Hi, Yes indeed both declared & undeclared dependencies on python3-pkg-resources should be RC-buggy.
I propose to NMU the new version tomorrow. I had a look at what's in github and it uses importlib.metadata Greetings Alexandre Le dim. 23 août 2026 à 03:24, Chris Hofstaedtler <[email protected]> a écrit : > > On Sun, Aug 23, 2026 at 11:20:50AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > > Package: python3-click-man > > Version: 0.4.2-0.1 > > Severity: important > > > > The program, when installed in a minimal environment and run, crashes: > > > > ===== > > $ click-man --help > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/usr/bin/click-man", line 33, in <module> > > sys.exit(load_entry_point('click-man==0.4.2', 'console_scripts', > > 'click-man')()) > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > File "/usr/bin/click-man", line 25, in importlib_load_entry_point > > return next(matches).load() > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^ > > File "/usr/lib/python3.14/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 179, in > > load > > module = import_module(match.group('module')) > > File "/usr/lib/python3.14/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in > > import_module > > return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1406, in _gcd_import > > File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1371, in _find_and_load > > File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1342, in > > _find_and_load_unlocked > > File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 938, in _load_unlocked > > File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 759, in exec_module > > File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 491, in > > _call_with_frames_removed > > File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click_man/__main__.py", line 14, in > > <module> > > from pkg_resources import iter_entry_points, get_distribution > > ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources' > > ===== > > > > The installed Python library ‘click_man’ attempts to import ‘pkg_resources’ > > but that module is not installed. > > > > This is because the ‘python3-click-man’ Debian binary package fails to > > declare a dependency on ‘python3-pkg-resources’. > > Per my understanding of things, click-man should stop using > pkg_resources going forward. > > Chris >
