gmailfs fails with python-libgmail version in the archive

[Philipp Kern]

Tries to mount a gmail account with gmailfs result in the following failure:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/mount.gmailfs", line 157, in ?
    import gmailfs
  File "/usr/share/gmailfs/gmailfs.py", line 29, in ?
    from libgmail.lgconstants import *
ImportError: No module named lgconstants

gmailfs:
  Installed: 0.6-2ubuntu1
python-libgmail:
  Installed: 0.0.8+cvs20050208-2ubuntu2

[Nathan Howell (neh)]

This happens because google changed gmail... the newer versions of python-libgmail work (at least, 0.1.3.3 does, it's the only one I've tried).

[Philipp Kern (pkern)]

It looks more like an incompatibility of the gmailfs and python-libgmail versions currently in the archive, than a protocol change. As stated in the bug report python-libgmail 0.0.8+cvs20050208 is in, not 0.1.3.3. So anyone bumped gmailfs without updating the corresponding library.

[Robin Sonefors (ozamosi)]

The problem seems to be that python-libgmail is too old. Since that old version didn't have lgconstants, but instead constants, this error appears.

There is another problem: python-libgmail is very old, and that that version doesn't work at all, since it is impossible to log in using it.

From the python-libgmail changelog:
1.1.0
 * Applied patch that handles login redirect URL properly now
   Login now works.

So, what's needed is for python-libgmail to get bumped.

[Dave Love (fx-gnu)]

You need an updated libgmail (Debian's should just be
synched), but you also need gmailfs 0.7 (see Debian
#342174). Unfortunately that doesn't work either. It
complains about the mount options not being defined
when they are and fails to log in too. I haven't
managed to debug it yet. (A libgmail demo does login
OK.)

[Matti Lindell (mlind)]

Is this still an issue with Edgy's 0.7.2-2 version?

[Michael R. Head (burner)]

No, this isn't the problem with gmailfs anymore.

 Currently, bug 62767 is the problem that prevents gmailfs from working.

[Matti Lindell (mlind)]

This should be fixed now as Bug #62767 was fixed too.
Reopen if python-libgmail still causes problems.