[pkg-wicd-maint] Bug#951121: python3-wicd: Unable to load ioctl backend (Python 2/3 syntax issue)

[Elzen]

Package: python3-wicd
Version: 1.7.4+tb2+2019.09.18git2e0ba579-1
Severity: important
Tags: upstream

Dear Maintainer,

thanks for porting this package to Python 3!

When loading the ioctl backend, I get a SyntaxError (pasted bellow).
Looks like it's simply the missing parenthesis due to “print” becoming a
function in Python 3 (rather than a keyword as in Python 2).

The external backend works, so it's possible to use this one instead.


Python 3.7.6 (default, Jan 19 2020, 22:34:52)
[GCC 9.2.1 20200117] on linux
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$ import wicd.backend
$ wicd.backend.BackendManager().load_backend("ioctl")
trying to load backend ioctl
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/wicd/backend.py", line 118, in
load_backend
    backend = self._load_backend(backend_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/wicd/backend.py", line 88, in
_load_backend
    backend = __import__('be-' + backend_name)
  File "/usr/share/wicd/backends/be-ioctl.py", line 44
    print "WARNING: python-iwscan not found, falling back to using iwlist
scan."
^
SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'. Did you mean
print("WARNING: python-iwscan not found, falling back to using iwlist scan.")?



-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 5.4.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages python3-wicd depends on:
ii  net-tools  1.60+git20180626.aebd88e-1
ii  python3    3.7.5-3

python3-wicd recommends no packages.

Versions of packages python3-wicd suggests:
pn  ethtool   <none>
ii  iproute2  5.4.0-1

Versions of packages wicd-gtk depends on:
ii  python         2.7.17-2
ii  python-glade2  2.24.0-6
ii  python-gtk2    2.24.0-6
ii  wicd-daemon    1.7.4+tb2-6

Versions of packages wicd-gtk recommends:
pn  policykit-1 | menu | kde-runtime  <none>
ii  python-notify                     0.1.1-4+b2

Versions of packages wicd-daemon depends on:
ii  adduser           3.118
ii  dbus              1.12.16-2
ii  debconf           1.5.73
ii  iputils-ping      3:20190709-3
ii  isc-dhcp-client   4.4.1-2.1
ii  lsb-base          11.1.0
ii  psmisc            23.3-1
ii  python            2.7.17-2
ii  python-dbus       1.2.16-1
ii  python-gobject-2  2.28.6-14+b1
ii  python-wicd       1.7.4+tb2-6
ii  wireless-tools    30~pre9-13+b1
ii  wpasupplicant     2:2.9-6

Versions of packages wicd-daemon recommends:
ii  rfkill                  2.34-0.1
ii  wicd-gtk [wicd-client]  1.7.4+tb2-6

Versions of packages wicd-daemon suggests:
pn  pm-utils  <none>

Versions of packages python-wicd depends on:
ii  net-tools  1.60+git20180626.aebd88e-1
ii  python     2.7.17-2

Versions of packages python-wicd suggests:
pn  ethtool   <none>
ii  iproute2  5.4.0-1

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