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chardet error with python36 on CentOS with EPEL about mailmerge HOT 2 CLOSED

awdeorio commented on August 19, 2024

chardet error with python36 on CentOS with EPEL

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bexelbie commented on August 19, 2024 1

It appears to be an issue in chardet related to the version. Currently EPEL7 ships with 2.3 and latest is 3.6. I am looking into whether we can get this updated and which version is the minimum.

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awdeorio commented on August 19, 2024

Thanks for taking a look at this. I tried taking a look and had trouble replicating the problem.

Bring up a Centos 7 box.

$ vagrant init centos/7
$ vagrant up
$ vagrant ssh

Install Python 3 from EPEL.

[vagrant@localhost ~]$ sudo yum install epel-release
[vagrant@localhost ~]$ $ sudo yum install python36 python36-setuptools python36-pip

Create a Python virtual virtual environment and install mailmerge. NOTE: I also tried installing globally with the same results.

[vagrant@localhost ~]$ $ python3 -m venv env
[vagrant@localhost ~]$ $ source env/bin/activate
(env) [vagrant@localhost ~]$ pip install mailmerge

Run mailmerge

(env) [vagrant@localhost ~]$ mailmerge --sample
Creating sample template email mailmerge_template.txt
Creating sample database mailmerge_database.csv
Creating sample config file mailmerge_server.conf
Edit these files, and then run mailmerge again
(env) [vagrant@localhost ~]$ mailmerge
>>> encoding ascii
>>> message 0
TO: [email protected]
...

My environment:

(env) [vagrant@localhost ~]$ which python3
~/env/bin/python3
(env) [vagrant@localhost ~]$ which pip
~/env/bin/pip
(env) [vagrant@localhost ~]$ python3 --version
Python 3.6.8
(env) [vagrant@localhost ~]$ pip --version
pip 18.1 from /home/vagrant/env/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pip (python 3.6)
(env) [vagrant@localhost ~]$ mailmerge --version
mailmerge, version 1.9