#1148349 /usr/bin/reproducible-check: reproducible-check raises uncaught exception if recommended package python3-apt is not installed

Package:
devscripts
Source:
devscripts
Description:
scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier
Submitter:
Glenn Washburn
Date:
2026-09-19 01:53:06 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1148349#5
Date:
2026-09-19 01:51:32 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

When python3-apt is not installed, running reproducible-check --help will
raise an uncaught exception:

```
$ reproducible-check --help
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/reproducible-check", line 32, in <module>
    import apt
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'apt'
```

It already displays an error to the user to to install python3-xdg and
should do the same for python3-apt.

Glenn
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