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pycentral crashed with NoSectionError in set()

Bug #341372 reported by Randy Wilson
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This bug affects 8 people
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python-central (Ubuntu)
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Ubuntu lucid-updates
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: python-central

I'm stuck where language-selector and language-selector-common can't successfully install or be removed. Here is the error reported when doing an "apt-get remove language-selector language-selector-common":
<code>
Removing language-selector-common ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 2143, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 2137, in main
    rv = action.run(global_options)
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1596, in run
    pkg = DebPackage('package', self.args[0], oldstyle=False)
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 338, in __init__
    self.read_pyfiles()
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 369, in read_pyfiles
    self.pkgconfig.set('pycentral', 'include-links', '0')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/ConfigParser.py", line 669, in set
    ConfigParser.set(self, section, option, value)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/ConfigParser.py", line 377, in set
    raise NoSectionError(section)
ConfigParser.NoSectionError: No section: 'pycentral'
dpkg: error processing language-selector-common (--remove):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 2143, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 2137, in main
    rv = action.run(global_options)
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1432, in run
    pkg = DebPackage('package', self.args[0], oldstyle=False)
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 338, in __init__
    self.read_pyfiles()
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 369, in read_pyfiles
    self.pkgconfig.set('pycentral', 'include-links', '0')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/ConfigParser.py", line 669, in set
    ConfigParser.set(self, section, option, value)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/ConfigParser.py", line 377, in set
    raise NoSectionError(section)
ConfigParser.NoSectionError: No section: 'pycentral'
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 language-selector-common
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
</code>

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pycentral
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Package: python-central 0.6.11ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/pycentral pkgremove language-selector-common
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/pycentral', 'pkgremove', 'language-selector-common']
SourcePackage: python-central
Title: pycentral crashed with NoSectionError in set()
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-9-generic i686
UserGroups:

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Randy Wilson (blazerw) wrote :
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Randy Wilson (blazerw) wrote :

Note that removing "/var/lib/dpkg/info/language-selector-common.postinst" removed the error, but I don't know if something in the postinst script wasn't done now.

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Randy Wilson (blazerw) wrote :

This happened again. This time removing "/var/lib/dpkg/info/language-selector-common.prerm" removed the error. However, clearly we're having trouble with the situation where a section is searched for and it doesn't exist in the place where pycentral is looking.

Gediminas Paulauskas (menesis)
visibility: private → public
Changed in python-central (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → lucid-updates
status: New → Confirmed
Gediminas Paulauskas (menesis)
Changed in python-central (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
assignee: nobody → Gediminas Paulauskas (menesis)
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Thanks! I subscribed Matthias Klose for reviewing the patch and getting it into sid/maverick. Then we can SRU this.

Gediminas Paulauskas (menesis)
Changed in python-central (Ubuntu):
assignee: Gediminas Paulauskas (menesis) → nobody
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in python-central (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Confirmed
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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

dh_python2 is now used to replace that deprecated package

Changed in python-central (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Changed in python-central (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Invalid
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