Comment 63 for bug 337759

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vinayrks (vinay-rks) wrote : Re: [Bug 337759] Re: openerp-server depends on python-xml and is therefore uninstallable ATM

@mgz i am using openerp 5.06 on jaunty successfully , even manage to start
server automatically at server startup , for that I make openerp-server as
deamon
follow this link :
http://openobject.com/forum/post42914.html?sid=0ce55365c16e53046cef720a655d9b46
if problem persist , feel free t o contact me

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 4:25 AM, Scott Kitterman <email address hidden>wrote:

> I would suggest then that we integrate your changes into the Ubuntu package
> as soon as Lucid is open for uploads. Once that is done, we can put the
> updated package in jaunty/karmic-backports for users that want it. We
> ought to be able to move to the offficial release before Lucid is released
> nexy April.
>
> --
> openerp-server depends on python-xml and is therefore uninstallable ATM
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/337759
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> Status in lxml - the Python XML toolkit: Invalid
> Status in Enterprise Management Software: Fix Released
> Status in Python: Invalid
> Status in “lxml” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “openerp-server” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in “python-xml” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: openerp-server
>
> 1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System ->
> About Ubuntu.
>
> Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
> Release: 9.04
>
> 2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy
> packagename' or by checking in Synaptic.
>
> openerp-server:
> Installiert: (keine)
> Kandidat: 5.0.0-3-1ubuntu2
> Versions-Tabelle:
> 5.0.0-3-1ubuntu2 0
> 500 file: jaunty/universe Packages
> 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
>
> 3) What you expected to happen
>
> Installation of the package ;)
>
> 4) What happened instead
>
> Dependency errors :)
>
>
> Details:
> =====
> openerp-server depends/build-depends on python-xml, which is fine. However,
> python-xml depends on python < 2.6 which isn't the default anymore in
> jaunty. This leads to an uninstallable package.
>
> I *suspect* the dependency on python-xml isn't needed anyway, since
> openerp's documentation states dependencies on:
> * psycopg2
> * reportlab
> * pychart
> * pydot
> * mxdatetime
> * xml, lxml and libxslt1
> * tz (timezone library)
> * PIL: Python Imaging Library (required for reportlab)
> * vobject: iCalendar and VCards parsing
> however, python-xml provides:
> * XML parsers: Pyexpat (Jack Jansen), xmlproc (Lars Marius
> Garshol), sgmlop (Fredrik Lundh).
> * SAX interface (Lars Marius Garshol)
> * minidom DOM implementation (Paul Prescod, others)
> * 4DOM and 4XPath from Fourthought (Uche Ogbuji, Mike Olson)
> * Schema implementations: TREX (James Tauber)
> * Various utility modules and functions (various people)
>
> (And openerp's ubuntu installation guide may state old package dependecies
> for python 2.4??)
>
> I think python-xml shouldn't be used anymore (it isn't maintained??!), at
> least I found this:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-xml/+bug/336631/comments/1
>
> To verify my suspicions i tried building openerp-server without
> dependencies on python-xml.
> This failed, but not because of dependency errors.
> The build process fails because setup.py copies the files to
> $(CURDIR)/debian/openerp-server/usr/local/...
> and debian/rules expects
> $(CURDIR)/debian/openerp-server/usr/...
>
> The error message was:
> # Adjusting program location
> sed -i -e 's|cd .*python.*/site-packages|cd /usr/lib|'
> debian/openerp-server/usr/bin/openerp-server
> sed: kann debian/openerp-server/usr/bin/openerp-server nicht lesen: No such
> file or directory
>
> I'm guessing this has something to do with the python 2.6 changes outlined
> here:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Python2.6And3.0
> but I have no idea what to look for.
>
> I'm stuck now, please advise.
>

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