reassign 631794 python2.6
retitle 631794 wrong error from curses.wrapper if curses initialization fails
forwarded 631794 http://bugs.python.org/issue5622
tag 631794 + fixed-upstream
affects 631794 iotop
thanks

On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 10:47 +0100, Paul Wise wrote:

> I am unable to reproduce this and looking at the code, it is a bug in
> the Python curses wrapper, that is fixed in python 2.7:
> 
> http://bugs.python.org/issue5622
> 
> As a workaround until this is fixed or Debian switches to python 2.7,
> please install python2.7 and run iotop like this:
> 
> python2.7 /usr/bin/iotop
> 
> Does that work for you or is there some other error?

The submitter confirmed that upgrading to python2.7 prevents the issue.

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pabs

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