Thank you so much for using time on this issue. I`m today using Mac, but I will by a new machine to connect to Linuxprograms as soon as I have time and energy to follow up. Br, Svein
> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:43:35 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Bug 886273] Re: Poor handling of broken sources.list files > > I'm going to work on a detailed design for this, but here's what I'm > thinking so far: > > If Software Updater does an automatic check, OR you launch it manually, > OR you launch Ubuntu Software Center, when sources.list is invalid, > then: > > a. aptdaemon puts up a dialog explaining the problem and illustrating > how it can fix it for you > > b. if you choose to fix it, an error tracker dialog appears giving you > the option to report the error > > c. the program launches as normal. > > Perhaps (a) and (b) should be around the other way. Or perhaps they can > be merged by introducing a new variation of the RecoverableError dialog. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (108601). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/886273 > > Title: > Poor handling of broken sources.list files > > Status in “aptdaemon” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: > New > Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > > Bug description: > Ubuntu Software Center 2.1.16.1, Ubuntu Maverick > Ubuntu Software Center 5.1.11, Ubuntu 12.04 beta 1 > > 1. echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu main #Ubuntu > Tweak Stable Source" | sudo tee > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-tweak-stable.list > 2. software-center > 3. update-manager > > What happens: > 2. ---------- > Traceback (most recent call last): > File > "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/pkginfo_impl/aptcache.py", line > 222, in open > self._cache = apt.Cache(GtkMainIterationProgress()) > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 102, in > __init__ > self.open(progress) > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 145, in open > self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress) > SystemError: E:Malformed line 1 in source list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-tweak-stable.list (dist parse), E:The list of > sources could not be read., E:The package lists or status file could not be > parsed or opened. > 2012-03-12 10:52:15,573 - softwarecenter.db.enquire - ERROR - > _get_estimate_nr_apps_and_nr_pkgs failed > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/enquire.py", line 115, > in _get_estimate_nr_apps_and_nr_pkgs > tmp_matches = enquire.get_mset(0, len(self.db), None, xfilter) > File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/appfilter.py", line > 74, in __call__ > if (not pkgname in self.cache and > File > "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/pkginfo_impl/aptcache.py", line > 241, in __contains__ > return self._cache.__contains__(k) > AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute '__contains__' > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 176, in <module> > app.run(args) > File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py", line > 1279, in run > self.show_available_packages(args) > File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py", line > 1208, in show_available_packages > self.view_manager.set_active_view(ViewPages.AVAILABLE) > File > "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/session/viewmanager.py", > line 148, in set_active_view > view_widget.init_view() > File > "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/availablepane.py", > line 157, in init_view > self.apps_filter) > File > "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/catview_gtk.py", > line 234, in __init__ > self.build(desktopdir) > File > "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/catview_gtk.py", > line 476, in build > self._build_homepage_view() > File > "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/catview_gtk.py", > line 253, in _build_homepage_view > self._append_whats_new() > File > "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/catview_gtk.py", > line 415, in _append_whats_new > whats_new_cat = self._update_whats_new_content() > File > "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/catview_gtk.py", > line 404, in _update_whats_new_content > docs = whats_new_cat.get_documents(self.db) > File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/categories.py", line > 120, in get_documents > nonblocking_load=False) > File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/enquire.py", line 316, > in set_query > self._blocking_perform_search() > File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/enquire.py", line 211, > in _blocking_perform_search > matches = enquire.get_mset(0, self.limit, None, xfilter) > File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/appfilter.py", line > 74, in __call__ > if (not pkgname in self.cache and > File > "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/pkginfo_impl/aptcache.py", line > 241, in __contains__ > return self._cache.__contains__(k) > AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute '__contains__' > ------------ > > 3. A dialog is displayed with something along these lines: > ------------ > Could not initialize the package information > An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information. > Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the > following error message: > 'E:Type 't/screenlets/ppa/ubuntu' is not known on line 3 in source list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/screenlets-ppa-oneiric.list' > ------------ > And an obese menu appears in the corner of the screen. > <http://imgur.com/a/pgGEf#2> > > > Besides the duplicates marked here, there are dozens of bug reports with > particular examples of malformed sources.list, such as bug 128775, bug > 163933, bug 164135, bug 176253, bug 183861, bug 241154, bug 311399, bug > 350373, bug 358587, bug 416872, bug 432318, bug 470589, bug 617232, bug > 617998, bug 677698, bug 728258, bug 753253, bug 799600, bug 830588, bug > 835258, bug 879221, bug 880661, bug 886641, bug 890138, bug 927987, bug > 947296, bug 981357, bug 1008359, bug 1009618, and bug 1063099. > > Often these bug reports are marked as Incomplete or Invalid, or > converted into questions, on the grounds that the user must have > edited sources.list themselves. But Ubuntu should be robust enough to > repair problems like this itself. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/+bug/886273/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/886273 Title: Poor handling of broken sources.list files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/+bug/886273/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
