| 2008-04-27 21:19:51 |
Zoran Savic |
bug |
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added bug |
| 2008-04-27 21:19:51 |
Zoran Savic |
bug |
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added attachment 'Dependencies.txt' (Dependencies.txt) |
| 2008-04-27 21:19:51 |
Zoran Savic |
bug |
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added attachment 'ProcMaps.txt' (ProcMaps.txt) |
| 2008-04-27 21:19:51 |
Zoran Savic |
bug |
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added attachment 'ProcStatus.txt' (ProcStatus.txt) |
| 2008-04-27 21:19:51 |
Zoran Savic |
bug |
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added attachment 'Traceback.txt' (Traceback.txt) |
| 2008-05-09 08:00:33 |
Apport retracing service |
bug |
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added subscriber Crash bug triagers for universe packages |
| 2008-11-21 13:24:10 |
Pedro Villavicencio |
alacarte: status |
New |
Incomplete |
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| 2008-11-21 13:24:10 |
Pedro Villavicencio |
alacarte: assignee |
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desktop-bugs |
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| 2008-11-21 13:24:10 |
Pedro Villavicencio |
alacarte: importance |
Undecided |
Medium |
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| 2008-11-21 13:24:10 |
Pedro Villavicencio |
alacarte: statusexplanation |
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thanks for the report, is this still an issue with intrepid? |
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| 2008-12-09 05:33:45 |
Pedro Villavicencio |
alacarte: status |
Incomplete |
Invalid |
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| 2008-12-09 05:33:45 |
Pedro Villavicencio |
alacarte: statusexplanation |
thanks for the report, is this still an issue with intrepid? |
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| 2009-03-31 14:41:25 |
Nicksha |
alacarte: status |
Invalid |
New |
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| 2009-03-31 14:41:25 |
Nicksha |
alacarte: statusexplanation |
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The bug has reappeared in Jaunty beta. Alacarte worked in Intrepid. |
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| 2009-09-20 11:36:24 |
Nicksha |
bug watch added |
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http://bugs.python.org/issue6895 |
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| 2009-11-08 00:00:54 |
Petar Vasić |
summary |
alacarte crashed with ValueError in _parse_localename() |
locale._parse_localename fails when localename does not contain encoding information (was: alacarte crashed with ValueError in _parse_localename() ) |
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| 2009-11-08 00:03:42 |
Petar Vasić |
affects |
alacarte (Ubuntu) |
python2.6 (Ubuntu) |
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| 2009-11-08 00:03:42 |
Petar Vasić |
python2.6 (Ubuntu): status |
New |
Confirmed |
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| 2009-11-08 07:30:26 |
Jonathan Marsden |
python2.6 (Ubuntu): status |
Confirmed |
In Progress |
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| 2009-11-08 09:58:41 |
Jonathan Marsden |
attachment added |
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Initial attempt at Jaunty debdiff for python2.6 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35357579/python2.6_2.6.2-0ubuntu2%7Eppa2.debdiff |
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| 2009-11-09 02:35:50 |
Jonathan Marsden |
attachment added |
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debdiff for Karmic version http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35395053/python2.6_2.6.4-0ubuntu2.debdiff |
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| 2009-11-10 15:32:49 |
David Planella |
bug task added |
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ubuntu-translations |
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| 2009-11-11 07:49:00 |
Adi Roiban |
ubuntu-translations: status |
New |
In Progress |
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| 2009-11-11 07:49:02 |
Adi Roiban |
ubuntu-translations: importance |
Undecided |
Medium |
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| 2009-11-11 07:50:28 |
Adi Roiban |
tags |
apport-crash |
apport-crash locale |
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| 2009-11-12 21:14:40 |
Nicksha |
removed subscriber Nicksha |
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| 2009-11-14 06:20:28 |
Jovica Lesevic |
nominated for series |
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Ubuntu Karmic |
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| 2009-11-26 09:30:35 |
Jonathan Marsden |
attachment added |
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debdiff for Lucid version of python2.6 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36106160/python2.6_2.6.4-1ubuntu2.debdiff |
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| 2009-11-26 09:31:14 |
Jonathan Marsden |
python2.6 (Ubuntu): status |
In Progress |
Confirmed |
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| 2009-11-26 09:31:33 |
Jonathan Marsden |
ubuntu-translations: status |
In Progress |
Confirmed |
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| 2009-11-30 04:43:31 |
Jonathan Marsden |
python2.6 (Ubuntu): assignee |
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) |
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| 2009-11-30 05:12:04 |
Jonathan Marsden |
description |
Binary package hint: alacarte
"Main Menu" worked with first ubuntu 8.04 installation. After serbian language pack installed program did not working any more and in the terminal generate errors such like this:
