Version reported does not match package version (2.39 vs 2.45)

[Darin]

If you check the version of DistUtils in python it reports 2.39. Installed files also still have the 2.39 versioning. The current package version is 2.45.

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Steps in terminal:

1) sudo apt install python3-distutils-extra
2) apt list python3-distutils-extra

3) python3
4) import DistUtilsExtra
5) DistUtilsExtra.__version__

Also installed is:

/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/python_distutils_extra-2.39.egg-info/

And this file also reports 2.39:

/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/DistUtilsExtra/__init__.py

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Let me know if there's anything more I can add. Thanks.

[Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

I've confirmed this issue on Ubuntu Hirsute.

> Let me know if there's anything more I can add. Thanks.

I guess this is on either Ubuntu 20.10 or Hiruste, it would be nice to know the Ubuntu release you've found this issue in.

Please execute the following command only once, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:
apport-collect 1919004

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

Fixed in 2.50

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

I implemented a check for a version mismatch: https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/python-distutils-extra/-/commit/0078c6f3dca530c9bc87f86e9a8002b65b524eab

And thanks for reporting it.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package python-distutils-extra - 2.50

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python-distutils-extra (2.50) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload.
  * Fix KeyError on .egg-info files in debian directory (regression in 2.48)
  * setup.py: Check that Debian version starts with DistUtilsExtra version
    (LP: #1919004)

 -- Benjamin Drung <email address hidden> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 12:37:27 +0100