Comment 0 for bug 428933

Binary package hint: calibre

Ubuntu version : Karmic (9.10)
Package version : 0.6.10+dfsg-0ubuntu1

Expected : To convert html input to pdf output
What happened : ebook-convert crashed with the following output

$ ebook-convert 0-Readme.html 0-Readme.pdf
1% Converting input to HTML...
InputFormatPlugin: HTML Input running on /home/srikanth/work/projects/library-build-system/scripts/0-Readme.html
Language not specified
Creator not specified
Building file list...
34% Running transforms on ebook...
Merging user specified metadata...
Detecting structure...
        Detected chapter: E-Book Library Build System
        Detected chapter: PART I - GOALS
        Detected chapter: PART II - IMPLEMENTATION
Auto generated TOC with 7 entries.
Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes...
Source base font size is 12.00000pt
Cleaning up manifest...
Trimming unused files from manifest...
Creating PDF Output...
67% Creating PDF Output
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/calibre/ebooks/pdf/writer.py", line 129, in _render_html
    self._render_book()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/calibre/ebooks/pdf/writer.py", line 104, in _render_book
    self._write()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/calibre/ebooks/pdf/writer.py", line 140, in _write
    outPDF = PdfFileWriter(title=self.metadata.title, author=self.metadata.author)
TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'title'
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 85, in apport_excepthook
    if pr.check_ignored():
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 753, in check_ignored
    dom = self._get_ignore_dom()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 714, in _get_ignore_dom
    dom = xml.dom.getDOMImplementation().createDocument(None, 'apport', None)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cssutils/__init__.py", line 137, in createDocument
    raise NotImplementedError
NotImplementedError

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/calibre/ebooks/pdf/writer.py", line 129, in _render_html
    self._render_book()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/calibre/ebooks/pdf/writer.py", line 104, in _render_book
    self._write()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/calibre/ebooks/pdf/writer.py", line 140, in _write
    outPDF = PdfFileWriter(title=self.metadata.title, author=self.metadata.author)
TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'title'
PDF output written to /home/srikanth/work/projects/library-build-system/scripts/0-Readme.pdf
Output saved to /home/srikanth/work/projects/library-build-system/scripts/0-Readme.pdf

This happens while trying to convert any html file to pdf.