Package: software-center Version: 1.1.10debian1 Severity: serious Installing software-center results in:
Setting up software-center (1.1.10debian1) ...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done
ERROR:root:error processing:
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/kbarcode-label.desktop No option 'Name' in
section: 'Desktop Entry'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/update.py", line 103, in
update
name = parser.get_desktop("Name")
File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/update.py", line 70, in
get_desktop
return self.get(self.DE, key)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/ConfigParser.py", line 302, in get
raise NoOptionError(option, section)
NoOptionError: No option 'Name' in section: 'Desktop Entry'
Confusingly, the postinst still exits with status 0. I think
1) it should not print a backtrace for something that's not a hard error
2) if it gets a hard error it should exit with an error, not pretend
everything's fine.
Cheers,
Julien
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (101,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32.7 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages software-center depends on:
ii app-install-data 2010.01.31 Application Installer Data Files
ii aptdaemon 0.11+bzr322-1 transaction based package manageme
ii gnome-icon-theme 2.28.0-1 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii gnome-menus 2.28.0.1-3+b1 an implementation of the freedeskt
ii policykit-1 0.96-1 framework for managing administrat
ii policykit-1-gnome 0.96-1 GNOME authentication agent for Pol
ii python 2.5.4-9 An interactive high-level object-o
ii python-apt 0.7.93.1 Python interface to libapt-pkg
ii python-aptdaemon 0.11+bzr322-1 Python module for the server and c
ii python-aptdaemon-gtk 0.11+bzr322-1 Python GTK+ widgets to run an aptd
ii python-central 0.6.14+nmu2 register and build utility for Pyt
ii python-dbus 0.83.0-1+b1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii python-gconf 2.28.0-2 Python bindings for the GConf conf
ii python-gtk2 2.16.0-2 Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii python-webkit 1.1.7-1+b1 WebKit/Gtk Python bindings
ii python-xapian 1.0.17-1+b1 Xapian search engine interface for
Versions of packages software-center recommends:
ii apt-xapian-index 0.22 maintenance tools for a Xapian ind
ii lsb-release 3.2-23 Linux Standard Base version report
pn python-launchpad-integration <none> (no description available)
software-center suggests no packages.
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