Package: python3-distutils
Version: 3.9.1-2
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
For years I've known that installing a newer version of Python
on my Debian system breaks existing virtualenvs set up for the
old Python version. Today I investigated a little and found out
why:
While this packages lists, among other things,
Breaks: ..., libpython3.8-stdlib (< 3.8.0~b2-5)
In fact, installing it at this version removes most files from
/usr/lib/python3.8/distutils/ and thereby breaks any use of
distutils or setuptools under python 3.8, and that most certainly
includes libpython3.8-stdlib=3.8.7-1 which I currently have
installed, as well as, I believe, any other version of libpython3.8-stdlib.
I see two, non-exclusionary paths to solve this:
- Just mark the breakage correctly
- Provide real, rather than virtual, python3.x-distutils packages
Thanks,
Shai.
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Versions of packages python3-distutils depends on:
ii python3 3.9.1-1
ii python3-lib2to3 3.9.1-2
python3-distutils recommends no packages.
python3-distutils suggests no packages.
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