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update-manager package

update-manager crashed with NameError in get_bool()

Bug #511628 reported by George Kontis on 2010-01-23

This bug affects 11 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	update-manager (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

I got this error after finished updating and restarted the system

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Jan 23 19:00:27 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20091209)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Package: update-manager 1:0.131.3
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python2.6 /usr/bin/update-manager
ProcEnviron:
LANG=el_GR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-11.15-generic
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/update-manager']
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: update-manager crashed with NameError in get_bool()
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-11-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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George Kontis (giormatsis) wrote on 2010-01-23:

Dependencies.txt Edit (4.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcMaps.txt Edit (35.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcStatus.txt Edit (782 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Traceback.txt Edit (602 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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private → public

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2010-01-23

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote on 2010-01-25:

Thanks for your report.

Coud you please attach the file /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/UpdateManager/SafeGConfClient.py to this report ?

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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George Kontis (giormatsis) wrote on 2010-01-25:

SafeGConfClient.py Edit (2.3 KiB, text/x-python)

SafeGConfClient.py attachment done.!

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote on 2010-02-10:

This is a weird error. The file is correct and I haven't found any duplicate. Are you able to reproduce it ?

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote on 2010-03-04:

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Invalid

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Barry Warsaw (barry) wrote on 2010-03-12:

The bug is a pretty obvious missing import. Attached branch fixes this.

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Barry Warsaw (barry) wrote on 2010-03-12:

fix-511628.debdiff Edit (761 bytes, text/plain)

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote on 2010-03-12:

Hi barry,

The error here is "NameError: global name 'hostnamebject' is not defined"
There is no 'hostnamebject' in the code and I hardly see how an import error could change the source code. It rather looks like a compilation error specific to the reporter's system.
I guess you're referring to bug 537250

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Barry Warsaw (barry) wrote on 2010-03-12:

Jean-Baptiste, you're right! Sorry for attaching to the wrong bug. I'll move it over to bug 537250.