Bug#591145: ImportError: cannot import name GObject

[Kevin Mitchell]

Package: python-gtk2
Version: 2.17.0-3
Severity: normal

I get the following error message when importing the main gtk module

>>> import gtk
** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated (GtkWindow)
** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated (GtkInvisible)
** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated (GtkObject)
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:40: RuntimeWarning: tp_compare didn't return -1 or -2 for exception
  from gtk import _gtk
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)

/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/gtk-2.0/gi/__init__.py in <module>()
     25 # Force loading the GObject typelib so we have available the wrappers for

     26 # base classes such as GInitiallyUnowned

---> 27 from gi.repository import GObject
     28 
     29 

ImportError: cannot import name GObject

>>>

It looks first of all like there are some not so bad deprecation warnings, but then this GObject import crashes and burns. 

Things (both deluge and matplotlib) continue to function as expected after this, but its a little disturbing to see these messages every time they start up.

Kevin


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Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.34.1.002 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
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Versions of packages python-gtk2 depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0                   1.30.0-1   The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                         2.11.2-2   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2                     1.8.10-4   The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libfontconfig1                2.8.0-2.1  generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6                  2.4.0-2    FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.24.1-1   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.20.1-1   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpango1.0-0                 1.28.1-1   Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  python                        2.6.5-11   interactive high-level object-orie
ii  python-cairo [python2.6-cairo 1.8.8-1+b1 Python bindings for the Cairo vect
ii  python-gobject [python2.6-gob 2.21.4-1   Python bindings for the GObject li
ii  python-numpy [python2.6-numpy 1:1.4.1-4  Numerical Python adds a fast array
ii  python-support                1.0.9      automated rebuilding support for P
pn  python2.5-cairo               <none>     (no description available)
pn  python2.5-gobject             <none>     (no description available)
pn  python2.5-numpy               <none>     (no description available)

python-gtk2 recommends no packages.

Versions of packages python-gtk2 suggests:
pn  python-gtk2-doc               <none>     (no description available)

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