[Bug 1161953] Re: gnome-language-selector crashed with TypeError in _expand_pkg_pattern(): not enough arguments for format string

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

** Patch added: "language-selector_precise-sru_lp-1161953.diff"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/+bug/1161953/+attachment/3621502/+files/language-selector_precise-sru_lp-1161953.diff

** Tags added: patch

** Description changed:

- This happened suddenly after a dist-upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04. The
- buggy code is not always run; the same version of language-selector
- launches fine on another 13.04 installation of mine.
+ Precise SRU request
+ -------------------
+ 
+ [Impact] 
+ gnome-language-selector crashes when launched under certain conditions.
+ 
+ [Test Case]
+ Not able to tell exactly when the buggy code is run and when it's not. The severity of the bug still justifies this SRU IMO.
+ 
+ [Regression Potential]
+ Minimal
+ 
+ [Original description]
+ This happened suddenly after a dist-upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04. The buggy code is not always run; the same version of language-selector launches fine on another 13.04 installation of mine.
  
  Anyway, running the buggy code results in a fatal error, and since it's
  sometimes run at the launch of language-selector (and also when running
  the check-language-support command), it prevents all use of language-
  selector.
  
  The proposed fix is obvious and harmless. I think that a FinalBetaFreeze
  exception is motivated.
  
  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: language-selector-gnome 0.107
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-15.25-generic 3.8.4
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-15-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: i386
  CrashCounter: 1
  Date: Fri Mar 29 17:46:14 2013
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-11 (168 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.3
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3.3 /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/gnome-language-selector']
  SourcePackage: language-selector
  Title: gnome-language-selector crashed with TypeError in _expand_pkg_pattern(): not enough arguments for format string
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-03-29 (0 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm admin lpadmin sambashare

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Title:
  gnome-language-selector crashed with TypeError in
  _expand_pkg_pattern(): not enough arguments for format string

Status in “language-selector” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Precise SRU request
  -------------------

  [Impact] 
  gnome-language-selector crashes when launched under certain conditions.

  [Test Case]
  Not able to tell exactly when the buggy code is run and when it's not. The severity of the bug still justifies this SRU IMO.

  [Regression Potential]
  Minimal

  [Original description]
  This happened suddenly after a dist-upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04. The buggy code is not always run; the same version of language-selector launches fine on another 13.04 installation of mine.

  Anyway, running the buggy code results in a fatal error, and since
  it's sometimes run at the launch of language-selector (and also when
  running the check-language-support command), it prevents all use of
  language-selector.

  The proposed fix is obvious and harmless. I think that a
  FinalBetaFreeze exception is motivated.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: language-selector-gnome 0.107
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-15.25-generic 3.8.4
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-15-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: i386
  CrashCounter: 1
  Date: Fri Mar 29 17:46:14 2013
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-11 (168 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.3
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3.3 /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/gnome-language-selector']
  SourcePackage: language-selector
  Title: gnome-language-selector crashed with TypeError in _expand_pkg_pattern(): not enough arguments for format string
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-03-29 (0 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm admin lpadmin sambashare

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