From 090d1c8c84c4b6859d60e38fe2d46388f4c5fd9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: grossmj <grossmj@gns3.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 19:04:14 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Only use platformdirs with Python >= '3.7'

---
 gns3server/controller/appliance_manager.py | 11 ++++++++---
 requirements.txt                           |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gns3server/controller/appliance_manager.py b/gns3server/controller/appliance_manager.py
index d6878d71..53daed1b 100644
--- a/gns3server/controller/appliance_manager.py
+++ b/gns3server/controller/appliance_manager.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import uuid
 import asyncio
 import aiohttp
 import shutil
-import platformdirs
 
 
 try:
@@ -87,8 +86,14 @@ class ApplianceManager:
         Get the built-in appliance storage directory
         """
 
-        appname = vendor = "GNS3"
-        appliances_dir = os.path.join(platformdirs.user_data_dir(appname, vendor, roaming=True), "appliances")
+        try:
+            import platformdirs
+            appname = vendor = "GNS3"
+            appliances_dir = os.path.join(platformdirs.user_data_dir(appname, vendor, roaming=True), "appliances")
+        except ImportError:
+            # platformdirs is not available on Python 3.6, use the old method
+            config = Config.instance()
+            appliances_dir = os.path.join(config.config_dir, "appliances")
         if delete_first:
             shutil.rmtree(appliances_dir, ignore_errors=True)
         os.makedirs(appliances_dir, exist_ok=True)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 392d35df..67b604f2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ psutil==5.9.5
 async-timeout>=4.0.2,<4.1
 distro>=1.8.0
 py-cpuinfo>=9.0.0,<10.0
-platformdirs>=3.10.0
+platformdirs>=3.10.0; python_version >= '3.7'
 importlib-resources>=1.3; python_version <= '3.9'
 truststore>=0.7.0; python_version >= '3.10'
 setuptools>=60.8.1; python_version >= '3.7'