update-apt-xapian-index crashed with DatabaseError in buildIndex(): Modifications failed (DatabaseCorruptError: Failed to unlink /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/index.3/spelling.baseA: No such file or directory), and cannot set consistent table revision numbers: Couldn't reread base B

[Brian Kennedy]

Binary package hint: apt-xapian-index

This is running in a VirtualBox OSE instance on Ubuntu 10.10's stock version of VB OSE. I selected the virtualbox-guest-x11 package for isntallation and its dependencies, clicked apply, and boom.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: apt-xapian-index 0.41ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Mar 7 11:52:37 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110302)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index --update -q
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index', '--update', '-q']
SourcePackage: apt-xapian-index
Title: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with DatabaseError in buildIndex(): Modifications failed (DatabaseCorruptError: Failed to unlink /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/index.3/spelling.baseA: No such file or directory), and cannot set consistent table revision numbers: Couldn't reread base B
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

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