update-apt-xapian-index crashed with OSError in getmtime()

affect to karmic too

running Karmic. same bug.

affect to karmic too

I also have this bug on 64-bit Karmic alpha 4.

Appeared on Karmic Alpha 4 + latest updates when the system was trying to upload a 'large' amount of data for 'bug': https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acroread/+bug/367080

I am using 3G internet.

Karmic Alpha 6... :(

Karmic Alpha 6 here too

9.10 beta amd64

9.10 beta amd64 too

9.10 beta i386 ..

9.10 beta amd64

?

9.10 beta AMD64 too.

9.10 beta amd64 again. Not sure what caused this. I was just using Synaptic to clear out some old kernels... don't know...

9.10 beta i386

9.10 beta 64bit too.

9.10 beta i386

9.10 beta, x64.

Apport tried to report the same bug.

9.10 rc i386

Is an apport bug, should be enough information here, marking Triaged.

just trying to sort out problem with pulseaudio and browsing synaptic mgr

I have no idea why the little icon appeared to me, on my Karmic live-cd.

But just after it crashed, I decided to try and run this same command using sudo, and it seems like it worked:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo update-apt-xapian-index
Rebuilding Xapian index: done.

problem seen on aspire netbook running ubuntu netbook remix off a flash drive.

got this error on Lucid a2 updated:

have made in console: sudo apt-get install -f
(returned a warning about a known issue with wine 1.1.36)
then give this problem.

also on 64bit Ubuntu 10.4 (dev/alpha branch)

happens under latest lucid 32bit too.

Yeah, I just had this happen when I launched Synaptic on 10.04.

Also on Intel Quad running 10.04 Alpha 3 during system update.

got this error on Lucid a3

got this error on ubuntu 10.04 alpha x86 lucid

got this error using ubuntu-10.04-beta1-dvd-amd64.iso

got again a crash into /var/crash

got these outputs into .xsession-errors immediatly after i installed the Lucid B1 updates, (nothing logged before ):

Nautilus-Share-Message: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: « net usershare » a retourné l'erreur 255 : net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
Please ask your system administrator to enable user sharing.

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index", line 631, in <module>
    addons = readPlugins(PLUGINDIR, progress)
  File "/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index", line 278, in readPlugins
    addon = Addon(file)
  File "/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index", line 246, in __init__
    self.info = self.obj.info()
  File "/usr/share/apt-xapian-index/plugins/apttags.py", line 29, in info
    return dict(timestamp = os.path.getmtime(file))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/genericpath.py", line 54, in getmtime
    return os.stat(filename).st_mtime
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin'
checking for valid crashreport now
update-apt-xapian-index

new wine was installed (updated) too.

that affect 10.4 too :)

I also have this bug on 64-bit Karmic Beta 1.

Another me too on Lucid beta (amd64). Happens when I open synpatic and click on 'Update'

+1 on Lucid beta 1 (Intel).

May have been coincidental but I had just adjusted the size of the left hand panel;

The crash report is as per #33 up to OSError, then with

 OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin'

"sudo update-apt-xapian-index"

yielded a message about a deprecated object, then

"The index /var/lib/apt-xapian-index is up to date"

Me too on lucid beta 1.

Another on Lucid Beta 1 x86 - updating synaptic

Another on Me too on lucid beta 3 .

Me to in lucid Beta 2

Lucid beta 2 upgraded to latest nightly. Rebooted, and saw the crash icon. No idea how it happened.

Confirming for Lucid Beta 2.

I have problem in Lucid Beta 2

Could this bug FINALLY be fixec - including making safe algorythm that would not be regressable .. ???

This one is regression from Interpid, guys, FROM INTERPID !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Confirming for Lucid Beta 2.

still not released ?
Please, Canonical Team, make it available into repo ASAP

Just wanted to report that I faced this issue on Lucid 10.04 LiveUSB.

This is trivially exposed by apt-xapian-index' own test suite.