user@computer:~$ alacarte
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 36, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 32, in main
app = MainWindow(datadir, version, sys.argv)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 49, in __init__
self.editor = MenuEditor()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py", line 35, in __init__
self.locale = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0]
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 443, in getdefaultlocale
return _parse_localename(localename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 375, in _parse_localename
raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: sr_ME
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 78, in apport_excepthook
report_file = open(pr_filename, 'wt')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/crash/_usr_bin_alacarte.1000.crash'
Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 36, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 32, in main
app = MainWindow(datadir, version, sys.argv)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 49, in __init__
self.editor = MenuEditor()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py", line 35, in __init__
self.locale = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0]
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 443, in getdefaultlocale
return _parse_localename(localename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 375, in _parse_localename
raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: sr_ME
ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 27 23:08:17 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/alacarte
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: alacarte 0.11.5-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python -OOt /usr/bin/alacarte
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
LANG=sr_ME
SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/alacarte']
SourcePackage: alacarte
Title: alacarte crashed with ValueError in _parse_localename()
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686
UserGroups: |
Binary package hint: alacarte
"Main Menu" worked with first ubuntu 8.04 installation. After serbian language pack installed program did not working any more and in the terminal generate errors such like this:
user@computer:~$ alacarte
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 36, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 32, in main
app = MainWindow(datadir, version, sys.argv)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 49, in __init__
self.editor = MenuEditor()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py", line 35, in __init__
self.locale = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0]
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 443, in getdefaultlocale
return _parse_localename(localename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 375, in _parse_localename
raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: sr_ME
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 78, in apport_excepthook
report_file = open(pr_filename, 'wt')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/crash/_usr_bin_alacarte.1000.crash'
Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 36, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 32, in main
app = MainWindow(datadir, version, sys.argv)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 49, in __init__
self.editor = MenuEditor()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py", line 35, in __init__
self.locale = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0]
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 443, in getdefaultlocale
return _parse_localename(localename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 375, in _parse_localename
raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: sr_ME
ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 27 23:08:17 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/alacarte
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: alacarte 0.11.5-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python -OOt /usr/bin/alacarte
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
LANG=sr_ME
SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/alacarte']
SourcePackage: alacarte
Title: alacarte crashed with ValueError in _parse_localename()
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686
UserGroups:
-------------------
INFORMATION FOR SRU CONSIDERATION FOLLOWS:
1. A statement explaining the impact of the bug on users and justification for backporting the fix to the stable release:
This bug prevents users in some locales (notable Serbia and Antigua, sr_ME and en_AG) from running locale-aware Python software in Ubuntu, including alacarte and software-center. The latter is particularly problematic, as it is likely to affect many novice users.
The proposed fix is small, clear, in the upstream bugtracker already, and is isolated to one file, and has been used with success by users of Ubuntu Karmic in both the mentioned locales from a PPA.
This appears to qualify as a bug ... "which represents a severe regression from the previous release of Ubuntu. This includes packages which are totally unusable, like being uninstallable or crashing on startup."
It could perhaps be argued that these locales did not exist in earlier versions so this is not technically a regression?
2. An explanation of how the bug has been addressed in the development branch, including the relevant version numbers of packages modified in order to implement the fix.
An attached debdiff for Ubuntu Lucid is attached to this bug report. It awaits sponsorship.
