[Bug 944191] Re: Installation program crashed while typing username

[James Hunt]

@Dominik: do you remember if you ticked the "download updates while
installing"?

I suspect that if you do select "download updates while installing" and
get unlucky, 'update-apt-cache' will race with copy_all():

1) update-apt-cache created /target/var/cache/apt/archives/.
2) copy_all() (re)moved /target/var/.
3) update-apt-cache created /target/var/cache/apt/archives/partial/.
4) copy_all() attempted to create /target/var, but it existed again due to (3).

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Title:
  Installation program crashed while typing username

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm using the Ubuntu Precise Pangolin Daily Build (March 1st). I tried
  to install from usb stick and after I chose to replace my Windows 7
  installation and it asked for my time zone it simply crashed.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.9.23
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic-pae 3.2.6
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.305
  Date: Thu Mar  1 19:01:35 2012
  InstallCmdLine: cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120301)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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