Activity log for bug #556968

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2010-04-07 01:01:39 Luke Faraone bug added bug
2010-04-07 01:01:39 Luke Faraone attachment added crashlog http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43309754/bzr-20100407005641-16439.crash
2010-04-07 01:01:39 Luke Faraone attachment added Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43309452/Dependencies.txt
2010-04-19 21:49:25 Luke Faraone bzr-git (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2010-05-04 07:16:24 Robert Collins bug task added bzr-git
2010-05-04 07:17:25 Robert Collins bzr-git: status New Confirmed
2010-05-04 07:18:38 Robert Collins bzr-git: importance Undecided Critical
2010-05-04 07:18:56 Robert Collins summary bzr branch crashes with "exceptions.TypeError: expected string or buffer" when cloning a git repository bzr branch crashes with "exceptions.TypeError: expected string or buffer" when cloning a git repository (needs upstream cherrypick/backport)
2010-05-04 07:24:28 Robert Collins description Binary package hint: bzr-git After installing bzr-git, running any of these commands causes an error almost instantly. bzr branch git://github.com/PromyLOPh/pianobar.git bzr branch git://git.sv.gnu.org/otpasswd.git Log attached. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: bzr 2.1.1-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Apr 6 20:56:59 2010 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: bzr After installing bzr-git, running any of these commands causes an error almost instantly.     bzr branch git://github.com/PromyLOPh/pianobar.git     bzr branch git://git.sv.gnu.org/otpasswd.git ... exceptions.TypeError: expected string or buffer This is fixed in 0.5.0, debs for that and python-dulwich from Debian will provide a workaround for users. Waiting on a / need to create a cherrypick to fix this for lucid (as its totally naffed in Lucid otherwise). The root cause was a behavioral change in urllib in a minor python release :(
2010-06-03 14:49:28 Mathias Gug bzr-git (Ubuntu): importance Undecided High
2010-06-06 23:22:37 Jelmer Vernooij bzr-git: status Confirmed Fix Released
2010-06-06 23:27:09 Jelmer Vernooij marked as duplicate 569661