Subject: RE: libxml2 and python not happy... solution downgrade libxml2
From: Jason Pyeron via Cygwin <[email-masked]>
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Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 10:20:56 -0400
List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports <cygwin.cygwin.com>

I guess I will have to adopt the virt-manager package... please put it on my plate :(

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Turney <[email-masked]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 10:05 AM
> To: Jason Pyeron <[email-masked]>; The Cygwin Mailing List <[email-masked]>
> Subject: Re: libxml2 and python not happy... solution downgrade libxml2
> 
> On 09/05/2023 23:33, Jason Pyeron via Cygwin wrote:
> > $ virt-manager
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >    File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager", line 35, in <module>
> >      from virtinst import util as util
> >    File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/__init__.py", line 18, in <module>
> >      from virtcli import CLIConfig as _CLIConfig
> >    File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtcli/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
> >      from .cliconfig import CLIConfig
> >    File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtcli/cliconfig.py", line 24, in <module>
> >      import ConfigParser
> > ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'ConfigParser'
> >
> [...]
> >
> > #downgrade libxml2...
> >
> > $ cygcheck -c libxml2 python27-libxml2
> > Cygwin Package Information
> > Package              Version        Status
> > libxml2              2.9.10-2       OK
> > python27-libxml2     2.9.10-2       OK
> >
> > jpyeron@blackfat ~
> > $ ./test.py
> >
> > jpyeron@blackfat ~
> > $ virt-manager
> 
> Right.  The real problem here is that virt-manager is still using
> python2, which long past EOL, and is planned to be removed.
> 
> The current plan, per [1] is for virt-manager to become uninstallable
> after this, and see if anyone complains.
> 
> If virt-manager is important to you, perhaps you could help us bring it
> up to date?
> 
> [1] https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-apps/2023-April/042778.html

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