[issue172] ValueError: unsupported format character '-' (0x2d) at index 9

[Ed Avis at Labix Tracker]

New submission from Ed Avis <ed at membled.com>:

A few times when using smart to install or upgrade packages, in cases where it
first downloads the package and then tries to install it, smart crashes with a
'ValueError: unsupported format character'.  Here is an example:

# smart install libmad-devel
Loading cache...
(  0%)
 [100%]

Computing transaction...

Installed packages (2):

132.7kB of package files are needed. 207.7kB will be used.

Confirm changes? (Y/n): y


Fetching packages...

-> http://dl.atrpms.net/.../libmad-devel-0.15.1b-2.rhfc5.at.i386.rpm
(  0%)
(Stalled - 45%)
 [ 50%]

-> http://dl.atrpms.net/.../libmad0-0.15.1b-2.rhfc5.at.i386.rpm
 [100%]



Committing transaction...
(  0%)
 [  0%]

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/smart", line 194, in ?
    main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/bin/smart", line 167, in main
    exitcode = iface.run(opts.command, opts.argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/interface.py", line 53, in run
    result = _command.main(self._ctrl, opts)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/commands/install.py", line 173,
in main
    ctrl.commitTransaction(trans, confirm=confirm)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/control.py", line 464, in
commitTransaction
    return self.commitChangeSet(trans.getChangeSet(), caching, confirm)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/control.py", line 518, in
commitChangeSet
    pmclass().commit(pmcs, pkgpaths)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/backends/rpm/pm.py", line 206, in
commit
    probs = ts.run(cb, None)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/backends/rpm/pm.py", line 295, in
__call__
    self.prog.show()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/progress.py", line 110, in show
    self.expose(topic, percent, *info)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/interfaces/text/progress.py",
line 102, in expose
    out.write(self._topicmaskn % (n, topic))
ValueError: unsupported format character '-' (0x2d) at index 9
# smart --version
smart 0.41


I think others have had the same problem, see
<http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.rpm.atrpms.general/4195/>.

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messages: 526
nosy: ed
priority: bug
project: smart
status: unread
title: ValueError: unsupported format character '-' (0x2d) at index 9

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