friends-dispatcher crashed with ValueError in raw_decode(): No JSON object could be decoded

[Anthony Granger]

friends-dispatcher crashed with ValueError in raw_decode(): No JSON object could be decoded

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: friends-dispatcher 0.1.3daily13.04.17.1~13.04-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-27.40-generic 3.8.13.4
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-27-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Thu Aug 1 15:53:28 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/friends-dispatcher
ExecutableTimestamp: 1366231074
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-01 (91 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130424)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.3
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/friends-dispatcher -o
ProcCwd: /
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/friends-dispatcher', '-o']
SourcePackage: friends
Title: friends-dispatcher crashed with ValueError in raw_decode(): No JSON object could be decoded
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm autopilot cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1166432, 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.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Robert Bruce Park (robru)]

This bug is fixed in Saucy; for Raring users, the workaround is to delete ~/.cache/friends/*.json anytime you see this error.