Version 1.2.3

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>

Core.py

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import tomlkit
 AppName = "SaraSuite"
 # Compared with the latest Gitea release to offer self-updates (SelfUpdate.py).
 # Bump it, then run Packaging/Release.py, to publish a new SaraSuite.
-AppVersion = "1.2.2"
+AppVersion = "1.2.3"
 IsFrozen = bool(getattr(sys, "frozen", False))  # running from the AppImage / .exe
 IsWindows = sys.platform == "win32"
 Platform = "Windows" if IsWindows else "Linux"  # matches manifests' Platforms / Platform

Main.py

@@ -38,6 +38,23 @@ else:
 _MenuLabel = "Start menu" if IsWindows else "app menu"
 
 
+def _KeepFallbackLibraries() -> None:
+    """Linux AppImage: copy the bundled libsecret (and what it needs) to
+    ~/.local/share/SaraSuite/Libraries, for FletIdentity.py to give the Flet
+    client of every installed program on systems without it."""
+    Bundled = Path(getattr(sys, "_MEIPASS", "")) / "FallbackLibs"
+    if IsWindows or not Bundled.is_dir():
+        return
+    Kept = DataDir / "Libraries"
+    try:
+        Kept.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        for Library in Bundled.iterdir():
+            if not (Kept / Library.name).exists() or (Kept / Library.name).stat().st_size != Library.stat().st_size:
+                shutil.copy2(Library, Kept / Library.name)
+    except OSError:
+        pass  # only a fallback
+
+
 def _LoadFletIdentity():
     # Lives in Programs/ (bundled as data) because installed programs get a
     # copy of the same file next to them.
@@ -324,6 +341,7 @@ def Main(Page: ft.Page) -> None:
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    _KeepFallbackLibraries()  # also before a command (an install from the command line)
     if len(sys.argv) > 1:
         if IsWindows and getattr(sys, "frozen", False):
             # The .exe is built windowed (no console of its own); write the

Packaging/BuildAppImage.sh

@@ -18,8 +18,17 @@ podman run --rm --security-opt label=disable -v "$PWD:/src" -w /src \
     quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_x86_64 bash -euo pipefail -c '
     uv venv --quiet --allow-existing --managed-python --python 3.14 build/Container/venv
     uv pip install --quiet --python build/Container/venv -r requirements.txt flet-desktop pyinstaller
+    # The Flet window needs libsecret, which some systems lack: bundled as a
+    # fallback (RestoreLibraryPath.py uses only what the system lacks).
+    dnf -y -q install libsecret >/dev/null
+    mkdir -p build/FallbackLibs
+    for Library in libsecret-1.so.0 libgcrypt.so.20 libgpg-error.so.0; do cp -L /usr/lib64/$Library build/FallbackLibs/; done
+    # Each finds the others beside it, wherever they are put (a client lib folder).
+    patchelf --set-rpath "\$ORIGIN" build/FallbackLibs/libsecret-1.so.0 build/FallbackLibs/libgcrypt.so.20
     build/Container/venv/bin/pyinstaller --noconfirm --clean --log-level WARN \
         --onefile --windowed --name SaraSuite --collect-data flet \
+        --runtime-hook "$PWD/Packaging/RestoreLibraryPath.py" \
+        --add-data "$PWD/build/FallbackLibs:FallbackLibs" \
         --add-data "$PWD/assets:assets" --add-data "$PWD/Programs:Programs" \
         --distpath build/PyInstaller/dist --workpath build/PyInstaller/work --specpath build/PyInstaller \
         "$PWD/Main.py"'

