Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: update-manager
Description of the problem:
After doing a manual apt-get update on the command line I tried to open
update-manager which resulted in the attached crash report.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Run
apt-get update
2. Run
update-manager
Expected result:
Update manager to appear, possibly a warning panel to appear indicating that
faulty information has been found.
Actual result:
update-manager crashes and a crash report is filed.
Additional Information:
The following was in ~/.xsession-errors :
current dist not found in meta-release file
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line 90, in <module>
app.main(options)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py", line 1
007, in main
self.fillstore()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py", line 8
77, in fillstore
self.update_count()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py", line 6
25, in update_count
self.refresh_updates_count()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py", line 6
17, in refresh_updates_count
self.dl_size = self.cache.requiredDownload
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py", line 1
11, in requiredDownload
pm.GetArchives(fetcher, self._list, self._records)
SystemError: E:The package index files are corrupted. No Filename: field for pac
kage flashplugin-nonfree.
Version information:
update-manager 0.57.8
ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Mar 6 07:56:44 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: update-manager 1:0.57.8
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/update-manager
ProcCwd: /home/sits
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/update-manager']
SourcePackage: update-manager
Uname: Linux galvatron 2.6.20-9-generic #2 SMP Mon Feb 26 03:01:44 UTC 2007
i686 GNU/Linux
** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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[apport] update-manager crashed with SystemError in requiredDownload()
https://launchpad.net/bugs/90044
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