BleachBit shows Errors trying to update

[Morales Klimop]

When enabling the update uption of BleachBit in 'Preferences'; (Check periodically for software updates via the internet)

BleachBit starts up with error,
See attachment

1> Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
/usr/bin/bleachbit

Installation method:
sudo apt install bleachbit

2> Version:
bleachbit:
  Installed: 3.9.0-1
  Candidate: 3.9.0-1
  Version table:
 *** 3.9.0-1 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3> Look for updates

4> Displays errors (see attachment)

[Morales Klimop (morales6969)]

Error when checking for updates:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/bleachbit/bleachbit/GUI.py", line 1160, in check_online_updates
    updates = Update.check_updates(options.get('check_beta'),
  File "/usr/share/bleachbit/bleachbit/Update.py", line 155, in check_updates
    opener.addheaders = [('User-Agent', user_agent())]
  File "/usr/share/bleachbit/bleachbit/Update.py", line 87, in user_agent
    dist = platform.dist()
AttributeError: module 'platform' has no attribute 'dist'

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

This was fixed two years ago for BleachBit 4.0.0 https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/issues/819

The latest BleachBit 4.4.0 is here https://www.bleachbit.org/

Ubuntu has a "no rolling release" policy, so the version in the Ubuntu repository may be rather old.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package bleachbit - 4.4.2-1

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bleachbit (4.4.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload

  [ Fabio Fantoni ]
  * New upstream release (Closes: #958344, #970229, #974530, #994094)
    (LP: #1957053, #1875809, #1933289)
  * Bump debhelper-compat to 13
  * d/control: add missed dependency gir1.2-notify-0.7
  * update d/copyright
  * d/control: specify that rules don't require root

  [ Jeremy Bicha ]
  * debian/control: Depend on pkexec

 -- Fabio Fantoni <email address hidden> Thu, 17 Mar 2022 08:55:46 -0400