OEBError: Spine is empty

Bug #1273471 reported by DK
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Bug Description

calibre, version 1.21.0 (linux2, isfrozen: True)
Conversion Error: Failed: Convert book 10 of 11 (The Pictvre of Dorian Gray)

Convert book 10 of 11 (The Pictvre of Dorian Gray)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 1.21.0
{'asciiize': False,
 'author_sort': None,
 'authors': None,
 'base_font_size': 0.0,
 'book_producer': None,
 'change_justification': u'original',
 'chapter': u"//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., '\\s*((chapter|book|section|part)\\s+)|((prolog|prologue|epilogue)(\\s+|$))', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
 'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
 'comments': None,
 'cover': u'/tmp/calibre_1.21.0_tmp_cCxHZA/A3tDQM.jpeg',
 'debug_pipeline': None,
 'dehyphenate': True,
 'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
 'disable_font_rescaling': False,
 'dont_split_on_page_breaks': False,
 'duplicate_links_in_toc': False,
 'embed_all_fonts': False,
 'embed_font_family': None,
 'enable_heuristics': False,
 'epub_flatten': False,
 'epub_inline_toc': False,
 'epub_toc_at_end': False,
 'expand_css': False,
 'extra_css': None,
 'extract_to': None,
 'filter_css': u'',
 'fix_indents': True,
 'flow_size': 260,
 'font_size_mapping': None,
 'format_scene_breaks': True,
 'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
 'input_encoding': None,
 'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x11fb950>,
 'insert_blank_line': False,
 'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5,
 'insert_metadata': False,
 'isbn': None,
 'italicize_common_cases': True,
 'keep_ligatures': False,
 'language': None,
 'level1_toc': None,
 'level2_toc': None,
 'level3_toc': None,
 'line_height': 0.0,
 'linearize_tables': False,
 'margin_bottom': 5.0,
 'margin_left': 5.0,
 'margin_right': 5.0,
 'margin_top': 5.0,
 'markup_chapter_headings': True,
 'max_toc_links': 50,
 'minimum_line_height': 120.0,
 'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
 'no_default_epub_cover': False,
 'no_inline_navbars': False,
 'no_svg_cover': False,
 'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.GenericEink object at 0x11fbd50>,
 'page_breaks_before': '/',
 'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
 'preserve_cover_aspect_ratio': False,
 'pretty_print': True,
 'pubdate': None,
 'publisher': None,
 'rating': None,
 'read_metadata_from_opf': u'/tmp/calibre_1.21.0_tmp_cCxHZA/OFFiya.opf',
 'remove_fake_margins': True,
 'remove_first_image': False,
 'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
 'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
 'renumber_headings': True,
 'replace_scene_breaks': u'',
 'search_replace': '[]',
 'series': None,
 'series_index': None,
 'smarten_punctuation': False,
 'sr1_replace': None,
 'sr1_search': None,
 'sr2_replace': None,
 'sr2_search': None,
 'sr3_replace': None,
 'sr3_search': None,
 'start_reading_at': None,
 'subset_embedded_fonts': False,
 'tags': None,
 'timestamp': None,
 'title': None,
 'title_sort': None,
 'toc_filter': None,
 'toc_threshold': 6,
 'toc_title': None,
 'unsmarten_punctuation': False,
 'unwrap_lines': True,
 'use_auto_toc': False,
 'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: EPUB Input running
on /tmp/calibre_1.21.0_tmp_cCxHZA/t8DepB.epub
Parsing all content...
The item OEBPS/content/content-0007.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0008.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0009.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0010.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0011.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0012.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0013.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0014.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0015.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0016.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0017.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0018.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0019.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0020.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0021.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0022.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0023.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0024.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0026.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0027.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0028.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0029.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0030.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0031.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0032.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0034.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
The item OEBPS/content/content-0035.xml is not a XML document. Removing it from spine.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "site.py", line 58, in main
  File "site-packages/calibre/utils/ipc/worker.py", line 192, in main
  File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py", line 31, in gui_convert_override
  File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert
  File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py", line 1046, in run
  File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py", line 1223, in create_oebbook
  File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/oeb/reader.py", line 71, in __call__
  File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/oeb/reader.py", line 684, in _all_from_opf
  File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/oeb/reader.py", line 331, in _spine_from_opf
OEBError: Spine is empty

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DK (dkretz) wrote :
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DK (dkretz) wrote :

I've had the same error with one or two other books. Also, I should note that I love Calibre and really appreciate the work you do.

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Kovid Goyal (kovid) wrote : Fixed in master

Fixed in branch master. The fix will be in the next release. calibre is usually released every Friday.

 status fixreleased

Changed in calibre:
status: New → Fix Released
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