From dc0f9c2cb573df931e725dabb19e1a526a331c60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Didier Raboud <odyx@debian.org>

Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2018 17:57:40 +0100

Subject: Make base.g.xint more generous in what it can take

Fixes hp-doctor in python with version '2.7.15+'

Closes: #912765

---

 base/g.py | 6 +++---

 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/base/g.py b/base/g.py

index f73e23f97..15e67fc17 100644

--- a/base/g.py

+++ b/base/g.py

@@ -326,9 +326,9 @@ def cleanup_spinner():

 # Convert string to int and return a list.

 def xint(ver):

     try:

-        l = [int(x) for x in ver.split('.')]

-    except:

-        pass

+        l = [int(x.translate(None, '+~')) for x in ver.split('.')]

+    except ValueError:

+        l = []

     return l

 # In case of import failure of extension modules, check whether its a mixed python environment issue.