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I want to acquire version information for bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475304#c4. In order to work around discuss.python.org/t/108891, I attempted to paste:

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import rpm, yaml
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from shutil import which
package = which("dolphin")
header = next(
	rpm.TransactionSet().dbMatch(
		"basenames",
		package
	)
)
tags = (
	"NAME",
	"VERSION",
	"RELEASE",
	"ARCH",
	"INSTALLTIME",
	"SIZE",
	"SIGPGP",
	"SOURCERPM",
	"BUILDTIME",
	"BUILDHOST",
	"PACKAGER",
	"VENDOR",
)
properties = {}
for name in tags:
	value = header[
		getattr(
			rpm,
			f"RPMTAG_{name}"
		)
	]
	if name in (
		"INSTALLTIME",
		"BUILDTIME"
	):
		value = (
			datetime.fromtimestamp(
				value,
				timezone.utc
			)
			.isoformat(timespec="seconds")
			.replace(
				"+00:00",
				"Z"
			)
		)
	properties[name] = value
print(
	yaml.safe_dump(
		properties,
		sort_keys=False,
		default_flow_style=False,
	)
)

…into:

NAME: python3-bpython
VERSION: '0.26'
RELEASE: 3.fc44
ARCH: noarch
INSTALLTIME: '2026-06-07T18:08:17Z'
SIZE: 1815569
SIGPGP: null
SOURCERPM: bpython-0.26-3.fc44.src.rpm
BUILDTIME: '2026-01-16T08:37:17Z'
BUILDHOST: buildvm-a64-24.rdu3.fedoraproject.org
PACKAGER: Fedora Project
VENDOR: Fedora Project

However, when I do, I observe:

PS /> bpython
bpython version 0.26 on top of Python 3.14.7 /usr/bin/python3
>>> #!/usr/bin/env python3
>>> import rpm, yaml
>>> from datetime import datetime, timezone
>>> from shutil import which
>>> package = which("dolphin")
>>> header = next(
... rpm.TransactionSet().dbMatch(
... "basenames",
... package
... )
... )
>>> tags = (
... "NAME",
... "VERSION",
... "RELEASE",
... "ARCH",
... "INSTALLTIME",
... "SIZE",
... "SIGPGP",
... "SOURCERPM",
... "BUILDTIME",
... "BUILDHOST",
... "PACKAGER",
... "VENDOR",
... )
>>> properties = {}
>>> for name in tags:
... value = header[
  File "<bpython-input-30>", line 2
    value = header[
    ^^^^^
IndentationError: expected an indented block after 'for' statement on line 1
>>> getattr(
... rpm,
... f"RPMTAG_{name}"
... )
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<input>", line 3, in <module>
NameError: name 'name' is not defined
>>> ]
  File "<input>", line 1
    ]
    ^
SyntaxError: unmatched ']'
>>> if name in (
... "INSTALLTIME",
... "BUILDTIME"
... ):
... value = (
  File "<bpython-input-40>", line 5
    value = (
    ^^^^^
IndentationError: expected an indented block after 'if' statement on line 1
>>> datetime.fromtimestamp(
... value,
... timezone.utc
... )
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<input>", line 2, in <module>
NameError: name 'value' is not defined
>>> .isoformat(timespec="seconds")
  File "<input>", line 1
    .isoformat(timespec="seconds")
    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> .replace(
  File "<input>", line 1
    .replace(
    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> "+00:00",
('+00:00',)
>>> "Z"
'Z'
>>> )
  File "<input>", line 1
    )
    ^
SyntaxError: unmatched ')'
>>> )
  File "<input>", line 1
    )
    ^
SyntaxError: unmatched ')'
>>> properties[name] = value
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'value' is not defined
>>> print(
... yaml.safe_dump(
... properties,
... sort_keys=False,
... default_flow_style=False,
... )
... )
{}

>>>

My Environment

• NAME: powershell
  VERSION: 7.6.3
  RELEASE: 1.fc44
  ARCH: x86_64
  INSTALLTIME: '2026-07-10T14:27:59Z'
  SIZE: 80457338
  SIGPGP: !!binary |
    wqsEABYIAF0FgmozBp4JEADNq0PeIm1vNRQAAAAAABwAEHNhbHRAbm90YXRpb25zLm9wZW5wZ3Bq
    cy5vcmeWi4zlrtA1yO8xb4OMUSU5FiEErgkVek3oi0l+odXTAM2rQ94ibW8AAKjWAQDWopeT8mCr
    wyzNusrdfDlx5zGLi46YyGOQjMCm9TPg1wD/VIKQxf34I+pI8njFm6haTosAu2sJ7zAJ19vIBh+T
    Uw4=
  SOURCERPM: powershell-7.6.3-1.fc44.src.rpm
  BUILDTIME: '2026-06-17T20:27:32Z'
  BUILDHOST: bb40358eb1d9
  PACKAGER: Gilver E. <roachy@fyralabs.com>
  VENDOR: Terra

• NAME: konsole
  VERSION: 26.08.0
  RELEASE: 1.fc44
  ARCH: x86_64
  INSTALLTIME: '2026-08-23T11:58:33Z'
  SIZE: 7098104
  SIGPGP: null
  SOURCERPM: konsole-26.08.0-1.fc44.src.rpm
  BUILDTIME: '2026-08-15T20:13:58Z'
  BUILDHOST: buildvm-x86-13.rdu3.fedoraproject.org
  PACKAGER: Fedora Project
  VENDOR: Fedora Project

Footnotes

1. chatgpt.com/s/p_6aa58aef674c8191b00358e3cca801ef 2 ↩

2. chatgpt.com/share/6aa58ab2-8448-83eb-9256-dc7dab6a3468 3 ↩

3. chatgpt.com/c/6a9c5957-ad88-83eb-be41-fcdaa2588944 ↩