[issue341] 'TypeError: coercing to Unicode' on smart update

[Ed Avis at Labix Tracker]

Ed Avis <ed at membled.com> added the comment:

I am now able to reproduce this at the console.

root at localhost ~ # smart update
Loading cache...
Updating cache...               ######################################## [100%]

Fetching information for 'Fedora 8 - i386'...
-> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/.../repomd.xml
Traceback (most recent call last):                                       (  0%)
  File "/usr/bin/smart", line 194, in <module>
    main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/bin/smart", line 167, in main
    exitcode = iface.run(opts.command, opts.argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/interface.py", line 53, in run
    result = _command.main(self._ctrl, opts)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/commands/update.py", line 78, in main
    failed = not ctrl.reloadChannels(channels, caching=NEVER)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/control.py", line 352, in
reloadChannels
    if not channel.fetch(self._fetcher, progress):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/channels/rpm_md.py", line 73, in
fetch
    digest = getFileDigest(item.getTargetPath())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/smart/util/filetools.py", line 31, in
getFileDigest
    file = open(path)
TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found
Unhandled exception in thread started by
Error in sys.excepthook:

Original exception was:

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