3. A minimal patch applicable to the stable version of the package.
See attached debdiffs. The original patch is at http://bugs.python.org/file14881/locale.py-parselocale-patch.diff
4. Detailed instructions how to reproduce the bug.
TEST CASE:
4.1 Install Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Desktop (i386 and amd64 have both been tested).
4.2 At the GDM login screen, set the locale to English/Antigua and log in (start a session) in that locale.
4.3 Click on Applications -> Ubuntu Software Center
4.4 To see the Python traceback, open a Terminal window and run software-center from it.
4.5 If desired, obtain the patched python2.6 package(s) from the PPA at https://launchpad.net/~jmarsden/+archive/ppa/ and repeat the tests. software-center will now run and operate correctly.
5. A discussion of the regression potential of the patch and how users could get inadvertently affected.
Not every Python app has been tested with this patch, nor has itt been tested with every possible supported locale setting! So, by definition, there is a non-zero regression potential. Nevertheless, the patch is so small, and can be reviewed by anyone who reads Python for correctness. It affects just one function, and then only in locales without a period in them (there are few such locales). On that basis, it is hard to see how it can really introduce a regression in practice. This issue has been around for several versions of Ubuntu, so the current behaviour with the patch in place (for locale-aware Python applications at least) is an obvious improvement over earlier behaviour -- the applications actually run. So far, no Python apps have been found which this patch affects negatively. The patch has been tested in several commonly used locales, including en_US.UTF-8, de_DE.utf8, es_ES.utf8 and fr_FR.utf8, as well as the affected locales sr_ME and en_AG.
-------------------
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| 2009-11-30 07:13:27 |
Jonathan Marsden |
description |
Binary package hint: alacarte
"Main Menu" worked with first ubuntu 8.04 installation. After serbian language pack installed program did not working any more and in the terminal generate errors such like this:
user@computer:~$ alacarte
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 36, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 32, in main
app = MainWindow(datadir, version, sys.argv)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 49, in __init__
self.editor = MenuEditor()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py", line 35, in __init__
self.locale = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0]
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 443, in getdefaultlocale
return _parse_localename(localename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 375, in _parse_localename
raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: sr_ME
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 78, in apport_excepthook
report_file = open(pr_filename, 'wt')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/crash/_usr_bin_alacarte.1000.crash'
Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 36, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 32, in main
app = MainWindow(datadir, version, sys.argv)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 49, in __init__
self.editor = MenuEditor()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py", line 35, in __init__
self.locale = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0]
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 443, in getdefaultlocale
return _parse_localename(localename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 375, in _parse_localename
raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: sr_ME
ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 27 23:08:17 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/alacarte
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: alacarte 0.11.5-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python -OOt /usr/bin/alacarte
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
LANG=sr_ME
SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/alacarte']
SourcePackage: alacarte
Title: alacarte crashed with ValueError in _parse_localename()
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686
UserGroups:
-------------------
INFORMATION FOR SRU CONSIDERATION FOLLOWS:
1. A statement explaining the impact of the bug on users and justification for backporting the fix to the stable release:
This bug prevents users in some locales (notable Serbia and Antigua, sr_ME and en_AG) from running locale-aware Python software in Ubuntu, including alacarte and software-center. The latter is particularly problematic, as it is likely to affect many novice users.
The proposed fix is small, clear, in the upstream bugtracker already, and is isolated to one file, and has been used with success by users of Ubuntu Karmic in both the mentioned locales from a PPA.
This appears to qualify as a bug ... "which represents a severe regression from the previous release of Ubuntu. This includes packages which are totally unusable, like being uninstallable or crashing on startup."
It could perhaps be argued that these locales did not exist in earlier versions so this is not technically a regression?
2. An explanation of how the bug has been addressed in the development branch, including the relevant version numbers of packages modified in order to implement the fix.
An attached debdiff for Ubuntu Lucid is attached to this bug report. It awaits sponsorship.