I committed a fix to Debian's trunk:
http://git.debian.org/?p=collab-maint/apt-xapian-index.git;a=commitdiff;h=7dbea74475e205c9ffd49425e91a96d462ce8a65

This bug was fixed in the package apt-xapian-index - 0.38

---------------
apt-xapian-index (0.38) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Martin Pitt ]
  * plugins/apttags.py, AptTags.info(): If the Dir::Cache::pkgcache file does
    not exist (such as in our test suite, or simply if the system disables
    it), do not crash but return timestamp == 0, as per documentation.
    (LP: #267330)
  * plugins/descriptions.py, indexDeb822(): Fix KeyError on "Description" when
    running in a non-English locale. Instead, look for a translated key and
    index that one.
  * axi/indexer.py, setupIndexing(): Round timestamps when comparing them.
    This fixes the test suite failing on almost-but-not-quite-identical
    timestamps.
  * debian/rules: Run the test suite during build. Add the necessary python
    libs (-debian, -xapian, -apt, and -nose) as build dependencies.
 -- Ubuntu Archive Auto-Sync <email address hidden> Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:39:52 +0100

Crash icon appeared while installing ubuntu-restricted-extras using Synaptic package manager.

Description: Ubuntu maverick (development branch)
Release: 10.10

crash occurred on maverick amd64 while installing chromium via synaptic

Just happened for me in Maverick Alpha 3 (upgraded from Lucid today)
Not sure what caused it though.

crash after a partial update (Maverick Alpha 2 -> 3)

Occurs in Maverick alpha-3 (new desktop installation) with apt-xapian-index package version 0.38ubuntu1.

Happened after updating using Synaptic in Maverick Alpha 3 - ran this command after seeing a comment above

sudo update-apt-xapian-index
** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated (GtkWindow)
** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated (GtkInvisible)
** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated (GtkObject)
Reading .desktop files from /usr/share/app-install/desktop/: done.
Rebuilding Xapian index: done.

Happened on my 10.10.

I found a fix on linux forums related to this

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/debian-linux-help/59318-package-problem-broken-dependency-more.html
by ROBINSON
This will fix the problem:

apt-get clean
apt-get auto clean
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade

After upgrade you will see "The following packages have unmet dependencies:", go to synaptic and un-mark all, then mark the package with "unmet dependencies".

2.6.35-15-generic #21-Ubuntu SMP
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3600+

removed a couple of old kernel entries on 10.10 using synaptic. there weren't any unmet dependencies or errors during the process.
2.6.35-17-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 20 01:22:20 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux Intel Core Duo x86

Just seen this in Maverick 2.6.35-17-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP

similarly in Maverick 2.6.35-18-generic #24-Ubuntu SMP

no unmet dependencies

I got the error when trying to enter the synaptic. I'm using Maverick Alpha Kernel 2.6.35-19-generic.

UBUNTU 10.10 IN INSTALATION CHROME

Same problem, pretty randomly on 10.10 Maverick when using synaptic.

Yes, in Maverick, using synaptic.

Yes, me too in Maverick, when start synaptic and search someting.

10.10 64bit with all updates, confirmed.

Yes, in Maverick, using "Synaptic".

Confirming , Just happened for me in Maverick beta

apt-xapian-index:
  Installed: 0.38ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.38ubuntu1

the same for me..Maverick beta

Another person affected with Maverick Beta.

Maverick beta ,using Synaptic

Maverick - when starting synaptic.

Maverick beta ,using Synaptic

Upgrading from Lucid.

Same here -Maverick beta ,using Synaptic

Got this while on Maverick beta, using synaptic

WHY is this declined for Maverick? Clearly seems to be a problem.
I got it using software center, Maverick Beta.

Maverick beta, using Synaptic

This effect me on Maverick beta.

This fix has been declined for Maverick? (re: Declined for Maverick by Sebastien Bacher)

This bug is occurring with the latest Maverick Beta!

Error on Maverick when using software center.

$ apt-cache policy apt-xapian-index
apt-xapian-index:
  Installed: 0.38ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.38ubuntu1

ACER ASPIRE 9300 ....AMD Turion(TM) X2 Mobile Technology TL-50..........
I think it was installing MYTHTV that caused the problem.
Have UNINSTALLED MYTHTV.....i do not think this computer can handle much MULTIMEDIA
I ran the following and got a thumbs-up.......
# update-apt-xapian-index
The index /var/lib/apt-xapian-index is up to date
Ciao....Dhan

Excuse me,forgot,
ACER ASPIRE 9300 ....AMD Turion(TM) X2 Mobile Technology TL-50........UBUNTU 10.10 MAVERICK

Error al abrir synaptics para instalar usb-modeswitch ubuntu 10.10 beta

Error occurs when using Synaptic or Software Center, but seemingly not if using apt-get.

