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Converting CHM to X (epub or pdf) no longer working. Input Error in chm.py?

Bug #1796889 reported by Marcus Davis on 2018-10-09

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	calibre	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I have tried over 10 different chm files on both mac and windows.
Failed Conversion see Error log below:

calibre, version 3.32.0 (darwin, embedded-python: True)
Conversion error: Failed: Convert book 1 of 1 (ChmTitle)

Convert book 1 of 1 (ChmTitle)
Conversion options changed from defaults:
  cover: u'/var/folders/k0/5cmy0ntx6qv6t5vkcfdzpb0m0000gn/C/calibre_3.32.0_tmp_6SQxnm/sApkP4.jpeg'
  read_metadata_from_opf: u'/var/folders/k0/5cmy0ntx6qv6t5vkcfdzpb0m0000gn/C/calibre_3.32.0_tmp_6SQxnm/EjI0l3.opf'
  verbose: 2
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 3.32.0
{'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'/var/folders/k0/5cmy0ntx6qv6t5vkcfdzpb0m0000gn/C/calibre_3.32.0_tmp_6SQxnm/sApkP4.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,
'epub_version': u'2',
'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 0x107fe5710>,
'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.OutputProfile object at 0x107fe5ad0>,
'page_breaks_before': u"//*[name()='h1' or name()='h2']",
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'preserve_cover_aspect_ratio': False,
'pretty_print': True,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': u'/var/folders/k0/5cmy0ntx6qv6t5vkcfdzpb0m0000gn/C/calibre_3.32.0_tmp_6SQxnm/EjI0l3.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,
'transform_css_rules': '[]',
'unsmarten_punctuation': False,
'unwrap_lines': True,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
Python function terminated unexpectedly: Objects/longobject.c:998: bad argument to internal function
InputFormatPlugin: CHM Input running
on /var/folders/k0/5cmy0ntx6qv6t5vkcfdzpb0m0000gn/C/calibre_3.32.0_tmp_6SQxnm/oY51lr.chm
Processing CHM...
tdir=/var/folders/k0/5cmy0ntx6qv6t5vkcfdzpb0m0000gn/C/calibre_3.32.0_tmp_6SQxnm/0OEay5_chm2oeb
stream.name=/var/folders/k0/5cmy0ntx6qv6t5vkcfdzpb0m0000gn/C/calibre_3.32.0_tmp_6SQxnm/oY51lr.chm
Opening CHM file
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 154, in main
    return run_entry_point()
  File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 114, in run_entry_point
    return getattr(pmod, func)()
  File "site-packages/calibre/utils/ipc/worker.py", line 199, in main
  File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py", line 42, in gui_convert_override
  File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py", line 27, in gui_convert
  File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py", line 1106, in run
  File "site-packages/calibre/customize/conversion.py", line 244, in __call__
  File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/chm_input.py", line 55, in convert
  File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/chm_input.py", line 24, in _chmtohtml
  File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/chm/reader.py", line 51, in __init__
  File "site-packages/calibre/utils/chm/chm.py", line 221, in LoadCHM
  File "site-packages/calibre/utils/chm/chm.py", line 257, in GetArchiveInfo
SystemError: Objects/longobject.c:998: bad argument to internal function

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