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mttroff package

mttroff can't be started: dependency libavg dropped gameapp

Bug #1409877 reported by Aapo Rantalainen
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Bug Description

apt-get install mttroff
mttroff
-> ERROR: Cannot find mttroff package: reinstall the game.

apt-get source mttroff
cd mttroff-1.0+svn6432+dfsg/mttroff
python troff.py
-> Traceback (most recent call last):
-> File "troff.py", line 21, in <module>
-> from libavg import avg, gameapp, Point2D
-> ImportError: cannot import name gameapp

dpkg -L python-libavg | grep game
-> Empty

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Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd) wrote :

Thanks for taking your time to report this issue and help making Ubuntu better.

I get the same error message when attempting to run mttroff 1.0+svn6432+dfsg-0ubuntu2 on Ubuntu Vivid.

Looks like the underlying reason is that gameapp.py was removed from python-libavg as mentioned in the title. (Compare http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/i386/python-libavg/filelist with http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/i386/python-libavg/filelist) I don't know whether it was removed completely or whether there is now a drop-in replacement which should be imported instead.

(Also related to bug 1409879 which seems to have the same underlying cause.)

Changed in mttroff (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
tags: added: amd64 i386 trusty utopic vivid
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Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd) wrote :

Found that gameapp was removed in this commit https://github.com/libavg/libavg/commit/7e1b4d89cdfe15d1ac37383375ce75adf7fdf04c

Looks like some demo program was ported to simply use app instead. Presumably something similar can be done for mttroff and sponc.

Thomas Ward (teward)
Changed in mttroff (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
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Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd) wrote :

Since gameapp.py was intentionally removed from libavg upstream (see comment above), I reckon this issue won't be fixed in the libavg package. Instead the apps will need to be updated/ported.

Changed in libavg (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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