#975517 joblib fails to install with Python 3.9

Package:
src:python3-defaults
Source:
python3-defaults
Submitter:
Matthias Klose
Date:
2025-08-17 17:48:36 UTC
Severity:
important
Tags:
#975517#5
Date:
2020-11-23 09:19:10 UTC
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Setting up python3-joblib (0.17.0-0.1) ...
  File
"/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/joblib/test/test_func_inspect_special_encoding.py",
line 0
SyntaxError: unknown encoding: big5

dpkg: error processing package python3-joblib (--configure):
 installed python3-joblib package post-installation script subprocess returned
error exit status 1
#975517#10
Date:
2020-11-23 11:51:52 UTC
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This looks just like #954403 again.
#975517#35
Date:
2020-12-06 15:34:59 UTC
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We're working around that for now by not byte-compiling the problematic file in
python3-joblib.