Inconsistency between available packages in the cache and package names

Bug #945119 reported by cacula
326
This bug affects 100 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
python-apt (Ubuntu)
Invalid
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

Iterating on apt.cache.Cache() results in a KeyError.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: aptdaemon 0.43+bzr769-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Annotation: Search failed
ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 2 21:29:31 2012
DesktopFile: /usr/share/aptdaemon/aptdaemon.desktop
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/aptd
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: aptdaemon
Title: <type 'exceptions.KeyError'>: 'gnu-smalltalj-el'
TransactionDepends: [[], [], [], [], [], [], []]
TransactionErrorCode: error-unknown
TransactionKwargs: {'filters': [u'unknown']}
TransactionLocale: de_DE.UTF-8
TransactionOutput:

TransactionPackages: [[], [], [], [], [], []]
TransactionRole: role-pk-query
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
cacula (cacula) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
cacula (cacula)
visibility: private → public
affects: aptdaemon (Ubuntu) → python-apt (Ubuntu)
summary: - <type 'exceptions.KeyError'>: 'gnu-smalltalj-el'
+ Inconsistency between available packages in the cache and package names
Changed in python-apt (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Sebastian Heinlein (glatzor) wrote :

Setting to high because of the high number of duplicates

Changed in python-apt (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → High
description: updated
Changed in python-apt (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in python-apt (Ubuntu):
milestone: none → precise-updates
Revision history for this message
Keith Nicholson (keith-nicholson83) wrote :

Is there anything I should do about this? I'm new to Linux and I just figured out how to get to this website from the bug report. This crash happens every minute or two but I've since stopped reporting the bugs.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

@Keith - What version of aptdaemon do you have installed? You can check via the command 'apt-cache policy aptdaemon'.

The latest version of aptdaemon that this bug was reported about was:

aptdaemon 0.43+bzr769-0ubuntu1: in the following bugs - 926970 930729 930987 931434 932756

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viaimpedita (viaimpedita-u) wrote :

This is my version

 Installato: 0.43+bzr805-0ubuntu9
  Candidato: 0.43+bzr805-0ubuntu9
  Tabella versione:
 *** 0.43+bzr805-0ubuntu9 0
        500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.43+bzr805-0ubuntu7 0
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main i386 Packages
     0.43+bzr805-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages

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Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote :

Not sure what happened there, but it definitely should not happen anymore.

Changed in python-apt (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
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