Since the arrival of Python 3.12.0b4 in Rawhide, ulauncher has been crashing. See traceback that prints when I issue a ulauncher command on the terminal: $ ulauncher Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/ulauncher", line 27, in <module> from ulauncher.main import main File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ulauncher/main.py", line 25, in <module> from ulauncher.ui.windows.UlauncherWindow import UlauncherWindow File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ulauncher/ui/windows/UlauncherWindow.py", line 23, in <module> from ulauncher.search.Search import Search File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ulauncher/search/Search.py", line 3, in <module> from ulauncher.api.server.ExtensionSearchMode import ExtensionSearchMode File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ulauncher/api/server/ExtensionSearchMode.py", line 3, in <module> from ulauncher.api.server.DeferredResultRenderer import DeferredResultRenderer File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ulauncher/api/server/DeferredResultRenderer.py", line 11, in <module> from ulauncher.api.shared.item.ResultItem import ResultItem File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ulauncher/api/shared/item/ResultItem.py", line 5, in <module> from ulauncher.utils.text_highlighter import highlight_text File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ulauncher/utils/text_highlighter.py", line 1, in <module> from ulauncher.utils.fuzzy_search import get_matching_indexes File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ulauncher/utils/fuzzy_search.py", line 4, in <module> from Levenshtein import distance File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/Levenshtein/__init__.py", line 1, in <module> from Levenshtein import _levenshtein ImportError: /usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/Levenshtein/_levenshtein.cpython-312-x86_64-linux-gnu.so: undefined symbol: PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot up Fedora (rawhide) and update to date (yesterday) 2. issue ulauncher command on a terminal 3. You should get a traceback Actual Results: See details above Expected Results: Expected the ulauncher menu widget
This is due to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2223524, I have a Levenshtein update in progress
Update posted to Bodhi, should be available soon https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-770777bdbb
And then onto the next breakage https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219556
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora Linux 39 development cycle. Changing version to 39.