[Bug 1055325] Re: submittodebian crashed with TypeError in _execute_child(): coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found

[Benjamin Kerensa]

** Description changed:

- submittodebian crashes after editing the diff?
+ What Happens: submittodebian adds Ubuntu changes to control and
+ changelog in patches it forwards upstream
  
- ProblemType: Crash
- DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
+ What should happen: submittodebian should respect upstream source pulled
+ with bzr and not try to add Ubuntu changes but instead just changes
+ created by the user working on the source locally.
+ 
+ ProblemType: CrashDistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubuntu-dev-tools 0.143
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashCounter: 1
  Date: Mon Sep 24 00:04:31 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/submittodebian
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/submittodebian
  ProcEnviron:
-  TERM=xterm
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
- PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/submittodebian']
- SourcePackage: ubuntu-dev-tools
+  TERM=xterm
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+ PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/submittodebian']SourcePackage: ubuntu-dev-tools
  Title: submittodebian crashed with TypeError in _execute_child(): coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-08-08 (46 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

** Description changed:

  What Happens: submittodebian adds Ubuntu changes to control and
  changelog in patches it forwards upstream
  
  What should happen: submittodebian should respect upstream source pulled
  with bzr and not try to add Ubuntu changes but instead just changes
  created by the user working on the source locally.
+ 
+ 
+ How to reproduce:
+ 1. bzr branch debian:packagename
+ 2. make changes to branch such as fixing a bug
+ 3. submittodebian 
+ 4. submittodebian adds changes from the Ubuntu branch control and changelog to the patch it submits 
+ 
  
  ProblemType: CrashDistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubuntu-dev-tools 0.143
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashCounter: 1
  Date: Mon Sep 24 00:04:31 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/submittodebian
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/submittodebian
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/submittodebian']SourcePackage: ubuntu-dev-tools
  Title: submittodebian crashed with TypeError in _execute_child(): coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-08-08 (46 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

** Description changed:

  What Happens: submittodebian adds Ubuntu changes to control and
  changelog in patches it forwards upstream
  
  What should happen: submittodebian should respect upstream source pulled
  with bzr and not try to add Ubuntu changes but instead just changes
  created by the user working on the source locally.
  
- 
  How to reproduce:
- 1. bzr branch debian:packagename
+ 1. bzr branch debianlp:packagename
  2. make changes to branch such as fixing a bug
- 3. submittodebian 
- 4. submittodebian adds changes from the Ubuntu branch control and changelog to the patch it submits 
- 
+ 3. submittodebian
+ 4. submittodebian adds changes from the Ubuntu branch control and changelog to the patch it submits
  
  ProblemType: CrashDistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubuntu-dev-tools 0.143
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashCounter: 1
  Date: Mon Sep 24 00:04:31 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/submittodebian
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/submittodebian
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/submittodebian']SourcePackage: ubuntu-dev-tools
  Title: submittodebian crashed with TypeError in _execute_child(): coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-08-08 (46 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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  submittodebian crashed with TypeError in _execute_child(): coercing to
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