#1130970 dogtail: autopkgtest regressions in gtg, nicotine: AttributeError: Attempt to use invalid option 'log_debug_to_file'

Package:
src:dogtail
Source:
src:dogtail
Submitter:
Simon McVittie
Date:
2026-03-17 14:37:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1130970#5
Date:
2026-03-16 15:33:37 UTC
From:
To:
With the experimental version of dogtail, some packages (at least gtg
and nicotine) fail autopkgtests like this:

 89s Traceback (most recent call last):
 89s   File "/tmp/autopkgtest-lxc.hrmb4kn4/downtmp/build.kIt/src/debian/tests/check-graphical-app.py", line 8, in <module>
 89s     config.logDebugToFile = False
 89s     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 89s   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/dogtail/config.py", line 276, in __setattr__
 89s     raise AttributeError(f"Attempt to use invalid option '{set_option_id}'.")
 89s AttributeError: Attempt to use invalid option 'log_debug_to_file'.

Examples:
- https://ci.debian.net/packages/g/gtg/unstable/amd64/69504221/
- https://ci.debian.net/packages/g/gtg/unstable/arm64/69531180/
- https://ci.debian.net/packages/n/nicotine/unstable/amd64/69504362/
- https://ci.debian.net/packages/n/nicotine/unstable/arm64/69531182/

From codesearch, it looks like atril, virt-manager, liferea, deja-dup
and leocad are likely to fail in the same way. Is this an intentional
API change that requires updates to the affected packages, or an
unintended API break in dogtail?

Thanks,
    smcv