[Python-apps-team] Bug#636396: mercurial: Cloning fails with: mpatch.mpatchError: patch cannot be decoded

[Melanie Davis]

Package: mercurial
Version: 1.9-1
Severity: normal

"hg clone" fails with the error below. I tried several different online
 archive with the same result. I was running python2.6. I then installed 
 python 2.7.  It still failed with the same error.

melanie at sheeva:~$ hg clone https://bitbucket.org/ellislab/codeigniter-reactor
destination directory: codeigniter-reactor
requesting all changes
adding changesets
transaction abort!
rollback completed
** unknown exception encountered, please report by visiting
**  http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/BugTracker
** Python 2.7.2+ (default, Jul  9 2011, 22:56:56) [GCC 4.6.1 20110611 (prerelease)]
** Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 1.9)
** Extensions loaded:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/hg", line 38, in <module>
    mercurial.dispatch.run()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 27, in run
    sys.exit(dispatch(request(sys.argv[1:])))
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 64, in dispatch
    return _runcatch(req)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 87, in _runcatch
    return _dispatch(req)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 675, in _dispatch
    cmdpats, cmdoptions)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 454, in runcommand
    ret = _runcommand(ui, options, cmd, d)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 729, in _runcommand
    return checkargs()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 683, in checkargs
    return cmdfunc()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/dispatch.py", line 672, in <lambda>
    d = lambda: util.checksignature(func)(ui, *args, **cmdoptions)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/util.py", line 385, in check
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/commands.py", line 1041, in clone
    branch=opts.get('branch'))
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/hg.py", line 334, in clone
    destrepo.clone(srcrepo, heads=revs, stream=stream)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/localrepo.py", line 1946, in clone
    return self.pull(remote, heads)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/localrepo.py", line 1376, im pull
    lock=lock)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/localrepo.py", line 1741, in addchangegroup
    if (cl.addgroup(source, csmap, trp) is None
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/revlog.py", line 1182, in addgroup
    p1, p2, (baserev, delta), ifh, dfh)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/mercurial/revlog.py", line 1051, in _addrevision
    cachedelta[1])
mpatch.mpatchError: patch cannot be decoded

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: armel (armv5tel)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-2-kirkwood
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages mercurial depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.13-13     Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  mercurial-common             1.9-1       scalable distributed version contr
ii  python                       2.6.7-2     interactive high-level object-orie
ii  python-support               1.0.14      automated rebuilding support for P
ii  ucf                          3.0025+nmu2 Update Configuration File: preserv

mercurial recommends no packages.

Versions of packages mercurial suggests:
pn  kdiff3 |  <none>                         (no description available)
pn  qct       <none>                         (no description available)
ii  vim       2:7.3.154+hg~74503f6ee649-2+b1 Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
pn  wish      <none>                         (no description available)

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