Bug in python-apport sys.excepthook

[Stefan Fleiter]

Binary package hint: apport

When syncing with my mobile phone with opensync I got a python exception.
sys.excepthook kicked in which itself seems to have a bug:

Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 77, in apport_excepthook
    pr['PythonArgs'] = '%r' % sys.argv
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'argv'

In line 48 access to sys.argv is guarded by an except clause for programms that modify
sys.argv, in line 77 it was forgotten to do so, too.

$ LANG=C apt-cache policy python-apport
python-apport:
  Installed: 1.7-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1.7-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1.7-0ubuntu3 0
        800 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

trunk r1546

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package apport - 1.8.1-0ubuntu1

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apport (1.8.1-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * New upstream bug fix release:
    - data/general-hooks/generic.py: Check $HOME, not /home for enough space.
      (LP: #422658)
    - launchpad.py: Intercept httplib2.ServerNotFoundError as well, to avoid
      crashes when being offline. (LP: #396276)
    - apport-cli: Save reports with .apport extension instead of .txt. Thanks
      to Steve Beattie! (LP: #401983)
    - fileutils.py, likely_packaged(): Ignored crashes in /var, packages don't
      ship executables there, and it creates false positives. (LP: #414368)
    - packaging-apt-dpkg.py, get_modified_files(): Fix crash with empty lines.
      (LP: #408280)
    - packaging-apt-dpkg.py: Use installed version instead of candidate
      version where appropriate. This also fixes a crash where an obsolete
      package is not available any more. (LP: #423511)
    - hookutils.py, attach_gconf(): Fix crash with keys which do not have a
      schema default. (LP: #422277)
    - launchpad.py: Remove LP #353805 workaround, seems fixed now.
    - launchpad.py: Talk to staging if $APPORT_STAGING is set.
    - launchpad.py: Explicitly supply content_type for addAttachment, current
      wadllib requires it now.
    - apport_python_hook.py: Paper over inexplicable import error.
      (LP: #348250)
    - apport_python_hook.py: Protect against nonexisting sys.argv.
      (LP: #418051)
    - apport/ui.py, load_report(): Check that report has ProblemType field.
      (LP: #198543)
    - ui.py: Fix handling of complete vs. reduced report size. (LP: #92653).
      This also fixes a race condition crash with os.path.getsize().
      (LP: #348137)
    - fi.po: Fix mistranslation of "&Cancel". (LP: #355303)
    - apport-{gtk,kde}: Check for having $DISPLAY at startup to avoid crashes.
      (LP: #411276)
    - report.py, add_gdb_info(): Fix race condition in unlink_core, thanks to
      Tommi Komulainen! (LP: #397945)
    - ui.py, load_report(): Robustify check whether program is still
      installed. (LP: #329184)
    - packaging-apt-dpkg.py, install_retracing_packages(): Install package for
      ExecutablePath/InterpreterPath if missing; this can happen with package
      hooks which reassing package
    - launchpad.py: Add a comment when marking a bug as a duplicate.
      (LP: #418871)
  * Move gdb dependency from apport to GUI packages to avoid pulling in gdb on
    Ubuntu server. Thanks to Steve Beattie! (LP: #354172)
  * ubuntu-bug: Fix handling of .crash file arguments, thanks to Marco
    Rodrigues for pointing this out! (LP: #422881)
  * debian/local/apport-collect: Set content_type and description, wadllib
    requires them now. (LP: #423512) Also drop the ASCII reencoding
    workaround, this doesn't seem to be necessary any more.
  * apport/hookutils.py, attach_conffiles(): Fix crash with obsolete
    conffiles. (LP: #412132)
  * debian/local/apport-collect: Do not upload data if the affected package
    isn't installed and there is no source package hook available either.
    (LP: #417277)
  * debian/local/ubuntu-bug: Accept .apport extension, too; thanks to Steve
    ...