3. A minimal patch applicable to the stable version of the package.
See attached debdiffs. The original patch is at http://bugs.python.org/file14881/locale.py-parselocale-patch.diff
4. Detailed instructions how to reproduce the bug.
TEST CASE:
4.1 Install Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Desktop (i386 and amd64 have both been tested).
4.2 At the GDM login screen, set the locale to English/Antigua and log in (start a session) in that locale.
4.3 Click on Applications -> Ubuntu Software Center
4.4 To see the Python traceback, open a Terminal window and run software-center from it.
4.5 If desired, obtain the patched python2.6 package(s) from the PPA at https://launchpad.net/~jmarsden/+archive/ppa/ and repeat the tests. software-center will now run and operate correctly.
5. A discussion of the regression potential of the patch and how users could get inadvertently affected.
Not every Python app has been tested with this patch, nor has itt been tested with every possible supported locale setting! So, by definition, there is a non-zero regression potential. Nevertheless, the patch is so small, and can be reviewed by anyone who reads Python for correctness. It affects just one function, and then only in locales without a period in them (there are few such locales). On that basis, it is hard to see how it can really introduce a regression in practice. This issue has been around for several versions of Ubuntu, so the current behaviour with the patch in place (for locale-aware Python applications at least) is an obvious improvement over earlier behaviour -- the applications actually run. So far, no Python apps have been found which this patch affects negatively. The patch has been tested in several commonly used locales, including en_US.UTF-8, de_DE.utf8, es_ES.utf8 and fr_FR.utf8, as well as the affected locales sr_ME and en_AG.
-------------------
|
Binary package hint: alacarte
"Main Menu" worked with first ubuntu 8.04 installation. After serbian language pack installed program did not working any more and in the terminal generate errors such like this:
user@computer:~$ alacarte
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 36, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 32, in main
app = MainWindow(datadir, version, sys.argv)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 49, in __init__
self.editor = MenuEditor()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py", line 35, in __init__
self.locale = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0]
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 443, in getdefaultlocale
return _parse_localename(localename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 375, in _parse_localename
raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: sr_ME
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 78, in apport_excepthook
report_file = open(pr_filename, 'wt')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/crash/_usr_bin_alacarte.1000.crash'
Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 36, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 32, in main
app = MainWindow(datadir, version, sys.argv)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 49, in __init__
self.editor = MenuEditor()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py", line 35, in __init__
self.locale = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0]
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 443, in getdefaultlocale
return _parse_localename(localename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 375, in _parse_localename
raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: sr_ME
ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 27 23:08:17 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/alacarte
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: alacarte 0.11.5-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python -OOt /usr/bin/alacarte
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
LANG=sr_ME
SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/alacarte']
SourcePackage: alacarte
Title: alacarte crashed with ValueError in _parse_localename()
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686
UserGroups:
-------------------
INFORMATION FOR SRU CONSIDERATION FOLLOWS:
1. A statement explaining the impact of the bug on users and justification for backporting the fix to the stable release:
This bug prevents users in some locales (notable Serbia and Antigua, sr_ME and en_AG) from running locale-aware Python software in Ubuntu, including alacarte and software-center. The latter is particularly problematic, as it is likely to affect many novice users.
The proposed fix is small, clear, in the upstream bugtracker already, and is isolated to one function in one file, and has been used with success by users of Ubuntu Karmic in both the mentioned locales from a PPA.
This appears to qualify as a bug ... "which represents a severe regression from the previous release of Ubuntu. This includes packages which are totally unusable, like being uninstallable or crashing on startup."
It could perhaps be argued that these locales did not exist in earlier versions so this is not technically a regression?
2. An explanation of how the bug has been addressed in the development branch, including the relevant version numbers of packages modified in order to implement the fix.
An attached debdiff for Ubuntu Lucid is attached to this bug report. It awaits sponsorship.
3. A minimal patch applicable to the stable version of the package.
See attached debdiffs. The original patch is at http://bugs.python.org/file14881/locale.py-parselocale-patch.diff
4. Detailed instructions how to reproduce the bug.
TEST CASE:
4.1 Install Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Desktop (i386 and amd64 have both been tested).
4.2 At the GDM login screen, set the locale to English/Antigua and log in (start a session) in that locale.
4.3 Click on Applications -> Ubuntu Software Center
4.4 To see the Python traceback, open a Terminal window and run software-center from it.
4.5 If desired, obtain the patched python2.6 package(s) from the PPA at https://launchpad.net/~jmarsden/+archive/ppa/ and repeat the tests. software-center will now run and operate correctly.
