python command detection fails

Hello Dan, or anyone else affected,

Accepted sshuttle into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sshuttle/0.76-1ubuntu1.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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root@sshuttle-x:~# dpkg -l | grep sshuttle
ii sshuttle 0.76-1ubuntu1.1 all Transparent proxy server for VPN over SSH
root@sshuttle-x:~# sshuttle -r sshuttle-x.lxd 1.2.3.4/24
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/sshuttle", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('sshuttle==0.76', 'console_scripts', 'sshuttle')()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sshuttle/cmdline.py", line 226, in main
    opt.daemon, opt.pidfile)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sshuttle/client.py", line 701, in main
    seed_hosts, auto_nets, daemon)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sshuttle/client.py", line 408, in _main
    options=dict(latency_control=latency_control))
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sshuttle/ssh.py", line 112, in connect
    "exec \"$P\" -c %s") % quote(pyscript)
NameError: name 'quote' is not defined

root@sshuttle-x:~# dpkg -l | grep sshuttle
ii sshuttle 0.76-1ubuntu1.2 all Transparent proxy server for VPN over SSH
root@sshuttle-x:~# sshuttle -r sshuttle-x.lxd 1.2.3.4/24
client: Connected.

This bug was fixed in the package sshuttle - 0.76-1ubuntu1.2

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sshuttle (0.76-1ubuntu1.2) xenial; urgency=medium

  * d/p/lp1897987-Backward-compatibility-with-Python-2.4-server.patch:
    - Fix compatibility with remote py3.4 (LP: #1897987)
  * d/p/lp1897961-Fix-shell-quoting.patch:
    - Add missing import needed by previous commit backport
      (LP: #1897961)

sshuttle (0.76-1ubuntu1.1) xenial; urgency=medium

  [ Dan Streetman ]
  * d/p/lp1896299/0001-Add-support-for-iproute2.patch,
    d/p/lp1896299/0002-Small-refactoring-of-netstat-iproute-parsing.patch,
    d/p/lp1896299/0003-Backward-compatibility-with-Python-2.4-server.patch:
    - allow connecting to remote without netstat (LP: #1896299)
  * d/p/lp1592853-Use-versions-of-python3-greater-than-3.5-when-availa.patch:
    - detect if remote python is 'python' or 'python3' (LP: #1592853)
  * d/p/lp1873368/0001-Don-t-crash-if-we-can-t-look-up-peername.patch,
    d/p/lp1873368/0002-allow-Mux-flush-fill-to-work-with-python-3.5.patch,
    d/p/lp1873368/0003-Fix-python2-server-compatibility.patch:
    - fix interoperability with remote py2 and/or py3
      (same bug as below)

  [ Felipe Reyes ]
  * d/p/0001-compatibility-with-python38.patch:
    Backport patch to make sshuttle compatible
    with python-3.8. (LP: #1873368). Closes: #953621.

 -- Dan Streetman <email address hidden> Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:34:45 -0400

The verification of the Stable Release Update for sshuttle has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.