/usr/bin/update-manager:OSError:_get_application_for_package:/usr/bin/update-manager@121:start_update:start_available:refresh_cache:update:_make_groups:_get_application_for_package

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The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding update-manager. This problem was most recently seen with version 1:15.04.1, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/413d0955368a5dd709eb843033e96a34af03f779 contains more details.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Here is the Traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line 121, in <module>
    app.start_update()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py", line 209, in start_update
    self.start_available()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py", line 221, in start_available
    self.refresh_cache()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py", line 349, in refresh_cache
    self.update_list.update(self.cache, eventloop_callback=iterate)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UpdateManager/Core/UpdateList.py", line 484, in update
    eventloop_callback)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UpdateManager/Core/UpdateList.py", line 395, in _make_groups
    app = self._get_application_for_package(pkg)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UpdateManager/Core/UpdateList.py", line 271, in _get_application_for_package
    (desktop_file, e))
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

I wonder if desktop_file isn't empty here for some reason.