targetcli package missing dependencies

[Kevin Soviero]

== OS Details ==

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

Linux san 3.2.0-24-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 25 08:43:22 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

== Problem ==

After installing the "targetcli" package on a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, it complains with the following error:

ImportError: No module named urwid

This is due to the "python-urwid" package not being included as a dependency.

== Reproduction ==

After installing the "targetcli" package, simply run the following command:

# targetcli

/> cd

[...]
ImportError: No module named urwid

/>

== Solution ==

Please include "python-urwid" as a dependency of the "targetcli" package.

[Kevin Soviero (ksoviero)]

LIO Target is the new standard for Linux iSCSI target support, and Ubuntu 12.04 is the latest LTS release for enterprise use. This combination makes any flaw in the LIO Target application on Ubuntu a major issue.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Jerome Martin (jxm)]

Hi,

I am the original author of targetcli/rtslib and configshell and wanted to chime in on a couple of points here:

* The dependency on urwid should be on the configshell - you might call it python-configshell - package, not on targetcli itself.
* That dependency is currently properly set in the upstream debian/control file. If the Ubuntu depends are not complete, I suggest you take a look at our upstream repos to check the packages dependencies.

* Note that the upcoming version will have a couple of changes to that regards (we changed parsers to use pyparsing instead of simpleparse), so stay tuned on that for the next release (3.x) of rtslib and targetcli. Also the upcoming 3.x will not require lio-utils anymore - targetcli will handle initscripts ans rtslib will have native configuration save/restore capability. The rc1 is due in the coming days.

You can find everything there: https://github.com/Datera

Best Regards,
--
Jerome Martin