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wxwidgets2.8 package

wxPython demo is not installing properly

Bug #196834 reported by Aaron Ahlemeyer
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Bug Description

1) ubuntu release: Ubuntu 7.10 gutsy
2) source package: wxwidgets2.8
3) package version: wx2.8-examples 2.8.4.0-0ubuntu3
4) I expected to start the wxPython demo with the command line:
  python '/usr/share/doc/wx2.8-examples/examples/wxPython/demo.py'
5) This command resulted in the following error:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/share/doc/wx2.8-examples/examples/wxPython/demo.py", line 3, in <module>
      import Main
  ImportError: No module named Main

I discovered that about half of the python scripts in /usr/share/doc/wx2.8-examples/examples/wxPython are gzipped.

Cheers,
Aaron Ahlemeyer

PS: This same problem also exists for the wx2.4-examples and wx2.6-examples. I am not sure if additional bugs should be filed or if this bug can be associated to the other source packages.

Tags: packaging
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Aaron Ahlemeyer (fatespeaks) wrote :

"sudo gzip -d *.gz" in the /usr/share/doc/wx2.8-examples/examples/wxPython and /usr/share/doc/wx2.8-examples/examples/wxPython/data directories seems to have resolved the issue on my system.

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Ralph Janke (txwikinger) wrote :

I can confirm this behaviour on gutsy and on hardy (updated 20080229 wx2.8-examples 2.8.7.1-0ubuntu1).

Changed in wxwidgets2.8:
assignee: nobody → txwikinger
status: New → Confirmed
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Ralph Janke (txwikinger) wrote :

I believe it is a packaging issue. Not all .gz files in examples are decompressed as necessary.

Changed in wxwidgets2.8:
assignee: txwikinger → nobody
status: Confirmed → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
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Devid Antonio Filoni (d.filoni) wrote :

debian/unpack_examples.sh should do this work.

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Devid Antonio Filoni (d.filoni) wrote :

I'm working on this.

Changed in wxwidgets2.8:
assignee: nobody → d.filoni
status: Triaged → In Progress
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Devid Antonio Filoni (d.filoni) wrote :

This isn't a bug because some of the examples have been compressed in accordance with Debian policy and some of they need to write in the same dir, so sudo gzip -d *.gz the /usr/share/doc/wx2.8-examples/examples/wxPython etc.. shouldn't be used to unpack examples. Please read this file:
/usr/share/doc/wx2.8-examples/examples/README.examples
and use this to unpack examples:
/usr/share/doc/wx2.8-examples/examples/unpack_examples.sh

Changed in wxwidgets2.8:
assignee: d.filoni → nobody
status: In Progress → Invalid
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