Tore Ferner: > Hello, > > I can confirm that the package python-backports-shutil-get-terminal-size > breaks ipython in stretch with a traceback as described in initial bug > report. It also breaks the sagemath package (the CLI sage command) for > the same reason. > > I quick-fixed it thusly (diff -u):
Hello again, It turned out I had one pip-installed package, "configparser", that installed itself in a sub-folder "backports" in a way that shadowed debian's shutil-backport which also is in a "backports" folder. I guess a better solution is either (A) to pip-uninstall configparser: $ pip uninstall configparser or (B) also to install the "shutil_get_terminal_size" with pip if you have pip-installed "configparser" and want/need to keep it: $ pip install backports.shutil-get-terminal-size With either (A) or (B) both ipython and sage start without a traceback (in stretch). Best regards, Tore