Maverick Beta. Popcon is enabled.

mavercik beta. bug when use update manager, sometimes synaptic

mavercik beta. bug when use update manager, sometimes synaptic²

Meerkat Alpha 3
Doing updates

Just got this one in meerkat

asus 1201n, ion chip set, intel atom n330 cpu, MM10.10beta

finally, purging / reinstalling all the related installed xapian packages, have fixed this issue on my end: updated i386 maverick with apt-xapian-index 0.38ubuntu1

i've to say that a bunch of python files have been purged/reinstalled too, so i cant say if this issue is related to one of the python file or not. (might be old / wrong conf / settings to blame)

I see a few bits that Martin missed in his earlier change. I'll have another go at this.

I have a fix. Just checking with Enrico on the right version numbering for getting this into Debian.

This bug was fixed in the package apt-xapian-index - 0.39

---------------
apt-xapian-index (0.39) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Enrico Zini ]
  * Fixed tests on Ubuntu (Thanks Michael Vogt for the patch)
  * Added cataloged-times plugin by Michael Vogt
  * Handle multiple invocations of indexer via dbus
  * Described axi-cache in the package description

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Fix more crashes when the Dir::Cache::pkgcache file doesn't exist, along
    the same lines as Martin Pitt's change in 0.38 (LP: #267330).
  * Use the new MSetItem attribute API, introduced in Xapian 1.0.0, rather
    than the sequence API which was removed in 1.1.0 (closes: #595916).
  * Create the XDG cache directory with appropriate permissions if it
    doesn't exist.
  * Set better NAME sections in manual pages.
 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:15:25 +0000

Just had this bug after I upgraded all the packages. Using 10.10 beta 64 bit.

@T Kortehisto: The fix reached the archive after you posted your message, so you can't possibly have installed it. Wait for apt-xapian-index 0.39 to be available on your mirror and then try again.

I just installed the fix and it crashed trying to update.

On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 02:19:08PM -0000, latinhawwk wrote:
> I just installed the fix and it crashed trying to update.

Please provide all the details you have of this crash. (It may be some
different bug.)

  On 09/10/2010 11:38 AM, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 02:19:08PM -0000, latinhawwk wrote:
>> I just installed the fix and it crashed trying to update.
> Please provide all the details you have of this crash. (It may be some
> different bug.)
>
I went through the update in Synaptic. It downloaded the new version.
When it was installing it all seemed fine. When I closed Synaptic an
error bubble was on the status bar saying that it had crashed.

On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 03:51:11PM -0000, latinhawwk wrote:
> I went through the update in Synaptic. It downloaded the new version.
> When it was installing it all seemed fine. When I closed Synaptic an
> error bubble was on the status bar saying that it had crashed.

That error bubble should offer you the opportunity to file a bug. Can
you please do so? If you've already dismissed it, there should still be
a .crash file for update-apt-xapian-index in /var/crash; you can run:

  ubuntu-bug /var/crash/_usr_sbin_update-apt-xapian-index.0.crash

(replace this with whatever the exact file name is) to file a bug, and
we can then determine whether that has anything to do with this bug.

  On 09/10/2010 12:49 PM, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 03:51:11PM -0000, latinhawwk wrote:
>> I went through the update in Synaptic. It downloaded the new version.
>> When it was installing it all seemed fine. When I closed Synaptic an
>> error bubble was on the status bar saying that it had crashed.
> That error bubble should offer you the opportunity to file a bug. Can
> you please do so? If you've already dismissed it, there should still be
> a .crash file for update-apt-xapian-index in /var/crash; you can run:
>
> ubuntu-bug /var/crash/_usr_sbin_update-apt-xapian-index.0.crash
>
> (replace this with whatever the exact file name is) to file a bug, and
> we can then determine whether that has anything to do with this bug.
>
I just filed a new bug report on this.

It also happens on Ubuntu 10.10 beta (i386). It happened after rebooting, logging in to the upgraded system and starting up Synaptic.

Viktor: Yes, I uploaded the fix some days after the Ubuntu 10.10 beta
was released. (There's no need for further comments pointing out that
this is broken in the beta; if you encounter this problem, try
upgrading.)

I did upgrade today, but the bug is still there.

On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 03:17:35PM -0000, Bernd Laser wrote:
> I did upgrade today, but the bug is still there.

