[Bug 2059727] [NEW] python3-distutils used removed method ConfigParser.readfp

[Stephan Seitz]

Public bug reported:

Bug report was not created from the system where I discovered the bug. I
discovered the bug in a Noble rescue session.

Noble switched Python system interpreter to Python 3.12
(https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.12.html#configparser).
python3-distupgrade
(https://packages.ubuntu.com/noble/python3-distupgrade) uses
ConfigParser.readfp in /usr/lib/python3/dist-
packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py . This will cause "Repair
packages" in Noble rescue system to fail.

Suggested fix is to use ConfigParser.read_file as suggested in Python
3.12 release notes.


Related:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/2028001

Below automatically collected info is wrong. I encountered the bug in a
Noble 24.04 system while trying to debug the missing libmtdev1t64 in
https://packages.ubuntu.com/noble/libinput10 (I removed network-manager
while resolving the package conflicts)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
Package: python3-distupgrade 1:23.10.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-26.26-generic 6.5.13
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CrashDB: ubuntu
CrashReports: 640:1000:125:1352000:2024-03-28 15:50:05.644506454 +0100:2024-03-28 15:50:06.644506454 +0100:/var/crash/_usr_lib_x86_64-linux-gnu_libexec_xdg-desktop-portal-kde.1000.crash
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Thu Mar 28 20:39:59 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-05-16 (1047 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Release amd64 (20210420)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to mantic on 2024-03-28 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade mantic wayland-session

** Description changed:

  Bug report was not created from the system where I discovered the bug. I
  discovered the bug in a Noble rescue session.
  
  Noble switched Python system interpreter to Python 3.12
  (https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.12.html#configparser).
  python3-distupgrade
  (https://packages.ubuntu.com/noble/python3-distupgrade) uses
  ConfigParser.readfp in /usr/lib/python3/dist-
  packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py . This will cause "Repair
  packages" in Noble rescue system to fail.
  
  Suggested fix is to use ConfigParser.read_file as suggested in Python
  3.12 release notes.
  
+ 
  Related:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/2028001
+ 
+ Below automatically collected info is wrong. I encountered the bug in a
+ Noble 24.04 system while trying to debug the missing libmtdev1t64 in
+ https://packages.ubuntu.com/noble/libinput10 (I removed network-manager
+ while resolving the package conflicts)
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
  Package: python3-distupgrade 1:23.10.14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-26.26-generic 6.5.13
  Uname: Linux 6.5.0-26-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CrashReports: 640:1000:125:1352000:2024-03-28 15:50:05.644506454 +0100:2024-03-28 15:50:06.644506454 +0100:/var/crash/_usr_lib_x86_64-linux-gnu_libexec_xdg-desktop-portal-kde.1000.crash
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Thu Mar 28 20:39:59 2024
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-05-16 (1047 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Release amd64 (20210420)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to mantic on 2024-03-28 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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Title:
  python3-distutils used removed method ConfigParser.readfp

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Bug report was not created from the system where I discovered the bug.
  I discovered the bug in a Noble rescue session.

  Noble switched Python system interpreter to Python 3.12
  (https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.12.html#configparser).
  python3-distupgrade
  (https://packages.ubuntu.com/noble/python3-distupgrade) uses
  ConfigParser.readfp in /usr/lib/python3/dist-
  packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py . This will cause
  "Repair packages" in Noble rescue system to fail.

  Suggested fix is to use ConfigParser.read_file as suggested in Python
  3.12 release notes.

  
  Related:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/2028001

  Below automatically collected info is wrong. I encountered the bug in
  a Noble 24.04 system while trying to debug the missing libmtdev1t64 in
  https://packages.ubuntu.com/noble/libinput10 (I removed network-
  manager while resolving the package conflicts)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
  Package: python3-distupgrade 1:23.10.14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-26.26-generic 6.5.13
  Uname: Linux 6.5.0-26-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CrashReports: 640:1000:125:1352000:2024-03-28 15:50:05.644506454 +0100:2024-03-28 15:50:06.644506454 +0100:/var/crash/_usr_lib_x86_64-linux-gnu_libexec_xdg-desktop-portal-kde.1000.crash
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Thu Mar 28 20:39:59 2024
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-05-16 (1047 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Release amd64 (20210420)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to mantic on 2024-03-28 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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