software-center crashed with DatabaseCorruptError in get_appname(): Failed to unpack first value

[wasp]

Binary package hint: software-center

i used ubuntu software center and then i switched to another window. After that the center crashed.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: software-center 3.1.26.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 19 12:12:44 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE:en
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with DatabaseCorruptError in get_appname(): Failed to unpack first value
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-15 (4 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom chipcard cyberjack dialout lpadmin mythtv plugdev sambashare

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

wasp, thanks for this bug report, and sorry we didn't get to it until now.

There have been two code changes to address DatabaseCorruptError problems, one in April 2011 (r1702) and one in September 2011 (r2331). There have been no DatabaseCorruptError bug reports since then, so it's likely this bug has been fixed. If you experience a similar problem in future, please report it as a separate bug. Thanks!