installation fails

Bug #463438 reported by ljsimon
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Bug Description

I'm trying to install on a XP system, and I'm getting an error message:

"Ocurrió un error:

writelines() argument must be a sequence of strings ..."

In the log (last lines):

10-29 17:10 DEBUG WindowsBackend: Copying C:\DOCUME~1\LUISJO~1\CONFIG~1\Temp\pyl579.tmp\data\custom-installation -> C:\ubuntu\install\custom-installation
10-29 17:10 DEBUG WindowsBackend: Copying C:\DOCUME~1\LUISJO~1\CONFIG~1\Temp\pyl579.tmp\winboot -> C:\ubuntu\winboot
10-29 17:10 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
10-29 17:10 DEBUG TaskList: # Cancelling tasklist
10-29 17:10 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
10-29 17:10 DEBUG TaskList: # Finished tasklist

Greetings

Luis Joaquín

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ljsimon (ljsimon) wrote :
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Agostino Russo (ago) wrote :

Please use a version greater than 129

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