Crashes for debs without a description

Bug #1067634 reported by Michael Vogt
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software-center (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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Quantal
Fix Released
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Bug Description

The deb file code crashes for deb packages without a description like e.g. "error-package_1.0_1.0_all.deb" from the gdebi testsuite.

TEST CASE:
- a regression test to open a existing deb is enough as this is a rather uncommon situation

REGRESSION POTENTIAL: low, I can't think of how this could regress

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Michael Vogt (mvo)
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.5.0

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software-center (5.5.0) raring; urgency=low

  [ Andrew Hayzen ]
  * lp:~andrew-hayzen/software-center/accelerator-fix-lp744655:
    - fixes missing accelerator for a11y (LP: #744655)

software-center (5.4.1.3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low

  * lp:~mvo/software-center/fix-for-unusual-deb-lp1067634:
    - fix crash in deb packages without a description (LP: #1067634)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/lp1009967:
    - fix the "top rated" display to match the spec by also showing
      the already installed items (LP: #1009967)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/recoverable-errors-lp1051829:
    - send a custom duplicate signature so that the recoverable errors
      on transaction failures are broken down by error_code instead
      of all put into the same bucket (LP: #1051829)
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:56:26 +0100

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Michael Vogt (mvo)
description: updated
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello Michael, or anyone else affected,

Accepted software-center into quantal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/5.4.1.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu Quantal):
status: New → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed
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Timo Jyrinki (timo-jyrinki) wrote :

Tested, no regressions.

tags: added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote : Update Released

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.4.1.3

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software-center (5.4.1.3) quantal-proposed; urgency=low

  * lp:~mvo/software-center/fix-for-unusual-deb-lp1067634:
    - fix crash in deb packages without a description (LP: #1067634)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/lp1009967:
    - fix the "top rated" display to match the spec by also showing
      the already installed items (LP: #1009967)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/recoverable-errors-lp1051829:
    - send a custom duplicate signature so that the recoverable errors
      on transaction failures are broken down by error_code instead
      of all put into the same bucket (LP: #1051829)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/5.4-fix-threading
    - Properly init threads now that the pygobject crash is fixed.
      This will fix the slow and unreliable submit of reviews
      (LP: #1083694)
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:31:41 +0100

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu Quantal):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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