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apport package

apport-gtk crashed with ValueError in locale.format()

Bug #688535 reported by Léa GRIS
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This bug affects 14 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
apport (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Martin Pitt

Bug Description

Binary package hint: apport

multiple apport popped then crashed

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/apport/apport-gtk", line 353, in <module>
    app.run_argv()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 576, in run_argv
    return self.run_crashes()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 178, in run_crashes
    self.run_crash(f)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 290, in run_crash
    response = self.ui_present_report_details(False)
  File "/usr/share/apport/apport-gtk", line 152, in ui_present_report_details
    self.format_filesize(self.get_complete_size()))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 703, in format_filesize
    return locale.format('%.1f MiB', size / 1048576.)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 189, in format
    "format specifier, %s not valid") % repr(percent))
ValueError: format() must be given exactly one %char format specifier, '%.1f MiB' not valid

ProblemType: CrashDistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: apport-gtk 1.16-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-8.21-generic 2.6.37-rc4
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-8-generic i686
ApportLog:

Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Dec 10 11:37:38 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/apport/apport-gtkInstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/share/apport/apport-gtk
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_FR.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/apport/apport-gtk']SourcePackage: apport
Title: apport-gtk crashed with ValueError in format()
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Léa GRIS (lea-gris) wrote :
visibility: private → public
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Philip Muškovac (yofel) wrote :

Confirmed by duplicate.

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
Philip Muškovac (yofel)
description: updated
tags: added: python27
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pschonmann (pschonmann) wrote :

Occured when i was merging two contacts.

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Ryan Kitty (gothickitty93) wrote :

Occurred when I was reporting another bug using Apport

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Daniel Kessel (dkessel) wrote :

This currently stops people from reporting any bugs about unity-related applet crashes.
Maybe the importance could be tweaked to reflect the fact that this behavior may lead to "hiding" of many bugs which may be issues for the release.

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David Henningsson (diwic) wrote :

From today's daily live-CD:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ python
Python 2.7.1+ (r271:86832, Dec 10 2010, 15:12:46)
[GCC 4.5.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import locale
>>> locale.format('%.1f MiB', 234.34)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 189, in format
    "format specifier, %s not valid") % repr(percent))
ValueError: format() must be given exactly one %char format specifier, '%.1f MiB' not valid

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ python2.6
Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Dec 10 2010, 14:51:27)
[GCC 4.5.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import locale
>>> locale.format('%.1f MiB', 234.34)
'234.3 MiB'

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
summary: - apport-gtk crashed with ValueError in format()
+ apport-gtk crashed with ValueError in locale.format()
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old_toby (simon-hornweb) wrote :

@Daniel Kessel

It doesn't only stop me from reporting bugs concerning unity. In my /var/crash folder there are bugs waiting to be reported from bluetooth-applet, gnome-dictionary, cupsd, and most important: an evolution bug that prevents me from actually using the calendar.

I'd say the importance should be very high.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Fixed in trunk.

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Martin Pitt (pitti)
importance: Medium → High
status: Triaged → In Progress
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Timo Witte (spacefish) wrote :

wow cool fixed 7 minutes ago *G* had the same problem. Hopping this gets packaged real soon *G*

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package apport - 1.16-0ubuntu2

---------------
apport (1.16-0ubuntu2) natty; urgency=low

  * Cherrypick from trunk:
    - ui.py, format_filesize(): Fix to work with stricter locale.format() in
      Python 2.7. (LP: #688535). While we are at it, also change it to use
      base-10 units.
  * debian/rules: Fix python version check to also work with 2.7.
 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:23:31 +0100

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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