software-center crashed with AttributeError in _on_reviews_ready_callback(): 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'pkgname'

[Mats-Jørund Fiskum]

Nothing really happened. I was installing programs via the Sync-feature (GIMP, emacs, Glade and Mono), and an error-report showed up. The installs didn't stop.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: software-center 5.3.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-13.14-generic 3.5.3
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 7 18:12:24 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with AttributeError in _on_reviews_ready_callback(): 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'pkgname'
Traceback:
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/appdetailsview.py", line 1002, in _on_reviews_ready_callback
     if self.app.pkgname != app.pkgname:
 AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'pkgname'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.3.14.3

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software-center (5.3.14.3) quantal; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/downloader-fix-race839462-again:
    - fix a race condition in the SimpleFileDownloader when the file
      is downloaded but the signal did not get delivered yet by the
      gtk event loop (LP: #1055441)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/thumbnail-test-fixes:
    - fix the get_test_screenshot_thumbnail_window() function and
      ensure that its properly used in the automatic test
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/support-multiple-exhibit-images:
    - add support for multiple images in the exhibit banners
      (LP: #920542)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/robustness-lp1054070:
    - extends the recovery mechanism for corrupted berkeley
      DB files to MemoryErrors as well to catch LP: #1054070
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/whats-new-lp1044033:
    - ensure that there is a fallback xapian value that can be
      used if the apt-xapian-index has not been created
      (LP: #1044033)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/exact-match-duplication-lp891613:
    - fix the duplication of packages during a search if there
      is an exact pkgname match in the apt-xapian-index and
      also in the software-center-agent (LP: #891613)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/lp1047494:
    - fix AttributeError crash in _on_reviews_ready_callback()
      (LP: #1047494)
  * lp:~mvo/software-center/de-duplication-multiple-pkgnames-lp1043159:
    - fix duplication for multiple package lists (LP: #1043159)

  [ Stéphane Graber ]
  * lp:~stgraber/software-center/fix-weblive-isinstance:
    - sync weblive_pristine.py to the latest upstream version,
      this includes porting to be pep8 and python 3 ready and
      restores correct weblive operation

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/de-duplication-multiple-pkgnames-lp1043159-tweak
    - pass DB to the recommendations categories
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:02:51 +0200