Public bug reported:
cannot force a local upgrade to cffi v2.0... i probably have to dig
deeper into replacing the old v1.
also, i cannot use a virtual environment - certbot requires direct system acces
when renewing certificates.
#python3 -m pip install --upgrade acme certbot certbot-dns-cloudflare
results in an error message:
Requirement already satisfied: acme in /usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages
(5.0.0)
Collecting acme
Using cached acme-5.1.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (1.3 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: certbot in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (5.0.0)
Collecting certbot
Using cached certbot-5.1.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (7.0 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: certbot-dns-cloudflare in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (5.0.0)
Collecting certbot-dns-cloudflare
Using cached certbot_dns_cloudflare-5.1.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (1.5 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: cryptography>=43.0.0 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from acme) (46.0.2)
Requirement already satisfied: josepy>=2.0.0 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from acme) (2.1.0)
Requirement already satisfied: PyOpenSSL>=25.0.0 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from acme) (25.3.0)
Requirement already satisfied: pyrfc3339 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from acme) (2.1.0)
Requirement already satisfied: requests>=2.25.1 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from acme) (2.32.5)
Requirement already satisfied: ConfigArgParse>=1.5.3 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from certbot) (1.7.1)
Requirement already satisfied: configobj>=5.0.6 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from certbot) (5.0.9)
Requirement already satisfied: distro>=1.0.1 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from certbot) (1.9.0)
Requirement already satisfied: parsedatetime>=2.6 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from certbot) (2.6)
Requirement already satisfied: cloudflare<2.20,>=2.19 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from certbot-dns-cloudflare) (2.19.4)
Requirement already satisfied: pyyaml in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from
cloudflare<2.20,>=2.19->certbot-dns-cloudflare) (6.0.2)
Requirement already satisfied: jsonlines in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from
cloudflare<2.20,>=2.19->certbot-dns-cloudflare) (4.0.0)
Collecting cffi>=2.0.0 (from cryptography>=43.0.0->acme)
Using cached
cffi-2.0.0-cp312-cp312-manylinux2014_x86_64.manylinux_2_17_x86_64.whl.metadata
(2.6 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: pycparser in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from
cffi>=2.0.0->cryptography>=43.0.0->acme) (2.23)
Requirement already satisfied: typing-extensions>=4.9 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from PyOpenSSL>=25.0.0->acme) (4.15.0)
Requirement already satisfied: charset_normalizer<4,>=2 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from requests>=2.25.1->acme) (3.4.3)
Requirement already satisfied: idna<4,>=2.5 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from requests>=2.25.1->acme) (3.10)
Requirement already satisfied: urllib3<3,>=1.21.1 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from requests>=2.25.1->acme) (2.5.0)
Requirement already satisfied: certifi>=2017.4.17 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from requests>=2.25.1->acme) (2025.8.3)
Requirement already satisfied: attrs>=19.2.0 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from
jsonlines->cloudflare<2.20,>=2.19->certbot-dns-cloudflare) (25.3.0)
Using cached acme-5.1.0-py3-none-any.whl (94 kB)
Using cached certbot-5.1.0-py3-none-any.whl (407 kB)
Using cached certbot_dns_cloudflare-5.1.0-py3-none-any.whl (14 kB)
Using cached
cffi-2.0.0-cp312-cp312-manylinux2014_x86_64.manylinux_2_17_x86_64.whl (219 kB)
Installing collected packages: cffi, acme, certbot, certbot-dns-cloudflare
Attempting uninstall: cffi
Found existing installation: cffi None
error: uninstall-no-record-file
× Cannot uninstall cffi None
╰─> The package's contents are unknown: no RECORD file was found for cffi.
the currently installed cffi is from the ubuntu packages distributed with
Ubuntu Noble LTS (24.04.3 currently)
# dpkg-query -l | grep -i cffi
1303:ii python3-cffi-backend:amd64 1.16.0-2build1
amd64 Foreign Function Interface for Python 3 calling C
code - runtime
since cffi in ubuntu is imported from Debian, please try impoting the v2 cffi
too
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=python3-cffi&searchon=names
** Affects: python-cffi (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2127945
Title:
cffi v2.0 needed as dependency for ACME Certbot
Status in python-cffi package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
cannot force a local upgrade to cffi v2.0... i probably have to dig
deeper into replacing the old v1.
also, i cannot use a virtual environment - certbot requires direct system
acces when renewing certificates.
