Public bug reported:
I'm running Ubuntu xenial and wanted to backport a package from zesty
(my first backport). I tried:
$ backportpackage -u ppa:leopold-talirz/xenial-science-backports cp2k
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/backportpackage", line 416, in <module>
sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
File "/usr/bin/backportpackage", line 393, in main
config)
File "/usr/bin/backportpackage", line 210, in find_package
source_release = info().devel()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/distro_info.py", line 96, in devel
raise DistroDataOutdated()
distro_info.DistroDataOutdated: Distribution data outdated. Please check for an
update for distro-info-data. See /usr/share/doc/distro-info-data/README.Debian
for details.
First, /usr/share/doc/distro-info-data/README.Debian did not exist.
Then, I tried to update everything I could think of, but as far as I could tell
everything was already up to date.
I then dug into /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/distro_info.py and it turns
out the reason it failed is that there simply was no release matching the
criteria of a "development release" (namely: either no release date or release
date in the future).
Indeed, backportpackage -h says
-s SOURCE, --source=SOURCE
Backport from SOURCE release (default: devel release)
Simply specifying '-s zesty' solved it for me, but I spent quite a while
trying to figure out what the problem was.
If my reasoning is correct, then one should not raise a
DistroDataOutdated() exception in line 96 of distro_info.py but rather
let the user know that no development release was found and suggest
different options (updating or specifying a non-development release by
hand).
** Affects: ubuntu-dev-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
I'm running Ubuntu xenial and wanted to backport a package from zesty
(my first backport). I tried:
$ backportpackage -u ppa:leopold-talirz/xenial-science-backports cp2k
Traceback (most recent call last):
- File "/usr/bin/backportpackage", line 416, in <module>
- sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
- File "/usr/bin/backportpackage", line 393, in main
- config)
- File "/usr/bin/backportpackage", line 210, in find_package
- source_release = info().devel()
- File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/distro_info.py", line 96, in devel
- raise DistroDataOutdated()
+ File "/usr/bin/backportpackage", line 416, in <module>
+ sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
+ File "/usr/bin/backportpackage", line 393, in main
+ config)
+ File "/usr/bin/backportpackage", line 210, in find_package
+ source_release = info().devel()
+ File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/distro_info.py", line 96, in devel
+ raise DistroDataOutdated()
distro_info.DistroDataOutdated: Distribution data outdated. Please check for
an update for distro-info-data. See
/usr/share/doc/distro-info-data/README.Debian for details.
First, /usr/share/doc/distro-info-data/README.Debian did not exist.
- Then, I tried to update everything I could think of, but as far as I could
tell everything was already up to date.
- I then dug into /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/distro_info.py and it turns
out the reason it failed is that there simply was no release matching the
criteria of a "development release" (namely: either not yet released or release
date in the future).
+ Then, I tried to update everything I could think of, but as far as I could
tell everything was already up to date.
+ I then dug into /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/distro_info.py and it turns
out the reason it failed is that there simply was no release matching the
criteria of a "development release" (namely: either no release date or release
date in the future).
Indeed, backportpackage -h says
- -s SOURCE, --source=SOURCE
- Backport from SOURCE release (default: devel release)
+ -s SOURCE, --source=SOURCE
+ Backport from SOURCE release (default: devel release)
Simply specifying '-s zesty' solved it for me, but I spent quite a while
trying to figure out what the problem was.
If my reasoning is correct, then one should not raise a
- DistroDataOutdated() exception in line 96 of distro_info (?) but rather
- let the user know that no development release was found and provide
+ DistroDataOutdated() exception in line 96 of distro_info.py but rather
+ let the user know that no development release was found and suggest
different options (updating or specifying a non-development release by
hand).
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Title:
improve backportpackage error message
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