Missing Depends on python-gconf

[Evan Buswell]

The package configure fails from missing gconf module. Install it first and then the install works just fine.

Failure:
Setting up gnome-gmail (1.8.1-1) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gnome-gmail", line 28, in <module>
    import gconf
ImportError: No module named gconf
dpkg: error processing gnome-gmail (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 gnome-gmail

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. I cannot confirm that python-gconf is required to build gnome-gmail on either 11.10 or 12.04. Could you please provide a build log showing this?

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

It's not the build-depends, it's the *Depends*:

(oneiric-amd64)root@anubis:~# dpkg --configure -a
Setting up gnome-gmail (1.8.1-1) ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gnome-gmail", line 28, in <module>
    import gconf
ImportError: No module named gconf
dpkg: error processing gnome-gmail (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 gnome-gmail
(oneiric-amd64)root@anubis:~# apt-get install python-gconf
[...]
Selecting previously deselected package python-gconf.
(Reading database ... 52559 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking python-gconf (from .../python-gconf_2.28.1-3_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up gnome-gmail (1.8.1-1) ...
Setting up python-gconf (2.28.1-3) ...
(oneiric-amd64)root@anubis:~#

This got fixed in the debian package that is in precise, from the changelog:

gnome-gmail (1.8.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
  * Added Dependencies needed by GNOME 3 (python-glade2 and python-gconf)

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Proposed patch attached as debdiff.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Fix uploaded to oneiric-proposed.

[David Steele (daves)]

As mentioned, this issue is fixed in v1.8.2. It was sync'd via bug #885012 on 11/7, but not to Oneiric, despite the request.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

That's because oneiric was released already when you made the request and syncs are only done in the development release.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

We don't sync to stable releases generally, Andreas is following the Stable Release Update process per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Hello Evan, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gnome-gmail into oneiric-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

I can confirm that the package from oneiric-proposed fixes the installation problems. There are no regressions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-gmail - 1.8.1-1ubuntu0.1

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gnome-gmail (1.8.1-1ubuntu0.1) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * Added Dependencies needed by GNOME 3 (python-gconf) (LP: #906031)
 -- Andreas Moog <email address hidden> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:13:54 +0100