[Bug 1065155] Re: Flash doesn't work after upgrading it with Muon

[Jonathan Thomas]

If the http_proxy environment variable is set but empty, python's urllib
craps its pants and tries to concatenate a string with a NoneType
object:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloader", line 234, in process_download_requests
    dest_file = urllib.urlretrieve(files[i])[0]
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 93, in urlretrieve
    return _urlopener.retrieve(url, filename, reporthook, data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 243, in retrieve
    fp = self.open(url, data)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 201, in open
    name = 'open_' + urltype
TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'NoneType' objects

That's what is causing the bug.

** Package changed: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) => python2.7 (Ubuntu)

** Project changed: flash-install => python

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Title:
  Flash doesn't work after upgrading it with Muon

Status in Python:
  New
Status in “python2.7” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I installed Flash installing the restricted-extras, but every time
  that is a update avaliable and I upgrade the package using Muon, Flash
  doesn't work anymore. To fix it, I need to uninstall the package and
  install it using the terminal. And I know that this issue doesn't
  happen with other package managers.

  I reported this as a Muon bug (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=308186) and they told me this:
  <<Yes, it does fail within Muon, but the ultimate failure is an uncaught exception in the script the packaging runs to download the actual flash plugin. The difference would be that package managers like apt-get and Synaptic run dpkg in a terminal emulator, whereas package managers like Muon and PackageKit run dpkg in a pty. (A perfectly valid thing to do.) The script within the flashplugin-installer package erroneously assumes that the package is being installed in a virtual terminal emulator environment, which triggers the uncaught exception within the script.>>

  So, I hope you can solve this.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: muon 1.3.1-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic 3.2.28
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Oct 10 19:13:27 2012
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120319)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: muon
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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