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

[dino99]

silent crash on a fresh cold boot with Oneiric i386

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: apt-xapian-index 0.44ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.14-generic-pae 3.0.3
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Aug 28 06:26:12 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index --update -q
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
PythonArgs: ['/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index', '--update', '-q']
SourcePackage: apt-xapian-index
Title: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with error in meth(): [Errno 2] No such file or directory
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: admin audio avahi avahi-autoipd crontab debian-tor fuse haldaemon klog libuuid lpadmin messagebus mythtv plugdev polkituser pulse root ssh ssl-cert syslog users voice

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