missing files in eric4 (previously "eric4 crash in ubuntu 9.04 beta")

[ehcpdeveloper]

Binary package hint: eric

bvidinli@bvidinli-yenihdd:~$ eric4
Warning: translation file 'qt_tr_TR'could not be loaded.
Using default.
Warning: translation file 'qscintilla_tr_TR'could not be loaded.
Using default.
Exception RuntimeError: 'maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a Python object' in <type 'exceptions.AttributeError'> ignored
Exception RuntimeError: 'maximum recursion depth exceeded in __subclasscheck__' in <type 'exceptions.AttributeError'> ignored
An unhandled exception occurred. Please report the problem
using the error reporting dialog or via email to <email address hidden>.
A log has been written to "/home/bvidinli/.eric4/eric4_error.log".

Error information:
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2009-03-31, 15:27:30
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<type 'exceptions.ImportError'>:
cannot import name walk
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  File "/usr/share/eric/modules/eric4.py", line 250, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/share/eric/modules/eric4.py", line 229, in main
    from UI.UserInterface import UserInterface
  File "/usr/share/eric/modules/UI/UserInterface.py", line 66, in <module>
    from EmailDialog import EmailDialog
  File "/usr/share/eric/modules/UI/EmailDialog.py", line 28, in <module>
    from email.MIMEBase import MIMEBase
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/email/__init__.py", line 79, in __getattr__
    __import__(self.__name__)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/email/mime/base.py", line 9, in <module>
    from email import message
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/email/message.py", line 90, in <module>
    class Message:
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/email/message.py", line 790, in Message
    from email.Iterators import walk

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Version Numbers:
  Python 2.6.1+
  KDE 4.2.1
  PyKDE 4.0.2
  Qt 4.5.0
  PyQt4 4.4.4
  sip sip version not available
  QScintilla 2.3.2
  eric4 4.3.0 (r2852)

Platform: linux2
2.6.1+ (r261:67515, Mar 28 2009, 16:25:33)
[GCC 4.3.3]
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Distribution Info:
  /etc/lsb-release
  DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
  DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04
  DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty
  DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)"

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

Trying this now, I get:

$ eric
Warning: translation file 'qt_en_US'could not be loaded.
Using default.
Warning: translation file 'eric4_en_US'could not be loaded.
Using default.
Warning: translation file 'qscintilla_en_US'could not be loaded.
Using default.

and no errors. What were you doing when the error happened? Can you still replicate it?

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

[Robert Lummis (robert-lummis)]

This bug still exists in 10.04. This is a clean system install and a clean eric4 install using synaptic. Every time I start eric I get exactly the same warning messages that were reported by Scott Kitterman on 2009-04-21. If I start eric and supply a file name it does run after giving the warnings and it may be working ok. I'm not yet experienced enough with all its functions to know how to test them but the warning messages are disconcerting. When it exits it gives "Segmentation fault", which I believe is a known qt problem and unrelated to the present bug.

A search for the files that the messages are complaining about (e.g., *eric4_en_US*) indicates they are not present anywhere on the system.

Googling for these errors shows they go back a few years and have been complained about many times. Responses from Detlev Offenbachs, who was apparently the maintainer and may still be, say they will be fixed in the next release, which was 4.1-something. But we're now on 4.4.2-1 and they are still there.

I am changing the status back to "New" as per the comments of Jonathan Thomas.

[Robert Lummis (robert-lummis)]

The title of this bug is misleading because it isn't limited to 9.04 beta. It's present in 10.04. I don't know how to change or annotate the title. Should a new bug be started with an up-to-date title citing this one as a duplicate?

[Stefano Rivera (stefanor)]

> I don't know how to change or annotate the title.

Click the edit button to the right of it.

[Robert Lummis (robert-lummis)]

Thanks. Now that I see it it seems obvious :)

The original report was probably two separate bugs: missing translation files and a crash. The messages about missing translation files still appear when the program starts but the file names are slightly different now. I don't know if the crash still happens because he doesn't say what triggered it. I haven't seen eric crash yet. If further experience shows that the missing files don't create a functional problem then this is a low priority bug.