Bug#498670: updatemanager: no such file /usr/share/python-apt/templates//.info

[Tim Richardson]

Package: update-manager
Version: 0.68.debian-6
Severity: normal


update-manager doesn't work for me today (also not working is Repositories in Synaptic and 
Software Sources in gnome's System->Administration menu)


u400:/usr/share/python-apt/templates# update-manager
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/update-manager", line 32, in <module>
    from UpdateManager.UpdateManager import UpdateManager
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py", line 88, in 
<module>
    dinfo = DistInfo (base_dir="/usr/share/python-apt/templates/")
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/aptsources/distinfo.py", line 151, in __init__
    dist_file = open (dist_fname)
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/share/python-apt/templates//.info'

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages update-manager depends on:
ii  gconf2                   2.22.0-1        GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgnome2-perl           1.042-1+b1      Perl interface to the GNOME librar
ii  python                   2.5.2-2         An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-dbus              0.82.4-2        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  python-glade2            2.12.1-6        GTK+ bindings: Glade support
ii  python-gnome2            2.22.0-1        Python bindings for the GNOME desk
ii  python-support           0.8.4           automated rebuilding support for P
ii  python-vte               1:0.16.14-3     Python bindings for the VTE widget
ii  software-properties-gtk  0.60.debian-1.1 manage the repositories that you i
ii  synaptic                 0.62.1          Graphical package manager
ii  update-manager-core      0.68.debian-6   APT update manager core functional

update-manager recommends no packages.

Versions of packages update-manager suggests:
pn  update-notifier               <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information