update-apt-xapian-index crashed with FileNotFoundError in __init__(): [Errno 2] No such file or directory

[dino99]

Got that surprising crash: it happened with a gnome-shell session fresly opened after a cold boot, updates checked via synaptic, and i was glancing at a package changelog when i was dropped back to the login box.

What's new prior that cold boot: mainly apparmor 2.11.0-2ubuntu1 was upgraded (as a possible cause, as such problem never happened before)

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: apt-xapian-index 0.47ubuntu11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.9.0-16.17-generic 4.9.6
Uname: Linux 4.9.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Feb 10 09:54:35 2017
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index
ExecutableTimestamp: 1471264777
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.5
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index --update -q
ProcCwd: /root
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
PythonArgs: ['/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index', '--update', '-q']
SourcePackage: apt-xapian-index
Title: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with FileNotFoundError in __init__(): [Errno 2] No such file or directory
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1540024, 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.

[dino99 (9d9)]

Allowing a 'public' report to be a possible duplicate of a 'private' one does not help at all for commenting/resolving the issue. Apport should reconsider such decision. Reverting that sort.

[dino99 (9d9)]

Looks like that issue is generated by a new graphic driver ( lp:1662860 ). Version downgraded as said into the report.

[dino99 (9d9)]

Feedback:
that issue is not met with the reverted graphic driver (#4)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for apt-xapian-index (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]