** Description changed: + [Impact] + + The Synaptic backend in apturl is non-functional. Trying to use it makes + apturl crash with Python error message. + + The fix for this issue is provided in the debdiffs attached to the + report. + + It's a long-standing bug which is present in all current Ubuntu releases, + starting from Trusty. Would be nice to get it finally fixed. A non-working + backend isn't good at all, especially when the only other backend (aptdaemon) + might be removed soon, as stated in bug 1673258. + + [Test Case] + + The easiest way to make apturl use the Synaptic backend (without removing + aptdaemon from the system) is to set the environment variable when launching + it from the terminal: + + $ UPDATE_MANAGER_FORCE_BACKEND_SYNAPTIC=1 apturl apt://gnome-calculator + + You can use any other package which isn't installed. I chose gnome-calculator + as it wasn't installed in my Xubuntu and Ubuntu MATE systems. + + The result of this will be crash of apturl with Python error message. + The package won't be installed. + + [Regression Potential] + + The patch only affects the Synaptic backend. It doesn't affect aptdaemon + backend or any other parts of code. Since the Synaptic backend was broken + before, it's not possible to break it further with some regression. + + [Original Description] + System: Xubuntu 14.10 apturl version: 0.5.2ubuntu4 If you'll tell apturl to use the Synaptic backend (by either removing aptdaemon from the system or specifying UPDATE_MANAGER_FORCE_BACKEND_SYNAPTIC=1 before apturl in the terminal), it crashes with this error: $ UPDATE_MANAGER_FORCE_BACKEND_SYNAPTIC=1 apturl apt://gcalctool /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/AptUrl/gtk/GtkUI.py:4: PyGIDeprecationWarning: Since version 3.11, calling threads_init is no longer needed. See: https://wiki.gnome.org/PyGObject/Threading - GObject.threads_init() + GObject.threads_init() Traceback (most recent call last): - File "/usr/bin/apturl-gtk", line 43, in <module> - ui = GtkUI() - File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/AptUrl/gtk/GtkUI.py", line 38, in __init__ - self.backend = get_backend(self.dia) - File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/AptUrl/gtk/backend/__init__.py", line 49, in get_backend - return InstallBackendSynaptic(*args, **kwargs) + File "/usr/bin/apturl-gtk", line 43, in <module> + ui = GtkUI() + File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/AptUrl/gtk/GtkUI.py", line 38, in __init__ + self.backend = get_backend(self.dia) + File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/AptUrl/gtk/backend/__init__.py", line 49, in get_backend + return InstallBackendSynaptic(*args, **kwargs) TypeError: __init__() missing 1 required positional argument: 'action'
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