Python program using m2crypto returns IncompleteRead

[Andrei Borzenkov]

After update from 18.04 to 20.04 program using python3-m2crypto failed with IncompleteRead(0 bytes read). The program is openSUSE osc accessing https://api.opensuse.org/. Similar bug report:

https://github.com/openSUSE/osc/issues/771

with resilution (https://github.com/openSUSE/osc/issues/771#issuecomment-601784292):

It probably misses [1] (unless it was backported), which is required
for python3.8.
[1] https://gitlab.com/m2crypto/m2crypto/-/merge_requests/242

Installing m2crypto 0.36 as local user package worked around it. 20.04 comes with m2crypto 0.31 and Python 3.8 which apparently cannot work; either newer version of m2crypto or at least mentioned patch is required.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: python3-m2crypto 0.31.0-9ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.6.0-1028.28-oem 5.6.19
Uname: Linux 5.6.0-1028-oem x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu
Date: Sat Oct 3 17:59:11 2020
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
 # This is a distribution channel descriptor
 # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
 canonical-oem-somerville-trusty-amd64-20140620-0
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-02 (1920 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20140620-04:25
SourcePackage: m2crypto
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-10-03 (0 days ago)