"Exception: No date tag found" in ubuntu-support-status

[Malte S. Stretz]

Bug 622489 says this should be fixed but it isn't. (Also still happens on lucid according to https://lwn.net/Articles/550080/)

$ ubuntu-support-status
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-support-status", line 120, in <module>
    (still_supported, support_str) = get_maintenance_status(cache, pkg.name, support_tag)
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-support-status", line 41, in get_maintenance_status
    raise Exception("No date tag found")
Exception: No date tag found

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: update-manager-core 1:0.156.14.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-20.31~precise1-generic 3.8.11
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-20-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2
Aptdaemon:

Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun May 12 18:48:42 2013
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-29 (377 days ago)

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Is this still an issue for you? It's likely dependent on the package so it'd help to know what package it is crashing on. You could a print(pkgname) in the function get_maintenance_status around line 19 to see what package it is tripping over. Thanks in advance!

[Malte S. Stretz (mss)]

I reinstalled that system by now and haven't seen the issue again yet.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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