mugshot crashes at startup when real name is empty

Bug #1427651 reported by Jon Forsberg
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Mugshot
Fix Committed
Undecided
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mugshot (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

when user la tries to start mugshot it crashes.
relevant line from /etc/password:

la:x:1002:1002:,,,:/home/la:/bin/bash

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: mugshot 0.2.5-0ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-36.63-generic 3.13.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-36-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Tue Mar 3 12:56:33 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-02 (151 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140723)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: mugshot
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Jon Forsberg (jon-orebro) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in mugshot (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Sean Davis (bluesabre) wrote :
Changed in mugshot:
status: New → Fix Committed
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