update-apt-xapian-index crashed with ValueError in init(): could not convert string to float

[Prabhu]

Errors Bucket:
https://errors.ubuntu.com/bucket/?id=/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index%3AValueError%3A/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index%40101%3AsetupIndexing%3Ainit

simple scan crashes when trying to close the app

ProblemType: CrashDistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: apt-xapian-index 0.44ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-generic 3.0.13
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 1 07:47:03 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index -q -u
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/sh
PythonArgs: ['/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index', '-q', '-u']SourcePackage: apt-xapian-index
Title: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with ValueError in init(): could not convert string to float
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-31 (1 days ago)
UserGroups:

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

seen this with current trusty (20140407) too

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

@matthias: could you please attach the file /var/lib/apt-xapian-index/cataloged_times.p to this bugreport?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Thomas Ward (teward)]

Trusty is End of LIfe and not going to get an update for this.

It is unclear if this crash is able to be reproduced in later versions of the software/package. If it is, please mark this bug as "Confirmed" and tag it with the release tested on. Until that time, however, I am marking this as Incomplete overall, and Won't Fix for Trusty.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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