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<p class="MsoNormal">Apparently, TLU calls a Python method name writePlistToBytes in package plistlib. It has been obsolete for a while (use dumps instead), but was removed in Python 3.9, causing TLU to crash using the latest Python. Here’s the message logged:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Parsing the database from this repository failed with the following error: Traceback (most recent call last):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> File "/Applications/TeX/TeX Live Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/parse_tlpdb.py", line 476, in <module><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> _save_as_plist(all_packages, options.output_path)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> File "/Applications/TeX/TeX Live Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/parse_tlpdb.py", line 419, in _save_as_plist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> bytes_output = plistlib.writePlistToBytes(plist)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">AttributeError: module 'plistlib' has no attribute 'writePlistToBytes'<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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Dr. Craig A. Rich, Professor Emeritus <a href="mailto:carich@cpp.edu">
<span style="color:#0563C1">mailto:carich@cpp.edu</span></a><br>
Computer Science Department <a href="http://www.cpp.edu/~carich/">
<span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.cpp.edu/~carich/</span></a><br>
Cal Poly Pomona<o:p></o:p></p>
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