check-new-release-gtk crashed with TypeError in on_button_ask_me_later_clicked(): integer argument expected, got float

[Bobby Ratliff]

I have a fresh install of Xubuntu 11.04 i386 on a flash drive, and I was booting it on one of my desktop systems. When I booted up, the upgrade release dialog popped up, offering me to upgrade to Xubuntu 11.10. To dismiss it, I clicked "Ask me later", which caused the upgrade dialog to crash. I am submitting this report with the automatically included information. I will reboot and see if I can reproduce it.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy update-manager
update-manager:
  Installed: 1:0.150
  Candidate: 1:0.150.2
  Version table:
     1:0.150.2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main i386 Packages
 *** 1:0.150 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.150
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Dec 22 10:38:29 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/update-manager/check-new-release-gtk
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/lib/update-manager/check-new-release-gtk
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/update-manager/check-new-release-gtk']
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: check-new-release-gtk crashed with TypeError in on_button_ask_me_later_clicked(): integer argument expected, got float
Traceback:
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/lib/update-manager/check-new-release-gtk", line 126, in on_button_ask_me_later_clicked
     client.set_int("/apps/update-notifier/release_check_time", next_check)
 TypeError: integer argument expected, got float
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #886564, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Bobby Ratliff (bobbyratliff)]

The bug is definitely reproducible (no need to reboot). Since clicking the button causes an exception, it does not actually close the dialog. At any point I can click the button again and get the same crash. The button "Don't Upgrade" works as expected, and actually closes the dialog.