#1136283 greaseweazle: bitarray version dependency not restricted in control

Package:
greaseweazle
Source:
greaseweazle
Submitter:
Jan Binder
Date:
2026-05-11 14:09:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1136283#5
Date:
2026-05-11 14:00:19 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

the following greaseweazle command fails on debian sid:

gw convert --format ibm.720 ~/stuff.scp stuff.ibm.img
*** TEST/PRE-RELEASE: 1.23+dfsg
*** Use these tools ONLY for test and development!!
Format ibm.720
Converting c=0-79:h=0-1 -> c=0-79:h=0-1
** FATAL ERROR:
'bitarray.bitarray' object has no attribute 'itersearch'

I see that the package was patched to be compatible with python3-bitarray <
3.0.0 but no restriction on the bitarray version is present in the control
file.

Therefore, apt happily installs python-bitarray 3.7.2-1+b1 and gw convert
ceases to function.