crash on scan

[Scott Severance]

This crash occurs every time. My repository is in current flux between this version and an older version.

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~/webmaster/severance.homelinux.org/falcon/pool/main/scripts:$ falcon scan
Falcon repository manager 2.0.0~beta2 (C)2005-2007 Dennis Kaarsemaker <email address hidden>
* Scanning component 'main/editors'
* Scanning component 'main/games'
* Scanning component 'main/misc'

 === ERROR! ===

An error occured in falcon. This is probably a bug in the software.
Please file a bug at https://launchpad.net/falcon/+filebug and
include the following backtrace:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/falcon", line 217, in ?
    component.scan(clean = action=='clean')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/falcon/plugin.py", line 162, in wrapped_func
    result = func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/falcon/pocket.py", line 189, in scan
    s = falcon.package.SourcePackage.create_fake_source(self, d)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/falcon/package.py", line 58, in create_fake_source
    control, controlfields, files = parse_deb(debfile, component)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/falcon/package.py", line 309, in parse_deb
    control = apt_inst.debExtractControl(fd).strip()
SystemError: E:Invalid archive signature

[Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis)]

Apparently one of the deb files is broken, falcon doesn't like that.

[Scott Severance (scott.severance)]

Yes, I eventually started dumping debs in the morgue and finally got past the crash.

[Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis)]

As of 2.0.3, falcon will give you a proper error message instead of crashing.

[Scott Severance (scott.severance)]

Thanks.

On Jan 7, 2008 3:32 PM, Dennis Kaarsemaker <email address hidden> wrote:

> As of 2.0.3, falcon will give you a proper error message instead of
> crashing.
>
> ** Changed in: falcon
> Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
>
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> crash on scan
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173178
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