Your message dated Sat, 22 Mar 2025 19:26:32 +0100 with message-id <cadstwjka1+8-05pb_zjlv_r0a63vp+iv7v89shhmz3dyk5g...@mail.gmail.com> and subject line python3-distutils was removed from Debian has caused the Debian Bug report #979819, regarding python3-distutils version 3.9.x breaks python3.8-stdlib with no version limit to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: python3-distutils Version: 3.9.1-2 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, For years I've known that installing a newer version of Python on my Debian system breaks existing virtualenvs set up for the old Python version. Today I investigated a little and found out why: While this packages lists, among other things, Breaks: ..., libpython3.8-stdlib (< 3.8.0~b2-5) In fact, installing it at this version removes most files from /usr/lib/python3.8/distutils/ and thereby breaks any use of distutils or setuptools under python 3.8, and that most certainly includes libpython3.8-stdlib=3.8.7-1 which I currently have installed, as well as, I believe, any other version of libpython3.8-stdlib. I see two, non-exclusionary paths to solve this: - Just mark the breakage correctly - Provide real, rather than virtual, python3.x-distutils packages Thanks, Shai. -- System Information: Debian Release: bullseye/sid APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 5.9.0-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads) Locale: LANG=en_IL, LC_CTYPE=en_IL (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_IL:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages python3-distutils depends on: ii python3 3.9.1-1 ii python3-lib2to3 3.9.1-2 python3-distutils recommends no packages. python3-distutils suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
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