"bzr branch sftp://remote local" throws OSError(13, 'Permission denied')

[sfryer]

Ubuntu 10.10
 - Linux version 2.6.35-22-generic (buildd@rothera) (gcc version 4.4.5 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.4.4-14ubuntu5) ) #34-Ubuntu SMP Sun Oct 10 09:24:00 UTC 2010 (Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.34-generic 2.6.35.4)

bash> bzr branch sftp://remote local
Doing on-the-fly conversion from RepositoryFormatKnitPack1() to RepositoryFormat2a().
This may take some time. Upgrade the repositories to the same format for better performance.
bzr: failed to report crash using apport:nserting stream:Walking content 142/142
     OSError(13, 'Permission denied')
bzr: ERROR: exceptions.AttributeError: 'Inter1and2Helper' object has no attribute 'source_repo'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 911, in exception_to_return_code
    return the_callable(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 1111, in run_bzr
    ret = run(*run_argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 689, in run_argv_aliases
    return self.run(**all_cmd_args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 704, in run
    return self._operation.run_simple(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/cleanup.py", line 135, in run_simple
    self.cleanups, self.func, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/cleanup.py", line 165, in _do_with_cleanups
    result = func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/builtins.py", line 1246, in run
    source_branch=br_from)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 1257, in sprout
    result_repo.fetch(source_repository, revision_id=revision_id)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/repository.py", line 1741, in fetch
    find_ghosts=find_ghosts, fetch_spec=fetch_spec)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/decorators.py", line 194, in write_locked
    result = unbound(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/repository.py", line 3449, in fetch
    find_ghosts=find_ghosts)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/fetch.py", line 73, in __init__
    self.__fetch()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/fetch.py", line 99, in __fetch
    self._fetch_everything_for_search(search)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/fetch.py", line 127, in _fetch_everything_for_search
    stream, from_format, [])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/repository.py", line 4288, in insert_stream
    is_resume)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/repository.py", line 4317, in _locked_insert_stream
    for substream_type, substream in stream:
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/repository.py", line 4524, in get_stream
    for _ in self._generate_root_texts(revs):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/repository.py", line 4493, in _generate_root_texts
    self.from_repository).generate_root_texts(revs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/fetch.py", line 249, in generate_root_texts
    graph = self.source_repo.get_known_graph_ancestry(revs)
AttributeError: 'Inter1and2Helper' object has no attribute 'source_repo'

bzr 2.2.0 on python 2.6.6 (Linux-2.6.35-22-generic-i686-with-Ubuntu-10.10-maverick)
arguments: ['/usr/bin/bzr', 'branch', 'sftp://remote', 'local']
encoding: 'UTF-8', fsenc: 'UTF-8', lang: 'en_CA.UTF-8'
plugins:
  bash_completion /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/bash_completion [2.2.0]
  bzrtools /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/bzrtools [2.2.0]
  dbus /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/dbus [0.1.0dev]
  git /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/git [0.5.2]
  gtk /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/gtk [0.99.0]
  launchpad /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/launchpad [2.2.0]
  netrc_credential_store /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/netrc_credential_store [2.2.0]
  news_merge /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/news_merge [2.2.0]

*** Bazaar has encountered an internal error. This probably indicates a
    bug in Bazaar. You can help us fix it by filing a bug report at
        https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+filebug
    including this traceback and a description of the problem.

[sfryer (g-launchpad-net-sourcery-ca)]

also...
bash> bzr --version
Bazaar (bzr) 2.2.0
  Python interpreter: /usr/bin/python 2.6.6
  Python standard library: /usr/lib/python2.6
  Platform: Linux-2.6.35-22-generic-i686-with-Ubuntu-10.10-maverick
  bzrlib: /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib
  Bazaar configuration: /home/sfryer/.bazaar
  Bazaar log file: /home/sfryer/.bzr.log

[sfryer (g-launchpad-net-sourcery-ca)]

PS. works just fine on OSX...
Bazaar (bzr) 2.2.0
  Python interpreter: /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python 2.5.1
  Python standard library: /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5
  Platform: Darwin-9.8.0-i386-32bit
  bzrlib: /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/bzrlib
  Bazaar configuration: /Users/sfryer/.bazaar
  Bazaar log file: /Users/sfryer/.bzr.log

[sfryer (g-launchpad-net-sourcery-ca)]

the error also affects "bzr checkout ...", but only with one particular repository (not sure why). nonetheless, on darwin there is no such problem.

[Martin Packman (gz)]

See the main bug for why this is only on one repo for you and a workaround, or just wait for 2.2.1 to make its way to your machine.