apport-gtk crashed with sre_constants.error in _parse(): nothing to repeat

[mike]

apport-gtk crashes have been happening since i first upraded to Quantal...
this time on a ccsm crash..

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: apport-gtk 2.6.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.25-generic 3.5.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Tue Oct 2 03:00:57 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/apport/apport-gtk
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.2mu
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/share/apport/apport-gtk
ProcCwd: /home/mikej
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/apport/apport-gtk']
SourcePackage: apport
Title: apport-gtk crashed with sre_constants.error in _parse(): nothing to repeat
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin audio avahi cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse haldaemon lp lpadmin netdev plugdev pulse sambashare saned video