Bug 861376

Created attachment 618537 [details]
File: anaconda-tb

Created attachment 618538 [details]
File: product

Created attachment 618539 [details]
File: type

Created attachment 618540 [details]
File: environ

With https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/anaconda-patches/2012-September/001338.html now gives:

Traceback (most recent call first):
  File "/tmp/updates/pyanaconda/errors.py", line 96, in _partitionErrorHandler
"])}"The installation will now terminate.") % {"errortxt": str(kwargs["exceptionn
  File "/tmp/updates/pyanaconda/errors.py", line 251, in cb
    rc = _map[exn.__class__.__name__](*args, **kwargs)
tition "/tmp/updates/pyanaconda/storage/partitioning.py", line 324, in doAutoParr
    if errorHandler.cb(exn) == ERROR_RAISE:
  File "/tmp/updates/pyanaconda/kickstart.py", line 266, in execute
    doAutoPartition(storage, ksdata)
  File "/tmp/updates/pyanaconda/kickstart.py", line 1558, in doKickstartStorage
    ksdata.autopart.execute(storage, ksdata, instClass)
teFile "/tmp/updates/pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/storage.py", line 333, in _doExecuu
    doKickstartStorage(self.storage, self.data, self.instclass)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/threading.py", line 504, in run
    self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
  File "/tmp/updates/pyanaconda/threads.py", line 87, in run
    threading.Thread.run(self, *args, **kwargs)
ValueError: unsupported format character '


' (0xa) at index 66

You are missing the % format character.

diff --git a/pyanaconda/errors.py b/pyanaconda/errors.py
index 8917184..3b8de04 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/errors.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/errors.py
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ class ErrorHandler(object):
         return ERROR_RAISE
 
     def _partitionErrorHandler(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        message = _("The following errors occurred with your partitioning:\n\n%(errortxt)\n\n"
-                    "The installation will now terminate.") % {"errortxt": args[0]}
+        message = _("The following errors occurred with your partitioning:\n\n%(errortxt)s\n\n"
+                    "The installation will now terminate.") % {"errortxt": str(kwargs["exception"])}
         self.ui.showError(message)
         return ERROR_RAISE

By the way, do we really want to exit the installer because the automatic partitioning came up with a problem?

PartitioningError is raised for real problems that occur during partition execution, where the user can't really do anything about it, so yeah it makes sense to exit here.

anaconda-18.11-1.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/anaconda-18.11-1.fc18

Package anaconda-18.11-1.fc18:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing anaconda-18.11-1.fc18'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-15207/anaconda-18.11-1.fc18
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

anaconda-18.12-1.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/anaconda-18.12-1.fc18

This bug looks to have been fixed for many anaconda builds now but missed being closed. If you find you are still experiencing it with Fedora 18 Beta (RC1) or later, please re-open the bug.