5. A discussion of the regression potential of the patch and how users could get inadvertently affected.
Not every Python app has been tested with this patch, nor has it been tested with every possible supported locale setting! So, by definition, there is a non-zero regression potential. Nevertheless, the patch is so small, and can be reviewed by anyone who reads Python for correctness. It affects just one function, and then only in locales without a period in them (there are few such locales). On that basis, it is hard to see how it can really introduce a regression in practice. This issue has been around for several versions of Ubuntu, so the current behaviour with the patch in place (for locale-aware Python applications at least) is an obvious improvement over earlier behaviour -- the applications actually run. So far, no Python apps have been found which this patch affects negatively. The patch has been tested in several commonly used locales, including en_US.UTF-8, de_DE.utf8, es_ES.utf8 and fr_FR.utf8, as well as the affected locales sr_ME and en_AG.
-------------------
|
|
| 2009-11-30 14:03:27 |
David Planella |
bug |
|
|
added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team |
| 2009-12-02 08:18:58 |
Michael Vogt |
bug task added |
|
python |
|
| 2009-12-02 19:25:31 |
Bug Watch Updater |
python: status |
Unknown |
New |
|
| 2009-12-03 20:27:15 |
Jonathan Marsden |
description |
Binary package hint: alacarte
"Main Menu" worked with first ubuntu 8.04 installation. After serbian language pack installed program did not working any more and in the terminal generate errors such like this:
user@computer:~$ alacarte
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 36, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 32, in main
app = MainWindow(datadir, version, sys.argv)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 49, in __init__
self.editor = MenuEditor()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py", line 35, in __init__
self.locale = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0]
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 443, in getdefaultlocale
return _parse_localename(localename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 375, in _parse_localename
raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: sr_ME
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 78, in apport_excepthook
report_file = open(pr_filename, 'wt')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/crash/_usr_bin_alacarte.1000.crash'
Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 36, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 32, in main
app = MainWindow(datadir, version, sys.argv)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 49, in __init__
self.editor = MenuEditor()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py", line 35, in __init__
self.locale = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0]
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 443, in getdefaultlocale
return _parse_localename(localename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 375, in _parse_localename
raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: sr_ME
ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 27 23:08:17 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/alacarte
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: alacarte 0.11.5-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python -OOt /usr/bin/alacarte
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
LANG=sr_ME
SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/alacarte']
SourcePackage: alacarte
Title: alacarte crashed with ValueError in _parse_localename()
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686
UserGroups:
-------------------
INFORMATION FOR SRU CONSIDERATION FOLLOWS:
1. A statement explaining the impact of the bug on users and justification for backporting the fix to the stable release:
This bug prevents users in some locales (notable Serbia and Antigua, sr_ME and en_AG) from running locale-aware Python software in Ubuntu, including alacarte and software-center. The latter is particularly problematic, as it is likely to affect many novice users.
The proposed fix is small, clear, in the upstream bugtracker already, and is isolated to one function in one file, and has been used with success by users of Ubuntu Karmic in both the mentioned locales from a PPA.
This appears to qualify as a bug ... "which represents a severe regression from the previous release of Ubuntu. This includes packages which are totally unusable, like being uninstallable or crashing on startup."
It could perhaps be argued that these locales did not exist in earlier versions so this is not technically a regression?
2. An explanation of how the bug has been addressed in the development branch, including the relevant version numbers of packages modified in order to implement the fix.
An attached debdiff for Ubuntu Lucid is attached to this bug report. It awaits sponsorship.
