update to 0.4.0-1build1~dapper1 breaks programs

incomplete: what do you need more?

following worked before the update and is still shown in the newest package as example in /usr/share/doc/python-clamav/README.txt

# python
Python 2.4.3 (#2, Oct 6 2006, 07:52:30)
[GCC 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import pyclamav
>>> pyclamav.scanthis("Buffer to test blalblabla...")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'scanthis'

OK. Fair enough. I'll look into it.

The upstream recommendation is to use python-clamd instead (it's not currently packaged). It can be found here:

http://xael.org/norman/python/pyclamd/

Please let me know if this will solve your problem. If so, I'll see about getting it packaged for Hardy and then backported to Dapper.

I've changed my code to use the pyclamd (you need to change the unix socket location for ubuntu). I reported the bug only as it broke something. As it killed a production mail server of mine, I've changed the program using that package even before I reported the bug.

so yes pyclamd helped me, it is just one python file which I copied into the same dir as my filter program.

I've gotten the Feature Freeze exception to add python-clamd to Hardy (and once it's there, we can backport it to Dapper).

I appreciate the bug report and we'll get this resolved as soon as we can. I do hope the in the long run the benefits of running a current (all known security issues fixed) clamav outweigh this problem. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Once python-clamd clears New in Hardy, I'll prepare a source backport for Dapper.

New package for python-clamd uploaded and waiting in New for Hardy.

I've published a test version of the python-clamd package for Dapper in the ubuntu-clamav PPA. I'd appreciate it if you would give it a test and see if it works for you. You can either download the .deb and install it using dpkg -i from:

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12039715/python-pyclamd_0.1.1-0ubuntu1%7Edapper1%7Eppa1_all.deb

or add deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-clamav/ubuntu dapper main to your /etc/apt/sources.list, update and install python-clamd. Once I've got comfirmation this works, I'll upload it to dapper-backports.

yes and no.

if I go into the directory /usr/share/python-support/python-pyclamd/ I can import it and it works, but it seems that this path is not in the lookup path for python modules in dapper or at least in my dapper installs. ;-)

You should get a ppa3 version now which puts it in /usr/lib/python2.4 and
should work just fine for Dapper (I've tried it on my Dapper box I still have
which I hadn't when I uploaded the first one). Thanks for looking and I'd
appreciate hearing back on the new one.

python-pyclamd has been accepted into Hardy, so I can do an official backport
now. I'll do it once I get confirmation from you.

the package itself works now just the update process is not perfect, but as nobody beside us two has the previous package it is ok ;-)

dpkg: warning - unable to delete old directory `/usr/share/python-support/python-pyclamd': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning - unable to delete old directory `/usr/share/python-support': Directory not empty

you forgot the .pyc file.

root@mail:~# ll /usr/share/python-support/python-pyclamd
total 12
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8739 Feb 20 19:09 pyclamd.pyc

That's actually a bug in the Dapper python-support. Not much I can do about that. I've put in for the official backport (it'll be the same as ppa3 with an official backports version number). That's tracked in Bug #193998.

Fixed in Hardy

Backport for Dapper uploaded.

python-pyclamd is in dapper-backports now.