Public bug reported: Binary package hint: wireshark
REASON FOR SRU This is the only change between 1.2.11-4 and 1.2.11-6 which were security updates, so if we can SRU this, we can continue to fakesync from squeeze for security support --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=585370 Hello, One of the changes brought by Python 2.6 is the removal of string exceptions, so they won't work in Python 2.6 (just a side note: they were also buggy before, since they were not guaranteed to work reliable even in <2.6); as an example: $ python2.5 -c "raise 'eggs'" -c:1: DeprecationWarning: raising a string exception is deprecated Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> eggs $ python2.6 -c "raise 'eggs'" Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> TypeError: exceptions must be old-style classes or derived from BaseException, not str ** Affects: wireshark Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Affects: wireshark (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Fix Released ** Affects: wireshark (Ubuntu Maverick) Importance: Low Assignee: Micah Gersten (micahg) Status: In Progress ** Affects: wireshark (Debian) Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Also affects: wireshark (Ubuntu Maverick) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/702990 Title: raise Python 2.6 compatible exceptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
