list index out of range

[Sebastian Wagner]

* Impact
checkrestart raises python errors in some cases

* Test case
use checkrestart (on a system with gvfs fuse mounts?)

* Regression potential
verify that the command is working correctly

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# checkrestart
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system /run/user/1000/gvfs
      Output information may be incomplete.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/checkrestart", line 637, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/checkrestart", line 131, in main
    toRestart = lsofcheck(blacklist = blacklist)
  File "/usr/sbin/checkrestart", line 284, in lsofcheck
    process = processes.setdefault(data,Process(int(data)))
  File "/usr/sbin/checkrestart", line 555, in __init__
    m = re.match("^-", data[0])
IndexError: list index out of range

This bug is know upstream and has a patch: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=731386

Alternatively, the new upstream version 0.64 (trusty still has 0.63) fixes this bug.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

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[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks, I've sponsored the SRU

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

Hello Sebastian, or anyone else affected,

Accepted debian-goodies into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-goodies/0.63ubuntu1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Sebastian Wagner (sebix)]

I successfully tested 0.63ubuntu1, thanks!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package debian-goodies - 0.63ubuntu1

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debian-goodies (0.63ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=medium

  * Apply patch provided by Felix C. Stegerman that prevents Python errors
    under some use scenarios (lp: #1510437)

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Tue, 10 Nov 2015 13:57:05 +0100

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for debian-goodies has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.