Instead of e.errno == 17 we probably want to use something like "import errno; errno.EEXIST".
But the code looks wrong currently, it first tries to create the dir, then odes a os.access and tries to redo it again, so this needs cleanup and a unittest. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/743003 Title: software-center crashed with OSError in makedirs(): [Errno 17] File exists: '/home/joris/.cache/software-center' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/743003/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs