Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager
I edited /etc/apt/sources.list and changed 'deb http://archive.ubuntu......' to 'deb ftp://archive.ubuntu......' now running 'gksu /usr/bin/software-properties' spits out this error. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gksu /usr/bin/software-properties glibtop: This machine has 1 CPUs, 1 are being monitored. warnings.warn("apt API not stable yet", FutureWarning) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/software-properties", line 91, in ? app = SoftwareProperties.SoftwareProperties(data_dir, options, file) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/SoftwareProperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 120, in __init__ self.reload_sourceslist() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/SoftwareProperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 728, in reload_sourceslist self.distro_to_widgets() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/SoftwareProperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 313, in distro_to_widgets if self.distro.countries.has_key(country): UnboundLocalError: local variable 'country' referenced before assignment I need to use ftp and not http because of my ISP that uses a proxy server that over caches. so it the sources are updated, I sometimes can only get updates via ftp. ** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- [edgy] /usr/bin/software-properties crashes if deb source is ftp. https://launchpad.net/bugs/57015 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs