smart package manager search not working

What is not working ? Is this Bug #597191 ?

smart search ... eg ... smart search xpdf ... I get errors when I try to
search for a package to install and not know the name

On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:32:55 -0400, Anders F Björklund
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> What is not working ? Is this Bug #597191 ?
>

Which errors ?

Here is the response that I get back ...

ben@clouds ~ $ smart search aterm
Loading cache...
Updating cache... ########################################
[100%]

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/bin/smart", line 195, in <module>
     main(sys.argv[1:])
   File "/usr/bin/smart", line 168, in main
     exitcode = iface.run(opts.command, opts.argv)
   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/smart/interface.py", line 53, in run
     result = _command.main(self._ctrl, opts)
   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/smart/commands/query.py", line 247,
in main
     hasname.append(re.compile(token, re.I))
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/re.py", line 190, in compile
     return _compile(pattern, flags)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/re.py", line 245, in _compile
     raise error, v # invalid expression
sre_constants.error: unexpected end of pattern
ben@clouds ~ $

On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:00:14 -0400, Anders F Björklund
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> Which errors ?
>
> ** Changed in: smart
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

--
James Harris

Thank you, that bug is fixed.

ok I am not sure I understand ... when will the fix be applied ... I am
not a programmer just an end user ... when can I apply fix and how or is
it going to come through the repo's?

On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:43:08 -0400, Anders F Björklund
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> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 525940 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/525940
>
> Thank you, that bug is fixed.
>
> ** Changed in: smart
> Status: Incomplete => New
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 525940
> sre_constants.error: unexpected end of pattern on smart search
>

There is a patch in the (other) bug, but the easiest to wait for the package to be updated to 1.3.1 or fixes backported. Bug #590045 was another duplicate of the same issue.

Thank you Anders for your help and support. I appreicate your hard work
and effort. Jim

On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:23:36 -0400, Anders F Björklund
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> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 525940 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/525940
>
> There is a patch in the (other) bug, but the easiest to wait for the
> package to be updated to 1.3.1 or fixes backported. Bug #590045 was
> another duplicate of the same issue.
>