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[patch] apt-mark crashed with IndexError in <module>()

Bug #517917 reported by Kai Kasurinen on 2010-02-06

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	apt (Debian)	Fix Released	Unknown	debbugs #570962
	apt (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: apt

$ apt-mark
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/apt-mark", line 80, in <module>
if args[0] == "showauto":
IndexError: list index out of range

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Feb 6 06:07:30 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/apt-mark
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Package: apt 0.7.25ubuntu4
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/apt-mark
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=fi_FI.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-12.17-generic
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/apt-mark']
SourcePackage: apt
Title: apt-mark crashed with IndexError in <module>()
Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/apt-mark", line 80, in <module>
if args[0] == "showauto":
IndexError: list index out of range
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-12-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse lpadmin plugdev staff video

Tags:

Related branches

lp://staging/~mvo/apt/mvo

Merged into lp://staging/~pitti/apt/compressed-indexes at revision 2036

Ubuntu Core Development Team: Pending requested 2010-10-13

Merged into lp://staging/~ubuntu-core-dev/apt/ubuntu at revision 1810

Ubuntu Core Development Team: Pending requested 2010-10-13

lp://staging/~ubuntu-core-dev/apt/ubuntu

lp://staging/ubuntu/lucid/apt

lp://staging/~mvo/apt/debian-sid (Merged)

lp://staging/debian/experimental/apt

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Kai Kasurinen (kai-kasurinen) wrote on 2010-02-06:

Dependencies.txt Edit (469 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcMaps.txt Edit (6.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcStatus.txt Edit (806 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2010-02-06

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

Kai Kasurinen (kai-kasurinen) on 2010-02-06

visibility:

private → public

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Torsten Spindler (tspindler) wrote on 2010-03-04:

Confirmed on recent Lucid.

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Torsten Spindler (tspindler) wrote on 2010-03-04:

apt-mark.patch Edit (362 bytes, text/plain)

Attached is a patch that shows the usage if no argument is given.

summary:

- apt-mark crashed with IndexError in <module>()
+ [patch] apt-mark crashed with IndexError in <module>()

Brian Murray (brian-murray) on 2010-03-04

tags:

added: patch

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2010-03-04:

Torsten - it would be great if you could add your patch to the Debian bug report also.

tags:	added: patch-upstreaminput removed: patch
Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
status:	Confirmed → Triaged

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Torsten Spindler (tspindler) wrote on 2010-03-05: Re: [Bug 517917] Re: [patch] apt-mark crashed with IndexError in <module>()

@Brian - done.

Michael Vogt (mvo) on 2010-03-12

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status:	Triaged → Fix Committed

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2010-03-15:

This bug was fixed in the package apt - 0.7.25.3ubuntu2

---------------
apt (0.7.25.3ubuntu2) lucid; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * abicheck/
    - add new abitest tester using the ABI Compliance Checker from
      http://ispras.linuxfoundation.org/index.php/ABI_compliance_checker
  * debian/apt.conf.autoremove:
    - add "oldlibs" to the APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections as its used
      for transitional packages
  * apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc:
    - fix backgrounding when dpkg runs (closes: #486222)
  * cmdline/apt-mark:
    - show error on incorrect aguments (LP: #517917), thanks to
      Torsten Spindler
  * cmdline/apt-get.cc:
    - if apt-get source foo=version or foo/distro can not be found,
      error out (LP: #502641)
  * apt-pkg/indexfile.cc:
    - deal correctly with three letter langcodes (LP: #391409)
  * debian/apt.cron.daily:
    - do not look into admin users gconf anymore for the http proxy
      the user now needs to use the "Apply system-wide" UI in the
      gnome-control-center to set it
  * debian/apt.postinst:
    - add set_apt_proxy_from_gconf() and run that once on upgrade if
      there is no proxy configured already system-wide (LP: #432631)
      From that point on gnome-control-center will have to warn if
      the user makes changes to the proxy settings and does not apply
      them system wide

  [ Robert Collins ]
  * Change the package index Info methods to allow apt-cache policy to be
    useful when using several different archives on the same host.
    (Closes: #329814, LP: #22354)
-- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:10:52 +0100