[Python-modules-team] Bug#644987: Bug#644987: Crashes with 'IndexError: list index out of range'

[Sandro Tosi]

severity 644987 minor
tags 644987 +unreproducible
thanks

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 14:27, Evgeny Kurbatov <EvgenyKurbatov at yandex.ru> wrote:
> Package: python-matplotlib
> Version: 1.0.1-3
> Severity: important
>
>
> Dear Mainteiner,
>
> Running demos from '/usr/share/doc/python-matplotlib-doc/examples' I
> got no output except an error:
>
> $ python2.6 subplot_demo.py
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "subplot_demo.py", line 2, in <module>
>    from pylab import *
>  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/pylab.py", line 1, in <module>
>    from matplotlib.pylab import *
>  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/pylab.py", line 220, in
> <module> from matplotlib import mpl  # pulls in most modules
>  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/mpl.py", line 2, in
> <module> from matplotlib import axis
>  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/axis.py", line 10, in
> <module> import matplotlib.font_manager as font_manager
>  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/font_manager.py", line
> 1349, in <module> _rebuild()
>  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/font_manager.py", line
> 1299, in _rebuild fontManager = FontManager()
>  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/font_manager.py", line
> 1023, in __init__ self.afmlist = createFontList(self.afmfiles,
> fontext='afm')
>  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/font_manager.py", line
> 591, in createFontList font = afm.AFM(fh)
>  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/afm.py", line 304, in
> __init__ parse_afm(fh)
>  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/afm.py", line 292, in
> parse_afm dcmetrics_ascii, dcmetrics_name = _parse_char_metrics(fh)
>  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/afm.py", line 176, in
> _parse_char_metrics name = vals[2].split()[1]
> IndexError: list index out of range
>
>
> I've tried both python2.6 and python2.7 and had the same error.
> It looks like a font problem but I didn't touch anything in the Python
> installation. Everything was installed via aptitude.
>
> Today, 2011-10-11, I've updated Wheezy but it doesn't help.
>
> I am using Debian GNU/Linux Wheezy, kernel 3.0.0-1-686-pae, libc6
> (eglibc) 2.13-21.

I'm on sid, but I tested the version you mentioned and it works for
me. It's something in your setup: try reinstall python-matplotlib
and/or upgrade to the sid version of it (1.1.0).

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