Handle packages with broken names

Bug #700258 reported by John Tait
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Aptdaemon
Confirmed
Medium
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Bug Description

raceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 179, in _process_transaction
    self.commit_packages(*self.trans.packages)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 227, in commit_packages
    self._commit_changes()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 726, in _commit_changes
    self._check_obsoleted_dependencies()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 518, in _check_obsoleted_dependencies
    for pkg in self._cache:
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 173, in __iter__
    yield self[pkgname]
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 158, in __getitem__
    pkg = self._weakref[key] = Package(self, self._cache[key])
KeyError: 'libwavefront-st!ndalone3.0'

Revision history for this message
Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote :

There seems to be a disk error on your system which breaks the list of available packages.

You should check your hard drive and re-check for updates.

summary: - Cant load new software new to linux
+ Handle packages with broken names
Changed in aptdaemon:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
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