This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.2.2
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software-center (5.2.2) precise-proposed; urgency=low
[ Michael Vogt ]
* lp:~mvo/software-center/whatsnew-leak-lp985389:
- search filter fix for the case when the "installed-only"
filter leaks into subsequent searches (LP: #985389)
* lp:~mvo/software-center/fix-lp994632:
- add a dep to ensure we get the correct ubuntu-sso-client-gtk
(LP: #994632)
* lp:~mvo/software-center/proper-error-on-unknown-files:
- show a proper error message when attempting to open unknown
file types (LP: #944868)
* lp:~mvo/software-center/lp921799:
- fix crash when decoding screenshots JSON (LP: #921799)
* lp:~mvo/software-center/lp959612:
- fix crash when selecting the Installed view very quickly
after startup (LP: #959612)
[ Ken VanDine ]
* lp:~ken-vandine/software-center/lp_982567:
- Check if the proxy is enabled, if the proxy host is set but not
enabled we shouldn't attempt to use the proxy (LP: #982567)
[ Gary Lasker ]
* lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/fix-crash-lp969732:
- need to explicitly declare the needs-refresh signal in the
AppTreeStore class to prevent a crash (LP: #969732)
* lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/fix-crash-lp870822:
- don't crash if we don't get a pkgversion object back
(LP: #870822)
* lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/fix-shutdown-crash-lp996333:
- never crash when writing out the software center config file on
shutdown (LP: #996333)
* lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/fix-makedirs-race-crashes:
- fix crash on race when creating the cache or config directories
(LP: #743003, LP: #621182)
* lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/fix-crash_lp973379:
- ensure that the cache is ready before using the recommender
service (LP: #973379 )
* lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/toolbar-buttons-insensitive-during-startup:
- set the toolbar buttons insensitive for the duration of time that the
lobby panels are initializing (LP: #999486, LP: #994341)
[ Robert Roth ]
* lp:~evfool/software-center/bug532072:
- escape markup for support info and license (LP: #993279)
- ellipsize summary at trailing end (LP: #532072)
* lp:~evfool/software-center/lp626037:
- subtle background color tweak for consistency
between views (LP: #626037)
* lp:~evfool/software-center/lp835005:
- no need for the software-properties dialog to be modal
to software-center (LP: #835005)
* lp:~evfool/software-center/lp839389:
- don't display an "icon not found" image in the Unity
launcher when a report a review window is opened (LP: #839389)
* lp:~evfool/software-center/867588:
- capitalize the first letter of the package summary
(LP: #867588)
* lp:~evfool/software-center/lp876657:
- make sure the search field does not disappear when an
install or remove is in progress (LP: #876657)
* lp:~evfool/software-center/lp987797:
- fix alignment in the reviews part of the appdetails (LP: #987797)
* lp:~evfool/software-center/lp844768:
- show a indeterminate progress bar when software-center waits for
another packagemanager to exit (LP: #844768)
[ Dave Morley ]
* lp:~davmor2/software-center/add-performance:
- test code change only! add memory and cpt stats to the
test script
-- Michael Vogt <[email protected]> Tue, 15 May 2012 20:22:02 +0200
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu Precise)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/996333
Title:
IOError: [Errno 5] Input/output error: $HOME/.config/software-
center/softwarecenter.cfg.new, Software Center does not exit
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in “software-center” source package in Precise:
Fix Released
Status in “software-center” source package in Quantal:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Ubuntu Software Center version 5.2, Ubuntu 12.04
Steps to reproduce (induces an error condition that causes the traceback for
the crash in this bug):
1. Shut down Software Center, if it is running:
2. Open a terminal and type the following command:
$ cd ~/.config/software-center; touch softwarecenter.cfg.new; chmod 400
softwarecenter.cfg.new
3. Launch Software Center from a terminal as shown:
$ software-center
4. Once Software Center has started, shut it down again.
5. Note that you'll get a traceback reporting:
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
'/home/tremolux/.config/software-center/softwarecenter.cfg.new'
Followed by the error for this bug:
TypeError: object of type 'NoneType' has no len()
6. Note also that Software Center does not fully quit.
7. Type the following in a terminal to kill Software Center:
$ killall software-center
8. And finally, type the following to remove the bad softwarecenter.cfg.new
file:
$ rm softwarecenter.cfg.new (and verify that you want to remove this file)
Software Center crashes and does not exit when an error is encountered
when writing the configuration file at shutdown. Please see comment
#16 of bug 885726 for more details, including the following stacktrace
information, and for steps to reproduce a similar error.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py", line 857,
in on_window_main_delete_event
self.close_app()
File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py", line 533,
in close_app
self.save_state()
File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py", line 1325,
in save_state
self.config.write()
File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/config.py", line 48, in
write
f = open(tmpname, "w")
IOError: [Errno 5] Input/output error:
'/home/sam/.config/software-center/softwarecenter.cfg.new'
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