update-apt-xapian-index crashed with OverflowError in index()

[Ben Johnson]

Binary package hint: apt-xapian-index

:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10

It appears this happened during system installation. I did select to download updates during installation and the crash report was waiting upon first login.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: apt-xapian-index 0.39ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 8 18:45:41 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate amd64 (20100928)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index --update -q
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_CA.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index', '--update', '-q']
SourcePackage: apt-xapian-index
Title: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with OverflowError in index()
UserGroups:

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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 #635893, 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.