[apport] apt-listchanges crashed with IOError in mail_changes()

Thanks for your bugreport.

apt-listchanges will now fallback to pager if sendmail is not available on the system.

Cheers,
 Michael

Has the fix for this been released yet? I'm still getting the same error.

This should have been fixed with 2.72ubuntu4. If it still fails for you, can you please attach your /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20listchanges config and let me know if you have /usr/bin/sendmail (it uses this file to test if it can mail or not) ?

Thanks,
 Michael

I only see version 2.72ubuntu3 available in repository which is what I have.

Sorry, my bad. I just uploaded the fixed version, it should be in the repository really soon.

Thanks,
 Michael

I still get the error in version 2.72ubuntu6. I don't have /usr/bin/sendmail.

I still get the error on a fresh Feisty beta install dist-upgraded. There is no sendmail.

ploum@spoutnik:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20listchanges
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs { "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10"; };
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";

Still seeing this in gutsy with apt-listchanges version 2.74ubuntu2
Probably apt-listchanges should just depend on "mail-transport-agent" ?

same here, gutsy

same here,gutsy

I too am getting this on Gutsy. Why would you want it to depend on MTA for a desktop install? I don't need an MTA on this box, surely I should be able to use apt-listchanges with no mail sent?

This bug still exists in Hardy, even when it is not configured to notify the changes via gtk, for instance.

I do not have this issue anymore, at least since intrepid.

This started happening again in karmic.

Just happened in Lucid for me, submitted as bug 564591.

Please open a new bug if you are experiencing this on a supported release.

Re-opening. See bug 564591 where this happened on Lucid for me.

The main point here is that it must not be reproducible, but IOErrors to the sendmail process should get handled properly, instead of crashing.

apt-listchanges (2.85.11ubuntu1) raring; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian unstable. Remaining changes:
    - apt-listchanges/DebianFiles.py:
      + If the new package does not have a Debian changelog, fall back
        to apt-get changelog.
    - debian/control: version depend on apt with apt-get changelog support
    - Build using dh_python2.

 -- Logan Rosen <email address hidden> Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:16:34 -0400

apt-listchanges (2.85.11) unstable; urgency=low

  * Don't use _() if we can't set requested locale; thanks to Ansgar Burchardt
    for the report and to Stuart Prescott for the patch; Closes: #602176
  * While parsing APT output, only return packages that are being installe, and
    not simply configured; thanks to Stuart Prescott for the analysis and the
    patch: Closes: #672230

 -- Sandro Tosi <email address hidden> Sat, 30 Jun 2012 12:36:34 +0200

apt-listchanges (2.85.10) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Pierre Habouzit ]
  * Remove myself from Maintainer/Uploader as I won't work on it anymore, put
    Sandro in charge, since well, it just makes reality official.

  [ Josh Triplett ]
  * Avoid throwing an exception when sendmail does not exist. (Closes: 666086)
  * Move mail-transport-agent from Recommends to Suggests. (Closes: 599667)
  * Change exim4 to default-mta in Suggests.

  [ Sandro Tosi ]
  * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no changes needed)

 -- Sandro Tosi <email address hidden> Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:32:07 +0200