wiki fails to load after hitting 'save'

[Marek Spruell]

 I attempted to add a line to the wiki, hit the preview button and got a preview. Hit the 'save' button and got the following

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IndexErrorstring index out of range Please include this information in your bug reports!:
Python Python 2.4.1: /usr/bin/python
Linux palmer 2.6.15.7 #1 SMP Sat Jul 15 10:43:55 UTC 2006 i686
MoinMoin Release 1.3.4 [Revision 1.3.4 release]
Sun Aug 27 21:45:56 2006

A problem occurred in a Python script. Here is the sequence of function calls leading up to the error, in the order they occurred.

 /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/MoinMoin/request.py in run(self=<MoinMoin.request.RequestModPy instance>)
  845 from MoinMoin.wikiaction import getHandler
  846 handler = getHandler(self, action)
  847 handler(self.page.page_name, self)
  848
  849 # 5. Or redirect to another page
handler = <function do_savepage>, self = <MoinMoin.request.RequestModPy instance>, self.page = <MoinMoin.Page.Page instance>, self.page.page_name = u'ClassroomTranscripts'

 /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/MoinMoin/wikiaction.py in do_savepage(pagename=u'ClassroomTranscripts', request=<MoinMoin.request.RequestModPy instance>)
  605 try:
  606 savemsg = pg.saveText(savetext, rev, trivial=trivial,
  607 comment=comment)
  608 except pg.EditConflict, msg:
  609 # Handle conflict and send editor
comment = u''

 /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/MoinMoin/PageEditor.py in saveText(self=<MoinMoin.PageEditor.PageEditor instance>, newtext=u'||<tablestyle="float:right; font-size: 0.9em; wi...w and exciting mentors to help new Ubuntu users.\n', rev=9, **kw={'comment': u'', 'trivial': 0})
  940 # send notification mails
  941 if self.request.cfg.mail_smarthost:
  942 msg = msg + self._notifySubscribers(comment, trivial)
  943
  944 # remove lock (forcibly if we were allowed to break it by the UI)
msg = u'Thank you for your changes. Your attention to detail is appreciated.', self = <MoinMoin.PageEditor.PageEditor instance>, self._notifySubscribers = <bound method PageEditor._notifySubscribers of <MoinMoin.PageEditor.PageEditor instance>>, comment = u'', trivial = 0

 /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/MoinMoin/PageEditor.py in _notifySubscribers(self=<MoinMoin.PageEditor.PageEditor instance>, comment=u'', trivial=0)
  570 _ = self._
  571 subscribers = self.getSubscribers(self.request, return_users=1,
  572 trivial=trivial)
  573 if subscribers:
  574 # get a list of old revisions, and append a diff
trivial = 0

 /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/MoinMoin/Page.py in getSubscribers(self=<MoinMoin.PageEditor.PageEditor instance>, request=<MoinMoin.request.RequestModPy instance>, **kw={'return_users': 1, 'trivial': 0})
  887 for uid in userlist:
  888 if uid == request.user.id and not include_self: continue # no self notification
  889 subscriber = user.User(request, uid, prefs_only=True)
  890
  891 ## This is a bit wrong if return_users=1 (which implies that the caller will process
subscriber = <MoinMoin.user.User instance>, global user = <module 'MoinMoin.user' from '/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/MoinMoin/user.pyc'>, user.User = <class MoinMoin.user.User>, request = <MoinMoin.request.RequestModPy instance>, uid = '775843', prefs_only undefined, True undefined

 /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/MoinMoin/user.py in __init__(self=<MoinMoin.user.User instance>, request=<MoinMoin.request.RequestModPy instance>, id='775843', name='', password=None, auth_username='', prefs_only=True)
  305
  306 if self.id:
  307 self.load_from_id()
  308 if self.name == self.auth_username:
  309 self.trusted = 1
self = <MoinMoin.user.User instance>, self.load_from_id = <bound method User.load_from_id of <MoinMoin.user.User instance>>

 /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/MoinMoin/user.py in load_from_id(self=<MoinMoin.user.User instance>, check_pass=0)
  406 # XXX: uncomment this!
  407 #assert auth_data['wikiname'], 'No wikiname for user %r!' % self.id
  408 self._load_from_auth_data(auth_data)
  409
  410 def _load_from_auth_data(self, auth_data):
self = <MoinMoin.user.User instance>, self._load_from_auth_data = <bound method User._load_from_auth_data of <MoinMoin.user.User instance>>, auth_data = None

 /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/MoinMoin/user.py in _load_from_auth_data(self=<MoinMoin.user.User instance>, auth_data=None)
  434 try:
  435 key, val = line.strip().split('=', 1)
  436 if key not in self._transient_fields and key[0] != '_':
  437 # Decode list values
  438 if key in ['quicklinks', 'subscribed_pages']:
key = u'', self = <MoinMoin.user.User instance>, self._transient_fields = ['id', 'valid', 'may', 'auth_username', 'trusted', 'email', 'name', 'authserver']

IndexError: string index out of range
      __doc__ = 'Sequence index out of range.'
      __getitem__ = <bound method IndexError.__getitem__ of <exceptions.IndexError instance>>
      __init__ = <bound method IndexError.__init__ of <exceptions.IndexError instance>>
      __module__ = 'exceptions'
      __str__ = <bound method IndexError.__str__ of <exceptions.IndexError instance>>
      args = ('string index out of range',)

[Matthew East (mdke)]

Not a bug in Ubuntu, rejecting. Also, is a duplicate of bug 57894