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Title:
  software-center crashed with ValueError in _parse_localename()

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “software-center” source package in Maverick:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: software-center

  TEST CASE:
  1. use maverick
  2. set locale to something that the system does not know
  3. verify that it crashes
  4. install the version from maverick-proposed
  5. verify that it works now

  i am unable to open ubuntu software center (2.1.14.1)  in maverick
  when malayalam language is selected. iam getting the following error
  in the terminal

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 86, in <module>
      app = SoftwareCenterApp(datadir, xapian_base_path, options, args)
    File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/app.py", line 141, in __init__
      self.history = get_apt_history()
    File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/apthistory.py", line 167, in get_apt_history
      apt_history = AptHistory()
    File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/apthistory.py", line 76, in __init__
      self.rescan()
    File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/apthistory.py", line 88, in rescan
      self._scan(self.history_file)
    File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/apthistory.py", line 105, in _scan
      trans = Transaction(stanza)
    File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/apthistory.py", line 53, in __init__
      "%Y-%m-%d  %H:%M:%S")
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/_strptime.py", line 270, in <module>
      _TimeRE_cache = TimeRE()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/_strptime.py", line 188, in __init__
      self.locale_time = LocaleTime()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/_strptime.py", line 70, in __init__
      self.lang = _getlang()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/_strptime.py", line 29, in _getlang
      return locale.getlocale(locale.LC_TIME)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/locale.py", line 497, in getlocale
      return _parse_localename(localename)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/locale.py", line 410, in _parse_localename
      raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
  ValueError: unknown locale: ml_IN

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: software-center 2.1.14.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.28-generic 2.6.35.3
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Sep  4 14:45:21 2010
  ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=ml_IN
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
  SourcePackage: software-center
  Title: software-center crashed with ValueError in _parse_localename()
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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