Packaging/RestoreLibraryPath.py

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# PyInstaller runtime hook. The frozen app runs with LD_LIBRARY_PATH pointing
+# at its bundled libraries, and programs it starts inherit that: Flet's
+# desktop client then loads the bundled (older) libstdc++ instead of the
+# system's and won't start ("GLIBCXX_3.4.29 not found"). Give them the
+# original value back; the app itself has already loaded what it needs.
+#
+# Flet's window also needs libsecret, which isn't part of GTK and some
+# systems don't install ("libsecret-1.so.0: cannot open shared object file").
+# The build bundles it in FallbackLibs, with libgcrypt and libgpg-error, which
+# it needs; the ones this system lacks (only those) are offered to what the
+# app starts, after the original path.
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+
+def SystemHas(Name):
+    """Whether the system itself has a library: asked of its linker cache
+    and standard folders, not dlopen, which would also find this bundle's
+    own copies (PyInstaller adds what bundled libraries need)."""
+    for Folder in ("/usr/lib64", "/usr/lib", "/lib64", "/lib", "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu", "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu"):
+        if os.path.exists(os.path.join(Folder, Name)):
+            return True
+    try:
+        Cache = subprocess.run(["ldconfig", "-p"], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10,
+                               env={"PATH": "/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"}).stdout
+    except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError):
+        return False
+    return any(Line.strip().startswith(Name + " ") for Line in Cache.splitlines())
+
+Paths = [os.environ["LD_LIBRARY_PATH_ORIG"]] if os.environ.get("LD_LIBRARY_PATH_ORIG") else []
+
+Bundle = getattr(sys, "_MEIPASS", "")
+Fallback = os.path.join(Bundle, "FallbackLibs")
+if sys.platform.startswith("linux") and os.path.isdir(Fallback):
+    InUse = os.path.join(Bundle, "FallbackLibsInUse")
+    os.makedirs(InUse, exist_ok=True)
+    for Name in ("libgpg-error.so.0", "libgcrypt.so.20", "libsecret-1.so.0"):
+        if not SystemHas(Name) and not os.path.lexists(os.path.join(InUse, Name)):
+            os.symlink(os.path.join(Fallback, Name), os.path.join(InUse, Name))
+    if os.listdir(InUse):
+        Paths.append(InUse)
+
+if Paths:
+    os.environ["LD_LIBRARY_PATH"] = os.pathsep.join(Paths)
+else:
+    os.environ.pop("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", None)

Programs/FletIdentity.py

@@ -18,13 +18,51 @@ Used two ways:
   case Flet just uses its normal client.
 """
 
+import os
+import shutil
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 OriginalId = b"com.appveyor.flet"
+# Flet's window needs libsecret, which isn't part of GTK and some systems don't
+# install. SaraSuite keeps copies of it and what it needs (from its AppImage)
+# here; AddMissingLibraries puts the ones this system lacks in a fallback-libs
+# folder beside the client copy, which the program's Launch.sh adds to
+# LD_LIBRARY_PATH (a plugin loads libsecret, so the client's own lib folder,
+# its RUNPATH, wouldn't be searched for it).
+LibrariesDir = Path(os.environ.get("XDG_DATA_HOME") or Path.home() / ".local" / "share") / "SaraSuite" / "Libraries"
+FallbackLibraries = ("libgpg-error.so.0", "libgcrypt.so.20", "libsecret-1.so.0")
 CopiesDir = Path.home() / ".cache" / "SaraSuite" / "FletClient"
 
 
+def _SystemHas(Name: str) -> bool:
+    """Whether the system has a library (its standard folders and linker
+    cache; the same check as the AppImages' RestoreLibraryPath.py)."""
+    import subprocess
+
+    for Folder in ("/usr/lib64", "/usr/lib", "/lib64", "/lib", "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu", "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu"):
+        if (Path(Folder) / Name).exists():
+            return True
+    try:
+        Cache = subprocess.run(["ldconfig", "-p"], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10,
+                               env={"PATH": "/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"}).stdout
+    except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError):
+        return False
+    return any(Line.strip().startswith(Name + " ") for Line in Cache.splitlines())
+
+
+def AddMissingLibraries(Folder: Path) -> None:
+    """Copies SaraSuite's fallback libraries the system doesn't have into
+    Folder (created only if one is needed)."""
+    if not sys.platform.startswith("linux") or not LibrariesDir.is_dir():
+        return
+    for Name in FallbackLibraries:
+        Source = LibrariesDir / Name
+        if Source.is_file() and not (Folder / Name).exists() and not _SystemHas(Name):
+            Folder.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            shutil.copy2(Source, Folder / Name)
+
+
 def ClientFor(AppId: str) -> str:
     """Folder of a client copy whose app ID is AppId ("" if not possible).
     AppId needs a dot (a GTK rule) and at most 17 characters, the length of
@@ -45,6 +83,7 @@ def ClientFor(AppId: str) -> str:
         if Binary.count(b"\x00" + OriginalId + b"\x00") != 1:
             return ""  # not the client layout this was written for
 
