sysconfig.get_config_var("SO") deprecated and removed in python 3.11

[donaldmunro]

sysconfig.get_config_var("SO") is used in init.py:

_libsuinput_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "_libsuinput" + sysconfig.get_config_var("SO")))

but returns None in python 3.11:

python --version
Python 3.11.3

python
Python 3.11.3 (main, Apr  5 2023, 15:52:25) [GCC 12.2.1 20230201] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sysconfig
>>> print(sysconfig.get_config_var("SO"))
None

leading to errors like:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/keyboard-center/main.py", line 8, in <module>
    from mainUi import MainWindow
  File "/usr/lib/keyboard-center/mainUi.py", line 23, in <module>
    from devices.keyboard import SUPPORTED_DEVICES, KeyboardInterface
  File "/usr/lib/keyboard-center/devices/keyboard.py", line 1, in <module>
    import uinput
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/uinput/__init__.py", line 86, in <module>
    _libsuinput_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "_libsuinput" + sysconfig.get_config_var("SO")))
                                                                                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "NoneType") to str

To fix change to

sysconfig.get_config_var("EXT_SUFFIX")

[ehfd]

https://github.com/selkies-project/python-uinput We accept pull requests.

[rkmax]

@ehfd yeah the fix was merged in your fork but version 0.11.3 is not published. could you please provide me instructions of how to install your version instead this one

[ehfd]

setup.cfg: python-uinput @ git+https://github.com/selkies-project/[email protected]

pip3 install git+https://github.com/selkies-project/[email protected]

@rkmax

[Kuba314]

Btw I e-mailed the original author of the python-uinput project (this repo's owner) a month ago about this issue and they still haven't replied. What's weird is that the github account seems active.

[ehfd]

We have ultimately abandoned this codebase completely. Use python-evdev.

[gitanat]

Merged in https://github.com/pyinput/python-uinput2 (with minor changes)

[tuomasjjrasanen]

I'm alive, see my comment: https://github.com/tuomasjjrasanen/python-uinput/issues/49#issuecomment-1951352788