Your message dated Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:18:47 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1140049: fixed in libayatana-common 0.9.13-1
has caused the Debian Bug report #1140049,
regarding gir1.2-ayatanacommon-0.1: typelibs installed in incorrect directory
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Package: gir1.2-ayatanacommon-0.1
Version: 0.9.12-1
Severity: grave
Tags: upstream
Justification: renders package unusable
A smoke-test similar to this one should work for every package
containing "public" typelibs:
$ podman run --rm -it debian:sid-slim
# apt update
# apt upgrade
# apt install python3-gi gir1.2-ayatanacommon-0.1
# python3
>>> import gi
>>> gi.require_version('ayatanacommon', '0.1')
>>> from gi.repository import ayatanacommon
>>> assert ayatanacommon.utils_is_gnome() in (True, False)
But for gir1.2-ayatanacommon-0.1, it currently fails:
>>> gi.require_version('ayatanacommon', '0.1')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<python-input-2>", line 1, in <module>
gi.require_version('ayatanacommon', '0.1')
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 150, in
require_version
raise ValueError(f"Namespace {namespace} not available")
ValueError: Namespace ayatanacommon not available
because the typelib is installed to a directory that is not searched by
GObject-Introspection: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/girepository-1.2/
instead of the correct /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/girepository-1.0/.
Similarly the -dev package installs the GIR XML into /usr/share/gir-1.2/
instead of the correct /usr/share/gir-1.0/. I know the XML says
"<repository version="1.2"..." but the correct directory names still
have 1.0 in them, as documented in
file:///usr/share/doc/gobject-introspection/policy.txt.gz:
> Note that the format is specified in the .gir file
> itself and may not match the /usr/lib/*/girepository-1.0 and
> /usr/share/gir-1.0 paths.
This appears to have been an intentional upstream change:
> * debian/:
> + Upstream installs gir1.2 files now to gir-1.2 directory.
which surprises me, because I don't see how this change can have worked
successfully. How was it tested?
It is often a good idea for packages with GObject-Introspection to have
a superficial autopkgtest similar to
<https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/libadwaita/-/blob/debian/latest/debian/tests/python-gi-test?ref_type=heads>
to confirm that the intended typelib API can be loaded successfully.
Thanks,
smcv
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Source: libayatana-common
Source-Version: 0.9.13-1
Done: Mike Gabriel <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
libayatana-common, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Mike Gabriel <[email protected]> (supplier of updated libayatana-common
package)
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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:42:41 +0200
Source: libayatana-common
Architecture: source
Version: 0.9.13-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Ayatana Packagers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Mike Gabriel <[email protected]>
Closes: 1140049
Changes:
libayatana-common (0.9.13-1) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* New upstream release.
- Resolves wrong installation path of GIR files. (Closes: #1140049).
* debian/*.install:
+ Adjust GIR installation paths back to gir(|epositury)-1.0.
* debian/tests/:
+ Add python-gi-test. Thanks to Simon McVittie for providing a template
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