3. A minimal patch applicable to the stable version of the package.
See attached debdiffs. The original patch is at http://bugs.python.org/file14881/locale.py-parselocale-patch.diff
4. Detailed instructions how to reproduce the bug.
TEST CASE:
4.1 Install Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Desktop (i386 and amd64 have both been tested).
4.2 At the GDM login screen, set the locale to English/Antigua and log in (start a session) in that locale.
4.3 Click on Applications -> Ubuntu Software Center
4.4 To see the Python traceback, open a Terminal window and run software-center from it.
4.5 If desired, obtain the patched python2.6 package(s) from the PPA at https://launchpad.net/~jmarsden/+archive/ppa/ and repeat the tests. software-center will now run and operate correctly.
5. A discussion of the regression potential of the patch and how users could get inadvertently affected.
Not every Python app has been tested with this patch, nor has it been tested with every possible supported locale setting! So, by definition, there is a non-zero regression potential. Nevertheless, the patch is so small, and can be reviewed by anyone who reads Python for correctness. It affects just one function, and then only in locales without a period in them (there are few such locales). On that basis, it is hard to see how it can really introduce a regression in practice. This issue has been around for several versions of Ubuntu, so the current behaviour with the patch in place (for locale-aware Python applications at least) is an obvious improvement over earlier behaviour -- the applications actually run. So far, no Python apps have been found which this patch affects negatively. The patch has been tested in several commonly used locales, including en_US.UTF-8, de_DE.utf8, es_ES.utf8 and fr_FR.utf8, as well as the affected locales sr_ME and en_AG.
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Binary package hint: alacarte
"Main Menu" worked with first ubuntu 8.04 installation. After serbian language pack installed program did not working any more and in the terminal generate errors such like this:
user@computer:~$ alacarte
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 36, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 32, in main
app = MainWindow(datadir, version, sys.argv)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 49, in __init__
self.editor = MenuEditor()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py", line 35, in __init__
self.locale = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0]
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 443, in getdefaultlocale
return _parse_localename(localename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 375, in _parse_localename
raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: sr_ME
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 78, in apport_excepthook
report_file = open(pr_filename, 'wt')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/crash/_usr_bin_alacarte.1000.crash'
Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 36, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 32, in main
app = MainWindow(datadir, version, sys.argv)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 49, in __init__
self.editor = MenuEditor()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Alacarte/MenuEditor.py", line 35, in __init__
self.locale = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0]
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 443, in getdefaultlocale
return _parse_localename(localename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/locale.py", line 375, in _parse_localename
raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: sr_ME
ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 27 23:08:17 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/alacarte
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: alacarte 0.11.5-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python -OOt /usr/bin/alacarte
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
LANG=sr_ME
SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/alacarte']
SourcePackage: alacarte
Title: alacarte crashed with ValueError in _parse_localename()
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686
UserGroups:
-------------------
INFORMATION FOR SRU CONSIDERATION FOLLOWS:
1. A statement explaining the impact of the bug on users and justification for backporting the fix to the stable release:
This bug prevents users in some locales (notable Serbia and Antigua, sr_ME and en_AG) from running locale-aware Python software in Ubuntu, including alacarte and software-center. The latter is particularly problematic, as it is likely to affect many novice users.
The proposed fix is small, clear, in the upstream bugtracker already, and is isolated to one function in one file, and has been used with success by users of Ubuntu Karmic in both the mentioned locales from a PPA.
This appears to qualify as a bug ... "which represents a severe regression from the previous release of Ubuntu. This includes packages which are totally unusable, like being uninstallable or crashing on startup."
It could perhaps be argued that these locales did not exist in earlier versions so this is not technically a regression?
2. An explanation of how the bug has been addressed in the development branch, including the relevant version numbers of packages modified in order to implement the fix.
An attached debdiff for Ubuntu Lucid is attached to this bug report. It awaits sponsorship.
