TypeError: function missing required argument 'bytes' (pos 2)

[rickysarraf]

When run recently on my Debian BSD VM

root@debian-bsd:~# apt-offline  get /tmp/set.uris --bundle /tmp/set.zip --threads 5 --proxy-host aptproxy --proxy-port 3142

Fetching APT Data

WARNING: If you are on a slow connection, it is good to
WARNING: limit the number of threads to a low number like 2.
WARNING: Else higher number of threads executed could cause
WARNING: network congestion and timeouts.

Downloading debianutils - 97 KiB                                                             
Downloading libtext-charwidth-perl - 10 KiB                                                             
Downloading libtext-iconv-perl - 15 KiB                                                             
Downloading perl-openssl-defaults - 7 KiB                                                             
Downloading libnet-ssleay-perl - 313 KiB                                                             
libtext-charwidth-perl done                                                             
perl-openssl-defaults done                                                             
Exception in thread Thread-1:                   ]  14.3% of 443 KiB
Traceback (most recent call last):              ]  16.9% of 443 KiB
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/threading.py", line 932, in _bootstrap_inner
libtext-iconv-perl done                                                             
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/threading.py", line 870, in runf 443 KiB
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)   ]  24.1% of 443 KiB
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt_offline_core/AptOfflineLib.py", line 696, in run
Exception in thread Thread-5:                   ]  37.4% of 443 KiB
    self.responseQueue.put( self.WorkerFunction( item, thread_name ) )
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt_offline_core/AptOfflineCoreLib.py", line 1298, in DataFetcher
Traceback (most recent call last):              ]  41.9% of 443 KiB
Exception in thread Thread-2:##                 ]  44.6% of 443 KiB
Traceback (most recent call last):              ]  49.1% of 443 KiB
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/threading.py", line 932, in _bootstrap_inner
debianutils done                                                             
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/threading.py", line 932, in _bootstrap_inner
    FetcherInstance.buildChangelog(pkgFile, PackageInstalledVersion[PackageName])
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt_offline_core/AptOfflineCoreLib.py", line 1123, in buildChangelog
    self.run()s: [####################          ]  66.5% of 443 KiB
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/threading.py", line 870, in runf 443 KiB
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)   ]  75.5% of 443 KiB
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt_offline_core/AptOfflineLib.py", line 696, in run
    self.responseQueue.put( self.WorkerFunction( item, thread_name ) )
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt_offline_core/AptOfflineCoreLib.py", line 1298, in DataFetcher
    FetcherInstance.buildChangelog(pkgFile, PackageInstalledVersion[PackageName])
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt_offline_core/AptOfflineCoreLib.py", line 1123, in buildChangelog
    self.run()s: [#########################     ]  83.6% of 443 KiB
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/threading.py", line 870, in runf 443 KiB
    pkgHandle = DebPackage(pkgPath)#############] 100.0% of 443 KiB
    pkgHandle = DebPackage(pkgPath)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/debfile.py", line 77, in __init__
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/debfile.py", line 77, in __init__
    self.open(filename)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/debfile.py", line 89, in open
    self.open(filename)#########################] 100.0% of 443 KiB
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/debfile.py", line 89, in open
    self._sections = apt_pkg.TagSection(control)] 100.0% of 443 KiB
TypeError: function missing required argument 'bytes' (pos 2)
Exception in thread Thread-3:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/threading.py", line 932, in _bootstrap_inner
    self._sections = apt_pkg.TagSection(control)] 100.0% of 443 KiB
TypeError: function missing required argument 'bytes' (pos 2)
    self.run()s: [##############################] 100.0% of 443 KiB
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/threading.py", line 870, in run
libnet-ssleay-perl done                                                             
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt_offline_core/AptOfflineLib.py", line 696, in run
    self.responseQueue.put( self.WorkerFunction( item, thread_name ) )
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt_offline_core/AptOfflineCoreLib.py", line 1298, in DataFetcher
    FetcherInstance.buildChangelog(pkgFile, PackageInstalledVersion[PackageName])
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt_offline_core/AptOfflineCoreLib.py", line 1123, in buildChangelog
    pkgHandle = DebPackage(pkgPath)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/debfile.py", line 77, in __init__
    self.open(filename)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/debfile.py", line 89, in open
    self._sections = apt_pkg.TagSection(control)
TypeError: function missing required argument 'bytes' (pos 2)
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt_offline_core/AptOfflineLib.py", line 696, in run
    self.responseQueue.put( self.WorkerFunction( item, thread_name ) )
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt_offline_core/AptOfflineCoreLib.py", line 1298, in DataFetcher
    FetcherInstance.buildChangelog(pkgFile, PackageInstalledVersion[PackageName])
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt_offline_core/AptOfflineCoreLib.py", line 1123, in buildChangelog
    pkgHandle = DebPackage(pkgPath)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/debfile.py", line 77, in __init__
    self.open(filename)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/debfile.py", line 89, in open
    self._sections = apt_pkg.TagSection(control)
TypeError: function missing required argument 'bytes' (pos 2)
Exception in thread Thread-4:###################] 100.0% of 443 KiB
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/threading.py", line 932, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/threading.py", line 870, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt_offline_core/AptOfflineLib.py", line 696, in run
    self.responseQueue.put( self.WorkerFunction( item, thread_name ) )
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt_offline_core/AptOfflineCoreLib.py", line 1298, in DataFetcher
    FetcherInstance.buildChangelog(pkgFile, PackageInstalledVersion[PackageName])
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt_offline_core/AptOfflineCoreLib.py", line 1123, in buildChangelog
    pkgHandle = DebPackage(pkgPath)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/debfile.py", line 77, in __init__
    self.open(filename)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/debfile.py", line 89, in open
    self._sections = apt_pkg.TagSection(control)
TypeError: function missing required argument 'bytes' (pos 2)

Downloaded data to /tmp/set.zip