This is not an easy bug to reproduce as it requires a non-Ubuntu installation to fully test the fix. However, testing for regressions in Ubuntu is straightforward, you need simply start Software Center and insure that the apt-xapian-index is updated without incident.
I have done this testing with the software-center version 5.2.1 in precise-proposed and can verify that it causes no regressions. Thanks! ** Tags removed: db verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/808455 Title: Software-center causes update-apt-xapian-index to fail on downstream distros Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in “software-center” source package in Precise: Fix Committed Status in “software-center” source package in Quantal: Fix Committed Bug description: When software-center is installed on an Ubuntu derivative (in our case, Nexradix), update-apt-xapian-index fails. When run, a python error indicating that "no module Nexradix is found" When I replace lines 112-114 in /usr/share/software- center/softwarecenter/distro/__init__.py with: distro_id = "Ubuntu" update-apt-xapian-index works without incident. Based on the prior code, it appears that the current distro name is being parsed from /etc/lsb-release, and if it doesn't find a matching distro in the "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/distro" directory, it fails. I assume that adding the distro in question to that directory using Ubuntu.py as a template would likely solve this, however it remains a bug: update-apt-xapian-index should not rely on software-center's distro-specific code, or at the very least, fail more gracefully with an error message or link to documentation as to what the fix is. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/808455/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