3. A minimal patch applicable to the stable version of the package.
See attached debdiffs. The original patch is at http://bugs.python.org/file14881/locale.py-parselocale-patch.diff
4. Detailed instructions how to reproduce the bug.
TEST CASE:
4.1 Install Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Desktop (i386 and amd64 have both been tested).
4.2 At the GDM login screen, set the locale to English/Antigua and log in (start a session) in that locale.
4.3 Click on Applications -> Ubuntu Software Center
4.4 To see the Python traceback, open a Terminal window and run software-center from it. A smaller test case would be to run
LANG=en_AG python2.6 -c "import locale ; print locale.getdefaultlocale()"
and testing all locales in this way can therefore be done by running
sudo apt-get install ^language-pack-\* -y # Install all locales
for i in $(locale -a)
do
echo $i
LANG=$i python2.6 -c "import locale ; print locale.getdefaultlocale()" || break
done
4.5 If desired, obtain the patched python2.6 package(s) from the PPA at https://launchpad.net/~jmarsden/+archive/ppa/ and repeat the tests. software-center will now run and operate correctly.
5. A discussion of the regression potential of the patch and how users could get inadvertently affected.
This patch has been tested for every locale in Ubuntu Karmic, see 4.4 above, but not every Python app has been tested with this patch. So, by definition, there is a non-zero regression potential.
Nevertheless, the patch is so small, and can be reviewed by anyone who reads Python for correctness. It affects just one function, and then only in locales without a period in them (there are few such locales). On that basis, it is hard to see how it can really introduce a regression in practice. This issue has been around for several versions of Ubuntu, so the current behaviour with the patch in place (for locale-aware Python applications at least) is an obvious improvement over earlier behaviour -- the applications actually run. So far, no Python apps have been found which this patch affects negatively. The patch has been tested in several commonly used locales, including en_US.UTF-8, de_DE.utf8, es_ES.utf8 and fr_FR.utf8, as well as the affected locales sr_ME and en_AG.
-------------------
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| 2009-12-07 10:41:06 |
Martin Pitt |
bug task added |
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python2.6 (Ubuntu Karmic) |
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| 2009-12-07 10:55:15 |
Martin Pitt |
python2.6 (Ubuntu): status |
Confirmed |
Fix Committed |
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| 2009-12-07 12:47:24 |
Martin Pitt |
python2.6 (Ubuntu): status |
Fix Committed |
Incomplete |
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| 2009-12-07 18:21:59 |
Jonathan Marsden |
attachment added |
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Fixed debdiff for Lucid http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36541698/python2.6_2.6.4-1ubuntu2-fixed.debdiff |
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| 2009-12-07 18:22:32 |
Jonathan Marsden |
python2.6 (Ubuntu): status |
Incomplete |
Confirmed |
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| 2009-12-07 18:34:50 |
Martin Pitt |
python2.6 (Ubuntu Karmic): status |
New |
Fix Committed |
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| 2009-12-07 18:35:10 |
Martin Pitt |
tags |
apport-crash locale |
apport-crash locale verification-needed |
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| 2009-12-08 09:40:55 |
Martin Pitt |
tags |
apport-crash locale verification-needed |
apport-crash locale verification-done |
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| 2009-12-08 11:40:08 |
Launchpad Janitor |
python2.6 (Ubuntu): status |
Confirmed |
Fix Released |
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| 2009-12-08 11:53:25 |
Martin Pitt |
ubuntu-translations: status |
Confirmed |
Fix Committed |
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| 2009-12-09 00:07:21 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:ubuntu/python2.6 |
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| 2009-12-09 00:07:33 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:ubuntu/karmic-proposed/python2.6 |
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| 2009-12-15 07:46:40 |
Martin Pitt |
ubuntu-translations: status |
Fix Committed |
Fix Released |
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| 2009-12-15 07:46:40 |
Launchpad Janitor |
python2.6 (Ubuntu Karmic): status |
Fix Committed |
Fix Released |
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| 2010-01-16 10:11:44 |
Matthias Klose |
python2.6 (Ubuntu): status |
Fix Released |
New |
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| 2010-01-22 11:45:22 |
Launchpad Janitor |
python2.6 (Ubuntu): status |
New |
Fix Released |
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| 2010-03-23 18:54:37 |
Colin Watson |
removed subscriber Ubuntu Sponsors for main |
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| 2010-03-27 15:48:12 |
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removed subscriber Ubuntu Sponsors Team |
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| 2014-05-15 04:24:12 |
Bug Watch Updater |
python: status |
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Incomplete |
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python: status |
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New |
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