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Importing the dmidecode module to python give misleading error. Everything works, as the module is able to read dmidata correctly.

[root@hostname] / $ python3
Python 3.9.16 (main, May 29 2023, 00:00:00)
[GCC 11.3.1 20221121 (Red Hat 11.3.1-4)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import dmidecode

• • ERROR ** Failed to save log entry
    SMBIOS3: entry point at 0x68e39000
    >>> print(type(dmidecode.bios()))
    <class 'dict'>
    >>> quit()

• • COLLECTED WARNINGS **
    Wrong DMI structures count: 0 announced, only 77 decoded.
  • END OF WARNINGS **

[root@hostname] / $ rpm -q python3
python3-3.9.16-1.el9_2.1.x86_64
[root@hostname] / $ rpm -q python3-dmidecode
python3-dmidecode-3.12.3-2.el9.x86_64

Please provide the package NVR for which bug is seen:

python3-dmidecode-3.12.3-2.el9.x86_64

python3-3.9.16-1.el9_2.1.x86_64

How reproducible:

Every Time

Steps to reproduce

1. Start python3
2. Import dmidecode
3. Observer error

Expected results

Importing the dmidecode module to python should only result in errors when something is wrong.

Actual results

Misleading errors when importing the dmidecode module in python3