writelines() argument must be a sequence of strings

Bug #425432 reported by Edward
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Bug Description

09-07 00:59 ERROR TaskList: writelines() argument must be a sequence of strings
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\wubi\backends\common\tasklist.py", line 196, in __call__
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\wubi\backends\win32\backend.py", line 152, in copy_installation_files
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\wubi\backends\common\utils.py", line 257, in replace_line_in_file
TypeError: writelines() argument must be a sequence of strings
09-07 00:59 DEBUG TaskList: # Cancelling tasklist
09-07 00:59 ERROR root: writelines() argument must be a sequence of strings
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\wubi\application.py", line 55, in run
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\wubi\application.py", line 129, in select_task
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\wubi\application.py", line 155, in run_installer
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\wubi\frontends\win32\frontend.py", line 137, in run_tasks
TypeError: writelines() argument must be a sequence of strings
09-07 00:59 DEBUG TaskList: # Finished tasklist

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Agostino Russo (ago) wrote :

This has already been fixed, please use the latest wubi installer available at wubi-installer.org

Changed in wubi:
status: New → Invalid
status: Invalid → New
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zwn (zwn) wrote :

I have just downloaded wubi using the link http://wubi-installer.org/latest.php and got version 1.29 that still has the bug. Using google I was able to find link to 1.34 http://people.canonical.com/~evand/wubi/jaunty/wubi-r134.exe which in deed has this bug fixed.

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