usb-imagewriter fails on .img filename including parentheses

[fewyun]

Binary package hint: usb-imagewriter

The imagewriter gui would hang every time that I tried to write a file called ubuntu-9.04-netbook-remix-i386(3).img, but succeeded when I renamed that file to ubuntu-9.04-netbook-remix-i386.img. So, the (3) seems to be causing a parsing issue, specifically:

fewyun@home:~$ sudo imagewriter
0
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/imagewriter/imagewriter.py", line 112, in do_write
    self.raw_write(source, target)
  File "/usr/lib/imagewriter/imagewriter.py", line 150, in raw_write
    src_size = float(data.stdout.readline().split()[4])*1.0
IndexError: list index out of range

This seems related to the following bug for filenames with spaces [ https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-imagewriter/+bug/366607 ] for which a fix has already been released. Maybe the filename parsing needs a full overhaul..

This was tested on a fully updated ubuntu 9.04 install.

[Olivers De Abreu (oliversd)]

This also happen to me with an .img file called moblin-netbook-beta-refresh-20090802-001(2).img and others .img files with parentheses.

1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/imagewriter/imagewriter.py", line 112, in do_write
    self.raw_write(source, target)
  File "/usr/lib/imagewriter/imagewriter.py", line 150, in raw_write
    src_size = float(data.stdout.readline().split()[4])*1.0
IndexError: list index out of range
Image: /home/wako/Documents/Downloads/moblin-netbook-beta-refresh-20090802-001(2).img
Target Device: Unknown Unknown (/dev/sdb)

Package: usb-imagewriter
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 0.1.3-0ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Maintainer: Oliver Grawert <email address hidden>
Uncompressed Size: 160k
Depends: coreutils (>= 6.10-3), procps, python-gnome2, gksu, python, hal
Description: tool to write .img files to USB Keys
 A GUI to write .img files like the ones created by the ubuntu-mobile team for
 UME to a USB Key for installing the image to mobile devices and netbooks.