mate-menu.py crashed with AttributeError in get_system_item_paths(): '_Environ' object has no attribute 'has_key'

[Matt Mayfield]

Unsure what exactly triggered this.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: mate-menu 19.10.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-13.14-lowlatency 5.3.0
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-13-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Sep 28 20:24:46 2019
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/mate-menu/mate-menu.py
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-02 (514 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: mate-menu
ProcEnviron:

Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.7, Python 3.7.4+, python3-minimal, 3.7.3-1
PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/mate-menu/mate-menu.py']
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.16+, python-minimal, 2.7.16-1
SourcePackage: mate-menu
Title: mate-menu.py crashed with AttributeError in get_system_item_paths(): '_Environ' object has no attribute 'has_key'
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2019-09-24 (4 days ago)
UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Nicholas Guriev (mymedia)]

The exception occurs when a user clicks the "Edit properties" item in context menu of applications list. I have opened a pull request on GitHub with the fix.

https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/mate-menu/pull/64

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

The attachment "64.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

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[Martin Wimpress  (flexiondotorg)]

The is fixed in mate-menu 20.04.0 in Ubuntu MATE 20.04 daily, from tomorrow.