Hello,
I experiment the exact same bug since my package update of monday 29 June 2026
(yesterday).
Powerline: 2.8.4-1
Python: 3.14.6
The fix is described in this github issue in the powerline repository:
https://github.com/powerline/powerline/issues/2280
Fixed in commit #2271: https://github.com/powerline/powerline/pull/2271/commits
The complete patch that fix the problem:
https://github.com/powerline/powerline/pull/2271/changes/9739ec502075d8053108f8ee83928f92ac64a642
I would recommend to update the package with the last git repository image that
should fix the problem.
And, finally, a quick and dirty workaround in one line:
--- /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/powerline/commands/daemon.py.orig 2026-06-30
11:14:59.797451645 +0200
+++ /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/powerline/commands/daemon.py 2026-06-30
11:14:32.390720479 +0200
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
parser.add_argument('--socket', '-s', help='Specify socket which will be used
for connecting to daemon.')
exclusive_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
exclusive_group.add_argument('--kill', '-k', action='store_true', help='Kill
an already running instance.')
- replace_group = exclusive_group.add_argument_group()
+ replace_group = parser.add_argument_group()
replace_group.add_argument('--foreground', '-f', action='store_true',
help='Run in the foreground (don’t daemonize).')
replace_group.add_argument('--replace', '-r', action='store_true',
help='Replace an already running instance.')
return parser
Regards
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Emmanuel Fleury
Univ. de Bordeaux, LaBRI, | Associate Professor,
351, Cours de la Libération | Email: [email protected]
33405 Talence Cedex, France | Web: http://www.labri.fr/~fleury
