gconf-schemas crashed with SIGSEGV in PyMarshal_ReadLastObjectFromFile()

[den26]

Binary package hint: gconf

happened while installing with a live CD

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 18 14:59:44 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/gconf-schemas
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Alpha amd64 (20090917.1)
Package: gconf2 2.27.0-0ubuntu1
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/gconf-schemas --register panel-compatibility.schemas panel-global.schemas panel-general.schemas panel-toplevel.schemas panel-object.schemas clock.schemas fish.schemas workspace-switcher.schemas window-list.schemas
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fr_FR.UTF-8
 LC_COLLATE=C
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.34-generic
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x4bd166 <PyMarshal_ReadLastObjectFromFile+54>: callq 0x416908 <fileno@plt>
 PC (0x004bd166) ok
 source "0x416908" (0x00416908) ok
 Reason could not be automatically determined.
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gconf
StacktraceTop:
 PyMarshal_ReadLastObjectFromFile ()
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Title: gconf-schemas crashed with SIGSEGV in PyMarshal_ReadLastObjectFromFile()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic x86_64
UserGroups:

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:PyMarshal_ReadLastObjectFromFile (fp=0x23eb960)
load_source_module (
import_submodule (mod=0x81b5c0,
load_next (mod=0x81b5c0,
import_module_level (name=0x0, globals=0x23e9190,

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

Gerry C - please stop doing this. Every time you make a disruptive change like this, somebody has to spend time to revert it again afterwards

[Thomas Smith (tgs-resc)]

This is a Python bug: http://bugs.python.org/issue7332

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

seems similar to bug #336331 and bug #393022