Pkg xen devel - Jun 2010 - Bug#587090: xen-utils-4.0: Exception starting xend ('NoneType' object has no attribute 'rfind')

Package: xen-utils-4.0
Version: 4.0.0-2
Severity: important

xend does not start because of a bug in option parsing.
Error described here: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/xen/devel/172035
Patch:

--- a/tools/python/xen/xend/XendOptions.py Mon Apr 26 12:13:23 2010 +0100 
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xend/XendOptions.py Wed Apr 28 16:54:04 2010 +0200 
@@ -207,18 +207,18 @@ 
def get_xend_tcp_xmlrpc_server_ssl_key_file(self): 
name = 'xend-tcp-xmlrpc-server-ssl-key-file' 
file = self.get_config_string(name) 
- if os.path.dirname(file) == "": 
+ if file and os.path.dirname(file) == "": 
file = auxbin.xen_configdir() + '/' + file; 
- if not os.path.exists(file): 
+ if file and not os.path.exists(file): 
raise XendError("invalid xend config %s: directory '%s' does not
exist" % (name, file))
return file 

def get_xend_tcp_xmlrpc_server_ssl_cert_file(self): 
name = 'xend-tcp-xmlrpc-server-ssl-cert-file' 
file = self.get_config_string(name) 
- if os.path.dirname(file) == "": 
+ if file and os.path.dirname(file) == "": 
file = auxbin.xen_configdir() + '/' + file; 
- if not os.path.exists(file): 
+ if file and not os.path.exists(file): 
raise XendError("invalid xend config %s: directory '%s' does not
exist" % (name, file))
return file

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages xen-utils-4.0 depends on:
ii  e2fslibs                1.41.12-2        ext2/ext3/ext4 file system librari
ii  iproute                 20100519-2       networking and traffic control too
ii  libc6                   2.11.2-1         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libncurses5             5.7+20100313-2   shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libxenstore3.0          4.0.0-2          Xenstore communications library fo
ii  python                  2.6.5-5          An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-support          1.0.8            automated rebuilding support for P
ii  python2.5               2.5.5-6          An interactive high-level object-o
ii  udev                    157-1            /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
ii  xen-utils-common        4.0.0-1          XEN administrative tools - common 
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages xen-utils-4.0 recommends:
ii  bridge-utils                  1.4-5      Utilities for configuring the Linu
ii  xen-hypervisor-4.0-amd64 [xen 4.0.0-2    The Xen Hypervisor on AMD64

Versions of packages xen-utils-4.0 suggests:
pn  xen-docs-4.0                  <none>     (no description available)

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