Are you absolutely sure that it's exactly the same bug? There are other
ways in which update-apt-xapian-index can fail, and not all of them are
this bug. You should have a crash file - I provided instructions for
filing it a few comments back.

Noticed apport crash report in upper right hand side of the screen, clicked and was dup of this bug.

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu maverick (development branch)
Release: 10.10

apt-cache policy apt-xapian-index
apt-xapian-index:
  Installed: 0.39
  Candidate: 0.39
  Version table:
 *** 0.39 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 07:32:11PM -0000, rusivi wrote:
> Noticed apport crash report in upper right hand side of the screen,
> clicked and was dup of this bug.

The dup detector is not being very helpful here - I need your actual
crash file, as I suspect it will be slightly different. Please attach
your crash file to this bug. You should find it in
/var/crash/_usr_sbin_update-apt-xapian-index.0.crash, or something very
similar. You may need to use root privileges to read it.

Title: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with OSError in getmtime()
Crash file attached

brian@DEXTER:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu maverick (development branch)
Release: 10.10
brian@DEXTER:~$ apt-cache policy apt-xapian-index
apt-xapian-index:
  Installed: 0.39
  Candidate: 0.39
  Version table:
 *** 0.39 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
brian@DEXTER:~$ uname -a
Linux DEXTER 2.6.35-20-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 3 14:49:14 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

Colin Watson:

Attached is the requested file.

@bnet: Thanks! The remainder of this isn't an apt-xapian-index bug -
it's a bug caused by an apt-xapian-index *plugin* shipped by
software-center. I've opened a new task and will provide a branch
fixing this shortly.

On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 09:10:28PM -0000, rusivi1 wrote:
> Attached is the requested file.

Thanks. Your crash is different from bnet's (since there are two buggy
plugins involved, both in software-center), but it will also be fixed by
the branch I just submitted there.

Thanks Colin! Your branch is merged to trunk.

software-center (2.1.19) maverick; urgency=low

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * softwarecenter/view/widgets/mkit.py:
    - fix crash during action_bar refresh (LP: #635044)
  * softwarecenter/backend/channel.py:
    - always display the partner channel, even if its
      source is not enabled (LP: #635003)
  * softwarecenter/db/application.py,
    softwarecenter/db/database.py,
    softwarecenter/view/appview.py,
    softwarecenter/view/softwarepane.py:
    - make StoreDatabase.get_appname return None if the
      name is not defined in the xapian doc
    - consolidate code to generate application name and
      summary for display in the UI to a single place
    - wire applist, appdetails and the navigation bar
      to use it (LP: #636004)

  [ Kiwinote ]
  * data/software-center.menu.in:
    - fix typo to now use applications-ocaml icon, thanks mpt (LP: #635732)
  * softwarecenter/backend/channel.py:
    - allow 'for purchase' to have an icon in non-English locales (LP: #636242)
  * softwarecenter/db/application.py:
    - try to open deb file, except on any sort of error (LP: #633379)
    - simplify when we use which warnings for deb files (LP: #635015)
    - reload pkg cache object and xapian doc if it turns out that the pkgname
      of a deb file is different than what we guessed on basis of the file name
  * softwarecenter/utils.py:
    - fix crash when desktop_file is None (LP: #635596)
  * softwarecenter/view/appdetailsview_gtk.py:
    - use the display name for app entry in 'where is it' (LP: #635464)
    - restore correct padding in addons status bar (LP: #625230)
  * minor tweaks to lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/title-summary-fixes
    - use installed state in status bar for reinstallable debs (LP: #635015)

  [ Matthew Paul Thomas ]
  * data/software-center.menu.in:
    - fix incorrect Category value in the xml for the Debugging
      subcategory of Developer Tools (LP: #538911)

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Fix update-apt-xapian-index crashes when the Dir::Cache::pkgcache file
    doesn't exist (LP: #267330).

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * softwarecenter/backend/aptd.py:
    - fix "reload()" in enable_channel() and only update the particular
      channel file
  * softwarecenter/distro/Ubuntu.py:
    - fix crash for icons loaded from extras.ubuntu.com
  * merged lp:~mmcg069/software-center/Bug635375 (LP: #635375)
  * merged lp:~mmcg069/software-center/tiny-pathbar-tweak
  * merged lp:~mmcg069/software-center/Bug625443 (LP: #625443)

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:16:47 +0200