[Bug 1108161] [NEW] 7.19.0-5ubuntu5 is broken on python 2.X

[Thomas Herve]

Public bug reported:

The recent patch uploaded raring fixing a python3 issue is breaking
usage of WRITEFUNCTION in python 2.X.
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/129472394/pycurl_7.19.0-5ubuntu4_7.19.0-5ubuntu5.diff.gz
is the patch.

The following script fails with "SystemError: bad format char passed to
Py_BuildValue":

import pycurl
from StringIO import StringIO

body = StringIO()

curl = pycurl.Curl()
curl.setopt(pycurl.URL, "http://www.ubuntu.com/")
curl.setopt(pycurl.WRITEFUNCTION, body.write)
curl.perform()

print body.getvalue()

** Affects: pycurl (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  7.19.0-5ubuntu5 is broken on python 2.X

Status in “pycurl” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The recent patch uploaded raring fixing a python3 issue is breaking
  usage of WRITEFUNCTION in python 2.X.
  http://launchpadlibrarian.net/129472394/pycurl_7.19.0-5ubuntu4_7.19.0-5ubuntu5.diff.gz
  is the patch.

  The following script fails with "SystemError: bad format char passed
  to Py_BuildValue":

  import pycurl
  from StringIO import StringIO

  body = StringIO()

  curl = pycurl.Curl()
  curl.setopt(pycurl.URL, "http://www.ubuntu.com/")
  curl.setopt(pycurl.WRITEFUNCTION, body.write)
  curl.perform()

  print body.getvalue()

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