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hexchat package

Hexchat fails to load python3 plugin

Bug #1866081 reported by Paul White
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
hexchat (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Mattia Rizzolo

Bug Description

Probably due to recent python changes in focal.

Seen amongst HexChat start-up messages:

AutoLoad failed for: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/hexchat/plugins/python3.so
 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/hexchat/plugins/python3.so: undefined symbol: PyExc_RuntimeError

Manually loading the plugin using the 'Plugins and Scripts' window also fails but without any error message being displayed

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: hexchat 2.14.3-2build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-14.17-generic 5.4.18
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu18
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Mar 4 14:23:17 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-17 (292 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Alpha amd64 (20190517)
SourcePackage: hexchat
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2019-11-08 (116 days ago)

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Paul White (paulw2u) wrote :
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Mattia Rizzolo (mapreri) wrote :

This is https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat/issues/2441

Changed in hexchat (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Mattia Rizzolo (mapreri)
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Fix Committed
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TingPing (tingping) wrote :

Will require a separate patch for the stable releases. In the mean time you can just do `meson ... -Dwith-python=python3-embed` and it should work fine.

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Mattia Rizzolo (mapreri) wrote :

that's a good comment. I was blinded by looking at the meson.build file and did realize I could have forced it by a -D option...

oh, well.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package hexchat - 2.14.3-3

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hexchat (2.14.3-3) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Add patch to use the new -embed variant of python3.pc.
    Fix linking with Python 3.8. LP: #1866081
  * Swap the Recommends:hwdata with Recommends:pci.ids. Closes: #953300
  * Bump Standards-Version to 4.5.0, no changes needed.

 -- Mattia Rizzolo <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Mar 2020 17:08:25 +0100

Changed in hexchat (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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