[Bug 1628391] Re: install crashes with ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''

[Simon Quigley]

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
  install crashes with ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base
  10: ''

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Installer crashes just after progress tracking of package installation
  begins.

  from /var/log/syslog:

  Sep 28 05:02:59 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity[5631]: debconffilter_done: ubi-usersetup (current: ubi-usersetup)
  Sep 28 05:02:59 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity[5631]: Step_before = stepUserInfo
  Sep 28 05:03:00 ubuntu-gnome kernel: [  514.135712] traps: ubiquity[5631] trap int3 ip:7f6b539b7a6b sp:7ffef3c06880 error:0
  Sep 28 05:03:13 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity.desktop[5622]: Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)
  Sep 28 05:03:13 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity: Traceback (most recent call last):
  Sep 28 05:03:13 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1776, in <module>
  Sep 28 05:03:13 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity:     install = Install()
  Sep 28 05:03:13 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 137, in __init__
  Sep 28 05:03:13 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity:     if self.db.get('base-installer/install-recommends') == 'false':
  Sep 28 05:03:13 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity:   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/debconf.py", line 62, in <lambda>
  Sep 28 05:03:13 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity:     lambda *args, **kw: self.command(command, *args, **kw))
  Sep 28 05:03:13 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity:   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/debconf.py", line 83, in command
  Sep 28 05:03:13 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity:     status = int(status)
  Sep 28 05:03:13 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity: ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''
  Sep 28 05:04:46 ubuntu-gnome AptDaemon: INFO: Quitting due to inactivity
  Sep 28 05:04:46 ubuntu-gnome AptDaemon: INFO: Quitting was requested
  Sep 28 05:04:46 ubuntu-gnome org.freedesktop.PackageKit[4345]: 22:04:46 AptDaemon [INFO]: Quitting due to inactivity
  Sep 28 05:04:46 ubuntu-gnome org.freedesktop.PackageKit[4345]: 22:04:46 AptDaemon [INFO]: Quitting was requested
  Sep 28 05:09:42 ubuntu-gnome systemd[1]: Starting Cleanup of Temporary Directories...
  Sep 28 05:09:42 ubuntu-gnome systemd-tmpfiles[26530]: [/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/var.conf:14] Duplicate line for path "/var/log", ignoring.
  Sep 28 05:09:42 ubuntu-gnome systemd[1]: Started Cleanup of Temporary Directories.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.376
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Tue Sep 27 22:47:46 2016
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160720)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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