Public bug reported: When software-center is installed on an Ubuntu derivative (in our case, Nexradix), update-apt-xapian-index fails.
When run, a python error indicating that "no module Nexradix is found" When I replace lines 112-114 in /usr/share/software- center/softwarecenter/distro/__init__.py with: distro_id = "Ubuntu" update-apt-xapian-index works without incident. Based on the prior code, it appears that the current distro name is being parsed from /etc/lsb-release, and if it doesn't find a matching distro in the "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/distro" directory, it fails. I assume that adding the distro in question to that directory using Ubuntu.py as a template would likely solve this, however it remains a bug: update-apt-xapian-index should not rely on software-center's distro-specific code, or at the very least, fail more gracefully with an error message or link to documentation as to what the fix is. ** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/808455 Title: Software-center causes update-apt-xapian-index to fail on downstream distros To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/808455/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs