pybackpack crashed with TypeError in do_local_backup()

[tdflanders]

Binary package hint: pybackpack

All backup applications fail, possibly due to ntfs incompatibility?

thomas@thomas-laptop:~$ lsb_release -rd ; uname -a ; apt-cache policy linux linux-source-2.6.27 linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic apport-gtk gnome-terminal sbackup hubackup gnome-terminal pybackpack hwinfo ; hwinfo > /home/thomas/Desktop/hwinfo-log
Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release: 8.10
Linux thomas-laptop 2.6.27-4-generic #1 SMP Wed Sep 24 01:30:51 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
linux:
  Installed: 2.6.27.4.4
  Candidate: 2.6.27.4.4
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.27.4.4 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
linux-source-2.6.27:
  Installed: 2.6.27-4.6
  Candidate: 2.6.27-4.6
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.27-4.6 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
linux-headers-generic:
  Installed: 2.6.27.4.4
  Candidate: 2.6.27.4.4
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.27.4.4 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
linux-image-generic:
  Installed: 2.6.27.4.4
  Candidate: 2.6.27.4.4
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.27.4.4 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
apport-gtk:
  Installed: 0.116
  Candidate: 0.116
  Version table:
 *** 0.116 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
gnome-terminal:
  Installed: 2.24.0-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.24.0-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.24.0-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
sbackup:
  Installed: 0.10.5
  Candidate: 0.10.5
  Version table:
 *** 0.10.5 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
hubackup:
  Installed: 0.0.8
  Candidate: 0.0.8
  Version table:
 *** 0.0.8 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
gnome-terminal:
  Installed: 2.24.0-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.24.0-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.24.0-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
pybackpack:
  Installed: 0.5.5-1
  Candidate: 0.5.5-1
  Version table:
 *** 0.5.5-1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
hwinfo:
  Installed: 14.19-2ubuntu1
  Candidate: 14.19-2ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 14.19-2ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
thomas@thomas-laptop:~$

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pybackpack
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: pybackpack 0.5.5-1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/pybackpack
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/pybackpack']
SourcePackage: pybackpack
Title: pybackpack crashed with TypeError in do_local_backup()
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-4-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout fuse lpadmin plugdev sambashare