Installing Dropbox resulted in traceback

Bug #707676 reported by DarrenShare
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aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: aptdaemon

"There seems to be a programming error in aptdaemon, the software that allows you to install/remove software and to perform other package management related tasks. Please report this error at http://launchpad.net/aptdaemon/+filebug and retry."

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 884, in simulate
    return self._simulate_helper(trans, status_path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 987, in _simulate_helper
    trans.packages[PKGS_INSTALL] = [deb.pkgname]
TypeError: 'dbus.Struct' object does not support item assignment

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: aptdaemon 0.40+bzr541-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jan 25 22:14:45 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20101206)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: aptdaemon

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DarrenShare (darren-moorstreet) wrote :
tags: removed: running-unity
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Robert Roth (evfool) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #702217, so it 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. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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