Package: aptsources
Version: python-apt
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
X-Debbugs-Cc: macda...@gmail.com
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
adding a commented line to /usr/lib/os-release
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
ran `add-apt-repository` command
* What was the outcome of this action?
an error:
```
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 11, in <module>
from softwareproperties.SoftwareProperties import SoftwareProperties,
shortcut_handler
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-
packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 57, in <module>
from . import shortcuts
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/shortcuts.py", line
23, in <module>
_DEF_CODENAME = aptsources.distro.get_distro().codename
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 580, in
get_distro
os_release = _OSRelease()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 526, in
__init__
self.parse()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptsources/distro.py", line 551, in
parse
self.parse_entry(*line.split('=', 1))
TypeError: _OSRelease.parse_entry() missing 1 required positional argument:
'value'
```
* What outcome did you expect instead?
the program should continue without stopping
patch:
diff --git a/aptsources/distro.py b/aptsources/distro.py
index df9bc2f5..f38907fb 100644
--- a/aptsources/distro.py
+++ b/aptsources/distro.py
@@ -545,6 +545,8 @@ class _OSRelease:
line = line.strip()
if not line:
continue
+ if line[0] == "#":
+ continue
self.parse_entry(*line.split('=', 1))
f.close()
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (100,
'bullseye-fasttrack'), (100, 'bullseye-backports-staging')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 5.19.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
diff --git a/aptsources/distro.py b/aptsources/distro.py
index df9bc2f5..f38907fb 100644
--- a/aptsources/distro.py
+++ b/aptsources/distro.py
@@ -545,6 +545,8 @@ class _OSRelease:
line = line.strip()
if not line:
continue
+ if line[0] == "#":
+ continue
self.parse_entry(*line.split('=', 1))
f.close()
diff --git a/aptsources/distro.py b/aptsources/distro.py
index df9bc2f5..f38907fb 100644
--- a/aptsources/distro.py
+++ b/aptsources/distro.py
@@ -545,6 +545,8 @@ class _OSRelease:
line = line.strip()
if not line:
continue
+ if line[0] == "#":
+ continue
self.parse_entry(*line.split('=', 1))
f.close()
