r2e bails out with TypeError

I've just done a bit more experimenting with this.

It seems that the bug / crash only occurs when upgrading from a previous version of rss2email, and the old configuration files - including the list of sites to subscribe to - are kept.

I've managed to work around it by backing up the config files, removing them, doing 'r2e new' and then re-entering all the feeds to follow, though this is really rather time consuming.

Pete.

Peter,

Hmm. My main Linux box also runs Hardy, but I don't use the Ubuntu
package for rss2email personally. Can I enlist your help in finding
the steps to reproduce this?

regards,
Lindsey Smith

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Peter Lewis <email address hidden> wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: rss2email
>
> Hi,
>
> After upgrading to Hardy, I get this behaviour:
>
> $ r2e list
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/share/rss2email/rss2email.py", line 731, in <module>
> elif action == "list": list()
> File "/usr/share/rss2email/rss2email.py", line 672, in list
> feeds, feedfileObject = load(lock=0)
> File "/usr/share/rss2email/rss2email.py", line 413, in load
> feeds = pickle.load(feedfileObject)
> TypeError: 'str' object does not support item assignment
>
> And the same if I try to run r2e with any other options. I've tried it
> with both python 2.4 and 2.5.
>
> Some more info:
>
> $ aptitude show rss2email
> Package: rss2email
> State: installed
> Automatically installed: yes
> Version: 1:2.61-1
>
> $ aptitude show python-feedparser
> Package: python-feedparser
> State: installed
> Automatically installed: no
> Version: 4.1-10
>
> Thanks :-)
>
> ** Affects: rss2email (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
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> r2e bails out with TypeError
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244953
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>

Absolutely - I'd be happy to help running tests or whatever.

The problem occurred (so far as I'm aware) when I upgraded from Gutsy to Hardy. The Hardy version was not able to understand the config / feed files generated by the Gutsy version.

Let me know what you need me to do. I have the old feeds.dat file from the Gutsy version, if that's any help (the one which generates the error with the Hardy package).

Hardy is EOL. Can you still reproduce this bug? Thank you for telling us!

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