#python3 -m pip install --upgrade acme certbot certbot-dns-cloudflare
results in an error message:
Requirement already satisfied: acme in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (5.0.0)
Collecting acme
Using cached acme-5.1.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (1.3 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: certbot in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (5.0.0)
Collecting certbot
Using cached certbot-5.1.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (7.0 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: certbot-dns-cloudflare in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (5.0.0)
Collecting certbot-dns-cloudflare
Using cached certbot_dns_cloudflare-5.1.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (1.5 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: cryptography>=43.0.0 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from acme) (46.0.2)
Requirement already satisfied: josepy>=2.0.0 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from acme) (2.1.0)
Requirement already satisfied: PyOpenSSL>=25.0.0 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from acme) (25.3.0)
Requirement already satisfied: pyrfc3339 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from acme) (2.1.0)
Requirement already satisfied: requests>=2.25.1 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from acme) (2.32.5)
Requirement already satisfied: ConfigArgParse>=1.5.3 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from certbot) (1.7.1)
Requirement already satisfied: configobj>=5.0.6 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from certbot) (5.0.9)
Requirement already satisfied: distro>=1.0.1 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from certbot) (1.9.0)
Requirement already satisfied: parsedatetime>=2.6 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from certbot) (2.6)
Requirement already satisfied: cloudflare<2.20,>=2.19 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from certbot-dns-cloudflare) (2.19.4)
Requirement already satisfied: pyyaml in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from
cloudflare<2.20,>=2.19->certbot-dns-cloudflare) (6.0.2)
Requirement already satisfied: jsonlines in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from
cloudflare<2.20,>=2.19->certbot-dns-cloudflare) (4.0.0)
Collecting cffi>=2.0.0 (from cryptography>=43.0.0->acme)
Using cached
cffi-2.0.0-cp312-cp312-manylinux2014_x86_64.manylinux_2_17_x86_64.whl.metadata
(2.6 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: pycparser in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from
cffi>=2.0.0->cryptography>=43.0.0->acme) (2.23)
Requirement already satisfied: typing-extensions>=4.9 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from PyOpenSSL>=25.0.0->acme) (4.15.0)
Requirement already satisfied: charset_normalizer<4,>=2 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from requests>=2.25.1->acme) (3.4.3)
Requirement already satisfied: idna<4,>=2.5 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from requests>=2.25.1->acme) (3.10)
Requirement already satisfied: urllib3<3,>=1.21.1 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from requests>=2.25.1->acme) (2.5.0)
Requirement already satisfied: certifi>=2017.4.17 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from requests>=2.25.1->acme) (2025.8.3)
Requirement already satisfied: attrs>=19.2.0 in
/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages (from
jsonlines->cloudflare<2.20,>=2.19->certbot-dns-cloudflare) (25.3.0)
Using cached acme-5.1.0-py3-none-any.whl (94 kB)
Using cached certbot-5.1.0-py3-none-any.whl (407 kB)
Using cached certbot_dns_cloudflare-5.1.0-py3-none-any.whl (14 kB)
Using cached
cffi-2.0.0-cp312-cp312-manylinux2014_x86_64.manylinux_2_17_x86_64.whl (219 kB)
Installing collected packages: cffi, acme, certbot, certbot-dns-cloudflare
Attempting uninstall: cffi
Found existing installation: cffi None
error: uninstall-no-record-file
× Cannot uninstall cffi None
╰─> The package's contents are unknown: no RECORD file was found for cffi.
the currently installed cffi is from the ubuntu packages distributed with
Ubuntu Noble LTS (24.04.3 currently)
# dpkg-query -l | grep -i cffi
1303:ii python3-cffi-backend:amd64 1.16.0-2build1
amd64 Foreign Function Interface for Python 3 calling C
code - runtime
since cffi in ubuntu is imported from Debian, please try impoting the v2 cffi
too
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=python3-cffi&searchon=names
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