Crash on start up checking for updates in Mechanic

Colo-in-NYC

For the past couple of weeks (I don't think longer, but possible), whenever I've launched Robofont, Mechanic asks to check for updates. When it does that, program crashes. If I decline to check, the program run normally, and I can open Mechanic from Extensions without issue. As there is a simple workaround, not a critical issue, but figured you might like to know. I'm still running on Mojave, so don't know if that is part of the issue.

okaytype

I get these crashes as well, in both rf3 and the rf4 beta. Here is what is spit out in the log:

22/02/2021 12:12:28 >    ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jenskutilek/AnchorOverlayTool/master/Anchor%20Overlay%20Tool.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched
    22/02/2021 12:12:28 >    ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/typemytype/arrangeWindowsRoboFontExtension/master/Arrange%20Windows.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched
    22/02/2021 12:12:28 >    ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jenskutilek/Curve-Equalizer/master/RoboFont/Curve%20EQ.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched
    22/02/2021 12:12:28 >    ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/luke-snider/GlyphWalker/master/GlyphWalker.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched
    22/02/2021 12:12:28 >    ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/typemytype/goldnerRoboFontExtension/master/Goldener.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched
    22/02/2021 12:12:28 >    ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gferreira/groupSpacing/master/groupSpacing.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched
    22/02/2021 12:12:28 >    ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FontBureau/fbOpenTools/master/ItalicBowtie/ItalicBowtie.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched
    22/02/2021 12:12:28 >    ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sansplomb/ItalicGuide/master/ItalicGuide.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched
    22/02/2021 12:12:28 >    ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thomgb/PDFButtonSpace/master/PDFButtonSpace.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched
    22/02/2021 12:12:28 >    ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/frankrolf/PangrammerHelper/master/PangrammerHelper.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched
    22/02/2021 12:12:28 >    ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/roboDocs/PenBallWizard/master/PenBallWizard.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched
    22/02/2021 12:12:28 >    ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ryanbugden/Sidebear/master/Sidebear.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched
    22/02/2021 12:12:28 >    ERROR > URLReader >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/franzheidl/SidebearingsEQ/master/SidebearingsEQ.roboFontExt/info.plist already being fetched
    22/02/2021 12:12:28 >    ERROR > Mechanic >> Cannot parse 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gferreira/compare-otfs/master/CompareOTFs.roboFontExt/info.plist' for 'CompareOTFs'
    22/02/2021 12:12:28 >    ERROR > Mechanic >> Invalid file
    22/02/2021 12:12:28 >    ERROR > Mechanic >> Cannot parse 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gferreira/compare-otfs/master/CompareOTFs.roboFontExt/info.plist' for 'CompareOTFs'
    22/02/2021 12:12:28 >    ERROR > Mechanic >> Invalid file
    22/02/2021 12:12:28 >    ERROR > Mechanic >> Cannot parse 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/typedev/RoboFont/master/Version%20Control/VersionControl.roboFontExt/info.plist' for 'Version Control'
    22/02/2021 12:12:28 >    ERROR > Mechanic >> maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a Python object
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Colo-in-NYC

All fixed, thanks!

Colo-in-NYC

Apologies for the delay. Just sent it. Cheers

frederik

mail it me :) frederik@typemytype.com

Colo-in-NYC

I'm running Robofont 3.4, and Mechanic 2 (as far as I know it is the latest version). I would love to upload my log, but the forum says that I do not have enough privileges when I try to use "upload "image" to do so. If there is another way to upload the log, I'm happy to do it. Cheers

frederik

Which RoboFont are working on?

You can already try to download and install the latest Mechanic.

Sending your log file would help to understand where it goes wrong: https://robofont.com/documentation/how-tos/submitting-bug-reports/#console-log

thanks