python-memcache: autopkgtests fails due to invalid escape sequence '\ ' with python 3.12

[Vladimir Petko]

When running autopkgtests with python 3.12 the following failure occurs:

39s Removing autopkgtest-satdep (0) ...
439s autopkgtest [14:50:01]: test command1: python3 -c "import
memcache; print(memcache.__version__)"
439s autopkgtest [14:50:01]: test command1: [-----------------------
439s /tmp/autopkgtest.K47W5d/build.QVn/src/memcache.py:110:
SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\ '
439s """Object representing a pool of memcache servers.
439s 1.58
440s autopkgtest [14:50:02]: test command1: -----------------------]
440s autopkgtest [14:50:02]: test command1: - - - - - - - - - -
results - - - - - - - - - -
440s command1 FAIL stderr:
/tmp/autopkgtest.K47W5d/build.QVn/src/memcache.py:110: SyntaxWarning:
invalid escape sequence '\ '
440s autopkgtest [14:50:02]: test command1: - - - - - - - - - -
stderr - - - - - - - - - -
440s /tmp/autopkgtest.K47W5d/build.QVn/src/memcache.py:110:
SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\ '
440s """Object representing a pool of memcache servers.
440s autopkgtest [14:50:02]: test unittests: preparing testbed [1]

This warning was fixed upstream in the following commit[2]

[1] https://objectstorage.prodstack5.canonical.com/swift/v1/AUTH_0f9aae918d5b4744bf7b827671c86842/autopkgtest-noble/noble/amd64/p/python-memcache/20240207_145048_20ad0@/log.gz
[2] https://github.com/linsomniac/python-memcached/commit/6e57445fd3be869e9928ef609a107342500c8e97

[Vladimir Petko (vpa1977)]

piuparts tests (install/upgrade/purge)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package python-memcache - 1.59-7ubuntu1

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python-memcache (1.59-7ubuntu1) noble; urgency=medium

  * d/p/debian/patches/python312-remove-a-spurious-backslash.patch: fix
    Python 3.12 invalid escape sequence '\ ' warning (LP: #2052735).

 -- Vladimir Petko <email address hidden> Fri, 09 Feb 2024 10:23:54 +1300