Package: httpcode
Version: 0.5-1
Severity: important
Tags: patch
This package has what looks like an obvious and crippling library
dependency bug:
$ sudo apt-get install httpcode
[...]
$ hc 404
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/hc", line 5, in <module>
from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
ImportError: No module named pkg_resources
$ sudo apt-get install python-pkg-resources
[...]
$ hc 200
Status code 200
Message: OK
Code explanation: Request fulfilled, document follows
My patch manually adds the required module package to the Depends:
line, but I Am Not A Pythonist; the correct solution might have
something to do with ${python:Depends} and/or dh_pywhatever.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages httpcode depends on:
ii python 2.7.2-10
ii python-colorama 0.2.4-1
ii python2.6 2.6.7-4
ii python2.7 2.7.2-8
httpcode recommends no packages.
httpcode suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
--
JBR
Ankh kak! (Ancient Egyptian blessing)
diff -ru httpcode-0.5.pristine/debian/control httpcode-0.5/debian/control
--- httpcode-0.5.pristine/debian/control 2012-03-08 23:11:52.000000000 +0000
+++ httpcode-0.5/debian/control 2012-03-12 17:31:07.471392472 +0000
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Package: httpcode
Architecture: all
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}, python-colorama
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}, python-colorama, python-pkg-resources
Description: Explains the meaning of an HTTP status code on the command line
httpcode is a little utility that explains the meaning of an HTTP
status code on the command line.
