LP#1767561 "menulibre crashed with TypeError in abspath(): expected str, bytes or os.PathLike object, not bool"

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Reported first on Launchpad at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/menulibre/+bug/1767561

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LP#0: Spass (spass) wrote on 2018-04-28:

I was testing Menu Libre 2.2.0 on newest Xubuntu 18.04, I added a new blank launcher ("Nowy aktywator") in a random folder (Graphics for example), used search field to find it ("nowy"), clicked somewhere on empty space couple times, clicked on disabled (greyed out) menu buttons and at some point Menu Libre crashed with

menulibre crashed with TypeError in abspath(): expected str, bytes or os.PathLike object, not bool

but it remained open, and soon a new instance of Menu Libre showed up also.

Unfortunately I don't have 100% way to reproduce it, but I've managed to crash it couple of times just by playing with it this way. Sometimes it look longer to crash.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: menulibre 2.2.0-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Apr 28 04:48:49 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-27 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: menulibre
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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LP#1: Spass (spass) wrote on 2018-04-28:

Attachments:

• Dependencies.txt
• ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt
• ProcEnviron.txt

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LP#2: Willem Hobers (whobers) wrote on 2018-04-28:

I tried to reproduce this error and got a crash. Not with the same message though. ubuntu-bug did not report my crash as a duplicate but I think it may well be: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/menulibre/+bug/1767657

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LP#3: Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2018-04-28:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.