gdebi-gtk crashed with IOError in write_synaptic_config_file()

[Nickedynick]

Binary package hint: gdebi

Trying to install latest stable Dropbox build (nautilus-dropbox_0.6.3_amd64.deb) on Maverick Alpha 3, GDebi crashed after failing to install.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gdebi 0.6.2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.25-generic 2.6.35.3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Aug 26 16:09:36 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gdebi-gtk
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100803.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/gdebi-gtk --non-interactive /home/nick/Desktop/nautilus-dropbox_0.6.3_amd64.deb
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/gdebi-gtk', '--non-interactive', '/home/nick/Desktop/nautilus-dropbox_0.6.3_amd64.deb']
SourcePackage: gdebi
Title: gdebi-gtk crashed with IOError in write_synaptic_config_file()
UserGroups:

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

gdebi (0.6.3ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low

  * merged from bzr trunk, this can be later synced with debian
    once debian has a newer version, nothing ubuntu specific
    in this anymore

  [ David Prévot ]
  * po/fr.po:
    - Update French translation (Closes: #594910).

  [ Yaron Shahrabani ]
  * po/he.po:
    - Update Hebrew translation (LP: #626360).

  [ Luca Falavigna ]
  * debian/control:
    - Update maintainer address to the ubuntu-dev-team @Alioth.

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * GDebi/GDebi.py:
    - update InstallProgressAdapter to match the new
      apt.progres.base.InstallProgress names
    - fix crash if no synaptic config is there (LP: #624703)
    - do not crash if lock can not be released, but log it
      to the console (LP: #630784)
  * GDebi/KDEAptDialogs.py:
    - check if errno is there before using it (LP: #625221)

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:25:58 +0200