[Bug 780110] Re: <type 'exceptions.SystemError'>: E:The package index files are corrupted. No Filename: field for package tzdata.

[Sebastian Heinlein]

** Changed in: aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor)

** Changed in: aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Summary changed:

- <type 'exceptions.SystemError'>: E:The package index files are corrupted. No Filename: field for package tzdata.
+ Handle SystemError in apt.cache.Cache.required_download properly

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Title:
  Handle SystemError in apt.cache.Cache.required_download properly

Status in “aptdaemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: aptdaemon

  I was trying to update and I got an error. Then I wanted to report the
  bug, and I got this other error.

  Ubuntu 11.04
  0.41+bzr646-0ubuntu2

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: aptdaemon 0.41+bzr646-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
  Annotation: Applying software changes failed
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon May  9 22:08:52 2011
  DesktopFile: /usr/share/aptdaemon/aptdaemon.desktop
  ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/aptd
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: aptdaemon
  Title: <type 'exceptions.SystemError'>: E:The package index files are corrupted. No Filename: field for package tzdata.
  TransactionDepends: [[], [], [], [], [], [], []]
  TransactionErrorCode: error-unknown
  TransactionKwargs: {}
  TransactionLocale: fr_BE.UTF8
  TransactionOutput:
   
  TransactionPackages: [[], [], [], [], [dbus.String(u'gwibber-service'), dbus.String(u'gwibber-service-facebook'), dbus.String(u'gwibber-service-identica'), dbus.String(u'gwibber-service-twitter'), dbus.String(u'libsyncdaemon-1.0-1'), dbus.String(u'python-ubuntuone-client'), dbus.String(u'tzdata'), dbus.String(u'ubuntuone-client'), dbus.String(u'ubuntuone-client-gnome')], []]
  TransactionRole: role-commit-packages
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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