fails its autopkgtests with python3.11, revealing a bug in the
> software, because it uses a mode flag to open() which has been deprecated
> since python 3 and is now obsolete in python 3.11:
>
[...]
>
> I've applied the attached straightforward patch in Ubuntu to fix the
> regression there.
>
> Thanks for considering,

Thanks a lot for the report and the patch, I shall apply it very shortly!

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Best,

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Pierre

On Tue, 24 Jan 2023 12:12:34 -0800 Steve Langasek <steve.langa...@canonical.com> wrote:

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