[Bug 1022665] Re: software-properties-gtk crashed with NameError in sort_mirrors(): global name 'cmp' is not defined

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This bug was fixed in the package software-properties - 0.87

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software-properties (0.87) quantal; urgency=low

  * Restore apt-add-repository symlink.
  * Handle removal of cmp builtin from Python 3 (LP: #1022665).
  * Open NamedTemporaryFile in text mode when writing text to it
    (LP: #1021639).
  * Fix display glitch in add-apt-repository that caused "None" to be
    printed for any PPA without a description.
 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com>   Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:56:14 +0100

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  software-properties-gtk crashed with NameError in sort_mirrors():
  global name 'cmp' is not defined

Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
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  Settings when this occurred.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: software-properties-gtk 0.86
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic-pae 3.2.19
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.3-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Jul  9 12:42:53 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.2mu
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3.2 /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk --open-tab 2
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk', '--open-tab', '2']
  SourcePackage: software-properties
  Title: software-properties-gtk crashed with NameError in sort_mirrors(): global name 'cmp' is not defined
  Traceback:
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/gtk/DialogMirror.py", line 65, in sort_mirrors
       return cmp(url1, url2)
   NameError: global name 'cmp' is not defined
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-07-09 (0 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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