software-center crashed with NameError in _medium_required()

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Binary package hint: software-center

I was browsing the catalog whilst installing the samba package. software-center kept running, but repeated the crash every time I tried to install anything else.

Ubuntu 9.10 daily.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 8 13:08:56 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Package: software-center 0.5.0
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.41-generic
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with NameError in _medium_required()
Traceback:
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/appdetailsview.py", line 550, in _medium_requiusername
     dialog = AptMediumRequiusernameDialog(medium, drive)
 NameError: global name 'medium' is not defined
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Found the cause : the install cd-rom was enabled in the repositories, disabling it stopped the crashes.

This is a funny one, as I don't have a karmic CD - I installed using a USB stick with a daily build iso on it - is this another bug in itself?.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 0.5.1

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software-center (0.5.1) karmic; urgency=low

  * icon updates from Kenneth Wimer
  * softwarecenter/db/update.py:
    - fix index bug in pkgname handling
  * make screenshots scrollable (LP: #439420)
  * fix reopen() handling by not using xapian.Database.reopen()
    but instead do a full open of the db (LP: #430603)
  * softwarecenter/view/appdetailsview.py:
    - add support for http proxies (LP: #446069)
    - fix crash in cdrom handling (LP: #446269)
    - do not show error when a transaction is cancelt
      (LP: #440941)
  * softwarecenter/view/widgets/imagedialog.py:
    - change default window size to match the default image
      size from screenshots.debian.net (LP: #445938)
  * debian/control:
    - depend on the latest aptdaemon for working proxy support

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:25:10 +0200