retdec.py has same name as retdec module, causing unhandled exception

[Grazfather]

Repro: Uninstall the retdec-python module, start gdb with extra_plugins_dir set.

What'll happen is retdec will __import__("retdec") which'll import itself, because the plugin path has been added to sys.path. This'll cause a failure because GenericCommand doesn't exist in this context.

[hugsy]

I am aware of this bug. My intention was to totally replace the python-retdec module with the code from https://github.com/hugsy/binja-retdec/blob/master/retdec.py. This way it would work as standalone, and support Python2 (where python-retdec doesn't)... But no time 😢 Feeling up for it @Grazfather ?

[Grazfather]

Probably not :( Super busy until defcon.

[hugsy]

Anyway we shouldn't bother with this plugin anymore, see hugsy/binja-retdec#11
Could be a good opportunity to integrate Hex-Rays decompiler info from IDA instead...

[Grazfather]

We could abandon this, or perhaps add a configuration to point to a specific host, in case the end user is running their own service.

[hugsy]

retdec plugin was removed by 90aa8ad.

Closing.