software-center crashed with TypeError in run_update_cache()

Bug #517455 reported by Joe Hurr
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: software-center

I added repositories for Skype and Ubuntuzilla through Software Centre, got crash after closing Software Sources box. Presumably this is a security issue...? Sorry if not...

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Feb 5 09:46:06 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Package: software-center 1.1.10
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-12.16-generic
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with TypeError in run_update_cache()
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-12-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Joe Hurr (joehurr) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : This bug is a duplicate

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #496058, so 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. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
visibility: private → public
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