brz error while creating package

[Andreas Buslehner]

I got an error while creating a new package, e.g when I following the package guide (https://packaging.ubuntu.com/html/packaging-new-software.html ).

First of all, I am using an Ubuntu 20.04 system and therefore had to upgrade to breezy-3.1 (python3-breezy.tests_3.1.0-4_all.deb) due to this bug:

    https://bugs.launchpad.net/brz/+bug/1881287

I downloaded breezy using the "pull-debs breezy comand" and had additional to dl

I installed the packages w/o problems:

    sudo apt install ./brz_3.1.0-4_all.deb\
                     ./dh-make_2.202001_all.deb\
                     ./bzr-builddeb_2.8.12+brz_all.deb\
                     ./python3-breezy_3.1.0-4_amd64.deb

When I try to create a package-tar-ball e.g.

    bzr dh-make hello 2.10 hello-2.10.tar.gz

I get the following error:

```

bzr dh-make hello 2.10 hello-2.10.tar.gz
Fetching tarball
Looking for a way to retrieve the upstream tarball
Upstream tarball already exists in build directory, using that
brz: ERROR: TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "bytes") to str

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/breezy/commands.py", line 1022, in exception_to_return_code
    return the_callable(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/breezy/commands.py", line 1208, in run_bzr
    ret = run(*run_argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/breezy/commands.py", line 762, in run_argv_aliases
    return self.run(**all_cmd_args)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/breezy/commands.py", line 787, in run
    return class_run(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/breezy/plugins/debian/cmds.py", line 1385, in run
    tree = dh_make.import_upstream(
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/breezy/plugins/debian/dh_make.py", line 94, in import_upstream
    db.import_upstream_tarballs(
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/breezy/plugins/debian/import_dsc.py", line 910, in import_upstream_tarballs
    return self.import_upstream(
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/breezy/plugins/debian/import_dsc.py", line 881, in import_upstream
    (tag, revid) = self.pristine_upstream_source.import_component_tarball(
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/breezy/plugins/debian/upstream/pristinetar.py", line 444, in import_component_tarball
    tag_name = self.tag_name(version, component=component)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/breezy/plugins/debian/upstream/pristinetar.py", line 326, in tag_name
    name = "upstream-" + version
TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "bytes") to str

You can report this problem to Bazaar's developers by running
    apport-bug /var/crash/brz.1000.2020-07-14T21:18.crash
if a bug-reporting window does not automatically appear.

```

It seems that the hello directory is correctly, but there is no debian directory inside hello! Further a tar ball "hello_b'2.10'.orig.tar.gz" was created.

[Jelmer Vernooij (jelmer)]

This is fixed in brz-debian, but Ubuntu hasn't imported the new version yet.

[Jelmer Vernooij (jelmer)]

bzr-builddeb is irrelevant here, you'd need brz-debian if you're using breezy.

[Andreas Buslehner (abuubu)]

Thank you Jelmer, it works now! I had to install the brz-debian_2.8.39_all.deb package !

Thank you!

[Andreas Buslehner (abuubu)]

sudo apt install ./brz-debian_2.8.39_all.deb solved the problem! False package.

Thanks to Jelmer Vernooij!!