software-center crashed with TypeError in call_async(): Don't know which D-Bus type to use to encode type "NoneType"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
software-center (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Test case:
- Launch the software-center
- Double-click on a deb file inside a unicode-named folder (such as "ää")
ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: software-center 5.3.9
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-13-generic i686
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Mon Aug 27 18:56:27 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/
ExecutableTimes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120724.2)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitec
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/
ProcCwd: /home/ozgur
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=tr_TR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with TypeError in call_async(): Don't know which D-Bus type to use to encode type "NoneType"
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
Related branches
- software-store-developers: Pending requested
-
Diff: 12 lines (+1/-1)1 file modifiedsoftwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py (+1/-1)
tags: | removed: need-duplicate-check |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
tags: | added: raring |
I can reproduce this with:
$ mkdir /tmp/ää
$ cd /tmp/ää
$ apt-get download 2vcard
$ software-center /tmp/ää/2vcard*.deb
this will also give me a crash.