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python2.7 package

  1. Precise (12.04)
  2. Bug #1058884
  3. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 1058884

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote : Re: do-release-upgrade crashed with EOFError in /usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/check-new-release: EOF read where not expected

I did a search for some other EOFErrrors and found the following:

bdmurray@bizarro:/mnt/storage/bug-attachments/update-manager$ grep -r 'EOFError' *
bug-1035192/Description.txt:Title: update-manager crashed with EOFError in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UpdateManager/UpdatesAvailable.py: EOF read where not expected
bug-1035192/Traceback.txt:EOFError: EOF read where not expected
bug-1039783/Description.txt:Title: update-manager crashed with EOFError in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UpdateManager/backend/InstallBackendAptdaemon.py: EOF read where not expected
bug-1039783/Traceback.txt:EOFError: EOF read where not expected
bug-1061108/Description.txt:Title: update-manager crashed with EOFError in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UpdateManager/InstallProgress.py: EOF read where not expected
bug-1061108/Traceback.txt:EOFError: EOF read where not expected
bug-1093662/Description.txt:EOFError: EOF read where not expected
bug-853581/Description.txt:Title: update-manager crashed with EOFError in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/UpdateManager/GtkProgress.py: EOF read where object expected
bug-853581/Traceback.txt:EOFError: EOF read where object expected
bug-950006/Description.txt:EOFError: EOF read where not expected
bug-950006/Description.txt:EOFError: EOF read where not expected
bug-950006/Description.txt:EOFError: EOF read where not expected

So I wonder if this error is indicative of a more general problem somewhere.