The scatool fails to email reports

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4

Situation

When attempting to email the Supportconfig Analysis Report (SCA Report) with the scatool, the following error is observed:

# scatool -e root scc_sles15sp4_230622_1143_Updated.txz
...
Emailing SCA Report To: root
/usr/lib64/python3.6/re.py:212: FutureWarning: split() requires a non-empty pattern match.
return _compile(pattern, flags).split(string, maxsplit)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/sca/python/scatool.py", line 1690, in <module>
analyze(analyzeFile)
File "/usr/lib/sca/python/scatool.py", line 1580, in analyze
emailSCAReport(supportconfigPath)
File "/usr/lib/sca/python/scatool.py", line 986, in emailSCAReport
emailMsg = email.MIMEMultipart.MIMEMultipart('alternative')
AttributeError: module 'email' has no attribute 'MIMEMultipart'

Resolution

Reported to engineering. Please open a case to request a PTF.

Cause

Python3 email libraries changed and the scatool needs fixing.

Status

Reported to Engineering

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