libreport version: 2.0.8 cmdline: /usr/bin/python /sbin/anaconda --graphical --selinux --repo cdrom:///dev/sr0:/mnt/install/source executable: /sbin/anaconda exnFileName: /tmp/anaconda-tb-yrXO3B hashmarkername: anaconda kernel: 3.3.0-0.rc3.git5.1.fc17.x86_64 other involved packages: product: Fedora reason: TypeError: float() argument must be a string or a number release: Cannot get release name. time: Sat 18 Feb 2012 01:52:55 PM UTC version: 17-Alpha anaconda-tb-yrXO3B: Binary file, 1284396 bytes description: :The following was filed automatically by anaconda: :anaconda 17.8 exception report :Traceback (most recent call first): : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/installclasses/fedora.py", line 117, in versionMatches : oldVer = float(oldver) : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/installclass.py", line 218, in productUpgradable : "version" : self.versionMatches(oldver), : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 1619, in findExistingRootDevices : (upgradable, tests) = anaconda.instClass.productUpgradable(arch, product, version) : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/upgrade.py", line 81, in findRootParts : upgradeany=flags.cmdline.has_key("upgradeany")) : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/dispatch.py", line 383, in dispatch : self.dir = self.steps[self.step].target(self.anaconda) : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/dispatch.py", line 247, in go_forward : self.dispatch() : File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/gui.py", line 1200, in nextClicked : self.anaconda.dispatch.go_forward() :TypeError: float() argument must be a string or a number environ: :LC_NUMERIC=C :LANGKEY=en :LVM_SUPPRESS_FD_WARNINGS=1 :initrd=initrd.img :GCONF_GLOBAL_LOCKS=1 :PATH=/tmp/product:/tmp/updates:/usr/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/mnt/sysimage/bin:/mnt/sysimage/usr/bin:/mnt/sysimage/usr/sbin:/mnt/sysimage/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin :PIXMAPPATH=/tmp/updates/pixmaps/:/tmp/updates/:/tmp/product/pixmaps/:/tmp/product/:pixmaps/:/usr/share/anaconda/pixmaps/:/usr/share/pixmaps/:/usr/share/anaconda/:/usr/share/python-meh/:/usr/share/icons/Fedora/48x48/apps/ :HOME=/tmp :DISPLAY=:1 :LANG=en_US.UTF-8 :TERM=linux :XAUTHORITY=/root/.Xauthority :GLADEPATH=/tmp/updates/:/tmp/updates/data/ui/:ui/:/usr/share/anaconda/ui/:/usr/share/python-meh/ :SHLVL=0 :LIBUSER_CONF=/tmp/libuser.mpwWZu :LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/tmp/product:/tmp/updates :GNOME_DISABLE_CRASH_DIALOG=1 :PYTHONPATH=/tmp/product:/tmp/updates:/tmp/updates :LINGUAS=English :BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz :LC_COLLATE=C :PWD=/ :MALLOC_PERTURB_=MALLOC_PERTURB_=95 :MALLOC_CHECK_=2
Created attachment 564073 [details] File: anaconda-tb-yrXO3B
Well the fix looks pretty obvious, but I'd like to know one more thing to really understand this. What other operating systems and versions do you have installed?
Fedora 13 thru 18 (with more than one flavor of some), debian 6, omega11, suse, mandriva, centros, rhel, ubuntu and maybe some I have forgotten about. Problem did not occur with F17tc2. I am not trying to set a record or anything with installs, just something I have been doing for many years testing the installation of various flavors on linux.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 791317 ***