Ubuntu Software Center does not start

[komputes]

Binary package hint: software-center

Ubuntu Software Center does not start.

Steps to reproduce:
0) Use Lucid 20091209
1) Go to System > Administration > Ubuntu Software Center

What happens: "Starting Ubuntu Software Center" shows up in the window list. Application does not open.

From CLI:

komputes@lucid:~$ software-center
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 80, in <module>
    app = SoftwareCenterApp(datadir, xapian_base_path)
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/app.py", line 204, in __init__
    self.config = get_config()
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/backend/config.py", line 39, in get_config
    _software_center_config = SoftwareCenterConfig(SOFTWARE_CENTER_CONFIG_FILE)
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/backend/config.py", line 28, in __init__
    os.path.makedirs(os.path.dirname(config))
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'makedirs'

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Dec 9 13:51:02 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: software-center 1.1.2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-7.10-generic
SourcePackage: software-center
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-7-generic i686

[Nigel Babu (nigelbabu)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 494494, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.