+        AddMissingLibraries(Copy.parent / "fallback-libs")
         Target = Copy / "flet"
         if not (Target.exists() and Target.read_bytes() == Patched):
             Copy.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
@@ -64,4 +103,16 @@ def ClientFor(AppId: str) -> str:
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    print(ClientFor(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "")
+    # Only the folder goes to stdout, which the launcher reads: Flet's own
+    # messages ("Preparing Flet ... for the first use", written straight to
+    # the file descriptor) go to stderr.
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+    Stdout = os.dup(1)
+    os.dup2(2, 1)
+    try:
+        Folder = ClientFor(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 else ""
+    finally:
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        os.dup2(Stdout, 1)
+        os.close(Stdout)
+    print(Folder)

Programs/SaraFem/Templates/Launch.sh

@@ -4,5 +4,9 @@
 # matches the window to {Name}.desktop (StartupWMClass) instead of showing it
 # as "com.appveyor.flet". Empty if that fails: Flet then uses its own client.
 export FLET_VIEW_PATH="$("{Python}" "{ProgramDir}/FletIdentity.py" "srhtnin.{Name}")"
+# Libraries Flet's window needs that this system lacks (libsecret), from
+# SaraSuite: FletIdentity.py puts them beside the client copy.
+Fallback="$FLET_VIEW_PATH/../fallback-libs"
+[ -n "$FLET_VIEW_PATH" ] && [ -d "$Fallback" ] && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:}$Fallback"
 cd "{AppDir}" || exit 1
 exec "{Python}" Main.py "$@"

Programs/SaraSort/Templates/Launch.sh

@@ -4,5 +4,9 @@
 # matches the window to {Name}.desktop (StartupWMClass) instead of showing it
 # as "com.appveyor.flet". Empty if that fails: Flet then uses its own client.
 export FLET_VIEW_PATH="$("{Python}" "{ProgramDir}/FletIdentity.py" "srhtnin.{Name}")"
+# Libraries Flet's window needs that this system lacks (libsecret), from
+# SaraSuite: FletIdentity.py puts them beside the client copy.
+Fallback="$FLET_VIEW_PATH/../fallback-libs"
+[ -n "$FLET_VIEW_PATH" ] && [ -d "$Fallback" ] && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:}$Fallback"
 cd "{AppDir}" || exit 1
 exec "{Python}" Main.py "$@"

Programs/SaraTag/Templates/Launch.sh

@@ -4,5 +4,9 @@
 # matches the window to {Name}.desktop (StartupWMClass) instead of showing it
 # as "com.appveyor.flet". Empty if that fails: Flet then uses its own client.
 export FLET_VIEW_PATH="$("{Python}" "{ProgramDir}/FletIdentity.py" "srhtnin.{Name}")"
+# Libraries Flet's window needs that this system lacks (libsecret), from
+# SaraSuite: FletIdentity.py puts them beside the client copy.
+Fallback="$FLET_VIEW_PATH/../fallback-libs"
+[ -n "$FLET_VIEW_PATH" ] && [ -d "$Fallback" ] && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:}$Fallback"
 cd "{AppDir}" || exit 1
 exec "{Python}" Main.py "$@"

Programs/SaraTune/Templates/Launch.sh

@@ -6,5 +6,9 @@ export FLET_DESKTOP_FLAVOR=full
 # matches the window to {Name}.desktop (StartupWMClass) instead of showing it
 # as "com.appveyor.flet". Empty if that fails: Flet then uses its own client.
 export FLET_VIEW_PATH="$("{Python}" "{ProgramDir}/FletIdentity.py" "srhtnin.{Name}")"
+# Libraries Flet's window needs that this system lacks (libsecret), from
+# SaraSuite: FletIdentity.py puts them beside the client copy.
+Fallback="$FLET_VIEW_PATH/../fallback-libs"
+[ -n "$FLET_VIEW_PATH" ] && [ -d "$Fallback" ] && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:}$Fallback"
 cd "{AppDir}" || exit 1
 exec "{Python}" Main.py "$@"

Programs/SaraView/Templates/Launch.sh

@@ -4,5 +4,9 @@
 # matches the window to {Name}.desktop (StartupWMClass) instead of showing it
 # as "com.appveyor.flet". Empty if that fails: Flet then uses its own client.
 export FLET_VIEW_PATH="$("{Python}" "{ProgramDir}/FletIdentity.py" "srhtnin.{Name}")"
+# Libraries Flet's window needs that this system lacks (libsecret), from
+# SaraSuite: FletIdentity.py puts them beside the client copy.
+Fallback="$FLET_VIEW_PATH/../fallback-libs"
+[ -n "$FLET_VIEW_PATH" ] && [ -d "$Fallback" ] && export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:}$Fallback"
 cd "{AppDir}/Client" || exit 1
 exec "{Python}" Main.py "$@"