[Pkg-raspi-maintainers] Bug#941669: python3-rpi.gpio fails to work on aarch64 (upgrade needed)

[Uwe Kleine-König]

Hello,

On Thu, Oct 03, 2019 at 03:36:26PM +0000, André Draszik wrote:
> Package: python3-rpi.gpio
> Version: 0.6.5-1
> Severity: grave
> Tags: upstream
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> python3-rpi.gpio 0.6.5 as is current in sid, doesn't support
> aarch64:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "./server.py", line 8, in <module>
>     import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
>   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/RPi/GPIO/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
>     from RPi._GPIO import *
> RuntimeError: This module can only be run on a Raspberry Pi!
> 
> 
> Upstream has fixed this in the 0.7.0 release, see here
> https://sourceforge.net/p/raspberry-gpio-python/tickets/161/
> 
> I am kindly asking to please update the Debian package.

It seems it is necessary to cherry pick change 129:03be41933c1b from
upstream.

Best regards
Uwe
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