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Fix conf.exts.load() on Python 3.8 #4808

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12 changes: 10 additions & 2 deletions scapy/config.py
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Expand Up @@ -631,10 +631,18 @@ def load(self, extension: str):
try:
import importlib.metadata
except ImportError:
raise ImportError("Cannot import importlib.metadata ! Upgrade Python.")
log_loading.warning(
"'%s' not loaded. "
"Scapy extensions require at least Python 3.8+ !" % extension
)
return

# Get extension distribution
distr = importlib.metadata.distribution(extension)
try:
distr = importlib.metadata.distribution(extension)
except importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
log_loading.warning("The extension '%s' was not found !" % extension)
return

# Check the classifiers
if distr.metadata.get('License-Expression', None) not in self.GPLV2_LICENCES:
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