#709866 synaptic: Repositories window not opening

Package:
synaptic
Source:
synaptic
Description:
Graphical package manager
Submitter:
michael
Date:
2013-07-31 19:45:05 UTC
Severity:
important
#709866#5
Date:
2013-05-26 05:57:16 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,
*** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

   * What led up to the situation?
I go to the Settings menu then select Repositories.  The Repositories window
does not appear.  Synaptic remains responsive.

When I start synaptic from the command line and perform the action described
above this is what shows on the terminal:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 38, in <module>
    from softwareproperties.gtk.SoftwarePropertiesGtk import
SoftwarePropertiesGtk
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-
packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py", line 39, in <module>
    from DialogCacheOutdated import DialogCacheOutdated
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-
packages/softwareproperties/gtk/DialogCacheOutdated.py", line 27, in <module>
    import aptdaemon.client
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/client.py", line 70, in
<module>
    class MemoizedMixIn(MemoizedTransaction, GObject.GObjectMeta):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/module.py", line 316, in
__getattr__
    return getattr(self._introspection_module, name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/module.py", line 135, in
__getattr__
    self.__name__, name))
AttributeError: 'gi.repository.GObject' object has no attribute 'GObjectMeta'

A few days ago there was a major update to python.  I'm wondering if something
went wrong in my update?

PS. I'm running testing but I downloaded synaptic from unstable and the
behavior is the same from both packages
#709866#10
Date:
2013-05-30 07:56:32 UTC
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To:
Thanks for your bugreport.
python/python-gi upgrade. Please check/reinstall the python{,3}-gi
packages.

Does this work: ?
$ python -c 'from gi.repository import GObject'
$ python3 -c 'from gi.repository import GObject'

Cheers,
 Michael
#709866#15
Date:
2013-06-15 19:27:21 UTC
From:
To:
I'm affected by the same bug. Tried reintalling python and python-gi. No
effect.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk", line 38, in <module>
    from softwareproperties.gtk.SoftwarePropertiesGtk import
SoftwarePropertiesGtk
  File
"/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py",
line 39, in <module>
    from DialogCacheOutdated import DialogCacheOutdated
  File
"/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/DialogCacheOutdated.py",
line 27, in <module>
    import aptdaemon.client
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/client.py", line 70, in
<module>
    class MemoizedMixIn(MemoizedTransaction, GObject.GObjectMeta):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/module.py", line 316, in
__getattr__
    return getattr(self._introspection_module, name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/module.py", line 135, in
__getattr__
    self.__name__, name))
AttributeError: 'gi.repository.GObject' object has no attribute
'GObjectMeta'
#709866#20
Date:
2013-07-14 09:57:55 UTC
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To:
Debain sid on AMD64
Synaptic version 0.80.2

Dear Maintainer,

I can confirm this bug. Since some weeks it isn't possible to use the
package sources. Synaptic only gives the message "the package sources
changed" but I didn't change them.

Furthermore, after a load new [I work with a German version, may be, the
English are a little bit other) now changed packages are displayed in
synaptic.
If I do similar things at the command line with apt-get ... everything
works.

kind regards
	Irmhild
#709866#25
Date:
2013-07-31 19:41:48 UTC
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To:
Looks very much like http://bugs.debian.org/707768