Update utilities.py

[MrVicknair]

added a minor correction to the way arguments get passed to the pkg_resources.path() function

[ktbyers]

Why make this change?

named arguments are generally safer than positional arguments--was there something specific that was breaking that necessitates this?

[MrVicknair]

I received an error while attempting to use the named argument 'package' with importlib.resources.path()

This behavior may be reproduced with python 3.13 , netmiko 4.4.0, ntc_templates 7.3.0

TypeError: path() got an unexpected keyword argument 'package'

This behavior can be seen while setting textFSM=True, while NET_TEXTFSM environment is NOT set i.e:
output = net_connect.send_command('show version', use_textfsm=True)

[MrVicknair]

@ktbyers - While the proposed change does fix the issue I encountered, this code will never be ran with properly set NET_TEXTFSM environment value pointing to the ntc_templates\templates directory.

[ktbyers]

Okay, I am going to re-open this as I want to reproduce the issue/behavior. I am suspecting it is a Python 3.13 change (that I haven't tested/fixed yet).

[ktbyers]

If you are running Python 3.13, this code (which is already in Netmiko) will be run anyways:

        try:
            # New API for Python 3.13+
            if sys.version_info >= (3, 13):
                with pkg_resources.path("ntc_templates", "parse.py") as posix_path:
                    # Example: /venv/netmiko/lib/python3.13/site-packages/ntc_templates/templates
                    template_dir = str(posix_path.parent.joinpath("templates"))
                    # This is for Netmiko automated testing
                    if _skip_ntc_package:
                        raise ModuleNotFoundError()

In other words, this fix has already been implemented.

[ktbyers]

Fix is here:

MrVicknair@92ca035

it is only in the develop branch right now.